Europe

A Tactical Look At The Goal Scoring ‘Support Striker’

If we scour the top scorers charts of all the European big leagues it is clear that a certain type of player is dominating the rankings, not conventional strikers but more support strikers who, with the death of the 4-4-2, have converted to the lone striker role. Clearly Messi and Ronaldo play as part of a front three, but it…

Grace Saville
Analysis

Tactical Analysis: How have Spurs set up under AVB so far?

For the past two years, Spurs have favored a 4-4-1-1 attack that used the creativity of Luka Modric and Rafa Van der Vaart in central roles and the pace of Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon in wide roles to create scoring chances. For all their creative guile and pace, however, those Spurs’ sides often amounted to little more than counter-attacking…

Butch Roberts
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
- Sponsored -
Ad imageAd image

Editor's Pick

Copa Libertadores Preview: Who will make it to the final?

As you may have noticed, the World Cup is over, and with…

Ayden Wallace
Weather
6°C
New York
clear sky
6° _ 3°
32%
6 km/h
Fri
6 °C
Sat
-7 °C
Sun
-7 °C
Mon
-4 °C
Tue
-6 °C

Follow US

Most Read

Discover Categories

Premier League

Does every team need a Steven Davis?

In most teams there is always a player who is regarded as…

Butch Roberts

Would Paul Pogba be a big waste of money for English clubs?

He was virtually anonymous at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday as Juventus…

Grace Saville

Statistical Analysis: Would Yohan Cabaye strengthen Arsenal’s midfield options?

Arsene Wenger has been slammed for his transfer inactivity during the recent…

Grace Saville

Julian Brandt: Bayer’s Blonde Bandit

Last season, Wolfsburg sold Kevin De Bruyne for a club record £55…

Ayden Wallace
International

The level playing field? Why we should boycott the UEFA U21 Championships in Israel

The situation for Palestinians in the occupied territories calls for immediate action…

Butch Roberts

Is this the worst Brazilian side to ever feature at a World Cup?

Brazil’s 7-1 loss to Germany was unprecedented for the World Cup. Conceding…

Grace Saville

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…

Ayden Wallace

Tactical & Statistical Analysis: Is Samir Nasri good enough for Manchester City?

Samir Nasri left Arsenal for Manchester City in the summer of 2011…

Ayden Wallace
Show More
Create an Amazing Newspaper
Discover thousands of options, easy to customize layouts, one-click to import demo and much more.

Sponsored Content

Global Coronavirus Cases

Confirmed

65.10M

Death

6.60M

More Information: Covid-19 Statistics

Tactical Analysis: How have Spurs set up under AVB so far?

For the past two years, Spurs have favored a 4-4-1-1 attack that used the creativity of Luka Modric and Rafa Van der Vaart in central roles and the pace of…

Butch Roberts

Follow Writers

- Sponsored -
Ad image