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Quilindschy Hartman Scout Report At Feyenoord 2023/2024 – His Key Role Within Arne Slot Tactics
The Dutch Eredivisie remains a true rollercoaster of emotions. While the titans of old, like Ajax, are still on a downward spiral, Feyenoord and PSV are battling it out for the top of the mountain for the second season in a row. Having won the 2022/23 title, Feyenoord are now trailing seven points behind their [...]
Genoa C.F.C.
Alberto Gilardino Tactics At Genoa CFC – Why Other Teams Should Be Copying Their Set-Pieces
Genoa CFC are looking to retain their Serie A status following a swift promotion back to the top division after relegation two years ago. Whilst they have been one of the best sides defensively based on the expected goals conceded in the opening 12 games of the season, this has come at a cost on [...]
Analysis
Despite sacking Julian Nagelsmann and changing Thomas Tuchel as the head coach around half a year ago, Bayern failed to get the result they wanted in the UEFA Champions League last season and have now exited the DFB-Pokal prematurely in back-to-back seasons, leading people to question whether the management decision was correct or not. Every [...]
Shamrock Rovers: How Stephen Bradley guided them to four titles in a row
Shamrock Rovers are enjoying a period of dominance in the League of Ireland Premier Division. The South Dublin-based club have won four league titles in a row since 2020 following an eight-year drought. Rovers secured the 2023 title in style, netting 67 goals in the process and finishing seven points ahead of second place Derry [...]
Scouting in Scandinavia: The top five talents from the Swedish Allsvenskan in 2023
As the curtain falls on the 2023 Allsvenskan campaign, the Swedish top-flight league once again serves as a fertile ground for nurturing exceptional football talent. Renowned for its ability to cultivate and export promising players to the elite echelons of European football, Allsvenskan has been a crucial stepping stone for numerous footballing careers. Notably, Malmö [...]
Arsenal: Dissecting their attacking corners so you can do them too
This season, the Premier League title race is highly competitive. At the time of writing, Arsenal are in third place with 27 points from 12 games, level with Liverpool, who are second on goal difference. Manchester City lead the table with 28 points, one point ahead of their rivals, while Tottenham are in fourth place [...]
PSG Féminine: Finding them a new central midfielder using xGOLD
For many worldwide, the arrival of December means a time of festive celebration, such as Christmas, is upon them! However, for football fans in both the men’s and women’s games, it also signifies the start of the build-up towards the winter transfer windows, with speculation increasing and rumours intensifying as to who needs what, which [...]
Callum Marshall: The next one off the West Ham production line
‘The West Ham Way’: to play an attacking, offensive brand of football. This is a philosophy being met with abundance from the current West Ham Academy. At the time of writing, the young Hammers side sit second in the Premier League 2 and are the joint second top scorers in the division this campaign. Moreover, [...]
Wellington Phoenix: Their astonishing turnaround explained
Wellington Phoenix are one of the most gripping sides in the Women's A-League for the 2023/24 campaign. Not least for their new manager, Paul Temple, who was promoted from within, having worked previously with the men’s reserve side and as academy director. He was the youngest ever head coach at a World Cup when he [...]
Romée Leuchter: Explaining her potential as a striker
Romée Leuchter is a 22-year-old striker who plays for Ajax Women and the Netherlands national team. She started her footballing career at PSV in 2019 before moving to Ajax in 2021, where she is becoming one of the attacking pillars of her team despite her young age. In addition to becoming an instrumental striker for [...]
Premier League 2023/24: Are Chelsea finally seeing the best of Conor Gallagher?
Chelsea have continued to produce some amazing young talent from their academy over the last few years. Several of these talented players have gone on to have successful loan spells in the Premier League and elsewhere and have been sold for good money. To name a few such deals - Fikayo Timori, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Tammy [...]
Ligue 1 2023/24: Josue Casimir decoded
Le Havre secured promotion to the Ligue 1 for the 2023/24 season and have since had an excellent start to the season, sitting seventh in the table after 12 matchweeks with 15 points. One of the brightest sparks from their team is the ever-versatile Josué Casimir. The 22-year-old has been among the best U23 players [...]
