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Analysis
Footballing Concepts : Associative Play
When I talk about associative play, I am not describing a position. I am describing a state. It is the…
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Analysis
The Third Kit Curse
I do not think the so-called “third kit curse” begins on the pitch. It is one of football’s superstitions, like…
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Footballing Concepts : Pass Appreciation
Pass appreciation is not just about the 40-yard diagonal that makes the highlight reel. It is about the pass that…
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Analysis
Tac-Talk : How Rayo Vallecano Beat Atletico Madrid
Rayo Vallecano’s 3–0 victory over Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque was a tactical masterclass in opportunistic aggression,…
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Analysis
5 Things We Learned From This Past Week’s Fixtures
FootballBias looks at the 5 Things We Learned From This Past Week’s Fixtures. The mid-winter stretch of the 2025/26 football…
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Analysis
The Pressure Of Being “The Next”
Every generation does this. A teenager breaks through, shows something unusual, and we rush to label him “The Next Someone.”…
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Fantasy
Scout’s Top 8 : UCL Playoffs
The Champions League playoff round arrives with the weight of expectation, a high-stakes bridge between the expanded league phase and…
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Analysis
Part 2 : Why Wingers Have Stopped Scoring
Another quiet change with wingers and wing play is philosophical. Modern positional football, treats turnovers as sins. Dribbling in “dangerous”…
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Analysis
Part 1 : Why Wingers Have Stopped Scoring
For more than a decade, we got used to the idea that elite wingers were supposed to be scorers first…
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