Archive | September, 2013

The best of the week (9-15 September)

Every Sunday I will publish the best articles that our team has complied or read from across from the last week. It will include blog articles; interviews, tactical information, fantasy football and others. Some of the articles will have been published on our very own website. Others will be linked to the main article. The […]

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The disappearance of Shinji Kagawa

“Shinji Kagawa is one of the best players in the world and he now plays 20 minutes at Manchester United — on the left wing,” the told the Guardian in May. “My heart breaks. Really, I have tears in my eyes.” Three months later, Kagawa doesn’t even play 20 minutes for United any more. His entire season […]

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Interview – Jens Lehmann

‘WE WERE WORLD CLASS IN EVERY AREA’ Jens Lehmann sits in one of the media rooms at the Arsenal Training Centre, with a photograph of the 2003/04 ‘Invincibles’ team on the wall behind him. It’s an appropriate backdrop. A decade ago, Arsenal and their new German goalkeeper had embarked on a record-breaking campaign which would, […]

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Time for Jack to step up

Jack Wilshere, the player famously described by Arsène Wenger as having a “Spanish technique with an English heart”, will be captain and talisman for both club and country for a generation. Substituted after 67 minutes in Kiev on Tuesday night following his worst showing in an England shirt, Wilshere returned to the home comforts of […]

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Fantasy Football – Gameweek 4

For Gameweek 4, TKTG brings you the tips and picks from the best fantasy articles out there, so that you can make informed decisions regarding any transfers you’re considering (and not) : Our friends over at Fantasy Yirma have gone for defenders as their picks in GW 4. Patrice Evra is their number 1 pick […]

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Ferguson’s Formula

Success and staying power like Sir Alex Ferguson’s demand study—and not just by football fans. How did he do it? Can one identify habits that enabled his success and principles that guided it? During what turned out to be his final season in charge, my former student Tom Dye and I conducted a series of […]

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Top 10 transfers that never were

ESPN FC writer Nick Miller examines the top 10 transfers that never quite happened. TKTG narrows it down to the ones that really matter…. 10 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Arsenal Arsenal seem to crop up quite often in regards to nearly signing players, from quibbling over a fee in the region of £4 million for […]

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The best of the week

Every Sunday I will publish the best articles that our team has complied or read from across from the last week. It will include blog articles; interviews, tactical information, fantasy football and others. Some of the articles will have been published on our very own website. Others will be linked to the main article. The […]

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Wenger – The Economist

The Secret Footballer:  I’ve seen everything there is to see in football, and a lot more outside of it. My anonymity let’s me tell you how it is, from inside the game without the shackles of pre-conception or fan bias. … When Wenger arrived he spent good money on Overmars, Bergkamp and Henry as well […]

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Mata and Mourinho – The Secret Footballer

Does Juan really Mata to Mourinho? The Secret Footballer:  I’ve seen everything there is to see in football, and a lot more outside of it. My anonymity let’s me tell you how it is, from inside the game without the shackles of pre-conception or fan bias.  … At the top of the week, when I […]

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