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Van't Schip spoke with au.fourfourtwo.com today, outlining his vision for the second A-League club in the southern capital. Melbourne Heart - a working title - are set to kick-off in season six of the A-League at the new rectangular football stadium near the city's CBD.

Van't Schip said his style was all about controlling teams in the great traditions of Dutch football and clubs like Barcelona.

"If you have a vision of how you want to play, you always have that vision because you feel you will get results with it," he said. "If you think, 'I want results' but you don't have a vision, it doesn't work that way.

"I think the vision is first. If you have a clear vision and catch the players in that vision and that they understand why and what to do to be able to play that, then you will get the results.

"That's the way you have to think. Not we are going to win the prize it's how you're going to get there to win the prize. And that comes every day at training, talking, explaining things.

"It's a process that keeps on going. That's how I'm used to training,"

The 45-year-old former Ajax and Oranje international said the vision was built on any variation of the Dutch system he feels is warranted.

"It should be a 4-3-3 and you can play it in different ways with a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-1-2-3," he said. "The main thing is that you are dominant.

"If you're dominant then the opponent mostly has to react to what you are doing and not the other way around. Of course when the opponent has the ball we have to go back in our positions.

"The philosophy of the Dutch and also the way Barcelona plays is to have a long time possession of the ball and then you can dominate. But sometimes the long ball is good. It can be used.

"When you lose the ball, be aggressive. These are things in my system what I played like and trained all my life. I will surely try to bring those things into my team here."

Van't Schip added that the new rectangular football stadium currently being built to house Heart and Victory games will add a "British" style atmosphere to the A-League.

And he said it was a better stadium than the Amsterdam Arena, home of his previous club Ajax.

He added: "The crowd is much closer here. That will make it better for the fans when they see our games.

"Maybe the Amsterdam Arena was not as close [to the action]. It's a fantastic [new] stadium. We've been given the tour and I was really impressed. I can't wait to play there."

And pleasingly, he pledged his support for his new club to engage the Melbourne community.

While Gold Coast are clearly suffering from a lack of grassroots promotoin, Van't Schip said it was a vital part of building the club and will offer his full support for him and his players in any such plans.

*You can read Van't Schip's full interview with au.fourfourtwo.com later this week.

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