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Lovely abstract.
Contains a few of the salient things i myself believe in with the top players.
A thread 📜
translated Mitoma's graduation thesis
this is an abstract, not the full article
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The lack of morals, ethics and respect for women amongst football fans and on football twitter is a bit scary.
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Ronaldo 06-14 was arguably the defining player of this era.
No player revolutionised his position and spawned generations of similar, albeit lesser players the way he did.
Totally revolutionised how wingers are seen and play.
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Gabriel Martinelli has to be Arteta's greatest coaching victory for me.
This transformation into the level of player that he is now, capable of threatening the goal directly, creating from wide, combining etc. Is obscene.
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Man City and Arsenal's coaching is unreal.
Literally every player they have, no matter how diminutive, can recieve, shield and turn in the tightest pockets under pressure.
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I feel, what Odegaard gives Arsenal is getting underrated.
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Southgate should have run Rashford-Saka.
Right hand side creative focus to allow Saka to be the hub and drag the opps across before switching.
Use of minimal width because you want Rashy inside more, running at midfielder/CB, getting shots off, not wide in isos vs the fullback.
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Is there a footballer more press resistant than Sergio Busquets?
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Garnacho needs to lose that LW spot to Rashford.
I'm sorry, but there are levels to this.
That cross across the box in the 92nd was better than anything Garnacho produced all game.
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Look at how much time it takes him to turn in the second clip.
It's going to be fun watching him play against high pressing sides.
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There is so much of Suarez about him, the intrinsic technique and skill combined with uncoordinated body movements that makes it look so bizzare at times, lacking in the clean motion and quality.
It's like his mind moves faster than his body can go at times...
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He basically created the role of creative, heavy PnP, output heavy (goal getting) wide outlets.
Just think... Salah, Mane, Rashford, Sterling, Martinelli, Vinicius etc. All spawned after his dominance, having watched him on the big stage for years and learned from him.
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Not even Messi managed to impact and reshape how players in his role played this way.
Every winger now is judged on their physicality, speed, ball striking, ability to act as outlets and attack the box while possessing some wide creativity.
Cristiano truly changed a generation.
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Catholic priests after watching arsenal lose 3 in a row
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All these are signs of incredible training ground work.
He's taken him from a jagged diamond and polished him incredibly into a multi faceted attacker that most teams in the world would desire.
Mikel is genuinely a top 2/3 winger coach in the world rn.
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Ten Hag deserves so much credit.
He's been slaughtered all week for being "idealistic" and "naive", but he has come into this game, sacrificed his philosophy by playing a hyper intense midblock and avoided playing out of the back while dropping big names.
Superb from him.
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The Artful Dodger: A case study on Edinson Cavani.
Match Analysed: Tottenham 1-3 Man Utd
I decided to look at the movement of Edinson Cavani using his performance vs Spurs away, one of his best in a Utd shirt and look at why ole wants him to stay.
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Arsenal fans are way too talkative about Spurs' performances considering Royal, Sanchez, Davies and Sessegnon still play for them.
If Arsenal fielded that kind of backline, u'd find 40+ tweet threads about how Arteta is unlucky and deserves time.
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Going like a bullet desperately trying to execute his next heist while his anatomy keeps up haphazardly. He possesses obvious skill to in various facets, just the in between isnt there.
And yet, he has transformed into a winger who is more than capable wide, can combine,
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Can play centrally, Back to goal, capable of providing insane threat in a wide variety of ways.
Arteta coaching him to pace his movements, slow down and start, the improved body angles while receiving and the advancement in technical consistency, the usage of the body.
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If u look at the careers of Rodri, Fabinho pre LFC or City:
They are both tall, technically excellent players who are
- risk averse
- press resistant,
- wide angled passing wise
- filled in at CB (fabinho also at RB) down to thek to scanning and intercept , not chasing the ball
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So many of the TL's opinions are axiomatically bizzare.
If Arsenal beat Newcastle, they and Arteta are great, etc.
Now that they lost, they shouldn't have given him the contract, etc.
If your opinion fluctuates so much on single matches.. it isn't really worth listening to.
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Arteta is the most underrated low block coach in the league.
The defensive principles post the red card today, in terms of defensive organisation, discipline, on ball behaviours, on pitch profiles and the dark arts was outstanding.
