Tactics 3/3

Dec 4, 20154 min read

A love letter to the trequartista

He drops in between the opposition’s midfield and defence to pick the ball up. An excellent first touch sees him turn and attack the...

Nov 12, 20157 min read

Analysing Paulo Sousa’s innovative Fiorentina tactics

Paulo Sousa joined Fiorentina in June, hoping to build on three successive fourth place finishes. Three months into the season and it’s...

Oct 24, 20156 min read

Analysing the tactics of Red Star’s European Champions of 1991

Football history has seen many great teams. From the Dutch Totaal voetbal masters in the 1970’s, the Brazilian national teams of...

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...

Aug 29, 20153 min read

Analysing Borussia Dortmund’s Build-Up Play Under Thomas Tuchel

Dortmund has started the Bundesliga season in terrific style with two 4-0 wins in the opening two league games. New Head Coach Thomas...

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...

Oct 1, 20146 min read

Is there a place for the classic regista in the modern game?

As the game of football constantly evolves, player roles change with it. Over the last few years we have seen roles such as the classic...

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...

Jul 28, 20147 min read

Real Madrid’s luxury problem – too much quality

With the signing of James Rodriguez from AS Monaco, Real Madrid secured themselves the services of the best player of the 2014 World Cup....

Jun 25, 20145 min read

The return of the back-three

This summer’s World Cup in Brazil has so far been fantastic to watch; lots of goals, attacking football and matches played at a very high...

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 ...