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Football Tactics Correspondent @BBCSport. Professional Football Analyst and Scout. Creative. Prev: @wearetheoverlap, @GQ, @VERSUS, @DAZNFootball

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Excited to share my first article for @BBCSport as their football tactics correspondent. I had the pleasure of looking at what Marc Guehi’s strengths are and how he might be utilised for Arne Slot’s side based on pre-season if the move comes to fruition.
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With Liverpool in talks to sign Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi, we analyse what he would bring to the Reds.
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You guys don’t know how excited I am for the start of this season. We’re really back.
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All 3 have really strong tools and parts of their game can translate to a settled attacking style in sustained possession but, yeah. Interesting to see all three share that in common, being asked to play together and when the final aim isn't to play in that fashion. One to watch.
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Lots of questions about speed of play and how they cope with fewer touches and where they take shots from, if they take the same shots from distance, their confidence and attention not scoring those goals from distance on fewer attempts.
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All three of United's attacking signings have been players that have had to shoulder responsibility, in sides that lack the ball for a large % of the game, as the main attacking outlet & scorer for their team. Fascinating dynamic to bring all 3 in when aiming to dominate the ball.
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Summarising Dembele’s season as ‘he wasn’t even PSG’s best, he just scored the most’ is so reductive. Couldn’t be further from the truth. Lead the press, excellent off ball, in and out of possession, dropped so deep to build-up and open up passes to the wingers, created chances.
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the complain for a Dembélé Ballon d’Or is that he’s not the best player in the world (that’d be Lamine Yamal) hell, Dembélé wasn’t even the best player on his own team, he just scored the most goals.
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First draft on vibes.
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Second day on the job but relishing the challenge of bringing genuine insight and tactical content to such a broad audience, who might not be as tactically inclined. Always keen to hear what people want to see and in what form so let me know!.
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RT @CF_Compss: Giovanni Leoni vs. Napoli. 18 years old. Monster.
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Giovanni Leoni’s performance vs Napoli, directly against Lukaku was remarkable. Incredible strength, very physical duelling, composed and sensible on the ball. At 18 years old to go toe to toe with Lukaku and come out on top physically deserves its praise.
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75% possession for PSG is crazy.
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RT @umirf1: United ever been linked with Thomas Frank?.
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Thomas Frank has all the makings of an incredibly high level coach. Spurs made the right choice objectively in moving Ange on, as great as his achievement was, and choosing Frank. Profiles players so well, establishes a top culture, adapts systems but keeps principles the same.
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RT @SAHM_UK: 💗 Love seeing South Asians breaking barriers in sport 🏆. From the pitch to the press box, behind the mic to behind the scenes….
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We’re nearly back and I’m genuinely so excited. Full time football for me this season. Thank you @SkySportsPL.
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RT @Tylerjmes_: One last @htomufc x @umirf1 sesh
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RT @AbbasYounas___: @umirf1 @RamboFYI @sherryabbasi93 one of the best guys covering boxing right now.
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Really fun one to sign out on. So much to like about Carlos Baleba that I worry teams might not be able to maximise all of his quality given how much he can do. Will miss The Overlap and our weekly shoots but channel will continue to be great because H is top, top quality 🩵.
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Baleba piece out tomorrow on The Overlap Breakdown w/ Umir. Sadly, our last shoot as a duo but exciting things are coming for the brand, stay tuned. Love.
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RT @htomufc: Baleba piece out tomorrow on The Overlap Breakdown w/ Umir. Sadly, our last shoot as a duo but exciting things are coming for….
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