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Winning is Fine, But Not Like That

Arsenal score too many goals from set pieces. It's cynical. It's not proper football. Wins feel hollow. Something something Arsène Wenger would be disappointed. If a team is exclusively reliant on set pieces, ignores open...

The Premier League in Three Clusters

Two charts. Twenty clubs. Three very different ideas about how to play football. The Premier League is one of the most competitive leagues in this world. We see a lot of talk about how some...

AC Milan: The Story of a Club in Decline

This weekend in Genoa, Milan put one and a half feet into the Champions League; a single home victory against an already-safe Cagliari side is all that is needed to secure third place. However—particularly for...

Uruguay: The Legacy of Garra Charrúa

From Brazil to Argentina, from England to Germany, from Italy to Spain to France, we’ve seen a handful of teams get their hands on the elusive FIFA World Cup trophy. However, the very first team...

The Little Treble, What Is It, and Who Has Won It?

The treble, probably the most coveted achievement in club football, besides your club getting bought out by people who have done crimes against humanity to artificially pump it full of cash. But I digress. Only...