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Every coach should watch Bournemouth’s build-up against City’s press. It’s a library of ‘best practice’ 4-3-3 vs 4-4-2 clips. #8’s staying high to pin the #6’s, fullbacks off the shoulder of the wingers, Senesi’s left foot CRUCIAL, fullbacks + wingers on different lines. Top…

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Lewis Hall is 100% guaranteed success, wants out of his club and his manager dropped him for big Dan Burn - find the cash

@RisingStarXI Tell me you’re joking

🇵🇹🚨 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗨𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗦 (𝟮𝟭) has been 𝗟𝗘𝗙𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗧 of the Portuguese Squad for the 2026 World Cup 🌎❌ 𝗪𝗧𝗙𝗙𝗙𝗙𝗙𝗙!! 🤦‍♂️

.@Jon_Mackenzie on why Andoni Iraola 'is a genius.' 🧠

Eyes on Mainoo. Action that wouldn't be included in a F90 comp cause he doesn't touch the ball, but his interpretation of the situation is so clear that he knows he's not the best option to receive and drags his marker out to open the space behind. Makes his mate's life easier.

As I’ve reached the end of the season I’ve made a thread of all the examples that I’ve shared involving the team I coached over the past year • game footage • training sessions • My methodology • articles/podcasts I’ve featured on Follow this thread 🧵

The only manager to speak up about the genocides in Palestine and Sudan, Pep Guardiola whether you love him or hate him is a big loss for the premier league

@RioMeets @rioferdy5 @neymarjr They sacrificed Joao Pedro for a broken pigeon and dance master 5000?

Brazil’s World Cup 2026 Squad including Neymar! Carlo Ancelotti has done it, samba time 🇧🇷 @rioferdy5

@EBL2017 Celebrating a 1-0 win like a madman over relegated Burnley and I’m suppose to believe that he’s such a “great manager”, allow it

Arteta’s speech… What a poignant moment for him. He was getting emotional at the noise in the stadium. Noise the Emirates has never experienced. From nothing, to something, to being 2 games away from EVERYTHING. Cherish him. He’s going down in football folklore.

Butcher funniest scene.

Elliot Anderson vs Manchester United

@RisingStarXI Oh my god man, allow it with these niche, useless stats

Only 𝗧𝗪𝗢 (𝟮) Portuguese Teenagers have scored 3+ Goals outside the box in a single Premier League season. ★ Cristiano Ronaldo ★ 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗨𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗘́ (𝟭𝟴) 🆕 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗖**** 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 🇵🇹💎

@AndyCantwell What an edit 😭😂😂

New guy on The Overlap is the worst craic ever (part 6)

@BurnleyOfficial Up the clarets 🇿🇦

Where will you be supporting us from? 🌍

The biggest challenge for Iraola and Bournemouth is to stop City from getting into their flow high. That flow starts when they are in their 3-1-6 high with Bernardo dropping and superseding tactics with Rodri as they overload the opposition's press with dynamic movements and actions. Iraola typically makes his wingers track opposition fullbacks who travel high, so that will drag Rayan back with O'Reilly. The problem with that is Bournemouth will then only have one way of transitioning from a zonal press into a man-to-man press, and that is via a central reaction chain (Senesi-Adams-Kroupi / CB-#6-#10). That's hard to achieve when Adams doesn't want to release to press Bernardo who is often in the very first line, thus giving City an overload and time on the ball. Then, from here, City can pin Bournemouth back who may struggle to get out with their most reliable outlet (Rayan) pinned back by O'Reilly. This is where I can see Bournemouth struggling in the game. But, away from tactics, Everton got the better of City by creating chaos. Beto and Barry got their better of Khusanov and Guehi physically, they were incredibly tenacious and intense in duels, and the crowd unnerved City. Similar happened at Elland Road to City but they won on that day. Why? A bit of luck, sure, but also because Rodri played alongside Bernardo. At Everton, it was Bernardo and Nico. Rodri brings a different level of character on the pitch. Plus, Bournemouth's ground is nowhere near as intimidating as Everton's. It cannot generated the same level of noise. So that means Bournemouth are more reliant on potentially exploiting that flaw when/if Rodri comes off the pitch with Pep potentially having to manage his minutes after his recent injury. OR, Bournemouth can prevent City from having control in a different way – by being difficult to press thanks to their technical quality and unpredictability. Iraola's 4-3-3 is dynamic and gives the players freedom to roam, interchange, combine, and attack spaces from deep, but the individual qualities of the players is also high. Truffert, Senesi, Scott, Tavernier, Rayan, Kroupi… all very dynamic footballers. Pep's City press with their wingers inverting onto the centre backs, the fullbacks backing up the press on the side, and the centre backs coming across to manage the winger with Haaland and Cherki often passive on the #6's, and that extremely aggressive pressing style combined with a high line means that City are one of the best pressing teams in the world. HOWEVER, dribble through a press or successfully use a third man pattern to bypass the initial lines of pressing and then that high line with little pressure on the ball suffers, whether that be directly in behind OR when it is forced to defend lower (like we saw against Everton when City were technically insecure). THAT is what Bournemouth need to do to beat City. Make them defend lower than usual. That phase of play takes up less than 5% of Guardiola's training or video analysis because City's entire philosophy is centred around dominating the game in the opposition's half. Like Flick's at Barca.

I’ve just seen the TOUGHEST Bruno edit ever 😤🔥

@EBL2017 Xavi was an 8

Pep, Alonso, Arteta, Carrick, Ancelotti, Deschamps, Xavi, Motta… #6’s as players managing at the very top of our game. Makes you think. 💭

Xabi Alonso can be Chelsea's own version of Pep Guardiola, Jürgen Klopp or Mikel Arteta. Nothing is a guarantee in life, but Alonso is as close it gets to being a guarantee. Below I break down his ENTIRE game-model & why Chelsea fans should be excited beyond belief. THREAD! 🚨

Data is useless without football intelligence to interpret it.

"We’re not thinking about footballers having profiles or skillsets anymore. We’re thinking about footballers having skillsets within phases." In the world of complex pressing systems, where both zonal and man-to-man setups are common and the picture might change at any time, players can no longer be considered keys to unlock a specific door. Player profiling needs to become more granular to match what the best coaches are doing, and midfielders are at the heart of that. @JakeEntwistle and @Jon_Mackenzie walk us through the mysteries of football's enduring centre - and which players will define its future. Read the essay in Volume II: bit.ly/4eMdJaQ