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Uruguay 2 England 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Part Free, Part Subscriber, Talking Tactics / June 21, 2014 / 12 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. For this game Oscar Tabarez made five changes. Three of them were enforced and two resulted following…
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England 1 Italy 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / June 16, 2014 / 23 comments
With so many Liverpool players involved, and an ex-Liverpool manager in charge (lest we forget), Mihail will be looking at…
Mihail Vladimirov
Tactics for Beginners – No.16.
By Bob Pearce in Featured, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / June 2, 2014 / 2 comments
By Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. ‘Managed chaos’ Last time we talk about penetration, and looked at unlocking defences using…
Bob Pearce
Handling the PL and CL Next Season
By Chris Rowland in Featured, Free, Subscribers Only, Talking Point, Talking Tactics / May 21, 2014 / 36 comments
By Alexander Papas (TTT Subscriber Yiannis). When we asked TTT writers a series of questions in our recent Q&A (link to…
Chris Rowland
Analysis of an Attack
By Daniel Rhodes in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / May 14, 2014 / 21 comments
By Samira Kumar. “I don’t think it’s just his (Luis Suarez) responsibility… To get into Champions League you need 70…
Daniel Rhodes
Liverpool 2 Newcastle 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / May 13, 2014 / 34 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Liverpool’s starting XI saw Henderson and Agger welcomed back into the starting XI with Lucas and Sakho,…
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Palace 3 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / May 7, 2014 / 43 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Tony Pulis went for his usual starting XI, lined-up in the regular 4-4-1-1 formation. Cameron Jerome was…
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Liverpool 0 Chelsea 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / April 29, 2014 / 33 comments
With Sturridge only fit enough for a place on the bench, Rodgers logically kept the same side that faced Norwich.…
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Norwich 2 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / April 22, 2014 / 14 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Neither team presented any surprises in terms of selection. For Norwich, Bassong was passed fit for this…
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Liverpool 3 Man City 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / April 15, 2014 / 43 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. True to their footballing philosophy both managers went with a very attack-minded starting selection. Neither team surprised…
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Liverpool 4 Spurs 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / April 1, 2014 / 37 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Both managers went with, to an extent, the expected starting XIs. For Rodgers, the main dilemma was…
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Liverpool 2 Sunderland 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / March 28, 2014 / 3 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. For Liverpool, Rodgers unsurprisingly decided to keep the same formation and personnel he used against Cardiff. In…
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Cardiff 3 Liverpool 6: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / March 24, 2014 / 45 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Both managers made only one change from their previous league games. Solskjaer replaced Noone with Bellamy, which…
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Man Utd 0 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Daniel Rhodes in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / March 20, 2014 / 18 comments
By Daniel Rhodes and Mihail Vladimirov. Moyes started with his usual 4-2-3-1 formation, with Vidic returning to the side in…
Daniel Rhodes
Tactics for Beginners – No.15.
By Bob Pearce in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / March 5, 2014 / 1 comments
By Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. ‘The only interesting part of the game’ When we began these conversations I said…
Bob Pearce
So’ton 0 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / March 4, 2014 / 57 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Pochettino went for his usual starting XI and 4-1-2-3 formation. Lovren was back in the team, replacing…
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Liverpool 4 Swansea 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / February 26, 2014 / 18 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Both managers selected the expected XI. With Johnson back fit and immediately reinstated in the team, it…
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Fulham 2 Liverpool 3: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / February 14, 2014 / 9 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. After the good showing at Old Trafford, Meulensteen rather logically kept the same starting formation and personnel…
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Liverpool 5 Arsenal 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / February 10, 2014 / 15 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Rodgers kept the same XI and formation from the previous two games. The only changes were in…
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W.B.Albion 1 Liverpool 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / February 4, 2014 / 16 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Pepe Mel made a host of changes for this game following the defeat in the derby against…
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Tactics for Beginners – No.14
By Bob Pearce in Free, Talking Tactics / January 28, 2014 / 2 comments
By Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. A 1-2 and a 2-1 TV commentators often present formations as though they are…
Bob Pearce
Liverpool 2 Aston Villa 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / January 19, 2014 / 57 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Sakho was once again deemed unfit to feature, so the Toure-Skrtel pair continued. As Sturridge was ready…
Mihail Vladimirov
Stoke 3 Liverpool 5: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / January 14, 2014 / 17 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Mark Hughes opted for the expected starting XI. Sorensen was only fit for the bench, so Butland…
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A Question of Tactics – January 2014
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / January 9, 2014 / 41 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Here’s the latest in our monthly series where Mihail answers some of the tactical questions he is…
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Liverpool 2 Hull 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / January 3, 2014 / 10 comments
By Mihail Vladimirov. Liverpool’s previously threadbare squad took another hit for this game as Sakho and Allen were injured and…
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