Archive
May 2024
Disguised passes
05 May 2024
Playing in a 'good height'
04 May 2024
Tottenham need to improvise
03 May 2024
PSG protecting the left for each long ball from Borussia Dortmund
02 May 2024
Bayern Munich's second half switch that changed the game versus Real Madrid
01 May 2024
April 2024
Press play again
30 April 2024
Arsenal's devastating six-yard box corner kick routine
29 April 2024
Aitana Bonmati's best qualities in one play
28 April 2024
Iraola praises Bournemouth analysts during demanding midweek
27 April 2024
Manchester City's rotations
26 April 2024
Pass the ball into the net
25 April 2024
Feyenoord's aggressive right center-back positioning
24 April 2024
Bologna rotate to free Calafiori
23 April 2024
Luis Enrique asks us to review Mbappe's press
22 April 2024
Manchester City's staircase
21 April 2024
Bayern Munich's clever positioning to pin Arsenal's stronger right side
20 April 2024
Manchester City don't trust Phil Foden to play as a holding midfielder
19 April 2024
Dembele instructs Mbappe to make the near post run
17 April 2024
A team versus individuals
16 April 2024
Havertz's runs from deep in Arsenal's 4-4-2
15 April 2024
Tottenham take too many touches
14 April 2024
Could Erling Haaland be doing more?
13 April 2024
Schick's movement off-side to observe, surprise, and separate
12 April 2024
Gabriel pinned to Kane isolates Arsenal's left side
11 April 2024
Manchester City's creative space ahead of Real Madrid's midfield
10 April 2024
Musiala showing to the ball when Goretzka drops
09 April 2024
Long ball with runners versus Real Madrid when Carvajal gets forward
08 April 2024
Arsenal reinvented the wheel
07 April 2024
The top of the box cut-back on Bruno Fernandes' blind-side
06 April 2024
Chelsea's cliques
05 April 2024
Tottenham lack off-the-ball movement
03 April 2024
Odegaard on the turn
02 April 2024
Possession without progression
01 April 2024
March 2024
Previewing Manchester City vs Arsenal
31 March 2024
Erling Haaland's exponential dribbling improvement
30 March 2024
The relational phase
29 March 2024
What I'm reading, watching, and listening to
28 March 2024
Kobbie Mainoo shows what England lacked at holding midfield
27 March 2024
Conte and Ange have polar opposite mentalities
26 March 2024
Declan Rice could be more discreet
25 March 2024
Germany's press release
24 March 2024
The Netherlands are too right side dominant
23 March 2024
Football is a joy with responsibility
21 March 2024
England's simple solution
20 March 2024
30 passes and 16 heart-attacks
19 March 2024
Why did Liverpool get this much space in transition against Manchester United
18 March 2024
Dragusin and Tottenham's high-line
17 March 2024
How I use Stathead FBref
16 March 2024
From Bayer Leverkusen wing-back to wing-back
15 March 2024
Inter collective movement
14 March 2024
Porto's cover shadow masterclass against Arsenal
13 March 2024
Aston Villa's method to block Tottenham's third man
12 March 2024
Kyle Walker jumping in transition nearly cost Manchester City against Liverpool
11 March 2024
Inter from left centre-back to right centre-back
10 March 2024
How Manchester City can prevent a basketball game against Liverpool
09 March 2024
If we lose, I want to do it my way
08 March 2024
Mea culpa
07 March 2024
The space behind PSG's aggressive press in the wide areas
06 March 2024
More driven passes from Andre Onana and less lofted passes
05 March 2024
Manchester City finally score from the left half-space run
04 March 2024
Joe Gomez dropping creates space for Liverpool's third man
03 March 2024
Positive orientation when receiving the ball
01 March 2024
February 2024
Trippier inverts
28 February 2024
New generation of coaching
27 February 2024
Frankie de Jong's perfect game
26 February 2024
Arsenal's perfect balance to dominate and third-man runs
25 February 2024
Inter from out-the-back
23 February 2024
Is Arsenal intentionally attempting to win set-pieces?
22 February 2024
Haaland and Foden expose Brentford's left half-space weakness
21 February 2024
Jesse Marsch philosophy at RB Salzburg and Leeds United
20 February 2024
Liverpool slow down the ball carrier in defensive transition
18 February 2024
Real Sociedad's effective three fake free kick routine
15 February 2024
Why did Phil Foden play at right-wing?
