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"Everything goes through him. You might as well call him All Bran because everything goes through him."
"If you're gonna have success in the red zone you've got to be clean. This is the margin for error here, it's just so important."
"It is one of those games where you know like Joel matip and his abilities are just wander through a team"
"Ronaldo feeds off crosses, he feeds off balls into his feet, you know, and that's why he's one of the greatest players of all time."
"Just get a striker who can put the ball in the back of that and lead the line."
"He's not supposed to be a false 9, you are right."
"If he came in to be entertaining football, we know that it wouldn't be boring free at the back with Nagelsmann."
"Yeah straight through the middle with the Milan defense and Burger releases it at the right time CeCe is on side and he just passes it past the goalkeeper."
"That's it, that's it. Like this against Liverpool especially if we don't bounce back against Watford and Burnley we will get hammered by. He has to play simple."
"He's got the ability, he's got the finesse, a little through ball here, little dink over the top there, spray it here, spray it left."
"I mean, he's not a left winger, so guess what, at Man United, we ain't playing no proper wingers."
"Zinchenko is teaching us a new way of football."
"Counter-attacking football is the traditional small war boy way."
"You cannot tell me that Tommy and Fred can't run more than any other central midfielders in the Premier League. They can."
"Football moves so quick... Pogba can see where United are heading."
"The fullbacks are absolutely and unequivocally important to this system."
"In that striker position under Alonzo at Liverpool, Darwin Nunes fits the profile."
"I think credit to Arteta I think we criticize the way he overcoaches us or he has done in the past in attack but clearly this is so well coached now."
"Modern football is so well coached now that corners and set plays are a crucial part of football."
"Deservey is probably closer to someone like Antonio Conte and that he likes to have his team do really deep build up and bait oppositions in to generate space right ahead of them."
"Could just swing a leg out. Salah hasn't got time to react."
"Drill into the midfielders even if we play 4-3-3, they'd have to track back more. Likely Pogba improves on defense than Fred and Scott carve up defenses."
"I expect City to start really fast and get Dortmund on the back foot."
"We shouldn't have to talk about it. If you watch Man City, you know what the plan is. If you watch England, what's the plan?"
"Fantastic bit of movement from Lukaku around the back, he's just staying out of the way."
"I think what Solskjaer is building is a fluid forward line. That's what we're building, you know? You look at people say, 'Oh, you need an out-and-out number nine to do well at a big club in Europe.'"
"I think Rashford can be a good Striker. I think he's better off the left."
"You'll see smoother and explosive control for QBs both inside and outside of the pocket."
"To play this dominating, dictating football, I need the players to do it, I need the players to be able to do it, and I need the players to want to do it."
"Slavia made it uncomfortable for Barça, constant pressure, very aggressive, winning the ball back, playing in Barça's final third."
"Harry Kane to me is world class. I don't actually think he gets in the Box as much as he should do."
"Conor Gallagher, take advantage of the uncertainty around you."
"Liverpool remind me of Sir Alex Ferguson's football. They get crosses into the box, press, play risky football."
"The difference between Liverpool and many other sides is when the ball goes into wide areas, the forwards know the cross is going to come into the box."
"But basically, are there to be creative in score goals and that's what Fernandes and Pogba would bring."
"Real Madrid are doing what Barcelona usually do to them."
"Privilege is mine and Katie lovely Todd oh is it the post that would have been a great goal he spun his man like a fidget spinner."
"Rice on Corners! Corners that actually beats the rice on Corners. Okay, I get it. I'm sold, doubt I like it, never doubted him."
"Scoring goals isn't a problem, obviously the problem is defensively."
"I just don't see the trait. I don't see Matic. I don't think Tommy's a box-to-box player."
"Credit where credit's due, he went over to Atletico Madrid to study their defensive system."
"It's almost like Bruno's been watching the United stand... If I keep it simple in the final third you know Ricky will be happy."
"We didn't come out guns blazing, but a really good first half."
"I'm gonna turn this into a gegenpress if it kills me."
"Even when Greenwood moves to play in the number nine position and he does the job that was looking for Cavani to do today and he takes it on."
"Night Train signature move was take your head off."
"Partnerships are so important on a football pitch."
"If it works, we've just found a false nine for nothing; if it works, Eric ten Hag is a genius."
"If you're running with your quarterback, you want to make sure to always get down and slide."
"Nobody should ever dare sneer at Rodgers at Villa Park. He would be the perfect choice."
"Wow, the New York Giants have a bunch of slot receivers."
"This mechanic is a way to shadow a good receiver."
"Our offense is going to be so much harder to defend."
"It's the sneak. 92 percent of the time, it works every time. Smartest decision in football might be the sneak."
"When you talk about a Shanahan style offense, you're talking about running a straight crossing route for 25 plus yards and pulling away from the trailing corner, and that's not really Mike Evans's game."
"When you have a lineman that make you have to go through them to get to the quarterback."
"Once a team is able to force the Ravens to play left-handed and beat them in the drop back passing game, the Greg Roman offense just hasn't been constructed in a way that's been able to do that."
