Share Tweet Share Whatsapp Email Since gaining promotion in 2019, Lincoln City has established itself as an EFL League One club. With an average squad age of 24.3 years old, the team boasts one of the youngest lineups in the league. The Imps have directed their transfer focus towards acquiring young talents, exemplified by the signings of 21-year-old Irish winger Dylan Duffy and 22-year-old Scottish midfielder Ethan Erhahon. Furthermore, young defender TJ Eyoma joined from Tottenham Hotspur in 2021 following a successful loan spell. The club doesn’t merely acquire young players for the first ..read more

Share Tweet Share Whatsapp Email Coaching attacking play, and specifically, creativity in wide players, can be one of the most challenging concepts for coaches to improve in their players. However, it is often a piece of trickery or moment of magic in the wide areas that lead to the game’s defining moments. Every football fan can picture an occasion where a winger’s brilliance led to a goal. These game-changing impacts make taking the time to work on this tactical theory worthwhile. The very best of the creative wide players have a combination of devastating speed, technical trickery and tact ..read more

Share Tweet Share Whatsapp Email Lizbeth Ovalle is a Mexican winger who plays for Tigres UNAL Feminil and has recently been linked to Manchester United Women. The Red Devils are willing to pay out her release clause to benefit from her footballing services as soon as possible, knowing that competition for signing the player is already fierce, with Manchester United’s offer being the most “impressive and suitable” one. First, it should be mentioned that Ovalle is considered one of the best wingers in Liga MX Femenil and that she has some very impressive traits that can be developed even furthe ..read more

Share Tweet Share Whatsapp Email After the sacking of the Argentinian coach Jorge Sampaoli, the historical Brazilian side CR Flamengo hired their fourth 2023 manager, Adenor Bachi, most known as Tite. The 62-year-old Brazilian led Brazil’s national team for seven straight years, and although he failed to conduct them to the long-awaited sixth World Cup: the Hexa, he was able to win the 2019 Copa América with players like Neymar Jr (ex-Barcelona and PSG) and Roberto Firmino (ex-Liverpool). Flamengo, before Tite, were in fifth in the 2023 Brasileirão with 12 wins, eight draws and six defeats, y ..read more

Share Tweet Share Whatsapp Email It’s the #TacticalThursday newsletter – full of analysis, scouting and tactics! Come and fill up on your football knowledge – follow the Total Football Analysis page, join the newsletter squad and make us part of your day every day. Benfica is a well-known production line of top talent and the latest star getting admiring looks from elsewhere is Joao Neves – Alexandra Hunt scouts the 19 y/o and explains why Premier League clubs are interested. ICYMI yesterday, it was Women’s Football Wednesday. Jamie Steenberg looked ahead to the ..read more

Share Tweet Share Whatsapp Email International tournament football has a tendency to propel players’ profiles, and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar was no different. As Argentina went on to claim their third title, one player who caught the attention of five-time Premier League champions Chelsea was midfielder, Enzo Fernández. Fernández subsequently secured a move to the Blues for a British-record transfer fee in January 2023. His departure led to much media speculation as to who would replace him at Benfica, but the Eagles looked no further than their academy, eventually promoting 19-year-old, Jo ..read more

Share Tweet Share Whatsapp Email It’s the #WomensFootballWednesday newsletter – full of analysis, scouting and tactics! Come and fill up on your football knowledge – follow the Total Football Analysis page, join the newsletter squad and make us part of your day every day. Each Wednesday, we highlight the work of our dedicated women’s analysis team as we continue to lead the way in this space. Jamie Steenberg looks ahead to the NCAA Women’s College Cup and picks out four players to keep an eye on in the semis and final. In Scotland, Queens Park are very much on for pro ..read more

Share Tweet Share Whatsapp Email When Queen’s Park Women appointed Craig Joyce as their new head coach back in the summer of 2022, the main target that he and they had was promotion to the Scottish Women’s Premier League or SWPL 1 and a chance to test themselves against the best that the Scottish women’s game has to offer. Whilst his first campaign was nothing to write home about, with mixed results leading to the team finishing third from bottom, it has been quite the turnaround during the current campaign for Queen’s Park, who are based just down the road from Ibrox Stadium at New Tinto Par ..read more

Share Tweet Share Whatsapp Email This weekend will see the final four of the NCAA Women’s College Cup take place. Florida State takes on Clemson, while BYU takes on Stanford. The final will follow three days later as Cary, North Carolina, plays host to one of the most exciting events on the US sports calendar. In this tactical analysis piece and scout report, we take a look at four potential key players to observe this weekend. We will provide an analysis of each player’s key moments and respective roles within their teams’ tactics throughout the season. Taylor Huff – Florida State Taylor Huf ..read more

Share Tweet Share Whatsapp Email It’s the #TuesdayTactics newsletter – full of analysis, scouting and tactics! Come and fill up on your football knowledge – follow the Total Football Analysis page, join the newsletter squad and make us part of your day every day. A lot of the talk post-City vs Liverpool was around Trent Alexander-Arnold, however Andrew Hanna believes Virgil van Dijk’s taming of Erling Haaland proves the Dutchman is back to his best – he explains why in detail. Set-piece specialist Karim El-Shesheiny says an outswinging corner aimed at the near post ha ..read more