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Illustration for the Tactics article “How Fixture Congestion and Suspensions Reshape a Team Selection”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing a scene illustrating the subject of the article, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Tactics
How Fixture Congestion and Suspensions Reshape a Team Selection

When a coach complains about the schedule and a set of suspensions in the same breath,…

7 Sep 2026 · Tom Whitfield
Illustration for the Tactics article “Why the throw-in is football's most under-coached restart”: an AI-generated editorial illustration showing an empty training ground at dawn with cones and markers laid out, with the headline set over it. Illustrative only, not a photograph of a real event.
Tactics
Why the throw-in is football's most under-coached restart

A throw-in is the only restart taken with the hands, and the only one from which a…

1 Sep 2026 · Tom Whitfield
How the low block came back, and why nobody wants to admit it
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How the low block came back, and why nobody wants to admit it

The most effective defensive structure in the league this season is also the one every…

26 Aug 2026 · Priya Raman