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Tactical Analysis: Mikel Arteta’s Promising Start to Life at Arsenal
It’s often considered difficult to consider how a new manager will do at a club, particularly in the case of Mikel Arteta. A coach at Manchester City, the most successful English club of the decade and record breaking point holders, under the tutelage of one of the best managers ever, Pep Guardiola, but Mikel himself…
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The Renaissance of Football’s Forgotten Boy Genius: André Villas-Boas
The day is January 30 1994. Sir Bobby Robson had just arrived at the Estadio das Antas (Porto’s 3rd & longest occupied stadium) to take charge of FC Porto. It was the year the life of a 16 year old Portuguese teenager – Luís Andre Villas-Boas – would change forever. Alongside him in the FC…
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Why Sunderland sacked Jack Ross and who they can get to replace him
On Tuesday afternoon news broke that Sunderland had terminated the contract of manager Jack Ross. The dismissal of Ross didn’t come as a shock and many Sunderland fans supported this decision after an uninspiring start to the season. An era that began with so much promise and potential came to an abrupt end as he…
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Sinisa Mihajlovic: a rare breed of a warrior
This is the story about a man and his team. But not just any man, and not just any team. On January 28th, 2019, Sinisa Mihajlovic got appointed as the replacement of legendary Italian striker, Filippo Inzaghi, for Italian club Bologna F.C. The team where he once started his managerial career back in 2008,…
