The pressing triggers we use.

Pressing isn't a binary. It's a choice, made forty or fifty times a match, based on what the opposition is doing with the ball at their feet. We've settled on three situations where we press hard, two where we drop back, and one we're still figuring out.

We press when: the opposition centre-back takes a square pass to the full-back; the opposition goalkeeper rolls the ball out short rather than long; a pressed player takes a second touch before passing.

We drop in when: the opposition is building through the midfield pivot with short-short combinations; the opposition has gained the sideline on either wing with a runner behind.

What we're still figuring out: the counter-press after a turnover in our own third. The timing isn't consistent yet. The first six weeks of the season we were one step late; the last three weeks we've been half a step early. We're working on the calibration.