Providing a Tactical Analysis of European Football
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I’m not sure the fella he replaced (Sage) will make it to Christmas either.
Big next couple of weeks for Palace, especially away at Brighton on the 18th of October.
🚨 | RC Lens are set to sack Dino Toppmöller. The German has presided over just six official games, including four in Ligue 1. (L'Éq)
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🚨 Pierre Sage will be informed today that he's been sacked as Crystal Palace manager
🕓 Players frustrated by 4pm training sessions + training ground dinners
🫣 #CPFC first considered managerial change in September
❌ Not enough defensive training
😬 Member of backroom staff disliked
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Pedri & Olise (maybe Vitinha) are the players I watch & think they are in complete control of every touch & can put the ball wherever they want to avoid pressure
The game looks easy when you can see the full picture & don’t have to think about controlling the ball w/ either foot
What you find is Athletes are good at most sports.
You try to beat them at table tennis at the training ground and get a big surprise. They are competitive in whatever they do.
Big big Jonny Wilkinson fan.
I’d say 1 &2 aren’t that difficult here but 3 is 😳
Paying homage to the ball! A life long partner in crime that has a way of rewarding us with endless discovery!
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Mentality comes from the top.
You spend every day at the training ground and the sway in a Managers mood from negative to positive can make a massive difference to the environment of the whole place.
If the Manager has good energy it trickles down to everyone. Same for bad.
"You're tired? You didn't play!" 😅
This brilliant exchange between Mikel Arteta and @SamJDean 😂
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8 years… and every shirt tells a story or two!
@prostateunited started in 2018 and we have just finished our 9th campaign.
We’re currently on £951,000 with fundraising closing at the end of November…
Can this be our million £ year? 🙏🏻
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Lots of talk about Barca’s high line but it is v. effective against most
It shortens the oppo possessions, increases the distances in their team (especially oppo FWDs vs Barca’s midfielders) & saves the players energy when chasing the ball
GK positioning is key & top class
A weakness of Suzuki is that he often doesn’t know where his line is or falls/dives backwards.
Happened against Man City for Haaland’s goal.
GK is the easiest position to analyse by the way. All technical.
Foul rather than contest a duel by Martinez & a careless flick pass from Bruno inside his own half. Not very surprising.
I’ve always thought that if your best player is a No.10 - who can’t play as an 8 - then the balance of your team is probably going to be off.
Having the ability to put the ball exactly where you want it to go - via a pass or a shot - is something that you can master with lots & lots of practice.
Congrats to Harry on his big night.
Humble, hardworking but with that edge that makes him a leader & a WINNER.
Respect 🫡
Decision making and consistency separate the two at the moment but Lamine is obviously a lot younger and has less experience.
🚨🗣️ Robert Lewandowski: "Everyone talks about Lamine Yamal, but I also try to pay attention to other players and notice things that others might not have seen yet.
"I love watching Lamine, but I also enjoy watching Michael Olise and observing the way they both play.
"Olise's decision-making is perfect. He knows when to shoot, when to pass and what type of pass to make.
"If Olise had scored one or two goals at the World Cup, he would certainly have been one of the leading favourites for the Ballon d'Or as well, alongside Lamine and Harry Kane."
Yamal missed big chance but had a poor game, which reduces Barcelona’s threat by 60%, Fermin doesn’t do enough & the defence isn’t good enough to keep a clean sheet in a big game.
Madrid were fairly solid and always have enough threat with Mbappe/Bellingham
Dropping your star player, playing players out of position and losing at home. If it was a back 5 it would’ve been a full house for a Carrick sacking.
FDJ & Rodri with Pedri free to connect more with Lamine and Raphinha would be lovely against the bigger clubs.
🚨🎙️| Frenkie de Jong: “Most of the criticism and noise around me comes when I’m injured and unavailable, and that’s what happened this time too. I understand why some fans are frustrated, because they saw me playing for the Netherlands, even though that isn’t the team they support.
From the outside, it might look like I played every World Cup match except the final, returned to Barcelona and then suddenly spent three months out. I completely understand why people might see it that way, but I’ve tried to explain the full story and what actually happened.” #fcblive
