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Joel Parker

4 months

Why are Serie A centre-backs moving so much?

Why Are Serie A Center-Backs On The Move?

Center-backs are on the move in Serie A, and for very good reason. Here we can see how they can be utilized in rotations up the field, how they can unlock one of your creators …

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

9 years

When Everton are playing at home

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6 years

So this is the team that Everton have beaten by 22 goals.

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@Joelazzo

6 years

Baines really was on a different level.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

Everton goals scored under their last two managers: Sam Allardyce - 27 goals (24 games) Marco Silva - 22 goals (90 minutes) School of Science, it’s on its way back.

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5 years

“Can’t believe Everton fans want their OWN team to lose against Man City, what a small club mentality”

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6 years

Last minute of extra-time in a cup final Kepa Arrizabalaga:

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

3 years

Funny how the cameras can completely miss a streaker but not a player having a cardiac arrest on the field.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 months

Spain brutally exposed England’s poor shifting off the ball in the 2nd half, which produced overloads around their midfield. In the phase for the first goal, Shaw faced a 2v1 with Yamal inside. Spain added more box-crashing runs from Morata (+ Olmo in this phase.)

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@Joelazzo

2 years

Kudus and Onana should not have been a midfield pairing that have ended up at Everton. We may have genuinely struck gold on this one.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

SANDROOOOOO

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

10 years

How Everton approach players on Deadline Day. http://t.co/j9UuBZbCAs

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

5 years

Final score: Burnley 0-1 Man City

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@Joelazzo

3 years

It really is James Rodríguez FC.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

8 years

Ask and you shall receive

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

3 months

Best tactical and technical game so far between Austria 🇦🇹 and France 🇫🇷 at #EURo2024 . Austria’s off ball work led the way. A narrow counterpressing system that was set-up by wingers blocking the pass to the FB and Austrian covering whilst a team mate stepped up aggressively.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

5 years

The most complete and exciting footballer ever.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

Surely one of the Top 5 moments in Everton history.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

1 year

Ah yes Mr Pérez, he’s your perfect replacement…

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

8 years

LOOK AT THIS, HE IS GOD

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

7 years

Literally the most Everton thing ever, losing a transfer to a team with a transfer ban

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

This is the type of xG timeline that only Real Madrid in the Champions League can produce.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

11 months

Villa’s passive 4-3-1-2/4-1-3-2 has caused Brighton so many circulation problems: - Situational pressing from Watkins/Diaby outwards and blocking angles. - Narrow block = Brighton’s rotation areas shut. - McGinn/Kamara can move to cover Gilmour when ball moves down right.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 months

Positional adjustments from Spain 🇪🇸 in-possession which disrupted the French 🇫🇷 man marking in midfield: - Williams/Yamal more narrow positions. - Morata drops left to be free between the lines. - Rodri moves behind pressing Kanté. - Yamal drops to pull Rabiot = Ruiz free man.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

A final between Spurs vs Everton would last forever, it’d never end, it’d be two teams attempting to out-bottle each other to the end of time.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

3 months

Spain 🇪🇸 controlled Italy 🇮🇹 through a intense press that takes some big risks. Wingers pressed infield, both Pedri and Ruiz engage high and follow the outward pass to overload the channel. Italy struggled to settle in possession throughout the first period. #EURO2024

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

4 years

Everton FC has failed Tom Davies.

EFC

@ZG1878

4 years

Newcastle United are interested in Everton midfielder, Tom Davies. They are set to make an offer of £12m. (Source - Simon Jones, Daily Mail)

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 months

Smart switch by the Swiss 🇨🇭 that disrupted Kroos’ control. Yakin added Rieder, which saw more 3142/352 situations and created 2v1s in the high block vs the German 🇩🇪 buildup. Angled presses from WBs arranged the traps, attacker takes the ball deep = collapse towards carrier.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

1 year

Yerry Mina - age profile and injury record is very questionable, but a great gamble on a free transfer this summer: - Can operate in high line. - Excellent inside the box, a colossus in the air. - Rarely caught out of defensive position and comfy on the ball too.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

Ugliest Liverpool pass map in a very, very long time.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

4 years

The Châteauneuf-du-Pape pass.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

4 months

Atalanta off ball intensity has suffocated Leverkusen, making a lot of miscues + loose passes like this one: - Palacios plays back into pressure. - Atalanta collapse onto pivot (double man marking.) - Wirtz came short as Koopmeiners stepped, Grimaldo in no position to exploit.

