Neville adapting his tactics to the players on the roster

Four games into his first season as Inter Miami coach, Phil Neville conceded that “we are probably going to be a different type of team than what I envisioned on Day 1 of preseason.”

When he arrived from England in mid-January, he imagined a high-pressing team that dominates possession with long strings of precise passing.

Inter Miami coach Phil Neville has had to adjust what he thought his team was going to be after assessing his club after a few games in his first MLS season.

But heading into Wednesday night’s home game against CF Montreal — which was delayed by lightning in the second half — Neville said he had adapted his tactics to his personnel.

“We are going to be a team that has brilliant individuals, that can dribble the ball, that can run with high speed with the ball, that can run without

the ball,” he said.

“Gonzalo [Higuain], [Rodolfo] Pizarro, they are individual type players that like to run with the ball,” said Neville. “You think of Lewis [Morgan] and Robbie [Robinson], they are not possessiontype players. They are not wingers that come into the pocket like an [Edison] Azcona does. He comes into the pockets and links with other people.

“The profile means we have dribblers on the team, dribblers in the top four or five [spots on the field].”

Although Miami lost the possession battle against its first four opponents, it was able to win one game, tie twice and lose just once.

“Ultimately, sometimes when you do not have a lot of possession of the

The NFL is approaching the 2021 Dolphins season similarly to a lot of the team’s hard-luck fans:

Let’s wait and see before we crown them.

After going largely forgotten by much of America — or at least America’s network TV executives — the past two years, the Dolphins finally are getting some respect. But not as much as they probably deserve.

They will appear on national television no fewer than three times in 2021 — including a return visit to London where they’ll face the Jacksonville Jaguars at 9:30 a.m. Miami time on Oct. 17.

But one elusive token of validation remained, well, elusive.

For the fourth consecutive season, the league left the Dolphins off its “Sunday Night Football” slate — the keystone game of the NFL weekend

MATIAS J. OCNER mocner@miamiherald.com Inter Miami midfielder Lewis Morgan, left, kicks toward the goal as Montreal midfielder Lassi Lappalainen defends during the first half on Wednesday night. For the Montreal-Inter Miami late result, go to miamherald.com.