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The rebuilding of Luke Shaw – and why he is still so important to Man Utd

The rebuilding of Luke Shaw – and why he is still important to Manchester United.

With plenty of detail of what has gone on and how he is now.

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How Ruben Amorim is ‘stealing’ set-piece ideas from opponents and implementing them at Man Utd The manager is carefully evaluating how other teams approach dead-ball situations before taking and adapting the best bits for his own side

Which set-piece ideas Ruben Amorim might have 'stolen' to score against Crystal Palace?
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How Ruben Amorim is ‘stealing’ set-piece ideas from opponents and implementing them at Man Utd The manager is carefully evaluating how other teams approach dead-ball situations before taking and adapting the best bits for his own side

Which set-piece ideas Ruben Amorim might have 'stolen' to score against Crystal Palace?
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How imperfect Manchester United turned their fortunes around at Selhurst Park Ruben Amorim's side initially failed but then succeeded at manipulating Crystal Palace's defence in Sunday's game

How Manchester United failed and succeeded in manipulating Crystal Palace's defence
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How imperfect Manchester United turned their fortunes around at Selhurst Park Ruben Amorim's side initially failed but then succeeded at manipulating Crystal Palace's defence in Sunday's game

How Manchester United failed and succeeded in manipulating Crystal Palace's defence
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Direct attacks: possessions that start in a team’s own half and result in either a shot or a touch inside the opposition penalty area within 15 seconds.

Why counter-attacks are the next stage of Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal masterplan To stay at the top of the football tree, Arsenal have empowered their attack with direct balls into the channels, catching opponents out

How Arsenal have added attacking transitions to their arsenal.

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Direct attacks: possessions that start in a team’s own half and result in either a shot or a touch inside the opposition penalty area within 15 seconds.

Why counter-attacks are the next stage of Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal masterplan To stay at the top of the football tree, Arsenal have empowered their attack with direct balls into the channels, catching opponents out

How Arsenal have added attacking transitions to their arsenal.

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How Vincent Kompany defied expectation and quietly revived Bayern Munich.

With stories from Anderlecht and Burnley, and the past 18 months at Säbener Strasse.

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The story behind the making of Arsenal’s iconic north London derby tifo It is already an iconic Arsenal image. Shortly before the north London derby kicked off, the home fans unveiled an enormous tifo, displaying players past and present over the rallying cry, “These stre...

“There is a huge collection of fans who made this happen. It’s almost indescribable, the feeling of being part of something like that.”

The making of Arsenal's #NLD tifo 🔥 - via Germany, Hale End & Saturday's secret dress rehearsal.

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How Arsenal unlocked Tottenham: Merino as a false nine left Spurs defence with no one to mark Arsenal didn’t have a permanent penalty-box threat, but this helped them put constant pressure on Spurs, who barely got out of their half

Arsenal played yesterday very well before even before Eze took charge. Merino deep - rather than as a fixed No 9 - left Spurs three centre-backs redundant. The runs came from everywhere else. A good gameplan.
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The crucial Tonali/Guimaraes switch that helped Newcastle beat Manchester City After a difficult period, Eddie Howe enjoyed a tactically-successful evening on Saturday

Why Eddie Howe switched Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes in the 2-1 victory against Manchester City, and how it empowered Newcastle's attacking transitions.
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The crucial Tonali/Guimaraes switch that helped Newcastle beat Manchester City After a difficult period, Eddie Howe enjoyed a tactically-successful evening on Saturday

Why Eddie Howe switched Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes in the 2-1 victory against Manchester City, and how it empowered Newcastle's attacking transitions.
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Premier League clubs vote to change financial rules, PSR to be replaced by SCR from next season The clubs voted to introduce the squad cost ratio but not top to bottom anchoring at a meeting in London on Friday.

Lines are closed, votes are counted and verified...and anchoring in the Premier League is, well, sunk. Soon, PSR will join it.

