Set-Piece Coaching Has Become Football's Most Undervalued Full-Time Job
Clubs spend hundreds of millions on attackers who can't score from open play, then ignore the 30% of goals that come from dead balls.
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Set-Piece Coaching Has Become Football's Most Undervalued Transfer Market
Clubs spend hundreds of millions on attackers who can't score from open play, then ignore the 30% of goals that come from dead balls.
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Set-Piece Coaching Has Become Football's Most Undervalued Specialist Role - and Most Clubs Still Don't Treat It That Way
While clubs spend fortunes on attackers and pressing systems, the one area most consistently converting into goals remains an afterthought in the dugout.
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Championship Football Is Producing Better Defensive Midfielders Than the Premier League and Nobody Wants to Say It
The best holding midfielders in England right now are not playing in the top flight - and Premier League clubs keep looking abroad instead.
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Serie A Is Producing World-Class Defenders Again and Nobody Is Crediting the League
Italian football spent a decade being written off as a retirement home. The defensive renaissance happening in Serie A right now deserves more than a footnote.
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Set-Piece Coaching Has Transformed Football and Nobody Wants to Credit It
Set pieces now account for a significant share of goals at the top level, yet clubs still treat dead-ball specialists as a luxury hire.
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Serie A Is Producing the Best Defensive Midfielders in Europe and Nobody Wants to Talk About It
While the Premier League hoovers up attackers and La Liga exports flair, Serie A has quietly become the finishing school for elite holding midfielders.
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Rodrigo De Paul Has Been Playing for the Wrong Club for Two Years
Atlético Madrid bought the best version of De Paul and have spent two seasons trying to remember where they put him.
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Serie A Is Producing the Best Defensive Midfielders in Europe and Nobody Wants to Talk About It
While the Premier League hoovers up attackers and La Liga obsesses over positional play, Italy is quietly building the best screen in the game.
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Set-Piece Coaching Has Become Elite and Half the Premier League Still Hasn't Noticed
While clubs like Liverpool and Brighton treat dead balls as designed plays, too many sides treat them as a coin flip.
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The False Nine Has Become a Hiding Place for Strikers Who Can't Finish
Football's love affair with the false nine has quietly given clubs permission to stop developing centre-forwards who actually score goals.
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Serie A Is Getting Interesting Again and Nobody Wants to Admit It's Because of Inter
After years of Juventus dominance and a brief Napoli anomaly, Serie A has a genuinely compelling title race - and Inter are the reason why.
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Serie A Is Producing World-Class Defenders Again and Nobody Is Paying Attention
While the Premier League hoovers up transfer headlines, Italy has quietly rebuilt itself into the best school for central defenders on the planet.
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High Lines Are Getting Punished Again - and Coaches Are Still Refusing to Adjust
The high defensive line was supposed to be untouchable with offside tech. It isn't. And the teams getting burned know exactly why.
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