1 hr 6 min

Kane 'The Roamer', Foden 'The Box Crasher' & R.I.P The Long Ball The Athletic Football Tactics Podcast

    • Soccer

The Athletic's giant tactical minds, Michael Cox and John Muller, join host Ali Maxwell to carefully deconstruct their work on how we might redefine modern player roles and why Burnley's relegation last season signals the end of the long-ball in the Premier League... 
The panel reflect on the long-ball's 'glory years' and debate whether it will ever make a return to the Premier League in the future? 
Then, John reveals how he developed 18 new player roles, using data to better understand what role box crasher Phil Foden, Progressor Joao Cancel or Unlocker Mason Mount really play in their respective teams.
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The Athletic's giant tactical minds, Michael Cox and John Muller, join host Ali Maxwell to carefully deconstruct their work on how we might redefine modern player roles and why Burnley's relegation last season signals the end of the long-ball in the Premier League... 
The panel reflect on the long-ball's 'glory years' and debate whether it will ever make a return to the Premier League in the future? 
Then, John reveals how he developed 18 new player roles, using data to better understand what role box crasher Phil Foden, Progressor Joao Cancel or Unlocker Mason Mount really play in their respective teams.
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1 hr 6 min

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