14 February 2024
The way Manchester City prepare for a tactical change
13 February 2024
Thomas Muller: What we are missing is freedom
12 February 2024
When to press, when to wait, who can have the ball, who could not have the ball
11 February 2024
Chelsea when they have a plan
08 February 2024
What happens when Van Dijk marks Odegaard instead of Gomez
07 February 2024
Josko Gvardiol has the mind of a midfielder in the body of a center-back
06 February 2024
Liverpool's flipped formation and changed dynamics against Arsenal
05 February 2024
Shielding the ball from the goalkeeper in the air is becoming more common
04 February 2024
How Liverpool can control Arsenal
03 February 2024
Liverpool's negatively angled runs on the break
02 February 2024
The difference in intention of Aston Villa's movement
01 February 2024
January 2024
No room for Brighton bait and Luton score
31 January 2024
Artem Dovybk shows how a center-forward should move
30 January 2024
Conor Bradley's breakout match
29 January 2024
Scaloni: We are loosing the essence of football
28 January 2024
Manchester City bait Tottenham's press to create space between the lines
27 January 2024
Chelsea's slow passing and baiting movement
25 January 2024
I will see him
24 January 2024
The threat Liverpool's second line poses in the middle
22 January 2024
Florian Wirtz Acceleration and Deceleration
21 January 2024
How to score against Inter
20 January 2024
Ange Postecoglu's Tottenham passing exercises
18 January 2024
Iraola on adapting training to his team
17 January 2024
Phil Foden needs to tealize he is Phil Foden
16 January 2024
Tottenham repeat this left-half space play against Manchester United
15 January 2024
Manchester City dragging Newcastle wide changed the game
14 January 2024
Two spaces Tottenham can attack Manchester United
13 January 2024
A Clash of Languages
12 January 2024
Luke Williams on Why Notts County Play Short Corners
11 January 2024
For the First Time
09 January 2024
Kai Havertz is a Momentum Killer
08 January 2024
Arsenal's Two Keys to Control Liverpool
07 January 2024
Tottenham Lacked Width on the Left
06 January 2024
Mika Mármol
05 January 2024
Girona Move Without Hesitation
04 January 2024
Manchester United's Crisis In Perspective
03 January 2024
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Sergio Busquets
02 January 2024
Declan Rice's Position Dictates How Threatening Arsenal Are
01 January 2024
December 2023
Runners Beyond Jackson
31 December 2023
Two Things I Like From Brighton Defensively
29 December 2023
Manchester City Baiting Everton's Press
28 December 2023
Trent Alexander-Arnold's Blind Passes
27 December 2023
Philadelphia's Standing Ovation for Trea Turner
25 December 2023
One Change Alters Arsenal's Defensive Structure Against Liverpool
24 December 2023
Thomas Tuchel Details How Bayern Munich Defended Against VfB Stuttgart
22 December 2023
Nkunku is the Runner Chelsea Lacked
21 December 2023
Manchester United Learned From Gakpo's Goal Last Season
20 December 2023
Liverpool Lacked Coordination in the Left Half-Space
19 December 2023
Brighton Pass Confidently Through Arsenal's Man-to-Man Press
18 December 2023
Manchester City's +1 with Alvarez, Foden, Grealish, and Lewis
17 December 2023
Thank You For Reading
16 December 2023
Brighton Score
15 December 2023
Arsenal Trial Declan Rice at Center-Back
13 December 2023
Berbatov Walks Us Through This Goal
12 December 2023
Kai Havertz is Beginning to Perfect the Xhaka Cut-Back
11 December 2023
Harvey Elliott: Mohamed Salah's Best Wingman
10 December 2023
How to Bypass Everton's Low-Block
08 December 2023
Head the Ball Down
07 December 2023
Kai Havertz Finds Space
06 December 2023
Manchester City's aggressive press to stop Kulusevski and Udogie
04 December 2023
Harry Maguire blocks everything for Manchester United
03 December 2023
Previewing Manchester City vs Tottenham
02 December 2023
The Julian Alvarez Domino Effect
01 December 2023
November 2023
It's hard for Scott McTominay to crash the box when he's 30 yards behind the play
30 November 2023
Newcastle's dominance in the wide-areas force PSG into playing line-breaking passes
29 November 2023
Girona need more patience in defense
28 November 2023
The Battle of the High Lines and Aston Villa's far-side weakness
27 November 2023
Erling Haaland's explosive turn-and-shoot technique
26 November 2023
Pep Guardiola demonstrates how to orient the body when receiving the ball
