Issue: #19 February 2020

Analysis

How To Create Chances Through Zone 14 – Tactical Theory

What is Zone 14 In Football? In football, the pitch is divided into several zones in various ways. For this following tactical…

July 6, 2025

Analysis

Jude Bellingham Scout Report At Birmingham City 2019/2020 – Birmingham City’s Prodigy

Nowadays, the influx of home-grown players on the very biggest stages in Europe has somewhat dipped compared to previous years. This is…

August 8, 2025

Magazine Notes

Readers, Welcome to February’s magazine. I like this month’s offering and I think you will too – it has the right balance…

March 10, 2020

Analysis

Rayan Cherki Scout Report At Lyon 2019/2020: Talent Beyond His Years – Player Analysis

Aged just 16 years and 140 days old, the next great hope to come out of Lyon’s esteemed academy, Rayan Cherki, became…

June 10, 2025

Angel Gomes: The other attacking midfield option at United

21 May 2017, Angel Gomes was first introduced to the world aged just 16 years, 263 days old. On that day, he…

February 5, 2020

Analysis

Wilfred Ndidi Scout Report At Leicester City 2019/2020 – The Foxes’ Most Important Player?

Leicester City have been one of the big shocks of the Premier League this season. While many predicted that they’d improve on…

August 4, 2025

Kepa: Is he actually out of form?

In August 2018, Kepa Arrizabalaga made the move from Athletic Club to Chelsea for a record £72 million. The price paid by…

February 7, 2020

LASK Linz: The first real challengers for RB Salzburg in years?

2012/13 was the last season in which RB Salzburg wasn’t the team which won the Austrian Bundesliga as in this campaign Austria…

February 5, 2020

Analysis

Nadiem Amiri Scout Report At Bayer Leverkusen 2019/2020

RB Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann is widely known as one of the brightest minds in modern football management and tactics. After moving…

October 28, 2025

Liverpool: The luckiest team in Europe?

Luck plays a part in football, larger than many fans and pundits like to admit. Its vagueness and difficulty in being quantified…

February 6, 2020

Kalvin Phillips

Kalvin Phillips Scouting Report At Leeds United – Tactical Analysis

As Leeds United confronted Mikel Arteta‘s Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, there was one player who stood out more than others in…

October 28, 2024

Marten de Roon: Atalanta’s metronome

Atalanta B.C. are widely known in Italy and increasingly in countries around the world for their very fluid attacking brand of football.…

February 5, 2020

Nigel Pearson: Saving Watford

Towards the middle of December, was almost a foregone conclusion that Watford would be relegated at the end of this season. The…

February 5, 2020

Coaching: Help your team get more success in front of goal from wide areas

A topic that is very rich in detail and coaching points for coaches working with elite youth to the highest level. The…

February 7, 2020

What’s the reason behind Cagliari’s drop in performance?

The 2019/20 season in Serie A has been an exciting one so far offering some surprising contenders for the European football spots…

February 5, 2020

Napoli: Gennaro Gattuso’s midfield trio

Since Carlo Ancelotti sacked by Napoli, former AC Milan manager Gennaro Gattuso became their manager, their results had been dropping. In Serie…

February 5, 2020

Analysis

Caroline Weir Scout Report At Manchester City Women 2019/2020: The Citizens’ Dynamic Playmaker – Player Analysis

Manchester City Women are gunning for the FAWSL title in what is proving to be one of the most absorbing title races…

June 25, 2025

Gautier Larsonneur: The Spider-Man of Brest

Newly-promoted Brest have been doing okay in Ligue 1 this season. They are currently sitting 14th in the Ligue 1 table with…

February 5, 2020