Tactical Analysis: Manchester City’s Underlaps
“The objective is to move the opponent, not the ball.” Adherents to the rather loaded term of positional play perceive football to be a...
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Mar 2, 20215 min read
A look at Manchester United’s tactics against Chelsea
On Sunday, Thomas Tuchel and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer faced off for the first time in the Premier League after several tactical battles in...
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Feb 6, 20216 min read
Reinventing a full-back – Luke Shaw 2.0
When Alex Telles signed for Manchester United in October, many fans thought he did so as a replacement for Luke Shaw. The English...
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Feb 5, 202110 min read
Shrewd and sensible – how Tottenham should approach the summer transfer window
José Mourinho’s first first full season as Spurs coach hasn’t gone precisely to plan thus far. After guiding the team to sixth-place...
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Jan 29, 20217 min read
Wayne Rooney – Relatable, Fallible and Breathtakingly Brilliant
There is a line in Julian Barnes’s masterpiece The Noise of Time, a novel about the splendid Russian-Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich,...
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Jan 27, 20217 min read
Manchester City’s defenders, world domination and the power of the academy
It would appear that City Football Group are trying to take over the world. From a volcano hideout somewhere on a remote island Dr. Evil...
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Oct 29, 20178 min read
Remembering Sir Alex Ferguson’s final season at Manchester United
“I’m an absolute dinosaur. But what I am, I’m a winner” was Sir Alex Ferguson’s words on Manchester United’s end of the season awards...
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Oct 1, 20174 min read
Guardiola’s City breaks Chelsea’s resistance in vital win
Pep Guardiola earned the first win of his Premier League career against Chelsea as his well-drilled Manchester City managed to break...
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Aug 9, 20165 min read
Signing Paul Pogba makes so much sense for Manchester United
The ever-running transfer story of the summer finally reached its conclusion on Monday night as Manchester United announced the signing...
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Mar 25, 20164 min read
How Lingard and Rashford are showing United their future
While the season as a whole for Manchester United has been a definite disappointment, the emergence of both homegrown and purchased young...
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Sep 21, 20153 min read
A look at Norwich City’s bright start to the season
Norwich City have made a quietly efficient start to the Premier League season on their return to the top flight. Stability and...
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Aug 19, 20155 min read
Why Manchester United should trust Adnan Januzaj as their number 10
Manchester United have started the season very well. Premier League wins against Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa was followed up with a...
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Jan 30, 20159 min read
What is the way forward for Louis van Gaal and Manchester United?
Manchester United have been quite heavily criticized, and rightly so, for their boring style of play over the last two months. Louis van...
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Sep 5, 20145 min read
Is it time for Louis van Gaal to revert to Ferguson’s midfield diamond?
Louis van Gaal was very active in the last week of the transfer window and signed Àngel Di Maria, Daley Blind and Radamel Falcao. Three...
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Aug 15, 201431 min read
Premier League 2014/15 Preview
The Premier League returns on Saturday and looks set to be more competitive than ever. New managers at Manchester United and Tottenham...
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May 20, 20145 min read
Why Ryan Giggs is the greatest Premier League player of all time
On Monday afternoon the news broke on twitter. Ryan Giggs, Manchester Uniteds record-appearance maker, announced his retirement from...
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May 1, 20143 min read
The impressive emergence of Southampton: part 2, the tactics
In part 1, I discussed the manager and his players. Part 2 is an in-depth analysis on the tactics Mauricio Pochettino deploys. Formation ...
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May 1, 20143 min read
The impressive emergence of Southampton: part 1, the manager and players
In the spring of 2011, Southampton FC were promoted from League One to the Championship under the leadership of Nigel Adkins. A year...
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