It is with great joy that every soccer fan – apart from those who play in defense – welcome the return of the winger. For two long, wide players have…
Some things in life get us disproportionately excited. The lottery jackpot that reaches $100 million; any new vehicle from Tesla; our team winning a corner kick. Because when one earns…
One of the game’s attributes that made a winger great was that they could focus on their attacking responsibilities. Even the most recent of those players, Pires and (until the…
What's the Value of Set Pieces and Soccer Formations? Statistics sometimes offer enlightenment. Consider the current positions of the teams in the English Premier League compared with the value of…
Here’s an interesting statistic. Teams are more than half as likely again to score from a counter attack than a standard, positional attack. Of course, we can deduce anything from…
Every coach and every player has experienced this. The best laid out plans; the team set up to play, to exploit our strengths and negate those of our opponents. Then,…
The Christmas tree; the coat hanger; Alf’s wingless wonders. 4 4 2, 4 5 1, 5 3 1…soccer formations sound like the names of science fiction B movies or telephone…