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It seems that the new crop of youngsters has finally solved England’s goal-scoring problem. It’s a long time since we’ve seen English strikers dominate in the Premier League, however, the emergence of Harry Kane and Jamie Vardy over the last 18 months has boosted the options for Roy Hodgson’s England squad. For the last 5+ years, we’ve had to rely…

Grace Saville May 23, 2016

International

A Statistical And Tactical Look At How Good Wayne Rooney Is

England’s poor performance has led to criticism of their tactics and personnel. However, generally speaking Rooney has always escaped criticism from England fans, but is this fair? Wayne Rooney is widely considered to be England’s best player, but is he anywhere near as good as other talismanic players such as Ronaldo or Messi? Statistics In the league last season Rooney…

Grace Saville July 2, 2012

Italy

Tactical Analysis: Is a 3-3-4 the tactical future for Antonio Conte’s Juventus?

4-2-4, 4-3-3, 3-5-1-1, 3-5-2…since he took over the Juventus job three seasons ago, Conte has been extremely flexible in changing his formation according to his players’ skills. He started doing it when he switched his initial thoughts from the successful 4-2-4 he utilized in the first part of his coaching career to a 4-3-3 and a 3-5-2 so as to…

Ayden Wallace July 25, 2013