Fintan O'Reilly

Analysis

Nobuhito Toriizuka at Cerezo Osaka 2023/24: The fundamental defensive principles guiding WE League’s youngest team – tactical analysis

We’re currently six games into the 2023/24 WE League season — Japan’s top-tier Women’s Football division. This season sees Cerezo Osaka enter…

December 27, 2023

Analysis

Paolo Vanoli Tactics & Formations At Venezia 2023/2024 – How Antonio Conte’s Former Assistant Has Fortified Venezia – Tactical Analysis

Who Is Paolo Vanoli? Though he’s only in his second first-team managerial role, Venezia boss Paolo Vanoli is no newcomer to coaching.…

September 18, 2025

Abel Ferreira

Abel Ferreira Tactics At Palmeiras 2023/2024 – How He Led Them To Back To Back Copa Libertadores Wins – Tactical Analysis

European-based coaches routinely dominate the shortlist for FIFA’s best men’s coach award. This year’s final three are composed of Premier League duo…

October 18, 2025

Analysis

Will Still Tactics At Stade De Reims 2023/2024: The In-Possession Principles Propelling Them Up The Table – Player Analysis

Will Still and Stade de Reims have received plenty of publicity and praise over the last year—and rightfully so. On taking over as…

February 10, 2026

Analysis

Nantes 2023/24: Pierre Aristouy’s fatal problems at the back and solutions his successor must consider – scout report

Appointed in the final weeks of the 2022/23 campaign, Pierre Aristouy initially had one job on arrival at Nantes: save the club…

December 2, 2023

Analysis

Eusebio Di Francesco Tactics At Frosinone Calcio 2023/2024

Who Is Eusebio Di Francesco? Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle, Italy, in August 1870. She would move to Florence and then…

September 6, 2025

Adana Demirspor

3 Top Upcoming ‘Tier 2’ Managers – Javier Gandolfi, Antonio Oliveira, Patrick Kluivert Scout Report

Upon the recent appointment of Julien Stéphan for his second stint as Rennes boss, the club’s technical director Florian Maurice, whose project…

November 9, 2025

Analysis

Successful squad building: How Pavel Dotchev has carefully crafted a solid spine at 3. Liga’s Erzgebirge AUE – scout report

Pavel Dotchev has quite an interesting history with Erzgebirge AUE. It all started in 2015 when he first took the manager’s position…

November 20, 2023

Allsvenskan

A high stakes clash of styles: Malmö and Elfsborg’s winner take all 2023 Allsvenskan title-decider – tactical preview

The 2023 Allsvenskan season sees its finale take place tomorrow. Of course, it’s a league format without a ‘final’ in the traditional…

November 13, 2023

Analysis

Stevie Grieve Tactics At SJK Akatemia 2023: The Benefits Of A Tactically Flexible Coaching Methodology – Tactical Analysis

Two years on from achieving promotion to the second tier, SJK Akatemia came within touching distance of the Veikkausliiga Playoff Final versus…

November 11, 2025

Arnar Gunnlaugsson

Víkingur Reykjavík: How They Have Been Transformed By Arnar Gunnlaugsson Tactics

Who Is Arnar Gunnlaugsson? Vikingur Reykjavik are one of Iceland’s most historic football clubs, with seven league titles to their name, two…

September 23, 2024

Analysis

Comparing How Ligue 1 Best Midfield Distributors Fit Their Respective Teams’ Tactics – Scout Report

The 435th weekly post of the CIES football observatory ranked the top-100 midfield distributors in the world from a field of those…

June 26, 2025

Analysis

Bold build-up and defensive discipline: Why Maxime D’Ornano’s Rouen are Championnat National promotion contenders – tactical analysis

FC Rouen 1899 earned promotion to France’s third tier, Championnat National, for the 2023/24 season under their 42-year-old manager Maxime D’Ornano. At…

October 21, 2023

Analysis

Lorient 2023/24: Why their goal has been so exposed this season – scout report

Last season, Régis Le Bris guided Lorient to a 10th place finish in Ligue 1 — their highest top-flight placing since the…

October 16, 2023

AJ Auxerre

Ligue 2 2023/24: How Christophe Pélissier has crafted a daunting attacking outfit at Auxerre – scout report

Nine games into the 2023/24 Ligue 2 season, Auxerre — who were relegated from Ligue 1 last term — sit third on…

March 14, 2025

Analysis

Florian Maurice Recruitment Analysis At Stade Rennais 2023/2024 – A Closer Look At His Rennes Project

In the summer of 2020, Florian Maurice departed Lyon, where he’d spent 11 years, his entire post-playing career — five as a…

June 2, 2025

Analysis

Ligue 1 2023/24: How Éric Roy Has Engineered Brest’s Stunning Start To The Season – Tactical Analysis

Six games into the 2023/24 Ligue 1 campaign, Brest sits at the top of the table, one point ahead of Nice, and…

November 8, 2024

AC Sparta Praha

Jindřich Trpišovský Slavia Prague Vs Brian Priske Sparta Prague – Tactical Preview

One of Europe’s most fiercely contested rivalries takes a new chapter this weekend, with Slavia Prague hosting city rivals Sparta Prague on Sunday. These clubs…

June 27, 2025

Analysis

Olivier Frapolli at Stade Lavallois 2023/24: The 51 y/o coach stamping his identity on a team exceeding the sum of its parts – tactical analysis

Olivier Frapolli has been managing Stade Lavallois since the summer of 2019 — pre-pandemic, which seems a lifetime ago for some of…

September 18, 2023

Adi Hütter

Ligue 1 2023/24: Analysing why Adi Hütter’s Monaco have been so prolific in attack – tactical analysis

Adi Hütter has enjoyed an excellent start to life in the dugout at Stade Louis-II, guiding AS Monaco to three wins and…

September 9, 2023