Instead, clubs approved introducing a domestic Squad Cost Ratio, alongside SSR(?)

All you need to know is here

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The tactical lesson from 2024-25 that is paying dividends for Manchester City this season How the width of their full-backs is helping Pep Guardiola's midfield overload in midfield

Piece on the attacking roles of Manchester City’s full-backs this season, and the team’s switches of play.

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The tactical lesson from 2024-25 that is paying dividends for Manchester City this season How the width of their full-backs is helping Pep Guardiola's midfield overload in midfield

Piece on the attacking roles of Manchester City’s full-backs this season, and the team’s switches of play.

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🔺 The positivity being stoked at Sunderland
🔺 The afternoon he was booed from the field at the Emirates
🔺 The chaos Mikel Arteta confronted at Arsenal

Ahead of the visit of his former club Arsenal, Granit Xhaka talks exclusively to @mwalkerfoot.bsky.social.

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How one of the most dramatic and jaw-dropping weeks in Irish football history unfolded Five goals from Troy Parrott stole the show – but it was a group effort from Heimir Hallgrimsson's side that has kept World Cup hopes alive

Managed to tear myself away from the Parrott goal on infinite loop long enough to write about Ireland’s madcap week.

A remarkable resurrection.

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Leny Yoro: Man Utd’s ‘no bad energy’ policy, ‘tough’ last season – and that Homer Simpson dance Yoro is finally settling in at United after a difficult first campaign. 'This year is different,' he says

🎙️🇫🇷 Leny Yoro interview

• 'really emotional' last season + what's changed
• United's 'no bad energy' policy
• no regrets over €62m move
• that Homer Simpson celebration

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Nolberto Solano interview: From Lima to Lahore via ‘home’ in Newcastle Solano speaks to The Athletic about playing with Alan Shearer, managing Pakistan and why football needs to embrace proper wingers again

Nolberto Solano interview: From Lima to Lahore via ‘home’ in Newcastle.

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Inside Ruben Amorim’s first year at Manchester United: Sharp words, hands-on coaching, and how players feel Ruben Amorim has completed a tumultuous first year as Manchester United coach - this is the story of what happened and how he tackled it

🔺 What players think of coaching, feedback and system
🔺 Amorim's football board meeting with Sir Alex Ferguson
🔺 Wider staff impressed by Amorim's candour and passion

@lauriewhitwell.bsky.social goes inside Ruben Amorim's first year as Manchester United head coach one year on from his arrival ⤵️

Manchester United haven't eradicated their problems on defensive corners yet, despite the arrival of Senne Lammens improving the situation.

However, Ruben Amorim's side has transformed their attacking corners to a point of strength.

Piece on United's corners.

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Manchester United haven't eradicated their problems on defensive corners yet, despite the arrival of Senne Lammens improving the situation.

However, Ruben Amorim's side has transformed their attacking corners to a point of strength.

Piece on United's corners.

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How Manchester City's midfield passing combinations have been cutting through opponents this season.

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How Manchester City's midfield passing combinations have been cutting through opponents this season.

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Piece on Bayern Munich's incredible man-to-man press in the first half against PSG.

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Piece on Bayern Munich's incredible man-to-man press in the first half against PSG.

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How Chelsea’s press smothered Spurs – the perfect illustration of exploiting weakness The most impressive thing about Chelsea's press against Tottenham was that they covered the majority of Tottenham's solutions

Was very impressed by Chelsea's pressing against Tottenham on Saturday.

Piece on how Enzo Maresca's side prevented Spurs from progressing the ball and limited their solutions.
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How Chelsea’s press smothered Spurs – the perfect illustration of exploiting weakness The most impressive thing about Chelsea's press against Tottenham was that they covered the majority of Tottenham's solutions

Was very impressed by Chelsea's pressing against Tottenham on Saturday.

Piece on how Enzo Maresca's side prevented Spurs from progressing the ball and limited their solutions.
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