25 November 2023
Cesc Fàbregas: My obsession is to play forward
24 November 2023
Watch the defender's hips and opposite foot when Jeremy Doku dribbles
23 November 2023
Footedness
22 November 2023
Arsene Wenger's offside rule will change how football is played
21 November 2023
Kai Havertz at left-back click-bait
20 November 2023
Experts don't always make good teachers
18 November 2023
Our idols are people
17 November 2023
Roberto De Zerbi is a mirage
16 November 2023
The weight of Chelsea's inexperience is on Thiago Silva and Raheem Sterling's shoulders
15 November 2023
Manchester City don't take risks when they defend
14 November 2023
One of the closest Premier League races in recent history
13 November 2023
Tottenham needs Dejan Kulusevski in the middle of the pitch
12 November 2023
Sean Dyche has a chat with Dele Alli about Everton's direct play
11 November 2023
Jack is back, central
10 November 2023
Bayern Munich don't wait
09 November 2023
Football should be the focus, not VAR
08 November 2023
Chelsea are faster, why did Tottenham use such a high line
07 November 2023
Manchester City's slow buildup deep counters Bournemouth's low block
06 November 2023
Arsenal could have walked away with the league
05 November 2023
Boss
04 November 2023
Not Playing Like Champions
03 November 2023
October 2023
Jude Bellingham, the world's best interpreter of space
31 October 2023
Manchester City target Johnny Evans and Victor Lindelof
30 October 2023
Predictable Chelsea
29 October 2023
Every team needs players like Kalvin Phillips
27 October 2023
AC Milan allows PSG to walk through the midfield
26 October 2023
Quicksand
25 October 2023
Bassey gifts Tottenham two goals
24 October 2023
Liverpool are static and lethargic
23 October 2023
A beautiful accident
22 October 2023
Watching matches live
19 October 2023
Crystal Palace vs Nottingham Forest
17 October 2023
Diniz's hybrid approach
15 October 2023
Jack Grealish is frustrating
14 October 2023
Cross-Heavy One-Dimensional Spain Needs Runners
13 October 2023
Chelsea's space invaders
12 October 2023
Tottenham's advanced inverted full-backs
11 October 2023
Good food needs time to cook
10 October 2023
Arsenal and Manchester City's out-of-possession battle
09 October 2023
Ruben Dias knows how to play like Rodri
08 October 2023
Champions League football at St. James' Park
07 October 2023
Control
06 October 2023
The battle for the center of the pitch between Lens and Arsenal
05 October 2023
Real Madrid collapse on the ball rather than isolate the carrier
04 October 2023
Aston Villa using physicality to stop-start Brighton
01 October 2023
September 2023
Rhythm, size of squads, and the schedule
30 September 2023
You need to play a striker in on goal to score
28 September 2023
Arsenal's thicket
26 September 2023
Brighton move without thinking
25 September 2023
Matheus Nunes' strengths in one play
24 September 2023
We don't train
22 September 2023
How Andre Onana should play out against a passive counter-press
21 September 2023
Manchester City's constant triangles
20 September 2023
Chelsea need to target the center of the box
19 September 2023
Inter's spatial manipulation of AC Milan
18 September 2023
Brighton's beautiful team goal
17 September 2023
Why did Manchester United leave Declan Rice free?
09 September 2023
Burnley sit too deep and overcommit to the ball carrier
03 September 2023
August 2023
One example of patience by Nicolas Jackson
31 August 2023
Matip's positioning leads to a Newcastle goal and a Liverpool red card
28 August 2023
Arsenal's answer is Fabio Vieira
27 August 2023
Chelsea begin to fix timing issues
26 August 2023
Phil Foden needs to keep taking risks
21 August 2023
Liverpool's out of sync first phase
20 August 2023
Andre Onana's weakness leaning back passing to his right
15 August 2023
Chelsea hesitate to play Nicolas Jackson in
14 August 2023
Partey tasked with disrupting Arsenal's ball progression
13 August 2023
Manchester City's improved set-pieces
12 August 2023
Bernardo Silva moves behind Akanji opening space in the half-space
07 August 2023
Burnley's basic shape in and out of possession
04 August 2023
Declan Rice outside of Jurrien Timber for Arsenal
03 August 2023
July 2023
Aston Villa's back-three
31 July 2023
Barcelona’s 4-2 Build-up and 3-4-3 Diamond
30 July 2023
The Bournemouth Red-Tailed Boa
28 July 2023
It is too humid in Asia
27 July 2023
Is Kepa Arrizabalaga a modern goalkeeper?
