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MISSING: “Have you seen my assist?” The concept of ‘robbed assists’ by Dan Soff

There’s a serious crime happening against the creators of this world. (Thankfully for you, I am not talking about the fact that you are yet to sign up to the Touchline Patreon). This crime is being committed specifically in the world of football and people are not talking about it enough. So in all my…

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Arsenal v Liverpool Tactical Breakdown

Pre-game: Watching Emery’s first season at Arsenal, it is clear that he opts to play out from defence to build attacks. This is facilitated by the passing options available to the keeper with the centre backs split, the defensive midfielders dropping deep and wingers operating in the half spaces. Going into the game it was…

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023 – Matt Whitehouse Interview

023 – An Interview with Matt Whitehouse   [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/168499051″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] A Weekly Football Debate Show. This weeks show features esteemed author and Professional Football coach Matt Whitehouse. In the Matt Whitehouse Interview we discuss his new book as well as contemporary football issues, including Mesut Ozil, Arsenal Wenger, Van Gaal, Juan…

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