EFL Championship 2023/24: Justifying Southampton’s desperation to sign Adam Armstrong
Adam Armstrong signed for Southampton in the summer of 2021 after an excellent couple of seasons with Blackburn. Signing for Blackburn in January 2018, Armstrong took little time to adapt and was almost an instant star, scoring nine goals and helping his team secure promotion. He had a disappointing second season but picked up form [...]
Kwame Poku
Peterborough United had one of the most heartbreaking ends to a season in 2022/23 after losing the playoffs despite going into the second leg of the semifinals with a four-goal advantage. So it was important that they started this season without the hangover and, most importantly, on track to try to win promotion this time [...]
EFL League Two 2023/24: Why Matt Smith is a bright light for a struggling Salford City
Salford City might not be having the best of seasons so far — 15th in the league table after 18 match weeks into the season but their talismanic centre-forward Matt Smith could not have asked for a better start to the season. The 34-year-old is miles ahead of his teammates and is at the top [...]
Borja Jiménez: The tactics behind Leganés, leaders of the Spanish second division
After completing an adventure with the historical Spanish side, RC Deportivo de La Coruña, the 38-year-old Borja Jiménez signed on for a new challenge in charge of the prestigious CD Leganés. Following an unsuccessful project last season, this Spanish side is leading the Segunda Division with 35 points (11 wins, two draws and three defeats). [...]
La Liga
La Liga 2023/24: Saúl Ñíguez’s Resurrection At Atlético Madrid
Getting one word to summarise Saúl Ñíguez’s career over the last few years is difficult. When everyone thought he was untouchable in that Atlético Madrid squad, he signed on loan for Chelsea in 2021. When everyone thought he would sign for Chelsea permanently or leave Atlético Madrid for some other club, he stayed there and [...]
Bundesliga 2023/24: Leroy Sane’s return to form
Everybody expected Harry Kane to have the season he is having right now, but not many expected Leroy Sané to have the season he is having so far. After a steady start and three decent seasons at the German club, Sané did not explode like people expected him to when he surprised everyone by moving [...]
Serie A 2023/24: Gianluca Scammaca looking to prove West Ham wrong
When West Ham United signed Gianluca Scammaca in the summer of 2022, a lot of them thought the Hammers were signing one of the best young strikers from Italy. They indeed signed one of the best young Italian strikers who scored 16 goals and as the fourth-highest scorer for a Sassuolo side that finished 11th [...]
Frosinone Calcio
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 Rome, where she would begin her early education. Montessori would go on to develop a method of education named ‘The Montessori Method’ — an influential approach that would emphasise children’s ability to self-educate [...]
José Bordalás
La Liga has been known to throw a few curve balls in recent years regarding teams doing better or worse than expected. Currently, we are 13 games into the 2023/24 season, and Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atlético Madrid are all chasing the top spot — a rarity that someone other than one of those three [...]
Analysis
Aleksey Shpilevsky started his coaching career relatively young when he was forced to retire from professional football due to a severe back injury. At just 21 years old, the Belarusian started his youth managerial career in Germany with fifth-tier side Sonnenhof Großaspach. He then quickly moved higher up the ranks, with coaching stops in the [...]
Winless to CCAA Finalists: The fascinating 180° of Conestoga College
From also-rans to provincial champions in just three years, Conestoga College has taken the CCAA by storm. At the heart of the program reboot is head coach Stuart Mackie, assisted by Total Football Analysis’ own Jamie Brackpool. Between a revamped recruitment model and trendsetting tactics in the Canadian collegiate system, Conestoga College is a program [...]
Scouting South America: Finding the continent’s most creative young players using data
South America has long been a hotspot for football talent. The passion for the game, combined with the climate and economic environment, contribute to creating almost the perfect melting pot for the development of exciting young football players. Indeed, some of the most creative players in World football now come from South America. In this [...]