25 July 2023
Arsenal's £65m question
24 July 2023
Kobbie Mainoo against Lyon and Arsenal
23 July 2023
Spain's (W) tell
22 July 2023
Chelsea's Youth Against Wrexham
21 July 2023
All of the above
20 July 2023
Ange Postecoglou's first Tottenham match
19 July 2023
Especially the time to take decisions
18 July 2023
We took Eden Hazard for granted
17 July 2023
Notes
16 July 2023
Planning warm-ups with Pep Guardiola
15 July 2023
Arsenal's left midfielder experiment
14 July 2023
Mason Mount will be used like Ryan Gravenberch
13 July 2023
The Importance of Attacking the Centre-Backs
12 July 2023
The goalkeeper should be replaced if we don't score
11 July 2023
André Onana is confident
10 July 2023
Reassembling Arsenal’s Invincibles
09 July 2023
Newcastle's influence on Anthony Gordon is showing
08 July 2023
The problem with talking about football
07 July 2023
The switch from a box to a diamond next season
06 July 2023
Cesc Fàbregas and Manchester City’s progression to a diamond
05 July 2023
Erik Ten Hag's end goal for Man United is 2021/22 Ajax
04 July 2023
Housekeeping
03 July 2023
June 2023
Manchester City pass their final test
11 June 2023
Inter are Brentford on steroids
10 June 2023
New Watchlist
07 June 2023
Barcelona Feminí's far-side pin and Patricia Guijarro's two equalizing goals
05 June 2023
Manchester United's piston press affords Manchester City too much space centrally
04 June 2023
A José Mourinho time-wasting masterclass
01 June 2023
May 2023
Batman and Robin
28 May 2023
Jan Paul van Hecke and Levi Colwill star in Brighton's counter-press
27 May 2023
Narrow Manchester United leave space wide against Chelsea
26 May 2023
Inter bulwark
25 May 2023
How I watch football
24 May 2023
Antony is missing his signature move
23 May 2023
Aggressive Inter heavily relies on Alessandro Bastoni
22 May 2023
Fluminense’s tight 5v5 overloads
21 May 2023
Manchester City's solution to restore fluidity against Real Madrid
20 May 2023
Newcastle made their pitch dry against Arsenal and Brighton
19 May 2023
Rodri sees everything
18 May 2023
A mundane semi-final win for Inter over AC Milan
17 May 2023
Liverpool’s death by vertical passes
16 May 2023
The Brentford Line-Out
15 May 2023
Low-Viscosity Bayern Munich
14 May 2023
Reims were too wide against Lens
13 May 2023
AC Milan tries to take advantage of Inter's aggressiveness with verticality
11 May 2023
The flaws of Manuel Akanji and Kyle Walker that cost Manchester City against Real Madrid
10 May 2023
Brighton's numerically inferior rest-defense leads to five Everton goals on the counter
09 May 2023
NASCAR
08 May 2023
Rico Lewis deserves to start regularly
07 May 2023
Manchester United are too good at maintaining numerical superiority in transition
05 May 2023
Manchester City needed more runners against West Ham
04 May 2023
Jakub Kiwior's left-side passing bias at right center-back for Arsenal
03 May 2023
Active and Waiting defenders in a flat-back-five
02 May 2023
Manuel Akanji's weak foot and bad angles at left center-back in Manchester City's 3-2
01 May 2023
April 2023
West Ham are similar to Emperor Penguins
29 April 2023
Tottenham overcomes back post run struggles to salvage point against Manchester United
28 April 2023
The space Manuel Akanji's positioning creates
27 April 2023
Arsenal is emotionally exhausted and didn’t press Manchester City
26 April 2023
Éder Militão looks tired
25 April 2023
How Manchester United’s man-to-man marking weakened Brighton’s buildup
24 April 2023
The large space between Tottenham’s lines for Newcastle to exploit
23 April 2023
What happened to Bayern Munich vs Mainz in their 3-1 loss?
22 April 2023
Wolves pounce on a flat-footed Youri Tielemans and unprepared Leicester
22 April 2023
Aaron Ramsdale channels his inner David De Gea
21 April 2023
David De Gea's risky pass to Maguire facing goal costs Manchester United
20 April 2023
Liverpool's narrow 4-4-2, the space it creates with expansion and contraction
02 April 2023
March 2023
Was Fred at fault for Liverpool's first goal against Man United
06 March 2023
February 2023
Leandro Trossard is Jesus reincarnated for Arsenal
27 February 2023
Arsenal's wide 4-4-2 out of possession leads to open space between the lines
20 February 2023
Enzo Fernandez should not be the one to drop between the CBs in the buildup for Chelsea
05 February 2023
January 2023
Man City’s 2–3 with an inverted left-back or right-back leaves them too vulnerable
19 January 2023
December 2022
Zakaria’s positional movement was key to Chelsea’s fluidity vs Bournemouth
27 December 2022
I didn't like France’s change to a 4–5–1 vs Morocco
14 December 2022
High pressing US leaves defensive CBs vulnerable to Netherlands’ counter-attack
03 December 2022
