Craig Moniz
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🇩🇪RB Leipzig: Principles and Patterns in 3-2-5 formation.
Read in presentation or thread form.
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Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea is the best project going since Pep’s City.
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Spurs are a better team under Mourinho then they ever were with Pochettino.
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Hansi Flick’s Bayern is collectively better than any version of Zidane’s Madrid.
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Predatory movement of Ronaldo, pass execution of de Bruyne, off the ball movement of Ozil, spacial awareness of Müller, athleticism of Pogba.
Target man, false nine, inverted forward, attacking midfielder, box-to-box, defensive midfielder.
The ultimate footballer.
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4th place in the Premier League is a bigger achievement than 1st in La Liga and Ligue 1.
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Who Ronaldo scores hat tricks against vs who Messi scores hat tricks against.
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If watching Ronaldinho play excites you more than Jordan Henderson than football isn’t for you.
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Guendouzi would walk into England’s team on one leg. He’s competing with Kante, Pogba and N’dombele.
Not Eric Dier and Ross Barkley.
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Lingard’s options:
1) Send Martial through on goal.
2) Send Daniel James away from goal.
He chooses option 2, exampling why he indeed has the football IQ of a player in non-league football.
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So, are we all going to ignore the fact that Bukayo Saka shut down “generational” Hudson-Odoi?...
Saka:
5/5 tackles won
0 fouls committed
6 ball recoveries
5/5 clearances
Hudson-Odoi:
0 take-ons completed against Saka.
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Arsenal selling Guendouzi will end exactly how the sale of Gnarby did.
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Reece James is a better fullback than Trent.
Top athlete, better passer, better defender.
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Dominik Szoboszlai who has a 25M release clause, would be Arsenal’s best signing since Alexis Sanchez.
He has a profile and skill set very similar to Kevin De Bruyne making him exactly what the team needs. Incisive through balls, goal threat with runs from deep, athletic.
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Seeing McTominay being compared to Thiago and Partey, this app has hit rock bottom.
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THREAD: What would Mikel Arteta’s tactics look like at Arsenal?
#afc
- Philosophy
- Mentality
- Tactical principles
- Formation
- Future transfers
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Jürgen Klopp’s Champions League finalist Dortmund:
Subotic🇷🇸 (23)
Hummels🇩🇪 (23)
Schmelzer🇩🇪 (24)
Gundogan🇩🇪 (21)
Bender🇩🇪 (23)
Sahin🇹🇷 (23)
Reus🇩🇪 (23)
Götze🇩🇪 (20)
Lewandowski🇵🇱 (23)
So young 😳
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Germany’s attack for the next decade of international tournaments should be illegal..
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Frank Lamapard is not going to be the manager to get the best out of Werner and Havertz, the Chelsea job has Tuchel or Nagelsmann’s name written all over it.
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If Fabinho or Jorginho had the performance Xhaka had today it’d be recognized as one of the best individual performances of this season.
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Julian Nagelsmann: Playing out the back vs. 4-2-3-1.
•Luring opposition into own half.
•Creating numerical superiority: First line of pressure in 4v3, double pivot in 3v2, defensive midfielder in 2v1.
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La Liga is closer to Ligue 1 than the Premier League.
Not an opinion; simply a fact.
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ARTETA TACTICS:
Pattern of play; Overlapping fullback.
- Aubameyang comes inside creating directly for Saka.
- AMN inverts creating a midfield 3.
- Saka overlaps and is found by Xhaka with time and space to create a goal scoring chance.
#afc
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You will never see a more average team get more lucky than this Liverpool side
Rival injuries, VAR bottling, diving, deflected shots and crosses going in as goals.
There is absolutely nothing special in the football they play
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Alphonso Davies is a truly world class fullback.
Efficient in the final third, elite positional sense, elite athlete and the skillset of a top forward.
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Mikel Arteta: Playing out the back
•Overload first line of pressure.
•Full width held by fullbacks and wide forwards
•Lure pressure into own half to create numerical superiority higher up the pitch.
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If your answer to “Who is the best player in the Premier League” is anyone but Kevin De Bruyne you simply do not watch football.
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Liverpool players spending their time off training.
United players spending their time at exotic locations.
Guess which team is 22 points clear at the top of the league and which is underperforming.
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“Trent Alexander-Arnold could play as a midfielder”, might be the worst take in world football this season.
Here he is compared to Kimmich as a midfielder.
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Reiss Nelson should be playing over Willian in the Premier League at every given chance.
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When Arteta took over Arsenal players fitness levels were clearly not to par and it was directly effecting performances.
Yesterday Arsenal only got better as the match went on and looked sharp, huge credit to Arteta for having a training camp during the PL break.