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@Joelazzo

5 years

Slick, quick, resistant to pressure. Beautiful.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

10 years

"Sorry I'm late lads, border control found Raheem Sterling in my back pocket from the weekend." http://t.co/TDJ081QY9K

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

1 year

Akanji back on the right gives you a chance to see vintage Man City rugby moves, that has proved to unravel opposition off-ball setups.

Manchester City: The All Blacks of Football

Passing midfield trios and possession dominance is not the only method of Pep Guardiola’s madness. To achieve success, Manchester City have built the most physical team under his reign, so can we...

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

IWOBI FC.

Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

I’m only taking your ball opinions seriously if you consider Iwobi to be the greatest player on earth.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

8 years

Find me a better red card than this

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

8 years

The champions vs the richest club on the planet, what a league the Premier League is!

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

Clubs like Sunderland, Villa (2011-16), Hamburg, don’t blip overnight. Everton has hit a trajectory as worse as those clubs. This is the climax of years of rot and incompetence, from the top down. Crap recruitment in a structureless club have come to haunt & they can’t get out.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

4 years

Southampton's Pressing Principles (v Newcastle): - Medium block, strictly maintains its 4-2-2-2 shape. - Narrow wingers create central compactness, encourages U-shape circulation. - Creating traps down the channels with overloads. - Blindside pressing triggers on receivers.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

If you can all read my articles too that’d be sound x

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

10 months

It’s funny how narratives work in football. Wondering why Dyche just allowed Brighton to dominate the ball. Wondering why Everton didn’t try and hold the ball. Rumbling about “negative tactics.” And yet… when we tried to play out… this happened?

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

Onana going from being coached by Lampard, straight to Martínez. Somebody end this man’s SUFFERING.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

I think people forget just how good Bale is.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

9 years

Statistic: Tim Howard hasn't conceded a single goal in 2016. Incredible form.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

1 year

(Thread) Explaining Everton’s game plan vs Brighton can be seen in the execution of their 2nd goal: - Passive 4-1-4-1/4-3-2-1 (McNeil + Iwobi situationally deeper than Garner/Doucouré in midfield line.) - Access to double pivot denied, so Webster tried to bait press by carrying.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

9 years

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA http://t.co/ebCISaSEip

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

Cannot be underestimated how important the switch to the 4-5-1 was for Everton, not just in the low block. Triggering the counterpress, through CM pressure, and pushing Arsenal’s deep buildup to the wings played a big part in stunting their flexibility (creating this scenario.)

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

@StatmanDave They’re wingers? He should comfortably have more.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

3 months

Of course, a buildup under Martínez has to have its flaws. Portugal 🇵🇹 have plenty of players in similar roles, Cancelo inverted from the left, Fernandes + Vitinha double pivot and Silva laterally roaming on Czechia 🇨🇿 defensive line. Lots of passes, not a lot of progression.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 months

Georgia 🇬🇪 has been playing 532 off the ball for quite sometime. All the better for their compactness being kept and organisation, but Martinez’s selection for a 343 was a bad choice for Portugal🇵🇹. A phenomenal defensive display, but we’ve seen this game before with Martínez.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 months

So many tools in this Spanish 🇪🇸 team that a super Georgian 🇬🇪 low block couldn’t keep up with. Williams + Yamal dominant down the channels, carrying & creating once cutting inside. Morata sticks to the striker spot as Pedri gave plenty of access to shooters on edge of the box.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 months

England super passive has led to zero counter ability, Spain pushed them back early with moves like these. - CB carrying to Rodri line makes 3v2 - Morata double movement to drop makes 3v2 - Passing angle opened with Rice and Mainoo split.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

Richarlison is hilariously mislabelled by those who don’t watch him. A combative, direct and versatile forward. May not have had the shot efficiency of a few seasons ago, but is great peeling off the left and a top worker off the ball. Those runs would be a great asset to Kane.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 months

The game is going to be remembered for Ronaldo antics but Slovenia 🇸🇮 another example of a mid/lower tier nation with a solid defensive arrangement and Portugal 🇵🇹 another underwhelming favourite to deep. Slovenia’s 4-4-2 turned to 5-3-2 with man marking the halfspace option.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

11 months

A new big read from me about box midfields, inverted fullbacks and the conflict of control. Fullbacks in elite teams went from overlapping for crosses and cutbacks into another cog of the deeper buildup unit. Is it a sacrifice worth making?

