Measure how high a block sits, not how narrow it is
The half-space is worthless unless somebody is standing on the touchline
A low PPDA can just mean you are losing badly
Low blocks do not lose to passing, they lose to second balls
Asking your best attacker to sprint back is costing you goals
The vest data that matters is the braking, not the running
Rotate anybody you like, but leave the centre-backs alone
The backwards pass trigger stopped working years ago
Millimetre offsides made the high line safe and the football worse
The best transition decision is usually not to counter
The hybrid corner system is the worst of both worlds
The overlap is now a decoy, and that is the point
Cover shadows have nearly killed the pass into feet
The loudest moment in a stadium is almost never the useful one
Five substitutions helped big squads, not tired players
Half the teams copying the inverted full-back cannot afford it
The counterpress brought back the long ball and nobody wants to admit it