#afc
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Sancho is an astronomically better player than Neymar.
In every zone of the pitch, in every phase of play, on or off the ball.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold wouldn’t have made it as a professional at any other club in England.
Athletically below average, can’t defend , and his attacking input is generated by Klopp’s system.
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Neymar scores or plays good:
“3rd best player in the world”.
Mbappe scores or plays good: “Farmer league doesn’t count”.
Funny the perception a Brazilian passport brings.
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Arsenal need a midfielder who’s going to link the midfield to the attack, give goal threat, and offer solutions against lines of pressure.
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Premier League strikers ranked.
Couldn’t be more accurate.
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People shamelessly compare this Egyptian Andros Townsend to all-time greats like Henry and Ronaldo when 90% of his career highlights look like this.
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Berd Leno has been the best goalkeeper in the Premier League this season.
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Team of the year:
GK: Oblak 🇸🇰
RB: Kimmich 🇩🇪
CB: van Dijk 🇳🇱
CB: Laporte 🇫🇷
LB: Robertson 🏴
MF: Bernardo 🇵🇹
MF: De Jong 🇳🇱
FWD: Mane 🇸🇳
FWD: Mbappe 🇫🇷
FWD: Messi 🇦🇷
FWD: Hazard 🇧🇪
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Suarez has 2 less goal than Messi and 1 more assist.
One is considered “finished”, the worst form of his life and the other is a contender for “best in the world”.
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Thiago for £30M is the best deal any club in Europe can make this transfer window.
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Guendouzi is the most valuable U21 midfielder in football, has competed with Rodri and FDJ for best ball progression metrics in Europe for two seasons now, France call-up at 20, and has countless masterclasses against quality opposition.
McTominay is not in the conversation.
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Premier League Twitter watching Nagelsmann for the first time in their lives today
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PSG signing Neymar and Mbappe and then not buying any support in the rest of the team is like buying a car without wheels.
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Time to end the debate.
Martinelli vs Greenwood.
Data used from all competitions this season.
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Roberto De Zerbi:
• Luring pressure deep into own half
• Using Inverted Fullbacks to access space between the lines
• Overloading opposition Defensive Midfielder
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Reply with a footballer currently playing who you think will be a top manager when they retire
For me it has to be Müller, has a huge personality, has consistently competed at the highest levels and has unreal tactical intelligence.
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People acting like Messi having more Ballon d’Ors means anything.
I guess Modric is a better midfielder than Iniesta and Xavi if this is the case.
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Lacazette as a false nine:
- Create 3v2 overload in midfield
- Make new passing angles in middle and defensive third
- Switch play from overloaded to underloaded side
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People are complaining about PSG losing a home crowd “advantage” like it’s some sort of significant tragedy.
Let me remind you Dortmund was forced to play a Champions League match after terrorists threw bombs at their team bus.
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Paul Pogba should have been a Center Back.
6’3, great athletic profile would be among the best in the position. Impossible to dribble past. He would have more space and time to scan the pitch allowing him to execute more progressive passes and showcase his passing range.
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Bayern are winning the Champions League.
Best built squad in Europe. Deep, dynamic and athletic in every area of the pitch. Hansi Flick will out-coach any other managers in Europe across 90 minutes.
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United buying Fernandes over Grealish or Maddison is another massive transfer error.
Ed Woowdward is truly the worst in the game.
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The best front three ever assembled and it’s simply not a debate.
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Matteo Guendouzi.
By the end of the season he will be undoubtedly one of Europe’s best midfielders.
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Dominik Szoboszlai is the perfect purchase for Arsenal.
Dynamic skillset, incisive passer, great athletic attributes, goal scoring threat, and would not cost a lot leaving more in the budget to spend across the squad.
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This Liverpool team player for player is not even in the same conversation as Arsenal Invincibles or City Centurions.
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Mikel Arteta’s appointment is massive.
Arsenal Football Club are FINALLY being set in a good direction and can look forward with genuine hope for success.
I can’t wait.
#COYG
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Can not believe Arsenal passed up on the chance to sign Bruno Guimarães, it was so obvious what an incredible talent he was and now here he is bossing the Champions League.
Pulling the strings, every pass weighted perfectly and plays at a fast tempo.
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Couldn’t be more happy with Wenger and Ramsey going to win trophies with other clubs.
Under appreciated by Arsenal fans and underrated by rivals at their times with Arsenal they deserve this.
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James Maddison is the best player outside the PL Top 6, any other answer is wrong.
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Gonna tell my kids this is the greatest midfielder to ever play the game.
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Mason Mount has created more big chances than any other English midfielder.