It really had it all.
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👀👀👀
I love how the most unprofessional era of footballers who'd go get drunk, eat unhealthy, not train properly became pundits and now regularly go after the most professional era of footballers for lack of professionalism.
It's laughable
I remember a time when United players , managers , executives wouldn’t be seen in their local Italian after a draw at home let alone getting knocked out of Europe. This last week we’ve seen a global tour of F1 , Concerts, Cricket and UFC events. This lot are Tone Deaf!
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If Declan rice was Argentinian and Enzo was English, a lot of the current narratives would be inverted.
For me, Rice is a 100 million pound signing. Enzo, while a top talent, isn't.
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Manchester United is the only football team that regularly exposes defenders to situations where
- there's chaos,
- they have to defend vast spaces alone while being on the back foot
- overloads,
and then scapegoat those defenders (Maguire, lindelof etc.) for it.
its hilarious.
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@HemmenKees
Any other team in the league produces that win and your hailing them kees.
On God knows how many occasions, liverpool break a deep block with a long pass, a second ball won and the ball's in the net.
I don't remember this level of dumbing down and reductionism for those matches.
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He's an owner whom every rival should envy arsenal for.
The rebuild is largely credited to Arteta (and rightly so), but Josh Kroenke's work across sports and his work for arsenal over the last 4 years is top, top notch.
Fascinating to look back at this nearly 2 year old interview Josh Kroenke did with Sky Sports, talking about:
🔷 The dark days
🔷 The failed short term fixes
🔷 The new strategy
🔷 Competing against wealthy clubs
🔷 Expectations
🔷 3 year plan
He has lived up to every word.
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It's mad how DDG escaped criticism for this pass.
The pass is horrendous.
So slow, making it insanely easy for the Leicester player to press
Proper Hospital Pass
Maguire actually doesn't do much wrong
Perhaps should shield the ball but in these Circumstances not much one can do
𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙩 from Youri Tielemans! 🤩
Where does this sumptuous finish rank among our top goals this season? 📊
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The Problem with People defending Martinez's lack of height with Aerial duel percentage etc. Is that it ignores 2 facts:
1. Contesting aerial duels in the pl is very different to the Eredivisie
2. Contesting them in a dominant Ajax is different to a developing United.
📜📜
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this clip is why united need a ball playing keeper.
how can u play in the modern game with high lines, build up from the back and zonal defence from corners yet have a gk like ddg?
here once Firmino pushes to press lindelof..
Allison/ederson etc would be b/w lindelof and Maguire
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The Affect Of Youth Footballing On Players (MY THOUGHTS):
players instincts are built from a young age.
touch, technique, controls, scanning etc.
U wont see manager's change fundamentals of a player, only help them become better at implementing strengths/mitigating weaknesses
Lefties have a harder time using their right 100%. It's why you don't see LBs covering the RB spot but you do the opposite.
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Carlo Ancelotti in 2021/22 is the biggest example for all those who judge football purely on the basis off Managerial CV's and Historical Trophies won.
By CV, he is a ridiculous manager.
In actuality he is pretty bad
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His metronomic style, ability to secure territory, security, combo play and control high up the pitch combined with good work-rate and lovely range when the opportunity is available is crucial to Arsenal, Especially since Partey is the main dm for the forceeable future.
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One thing regarding Yoro
Motivation.
If he's getting pressured by his entire club to join United, will he have the willpower to stick it out when it gets sticky? Or will he just keep thinking about Madrid.
Psychological intangibles are very important. They affect performance.
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People were getting pissed when i tweeted this out lol
🚨🇦🇷 NEW:
Lisandro Martinez names Gabriel Jesus as the toughest opponent he has faced in the Premier League to date.
@TelegraphDucker
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How is this a pattern of play?
Loved this little pattern of play the other night vs Leicester.
Ten Hag ball.
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This is a tweet derived of context imo.
There has been a lot of narrative re writing and misrepresentation of context about OGS's time in charge in general but especially 20/21.
Naysayers have excluded some of the context so clearing up some facts is important
(Thread)
United are 3 points off 4th after the 5th and 6th place teams in the league got better. They're on course to finish with just above 60 points, which is a few less than what you'd get if they didn't overperform xG in 20/21. This is just ~the level of the squad that was assembled
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Nah dawg, I wanna be able to lie to myself like this.
What we're seeing from Foden is a change in his temperament. Demanding the ball, asking for it, having the game go through him.
And finally. Best England have looked this tournament as a collective. Best Foden has looked too.
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Guys, I think United should look at him.
Rb cover for Dalot, RCB cover for Yoro, can play him and Yoro as a pair potentially as well.
He fills in midfield too...
Why not?
🚨 Trevoh Chalobah has not been taken with the first team on the USA pre-season tour, as the club try and force the defender out the club…
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THE FLAWS OF PSG’s 4-3-3:
PSG vs City 2-0 Tactical Analysis
In the Recent CL Group stage clash, Pochettino’s PSG came out on top over Pep’s Man city. However, there were some repetitive flaws in Pochettino’s set up which will be something for Pochettino to resolve.
THREAD📜
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Harry Maguire is so good man.
Put him in city/liverpool/Chelsea's set ups and I guarantee u he outperforms basically everyone bar VVD.
His bad performances this season are a combination of Utd being a carcrash, being rushed back from injury + prev. Workload. and mindstate.
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This is entirely unsuprising tbh.
Even if you ignore the fact that they got a high xg chance via the goal (AWB's mistake), they have way more box penetrations and shots.
Arsenal are a physically, technical, mentally and tactically more complete team than Manchester United.
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Does anyone else get reminded of Ronaldinho when watching CHO's gait and dribbling style?
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@nonewthing
Stoppages (injuries etc.),
Refereeing decisions,
Substitutions can lift a team qualitatively, tactically but also psychologically
(messi vs PSG 2013 comes to mind.
Came on unfit but raised everyone's levels , woke the crowd up and Subdues PSG simply on account of being Messi)
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DECODING: Aaron Wan Bissaka- Part 2
Man Utd 4-2 Everton
in light of UTD's interest in Trippier, i analysed some of AWB's pre season performances.
This is a breakdown of AWB vs Everton.
AWB played 59 minutes in this match before getting subbed for Dalot.
(note: no audio on clips)
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Zaha is so elite..
Mitchell tries to play a 1-2 around Bruno thru Zaha and would succeed if it wasn't for Mctom coming across and basically killing that pass.
Zaha somehow reads this, takes a touch before flicking it behind him with the perfect weight
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His passing technique is so "cb in midfield."
Doesn't have that weight-height of pass balance like Rodri in his chipped passes (particularly the ones crossfield to a runner from wide), which means he arrests the runner's momentum.
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Harry Maguire vs West Ham: Performance Analysis.
Harry Maguire has received lots of slander, including a poll by
@nonewthing
where he was considered worse than Gabriel.
Here is his display analysed where he shows what he is capable of.
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A LATE ANALYSIS OF LIVERPOOL MAN CITY:
A potentially key match in the title picture, this was a battle that showcased Pep and Klopp at their very best, making numerous ingame tactical tweaks to turn the tide.
DISCLAIMER: APOLOGIES FOR VIDEO QUALITY, SEEMS TO BE A METTRICA ISSUE,
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THE BREAKDOWN: MAN UNITED 21/22
hey everyone, here is a piece on Man united this season and some of the flaws.
please do check it out and share the piece if possible!!!
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Talent Utilisation and Optimisation is so key in football.
In an alternate universe, Iwobi gets utilised correctly as a left sided 8/10 and is a starter for a Cl level team.
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We gave him Ighalo and 34 yr old Cavani when he asked for Haaland in 2020.
Never forget that.
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Xavi favours man marking based set ups.
Which is an initial red flag for me.
Xavi isn't ball heavy enough *yet*, with a bit too much verticality meaning they can lose control.
Not to mention, Arteta has coached outstanding defensive setups (deep block, mid block, high press)
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This sort off reductive assessment has been banded Abt a lot this week,
HOWEVER, Despite Conte's prowess, there is context involved in him imprinting his philosophy immediately and getting top results..
Let's take a look and not be simplistic
{IMPROPTU THREAD 📜}
•“Invincibles” first season with Juve
•Wins the league in his first season at Chelsea
•Took an Inter side who were 21 points off 1st in 2018/19, to runners-up by 1 point in 2019/20
In a modern world where coaches demand time, Conte imprints his philosophy rapidly on his team.
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if Manchester United were run sensibly, they'd be hoping that Leeds, Brentford or Everton get relegated to pick them off:
if Brentford do:
- get Ivan Toney and David Raya to replace Cavani, Ronaldo and DDG
if Leeds do:
- get Raphinha for the RW
If Everton do:
- DCL,
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Kobbie Mainoo is a Thiago Regen, but with a bit more physicality and final third capacity.
Scary, scary talent.
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@EarlTrapo
In the arsenal doc, there were training clips of nketiah being put under pressure where he has asked to take 2/3 touches before turning and hitting a diagonal.
Although they were fleeting, it's clear that Arteta demands that players hold the ball under pressure and turn.
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Frank Lampard needs a top tactical assistant coach.
His understanding of profiles and player in general is lovely and his pull is seemingly very good.
If someone can sort out the tactical organisation and coaching (which can be iffy at times), he will take Everton places.
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I think to say that it would be "about the same/worse" if he hadn't signed would be an opinion I strongly disagree with,
as I believe it's a great deal of outcome bias colouring the situation at UTD pre Ronaldo.
I'm analysing in detail below, please read it👇👇
(THREAD)
If Manchester United had not signed Cristiano Ronaldo, but the squad was otherwise exactly the same, would they be doing better or worse this season?
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I don't think people understand that you can't have penetration from everywhere in midfield.
You need to play passes, keep territory, probe the defence before picking the lock at the right time.
Pass selection & risk averse-ness is a must in atleast one of a midfield 3.
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I think
@EarlTrapo
tweeted about this too, but it's genuinely impeccable and among many other things... Teams and Coaching staff's should be looking to pickpocket their individual training programs.
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Awoniyi hasn't got an ounce of technique, but my word is he a physical battering ram.
He's been bullying everton's backline physically all afternoon.
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DECODING: Aaron Wan Bissaka
Part 1: Derby
in light of UTD's interest in Trippier, i decided to look at take a look at some of Awb's pre season perfomances
first, we will have a look at the match against derby in which Awb played 45 minutes.
(NOTE: no audio on the clips)
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Haaland's performance yesterday is precisely why people need to weigh self-shot creation and variety higher.
He was compared to Mbappe but is not good at creating his own shots and doesn't have a wide repertoire aside from box finishes.
Still World Class, but Mbappe is clear.
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Odegaard mitigates this.
He combines, holds the ball in tight areas, plays short passes, switches play, plays risky when it's safer to do so and in general, acts as a foil to the others.
Allowing arsenal to maintain territory, retain a tight block etc.
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If you add in another player who plays vertically, Arsenal will get stretched. Distances will increase and the control with which they play will go.
This is important given Arsenal's youthful exuberance and emotional fluctuation when playing currently.
(5/n)
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@UtdCathal
@utdreport
@talkSPORT
With respect bro. Wolves have been utter tripe this season. So his numbers would have logically tanked
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I think Sane is a perfect example of why a players pr drops drastically when playing for Bayern.
He's literally playing like a demon and doesn't seem to be getting any hype whatsoever.
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He is a physically robust winger in the school of Mane, Salah, Hazard.
You could read them and stop them as a defender, but their ability to use their body while carrying means that they will beat you anyway.
Top, top footballer.
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THE VALUE OF OPPOSITE MOVEMENTS:
[THREAD]
This week, Dan James scored his first goal for Leeds United, doing so with movement that at first glance seemed great.
However, there is a difference between how the top strikers cause problems and DJ's goal.
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I'm very impressed by arsenal..
For the second half.
Exposed palace via wide overloads and combination play while executing a tough tactical system with pretty good precision.
It was a really good performance and bar odegaards bozo tackle for the pen, they could have comeback
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@JohyanCruyff
@TheEuropeanLad
They'd praise him if he wasn't signing for united. I don't remember half of this stuff for dias and Thiago silva last year
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If you can't see that Martinelli is playing in a substantially better and more conducive environment to his play than Leao is... I don't even know what to tell you.
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David De Gea is one of the worst goalkeepers in the league.
Don't want to see him get defended anymore... The guy let in 3 goals from the tightest angles to ever exist.
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I hate this habit of the teams star player going last in the shootout for personal glory.
