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Mitchell van der Gaag — Excelsior years
Manchester United have employed Erik ten Hag as manager of the first team. There has been said and written enough about Ten Hag, but he is not coming alone. Alongside him, Steve McClaren and Mitchell van der Gaag have joined the Manchester club. Especially the latter hasn’t been explored too much by the broader public,…
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Romelu Lukaku — Chelsea 2021/2022
The season has ended and it’s safe to say that Chelsea is a club where it’s never quiet. One of my favourite strikers in the game is said to be disrespectful and to have a bad season. But how did Romelu Lukaku really do at Chelsea in the Premier League 2021/2022? Time to find out….
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ORKUN KÖKÇÜ — SCOUT REPORT 2021/2022
Feyenoord. One of the big clubs in the Netherlands with the potential to be the biggest club, but that’s where it is usually left: potential. This goes for results, but it is also used for the players that are full of talent. They are doing well, especially in the Eredivisie, but too few have made…
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ERIK TEN HAG AT FC UTRECHT: AN ELITE COACH IN THE MAKING
With Erik ten Hag set to be appointed the next Manchester United manager, I thought it would be a good idea to look at Ten Hag’s experience in the Eredivisie. Now, everyone has looked at his Ajax tenure – rightly so. But, I wanted to focus on his period at FC Utrecht which shaped him…
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CRYSTAL PALACE AND THE ART OF THE LONG BALL
I have always been fascinated by the use of a long ball. In terms of using a long ball, it’s often regarded as a negative thing to do – or at least it has been for a long time. Now we have started to look a bit differently at the game in terms of attack…
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WÜRZBURGER KICKERS UTILISING ATTACKING CORNERS
Set piece analysis. It’s my favourite type of analysis, I think – mostly because of the depth of the routines. In this article I will focus on the attacking corners of Würzburger Kickers in the German 3. Liga. While the club is sitting in 18th place on the table, they have been very good with…