His off the ball movement is top class, his runs into the half space are timed to perfection making him a nightmare for deep blocks and his technical quality creates deadly deliveries into the box
#cfc
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Trent Alexander-Arnold when he doesn’t have an acre of space to receive the ball and cross 13 times from
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Chelsea fans will label any English player as generational after watching them for 30 minutes.!
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Klopp, Nagelsmann, Tuchel, and Arteta diamond pattern -
- Creates numerical superiority against opposition first line of pressure
- Allows fullbacks to provide width, stretch opposition defensive shape
- Oppositon midfielders unable to press without opening new passing angles
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Let’s be very clear, there is not a fullback on this planet as half as good as Alponso Davies.
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Jack Grealish dropping a disasterclass against bottom of the table Watford while Maddison tears up every team up and down the country.
Grealish simply is a level below.
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Effective and functional footballers win you titles at the highest levels, not talented footballers.
And that’s why Jordan Henderson is the best central midfielder in the world.
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Upamecano is a truly incredible player.
A center back who pulls strings like a regista, has the athleticism of a fullback, and has exceptional defensive qualities.
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Words, stats and graphs can’t do Havertz justice. He will easily end his career as one of the games all-time greats.
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Imagine thinking Firmino is a world class player.
You could plug any above average midfielder with a decent skillset in Liverpool’s system and you’d get the same results.
Don’t ever compare him to Lacazette.
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André Villas-Boas is back.
The former assistant of Jose Mourinho has Marseille 2nd in Ligue 1 only five points behind PSG.
Marseille squad value: $258.30 million
PSG squad value: $1.20 BILLION
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Pochettino failed at Spurs with a better squad than Arsenal’s.
What makes him good enough for the job at hand, or even better than Emery?
Absolutely nothing.
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Biggest and best rivalry of the last decade without question.
Every match between them was it’s own cup final.
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If I were in charge of Juventus:
- Play athletic wingers that give Ronaldo the support in width
- Dybala given his free role as a 10
- Ramsey played as an 8 to support the attack with his signature late runs
- Danilo can play as an inverted fullback creating a MF two
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N’golo Kante offers absolutely nothing to a football team in 2020.
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What stats won’t tell you about Ozil:
Off the ball movement and space interpretation.
Understanding where to move to create space and break lines of pressure to progress the ball.
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Guendouzi has been one of Arsenal’s best performers this season, especialy pre-Arteta. He has some of the best ball progression metrics in Europe.
Not only this but he’s shown massive commitment and desire every time he plays. Selling him would be absolutely disastrous.
#afc
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Dortmund’s summer window was awful and the reason for their awful results, not Favre.
- If Hummels wasn’t good enough for Bayern, why is he good enough for Dortmund?
- Thorgan Hazard is bang average
- Sold their best defender
- They desperately needed a top striker
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Arteta getting the best out of Xhaka:
Arteta tweaked his positioning having him drop into the back-line.
This allowed for him to receive the ball in space, covering up for his deficiencies of turning slow and turning the ball over under pressure.
#afc
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Jack Grealish who registered (5) assists in 30+ championship games is no where near James Maddison.
Do not put Grealish in the same sentance as him.
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Guillem Balagué: “You talk to the best players and coaches in La Liga and they just want to go to the Premier League, and it’s not just the money.” (CBS)
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Thierry Henry is one of the few players from the past that would still be a top player today.
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Thierry Henry.
Mbappe currently 2nd and it’s only a matter of time before he’s at he top.
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Pepe vs Crystal Palace(H):
72% pass accuracy
4 chances created (most)
4 take ons completed (most)
5 crosses completed (most)
5 TACKLES completed (most)
His influence on play is growing with each game 💪
#afc
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Edersons has the passing execution and space identification of a midfielder.
There is no other goalkeeper on the same level when it comes to distribution.
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Barcelona chucked this kid away for 25M after 5 appearances and here he is at 20 years-old producing a better performance than Pique ever did in his 16 year career.
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Julian Nagelsmann:
•Youngest ever Bundesliga coach.
•Youngest ever coach to reach 100 matches.
•Youngest ever Champions League coach.
•Youngest ever coach to top a CL group.
•Youngest ever to coach a CL knockout stage match.
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Robert Lewandowski:
- Statpad CL group stages against Zvezda and Lokomotive Moscow.
- Score meaningless goals in 5-0 wins.
- Ghost the CL knockout stages.
Repeat ♻️
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Mikel Arteta: Isolating defenders vs Aubameyang
• Xhaka joins defensive line while Tierney a pushes forward
• Tierney positioning drags right back out, stretches defensive line
• Xhaka able to utilize passing range to find Aubameyang making run against CB with no support
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Name a team James Maddison doesn’t start in.
Hint: You can’t.
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Messi is not even close to being in the conversation for best player in the world this season.
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