Organic Football
Following on from Football's Principles Of Play I have been growing enamoured with a notion of my own making. Narcissism could indeed be setting in. The concept is that of…
What is possible? The Erling Haaland season.
I find it difficult to get excited about new releases of Football Manager. Generally it is the same game in a new frock, with mostly insignificant tweaks. I felt the…
Attack, attack, attack!
Updates can really mess with you on Football Manager. You think you have perfection and then it gets ripped out from under you. I had developed a superb 4-2-3-1 with…
Football What If? – Messi and Ronaldo
I enjoy a good comic book. What enjoy even more is taking an established character and concept then twisting it, imagining what might have happened if a story had played…
3v3 – 2021 Update
June 2021 marked a significant moment in my own 3v3 journey. The first of my two 3v3 books was published in 2018, but I had begun banging the 3v3 drum…
This IS THE Greatest Show
“Football is about joy…. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful.” – Ronaldinho For a decade Ronaldinho was himself the very embodiment of the beauty of Brazilian…
A New Dawn, A New Game
“Reimaginer?” I think the asker of the question thought I had lost my mind. Finally. Surely imaginer would be more than sufficient? I felt imaginer did myself too much credit…
Tactic Build – Football Manager 21
Every 3 years I purchase the new FM game. I had grown very familiar with FM19 and the additional time meant that I was able to apply hexagonal theories and…
Sessions
Positional Rondo https://www.amazon.co.uk/Footballs-Principles-Play-Peter-Prickett/dp/1914066014/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_2/259-6201686-4002524?pd_rd_w=FDvsw&content-id=amzn1.sym.79b812bf-5c8b-4c0c-851c-784423adaff5&pf_rd_p=79b812bf-5c8b-4c0c-851c-784423adaff5&pf_rd_r=MXMABP9P6ERCRMJXHD5E&pd_rd_wg=KGRXn&pd_rd_r=4c959755-a64a-4a66-a103-7d19d3e6fda1&pd_rd_i=1914066014&psc=1 Penalty Box Games - Breaking In Penalty Box Games - Diamond Box Penalty Box Games - Clearing the Box https://www.amazon.co.uk/Developing-Skill-Guide-Soccer-Coaching/dp/1911121545/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/259-6201686-4002524?pd_rd_w=vopq2&content-id=amzn1.sym.79b812bf-5c8b-4c0c-851c-784423adaff5&pf_rd_p=79b812bf-5c8b-4c0c-851c-784423adaff5&pf_rd_r=AM7YR3TPB6B45562G6VX&pd_rd_wg=QmvpT&pd_rd_r=c6afd05e-a70e-4547-af19-b076a240e1e8&pd_rd_i=1911121545&psc=1 Penalty Box Games - Poacher Working…
Untapped – The Futsal Problem
No one saw any of this coming. Back in January, even in February, the year 2020 was shaping up like any other. Then the unthinkable happened. Futsal was cancelled.…