A team that I found fascinating from both a tactical perspective and to watch at their sublime passing and technique was the Argentina team from the Copa América in 2007. Favourites to win the tournaments and players of the best football there, on p...

This is generally the shape that the Ireland team takes in qualifying under Trapattoni. It is nominally a classic 4-4-2 with two wide men, a mobile central unit in midfield and two strikers. Howevew in pracitce it is different. Ireland tend t...

This is generally the shape that the Ireland team takes in qualifying under Trapattoni. It is nominally a classic 4-4-2 with two wide men, a mobile central unit in midfield and two strikers. Howevew in pracitce it is different. Ireland tend t...