Premier League Opening Weekend: The Tactics Show – Liverpool, United, Spurs & Chelsea
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Premier League Opening Weekend: The Tactics Show – Liverpool, United, Spurs & Chelsea

The Premier League is back and, thankfully, more handsome than it’s ever been. I got the chance to throw an eye on most of the games, but there were four teams in particular I decided to zone in on and get a proper look at from a tactical perspective to see what we can expect…

I’m Obsessed With Man-to-Man Marking
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I’m Obsessed With Man-to-Man Marking

Having obsessive-compulsive disorder and ADHD co-morbidly is like being on the worst rollercoaster you’ve ever been on and never being able to get off. It just keeps going around and around and around, and every time it does, it feels like it’s getting worse and worse. It’s an interesting world the conditions create in your…

Man-to-Man Marking: The Most Underrated System In Football?
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Man-to-Man Marking: The Most Underrated System In Football?

Upon watching my Sunday League team play at the weekend from the comfort of the sideline, I couldn’t help but feel our zonal approach to the task at hand was one of the main reasons we were suffocated inside our own box for 85 out of the 90 minutes of a cup final. Tactics are…

Predicting Your Club’s Most Expensive Signing of the Transfer Window: Part 1
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Predicting Your Club’s Most Expensive Signing of the Transfer Window: Part 1

The transfer window is getting to the nitty gritty part, with most Premier League teams starting their pre-season tours. Some huge deals have already gone through, and more transfers are likely to happen before the end of August. In this article, we will try to predict your team’s most expensive signing – which often means…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
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Milan or Messi? Three Clubs in Need of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

In the eighteen months since his tearful farewell to Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is yet to have found a new project. Speaking recently for the first time since his departure, he said: “It has to be something special. A new culture. Or a club that really excites me.” In a year marred by a…

Who's That Footballer
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The Numbers Behind Man United’s Desperate Need For a Striker

Paul Pogba rests on a poolside sun-lounger against a backdrop of the rolling hills of LA. He’s greeted by an approaching Romelu Lukaku, who tells him in French that he’ll see him tomorrow in training. They embrace and then start some strange awkward dance, which I’m sure was popular at the time. That was the…