Champions League knockout phase - every team analysed
The Athletic's Michael Cox and Tom Worville join Ali Maxwell to preview the Champions League knockout stages which get underway on Tuesday night.Coxy has studied the tactics, Worville has mined all th...
16 Feb 202152min
Europe's biggest outliers - from Leeds, to Montpellier, to Berlin and back again
What do Leeds, Nîmes, Montpellier, Union Berlin, Elche, Nice, Freiburg, Brighton, Burnley, and Benevento all have in common?They're all mixing it with the big boys of European football in areas you mi...
10 Feb 202134min
Running stats explained: Pace, intensity and the Premier League 'plodders'
The Athletic's Michael Cox and Tom Worville join Ali Maxwell to delve into the world of running stats and explain the many different ways in which they are used in the modern game.We'll look at whethe...
3 Feb 202134min
What Chelsea can expect from Thomas Tuchel
The Athletic's Michael Cox and Tom Worville join Ali Maxwell to tell us what Chelsea can expect from Thomas Tuchel, the tactical chameleon.We'll study his career to date starting with his first job ca...
27 Jan 202140min
Mesut Ozil's Arsenal legacy
The Athletic's Michael Cox and Tom Worville join Ali Maxwell to assess the legacy that Mesut Ozil leaves behind at Arsenal as his seven and half year spell at the Emirates comes to an end.We remember ...
19 Jan 202136min
The midfield glossary - 6s, 8s, 10s, Enganches and beyond...
The Athletic's Michael Cox and Tom Worville join Ali Maxwell to bring you the definitive guide to the many, many roles and positions you may find in midfield.What's the difference between a 6 and an 8...
13 Jan 202155min
What's going wrong at Chelsea?
The Athletic's Michael Cox and Tom Worville join Ali Maxwell to explain what's going wrong with Frank Lampard's out-of-form Chelsea side from a tactical point of view.Why have they struggled to beat a...
6 Jan 202139min
An interesting stat from each of the 20 Premier League teams
The Athletic's Michael Cox, Tom Worville and Ali Maxwell round off 2020 by looking at all 20 Premier League teams and picking at least one interesting stat, observation or quirk for each of them.You'l...
30 Dec 202044min
