FA CUP FINAL 2021 MATCH ANALYSIS: CHELSEA VS LEICESTER CITY

by on May 17, 2021

Tielemans strike from outside the box to win the FA Cup Final for Leicester City

Chelsea and Leicester City put aside their push to secure a top four finish to slug it out in the Final of the FA Cup and it was Leicester who came off tops thanks to a sublime strike from Youri Tielemans. The XG of 1.13 vs 0.56 suggests that Chelsea had the better chances, however […]

16 WEEK FOOTBALL CONDITIONING PROGRAM

by on September 3, 2020

With ⚽ football set to resume in the coming weeks, I will be sharing with you ‘in drips’ over the next four months a program that can help you achieve your conditioning goals. This Football Conditioning Program caters for you whatever your current fitness levels are. You can select from 3 levels depending on your […]

BALL ROLLING TIME

by on August 3, 2020

By Mark Carter This interesting article on ball rolling time was culled from Ministry of Football (visit their site for more interesting articles on football) ‘Ball-rolling’ time is a term used in the England FA DNA. The picture on the left shows some of the coaching principles which are to be included in all England […]

AFCON 2019 MATCH ANALYSIS: NIGERIA VS GUINEA

by on June 27, 2019

MATCH ANALYSIS: NIGERIA VS GUINEA AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS (AFCON) 2019 GROUP GAME    FORMATIONS  The Nigerian Manager, Gernot Rohr was always likely to make changes to the side after the injuries suffered and the impact of the substitute players in the game vs Burundi. He made 5 changes to the side with Odion Ighalo […]

AFCON 2019 MATCH ANALYSIS: NIGERIA VS BURUNDI

by on June 25, 2019

MATCH ANALYSIS: NIGERIA VS BURUNDI AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS (AFCON) 2019 GROUP GAME  Nigeria played its first game of the AFCON 2019 against debutants Burundi after missing out on the last two editions of the tournament . The Nigerian side, brimming with confidence and loaded with attacking talent were expected to take down Burundi comfortably. […]

Chelsea FC 2019/20 Squad Analysis and Transfer Targets 

by on June 9, 2019

Chelsea FC 2019/20 Squad Analysis and Transfer Targets    Chelsea finished the season as the best of the rest in 3rd place behind Manchester City and Liverpool, lost to City in the League Cup Final and beat Arsenal to win the UEFA Europa League. Though on paper you would think this was a relatively successful […]

Manchester United 2019/20 Squad Analysis and Transfer Targets

by on June 2, 2019

Manchester United 2019/20 Squad Analysis and Transfer Targets    Manchester United finished the season in a disappointing 6th position. After a tumultuous first half of the season, Ed Woodward got rid of serial winner Jose Mourinho and brought in club legend Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer. This saw an uplift in form and performances with the highlight […]

PLAYING OUT FROM THE BACK IN A 4-3-3

by on October 29, 2017

SESSION TITLE: PLAYING OUT FROM THE BACK IN A 4-3-3 OBJECTIVES Coach the goalkeeper and defenders to build up play from the back coach the defence to transfer possession successful  under pressure to the midfielders coach a team to build up play from the back four PRACTICE I – 7 v 3 RONDO Organization Measure […]