A lot of people think Struijk isn't good enough in the build-up phase. Well, what does the DM do in build-up?
Here's a passing network from last season:
Sep 10, 2020 • 68 tweets • 13 min read
Some tactical thoughts on Leeds’ visit to Anfield on Saturday evening #lufc#lfc: [thread]
What a difference a few weeks can make. Composing these threads last season saw me having to do a lot of research into teams who I knew relatively little about, watching lots of video and trawling the data.
Jul 15, 2020 • 33 tweets • 8 min read
Some tactical thoughts on Barnsley’s visit to Elland Road on Thursday #lufc: [thread]
Barnsley are yet another team who play a back three, who have had a manager change and whose position in the table is perhaps unrepresentative because of this.
Jul 28, 2019 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
Just a few thoughts about last night’s game versus Cagliari:
Last season, Leeds set up in a 4-1-4-1 that looked something like this:
Formations, though, are fluid things. The 4-1-4-1 was essentially Leeds’ defensive shape. In possession, they moved into a situational 3-3-1-3 like this: