Earlier this season I praised a tactic used by Man City, which I had never seen before, in my post ‘Tales of the Unexpected’. On Saturday, it resulted in their second goal, against Everton. The MOTD pundits, Shearer and Murphy, were singing the praises of Leroy Sane whose link-up play in the build-up was excellent. … [Read more…]
Pep Guardiola, I am seriously impressed! Not because your team has just beaten my lot, or that most pundits are saying that the title is yours to lose, and that you may go the season unbeaten. You impressed me because you came up with a clever tactical move that I had not seen before, and … [Read more…]
Am I the only person out there who is getting a bit fed up of my team conceding goals directly from free kicks? You know the kind I mean, the ones where the keeper dives across his goal in vain as the ball flies into the top corner, or even worse, the ones where the … [Read more…]