"Martinez and Varan played off each other perfectly, perfect foils for each other and it was cracking."
"His ability to create. It's not necessarily always smooth, but man, when he gets out a little frantic but is able to kind of calm himself, keep his eyes down the field, either make plays with his own legs or drive it down the field like this."
"To be successful for the Titans to truly be successful, we can't just be, uh, Derek Henry gets the ball."
"What Ollie's good at and what we hate is counter-attacking football."
"An early goal is crucial to get into the psychological battle with Inter."
"Another beautiful design because it's like okay you're gonna put two on Tyreek sure we've got Jalen Waddle who's going to go ahead and make a big time play."
"The Ravens play a different kind of football. They ain't cute, they line up and punch you in the mouth."
"Kenny Pickett demonstrated calmness under pressure."
"We need pressure, let them know you're there - suffocation football."
"You gotta stop the run. Like everything in football starts there."
"This is a game changer because it means from now on, we can do what Liverpool did with Fabinho."
"I believe in you, Dak Prescott. Play-action and all the time in the world to throw downfield."
"Formation 4-3-3 gives me a little bit of everything, also two strikers meaning we can get any of these 98 rated team in the season strikers. A man can dream."
"In football in general scoring from set pieces is key. A lot of times we've won League titles or secure Champions League spots it has been because of effective setpiece plays."
"I thought Bruno played really well. His passing was on point."
"Defense wins you championships and it wins you the league. You could score as many goals, but if you're conceding a lot of goals, there's going to be situations where you're going to find yourself in shaky situations."
"I don't think the bills becoming a run first team is the way for them."
"This allows them to be more aware of their surroundings, perform smarter runs in their build-up play, exploit spaces in the defense, and generally be in the right place at the right time."
"Hurts is in for the touchdown, Pacheco right off the gun and in."
"When you're in a relegation battle, what you gotta do? Win your home games. It's as simple as that."
"I just think every time you put Pogba in the position he wants to play in, he plays well."
"They have that mentality and I think that if they have to, Ancelotti will pick the Champions League ahead of La Liga."
"If you stop Bruno, you stop Manchester United."
"Guardiola's tactics are built around a discipline called positional play."
"Positional play isn't just for attack; it's to control the game in and out of possession."
"Guardiola has a defined style of play. You know what a Guardiola team looks like."
"Chelsea haven't had that, you know, we've not played with a striker since Tuchel's arrival."
"Richardson's running ability will provide so much for an offense if used correctly."
"Every club wants to play this progressive attacking high-press football now."
"Sancho, Bruno, and Pogba, oh, that is filth, that is utter filth."
"Trent Alexander-Arnold's interpretation of the full-back role is unusual, leading Liverpool in chances created."
"I believe in the three by one sets being the way to run offenses in today's NFL and in Madden."
"He might be a candidate for those goal line packages."
"He builds up towards the byline and the moment he gets there, he aims to get the ball across the goal."
"That's why you can't leave the near post open."
"We're just gonna take what the defense gives us."
"Ronaldo but maybe they're going to stick with mcfred in the midfield."
"I'm more open to signing Kamavinga because I feel like he's a player we haven't used before."
"If United lose Newcastle have this games Brighton is playing this team Fulham is playing this team and if you win five six games we can be in Touching distance of top four."
"The only way I'd like to see Mustafi go to Liverpool is if he does a Willian for us."
"City's shape, the City press, the speed, the power... tonight was nothing short of sensational."
"I think Party, who can dribble the ball, tackle strong, break out of play. High all day long for me."
"I hope he does really well. One thing we're all gonna see from Bape Course... he is a pressing monster."
"Arsenal's attack clicking is fluid and sometimes unstoppable."
"Chelsea are on absolute smoke, Tuchel's got his tactics down to a T."
"Precision is extraordinary...hopefully then this curves over the top of the wall and the keeper won't see the ball until the last minute."
"They seek balance in their offense. Run and pass. I feel like they're a big-play offense that's the way they've been all year."
"It's genuinely a thing that Pep Guardiola, the way he impacted the game, is still having trickling effects to Academy level now."
"Just a really great job of executing high-level football in big-time situational ball."
"It was stopping them from scoring five goals against you that proved to be a routinely fruitless task."
"The ball speed, the control, the intensity to find the other side of the pitch here, then Cabango with the confidence and conviction to take territory and play forward."
"Quick throws is really the name of the game against the San Francisco 49ers."
"United playing keep ball, maintaining possession."
"When a 4-3-3 plays a 4-2-3-1, then theoretically, you should match up very nicely everywhere."
"Great ball control, no risk type football, that's what we're looking for."
"Team shape is massive; you've got overlapping fullbacks, underlapping runs, you've got a cohesive unit of a team there."
"Wingers are generally positioned out wide near the touch line to stretch the opposition's defense."
"If it's four for one high, there are ways you like to attack it."
"There's no better way to take a boisterous crowd out of a football game than by running the football successfully if you're a visiting team."
"Harland just needs one chance, so I think Van's got to be on the game 24/7."
"If the defense can keep creating turnovers, they're going to be a tough out no matter who plays them."