BBC football tactics correspondent Umir Irfan looks at how Tottenham Hotspur interim manager Igor Tudor’s tactical principles could be the reason behind their poor run of form. READ MORE: Tudor’s tactics: Pinpointing how his choices have made things worse Source link
Good news for Arsenal fans is that the most dominant team statistically – in terms of expected goal difference per game, excluding penalties – have won the Premier League in three of the past four seasons. The exception came when Manchester City pipped the Gunners to the title two years ago. With fifth place likely […]
Stephen Robinson has been confirmed as the new head coach at Aberdeen, joining from Scottish Premiership rivals St Mirren. The 51-year-old has agreed a contract until the summer of 2029 and takes assistant Brian Kerr with him to Pittodrie. Robinson was described as “a proven leader with a strong track record of overachieving” by Dons […]
Antoine Semenyo, Manchester City, £8.3m – West Ham (a) FPL managers will have some tough decisions to make next week when Arsenal and City blank – it is likely a lot of teams have Semenyo, Erling Haaland and a couple of Gunners, at least. Semenyo is City’s most productive player at the moment, especially as […]
Another key element to Everton‘s resilience on the road has been the outstanding form of individual players such as Pickford, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Iliman Ndiaye, but Osman believes that James Garner deserves particular praise. The 24-year-old has played at right-back and left-back this season but has shone in recent matches in his preferred central midfield […]
Rangers will eventually sell Emmanuel Fernandez for “£30m or even £40m”, reckons Peterborough director of football Barry Fry, with the League One side selling the centre-half for £3m last summer. (Scottish Sun – subscription required), external Rangers supporters will receive an allocation of 2,500 tickets for their trip to Celtic Park later this season. (Daily […]
Forward Georginio Rutter discusses “very young” Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler and says that despite his tender age, the German has plenty of football knowledge to pass on. Source link
Oxford United boss Matt Bloomfield said the club wanted to “pay their respects in the best possible way” after the passing of one of their academy players. Teenager Amelia Aplin collapsed during a game against Fulham at the club’s training centre in Horspath on Saturday afternoon before tragically passing away. The Us held a minute’s […]
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says his side “will try” but acknowledges they are going to struggle to produce a second-leg comeback against Real Madrid, after losing 3-0 in the first leg of their last-16 Champions League tie. MATCH REPORT: Real Madrid 3-0 Man City Available to UK users only. Source link
Valverde is not always the headline act for Real Madrid, but unquestionably one of the team’s most versatile and reliable players. On Wednesday night, he deservedly took the headlines. This isn’t the first time he’s stepped up in big moments either. Last Friday, in Real’s La Liga fixture at Celta Vigo, with the game at […]