This is the first in a 12-part series examining one-by-one the teams I believe to be the twelve greatest club sides in football history. Bear in mind the selection is completely based on my own opinion and picking the twelve greatest sides out of the hundreds and thousands that have played the game down the…
Something that’s always bothered me when discussing the glory days of Serie A is that Fabio Capello’s first stint at Milan (excluding his brief caretaker role in 1987) is so often attributed to Arrigo Sacchi. In a recent article comparing Sacchi’s Milan with Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona, Jonathan Wilson claimed “a version of this fixture did…
After Tottenham qualified for the Champions League, among the excitement were question marks over Harry Redknapp’s tactical acumen and how much success Tottenham’s 4-4-2 could sustain on the continent. For the most part, Harry has shown he can be a clever tactician even if he doesn’t consider himself one – calling more into question whether he knows…
Plenty of people that Barcelona’s incredible 5-0 El Clasico win over Real Madrid had little to do tactics, and they had a point: when teams go out with a similar gameplan, it comes down to who can execute it better, but saying that makes it sound as if the Catalans are untouchable. They aren’t, and…
The general feeling surrounding Chelsea’s 2008 Champions League run is that it was done in spite of Avram Grant, rather than because of him. Perhaps it was, however his networking could well have tipped the balance in Chelsea’s favour should their final game against Manchester United go to penalties if any footballing knowledge he may…
