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The death of the box to box centre midfielder ft. Claude Makélélé

Whilst typically locked in debate on the way to Wembley for England’s game against France the other day, it suddenly occurred to me that box to box midfielders are a dying breed. Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes are some of the best players of our generation. All great drivers of teams who could both score goals and make…

Ayden Wallace November 23, 2015

Premier League

Will Roberto Martinez still be at Everton in the Summer?

With the end of the current Premier League season in sight, there is one club in particular who will look back at their campaign with huge disappointment and that is Everton. The season of real opportunity, when you witness teams such as Leicester, Tottenham and West Ham performing to the levels they have done so consistently throughout the campaign, the…

Audrey Mitchell March 30, 2016

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 September 4, 2012