Football Concepts
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Corner Flag Antics
I have always thought the corner flag is the most cynical place on a football pitch. It is also one…
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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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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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Footballing Concepts : Derbies
I have never trusted form in the leadup to derbies, no matter how convincing the numbers look. A ten-game winning…
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Footballing Concepts : Transfer Requests
When people talk about a player “handing in a transfer request,” they often imagine something casual, a frustrated conversation or…
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Part 1 : The Utility Player
Every squad has one. The player who can cover three positions without complaint, who warms up regardless of the scoreline,…
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Part 2 : The Death Of The Player-manager
FootballBias continues to look at why the Player-manager role has gone extinct. Elite players today are high-performance machines. Recovery is…
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Part 2 : Player Peaks
Strikers offer the cleanest illustration of how player peaks shift rather than vanish. The traditional arc still exists. Early career…
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Part 1 : Player Peaks
For a long time, we’ve talked about player peaks as if they were a law of nature. You hit your…
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Footballing Concepts : The Tactical Foul
The tactical foul is often misread as a loss of discipline. In reality, it is one of the most deliberate…
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