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The European Super League Is Dead: Long Live the Super League
It’s fair to say that anyone who supports the idea of a European Super League will find themselves in a very small minority. There are perhaps a few people not named Andrea Agnelli or Florentino Perez who might still support the project, but certainly not within earshot of a journalist. Somewhere in a secret lair,…
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The Same Questions Persist at Manchester United but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Can Still Be the Man to Answer Them
It is never a great idea to draw definite conclusions about a team or coach based on a single game. Even if that game is the final of a major European competition. The margins are so fine within any 90-minute period that any such prediction would most likely be inaccurate. Manchester United’s loss to Villareal…
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Player Analysis: Uroš Račić
When Valencia announced the signing of Uroš Račić from FK Crvena Zvezda, there were varying reactions from sections of both fanbases. While the Valencia fans tried to be optimistic about the signing, looking for all information they could get regarding this unknown 20-year old, a section of the Crvena Zvezda fanbase on Twitter appeared to…
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The Renaissance of Renato Sanches at Lille
Five years ago, an 18-year-old Renato Sanches broke onto the scene for Benfica and achieved history by winning the European Championship with Portugal, but after a disastrous move to Bayern Munich and an unproductive loan spell at Swansea City, his career looked to be headed nowhere fast. However, at 23 years of age, Sanches has…
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Player Analysis: Dion Charles
Dion Charles is a player that has played more non-league football than the top four leagues. A player that got released from Blackpool, he chose to play for close non-league neighbours in AFC Fylde which included being sent out on loan to Skelmersdale United, a team in the seventh level of English football. Following the spell…
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The Rise and Fall of Bernard Tapie’s Marseille: Part 4: La Balance
This is the fourth installation of a six-part series on Olympique de Marseille. You can read “Part 1: L’homme d’affairs,” here, and “Part 2: La Nuit Les Projecteurs Se Sont Éteints,” here. You can read “Part 3: Nuits Blanches Et Thés Frelatés,” here. You can read “Part 5: Les Retombées,” here. You can read “Part…
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Tactical Theory: The Art Of Collective Dismarking — Manchester City
On March 13, 2021, Manchester City traveled to Craven Cottage stadium to meet Fulham, beating them 0–3 thanks to the written names on the score sheet, John Stones, Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Agüero. Fulham’s Man-Oriented Approach Against Manchester City The locals had a plan to stop the Citizens as they formed in a…
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The Bundesliga 2020/21 Season Review
Another Bundesliga season has come and gone, where perhaps the only thing that has remained the same throughout this most peculiar of campaigns is that FC Bayern is once again Deutscher Meister. In the past season we have witnessed it all, with 892 goals flying into the net, 1,112 cards being brandished by disgruntled referees,…
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Tactical Analysis: Ryan Mason’s Tottenham Hotspur
Another big English football club, another post-José Mourinho salvage mission. The Portuguese manager’s time at Tottenham Hotspur was probably his worst overall as a manager, as his 86-match stint was the shortest since his União de Leiria days in 2001 and 2002, and this was also the first time he failed to lead a club…
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Dani Ceballos — What Next?
The boy from Utrera, Spain is nearing the end of his second loan spell at Arsenal, and Mikel Arteta now has an important decision to make regarding the future of Dani Ceballos. The young Spaniard is expected to return to Madrid at the end of the season, where he has a contract until 2023, although…