Go first and show the way.
Neymar should have taken that first penalty instead of throwing Rodrygo to the Wolves.
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Jesus.
Man roasted him for fun that game.
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PSG confound me.
How are you
- based in one of if not THE biggest talent hubs in Europe,
- the biggest, best and richest club in that talent hub,
- the rest of the league are pretty skint comparatively
And yet you don't abuse and utilise it to the hilt??
Maignan will officially become the Serie A Golden Glove winner with the most clean sheets in the 21/22 season. This despite missing 2 months of action.
Mike Maignan, the best goalkeeper in Serie A 🤴🏿🦅
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You then factor Partey, who is one of the most risk heavy dm's in Europe. Looking to manipulate angles and penetrate at every opportunity. Even xXhaka is constantly drifting and moving, playing with verticality and now, arriving in the box more than ever.
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Sad reality.
Mason Greenwood today had all charges of attempted rape, assault and coercive control against him dropped [
@SunSport
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Look at the distribution at 0:05...
There is a reason Sheffield United suffered so much when Deano left and came back to Manchester in 20/21. He is really talented bar a few flaws and really needs to revive his career either at United or at another club.
Easy UCL calibre keeper
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Arteta is better than Xavi.
No Debate
On the pitch wise itself there are traits making Arteta superior,
but the amount of storms of field that Arteta had had to deal with,
Plus the starting level of the squads both managers inherited make him
unquestionably better right now.
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This was one of the most honest and best manager quotes, and it was slaughtered by people on socials.
Such a shame.
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This is a bad move.
Likelihood is that United will want to move him on in a couple of years, but won't be able to because he is now on a long term contract with massive wages.
Completely Hasty and Unnecessary Decision
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Spurs are too functional.
They don't have enough technical skill, ball handling and general quality and consistency. The only drop of ingenuity, innovation and play making in their team is Kulusevski.
That's not good enough for a team looking to move up from 4th.
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First of all, Zidane isn't a midfielder.
Second of all, he is widely overrated.
He's one of those footballers who is considered to be better than his actual level due to a few overly glorified big game performances.
🎙| Rio Ferdinand: “Zidane is not on that table, he’s a level above. Xavi, Iniesta and Modric and then Zidane a step above. Modric should get the credit for being on the same table as Xavi and Iniesta.”
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This thread includes a key point in terms of what I've thought about the full back role, especially when considering on ball concepts, greater emphasis of high pressing and using the touchline as a trap than before
Two feet and passes back into the centre from Fullbacks
(👇👇)
It's not uncommon for the near-side FB to play the ball down the line when they receive it in the build-up phase. It could be said that this is the preferred option; to go around the high block, given it carries relatively low risks and is effective when executed w/ decisiveness.
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One of the other reasons behind Naglesmann's minimal width and the structures he employs is also to draw opposition and create scope for dynamic transitions.
The word dynamic transitions is crucial, specifically due to the lesser emphasis on timing and on ball specificity
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Rashford breaks gamestate, Saka runs games.
Bukayo for me.
You have the option of Rashford or Saka
Who would you choose ?
Like for Rashford, Retweet for Saka
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This is also a commonality with Rice and Tchouameni.
Both are long legged, tall midfielders who
- play at wide radius due to either, being double footed or nimble
- press resistant
- risk averse
- rice played CB before midfield.
I wonder whether this is the the trend to look
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I'm tired of these Maguire narratives.
People constantly meme him, scapegoat him for bad team performances and make his good performances out to be nothing when he is at United...
And then pretend like there is some drastic difference for England.
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An unspoken issue in United's recruitment is the lack of "best in class" players.
To win the biggest titles needs best in class/potentially best in class players, and bar Luke Shaw, I wouldn't say anyone else at United is undoubtedly amongst the best in their position.
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DdG will be the litmus test of EtH's Man United for me.
Distribution's just not good enough.
It will probably improve in a possession team with better emphasis on involving the gk in build up, spacing etc. but it still will be unsatisfactory until we replace him.
Has to be sold
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Man united are a funny club.
They historically struggle vs Spanish opposition due to
A. Being overzealous and overcommitting
B. Lacking structural solidness in defense.
Both exposing UTD to Spanish teams on ball principles (attract and bypass pressure, hence flying into space)
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