i love to think about these things outloud because eventually the answer comes up. not discovering the wheel here but finally a pattern. obvious maybe but i wasn't seeing it. this explains at last:
april 23, 2014
http://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/guar...toppable-break
april 30, 2014
http://www.zonalmarking.net/2014/04/...unter-attacks/
...
january 30, 2015
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3275/...counterattacks
feb 2, 2015
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...thrashing.html
partial analysis:
feb 8, 2015
http://www.bayerncentral.com/2015/02...ounterattacks/
he mentions the need for flexibility-- i tend to agree
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eta: i fixed the jan 30 link