Qatar has never been a popular choice, especially in the West. There are those who don’t like it because of the vast amounts of money spent on the bid; elsewhere in football, there are those who don’t like it because of the heat; there are those who don’t like it because of its size; there […]
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Martino defends approach
Gerardo Martino has suggested that there would be less criticism of his tweaks to Barcelona’s style if he were from the Netherlands or had come through the club’s La Masia academy. Pundits in Catalonia were quick to notice that Rayo Vallecano had actually had more possession of the ball than Barca during Saturday’s meeting in […]
Zonal Marking: Manchester Derby
Zonal Marking takes a look a the tactical battle in the Manchester Derby. The key issue #1: Nasri’s narrowness … He did something pretty similar here, and in a match that wasn’t far off 4-4-2 against 4-4-2, he was the only player who varied his positioning to drag opponents around. His clever positioning was in stark […]
Dennis Bergkamp: ‘You climb one mountain and see a higher one’
What do you look for in the youngsters you coach now? “Well, you see straightaway who has drive. But it can come from different things. Let’s say this kid wants to be a millionaire when he’s 18. That’s drive. Is it bad? ‘By 28 I want to have three sports cars and the only way […]
How do you solve a problem like Manchester United’s midfield?
The drubbing handed out by Manuel Pellegrini’s fast and muscular band is seen as a final confirmation of the summer folly of purchasing only Marouane Fellaini, who was left appearing off the pace and possessing questionable positional sense, which is hardly what £27.5m should buy. The drab 0-0 draw with Chelsea at Old Trafford, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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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