The Inverted Parabox

The box midfield has never been so popular. Whether it comes from John Stones stepping forward, Gavi going central or Oleksandr Zinchenko zipping inside, the elites have found a new toy to play with....

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

8 years

Poor kid, he will never recover from that @bsambou1

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@Joelazzo

1 year

They did the thing!

Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

1 year

Akanji back on the right gives you a chance to see vintage Man City rugby moves, that has proved to unravel opposition off-ball setups.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 months

Slovakia 🇸🇰 a great indication of how much stronger lower ranked nations are in competitions now. Teams figured out they could press England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pretty early in the group stages and Slovakia’s medium block caused a lot of problems to their unstructured buildup.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

8 years

"Over there is Darron Gibson. He got pissed and ran over a group of cyclists, so we gave him a two-year contract"

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

The more I watch this the better it looks

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

8 years

This is the man who tells our team how to defend

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

9 years

People will be wondering in 5 years time how Stones, Lukaku, Deulofeu and Barkley were all in the same team and won nothing.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

“August 2020”

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

Oh my word hahaha I’ve seen it all now

Love Everton Forum

@LuvEvertonForum

6 years

I''m convinced if Oumar Niasse played 38 games he'd score as many as Lukaku. He has a nose for goal like no other in our squad. 😍 #Everton

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

8 years

That Niasse goal was worth £13.5m alone

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

7 months

Has man-marking lost its effect? - The rotations that are exploiting high man orientation. - GK involvement can create game state freeze. - More distance to cover = shape sacrifices. - Serie A’s problem with vertical defensive line. Full article here:

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

1 year

The pressing dilemma for United vs Brighton’s 4-2-4: - Eriksen man marks behind Caicedo. - Fernandes cover shadow on Mac Allister, but has to jump to press Dunk. - Disguise pass finds spare man. - Enciso drags Casemiro, Mitoma moves inside, Estupiñán runs into wide space.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

Important formation adaptations from Ten Hag in the second half: - 3-2-5 into 2-2-6. - more aggressive positions from FBs kept Leeds wingers as part of midfield line. - Weghorst as the 10, combative and close linkup to retain ball. - Rashford as ST, narrow forwards to pin FBs.

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@Joelazzo

7 years

Yakubu mentality

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@Joelazzo

3 years

Have you ever seen a murder?

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

Can the Eddie Howe for next Everton manager calls be put to bed now please.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

8 years

Basically Everton Twitter if we don't win a game

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

3 years

Do other fanbases pull out transfers from the 80s to justify their clubs terrible actions? Or just Everton’s?

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@Joelazzo

6 years

@Everton @theowalcott

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

5 years

Start of End of decade decade

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

5 years

Sigurdsson - 19 games, 1 goal, 1 assist. Hahahahahahahahahahaha. Can we cue the montage of him making a couple of average passes to our forwards from two seasons ago please?

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

Holy...

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

5 years

Bit of ball watching from Gladbach, but class run from Timo Werner who exposes defenders blind side and positions himself brilliant. Also met by a gorgeous pass from Emil Forsberg.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

5 years

This is turning into a joke now.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

8 years

Wes Morgan being bullied hahaha remember when he was the best in the league?

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

@EASPORTSFIFA Just improve career mode ffs

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@Joelazzo

9 years

Brilliant http://t.co/fHzw6Pnrwm

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

9 years

A cat has made more appearances at Goodison this season than Aiden McGeady.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

5 months

(Thread) Wolves recorded a measly 0.17 xG at home to Arsenal, five shots throughout the 90 mins. Despite this, they actually had an effective route in the first phase of buildup, but the runs from the forwards did not match the intent.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

Scaloni early 2nd half formation change (3-1-4-2): - Martínez in backline, FBs -> WBs. - Not entirely creative, but has given Messi more space and options when he’s deeper. - Aggression came from advanced CMs (Mac Allister and De Paul.) - Better orientation behind midfield line.

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@Joelazzo

5 years

Argentina are garbage.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

9 years

Jagielka kept a clean sheet for Sheffield United against Arsenal. Jagielka > Neuer

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8 years

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

New article from me. I’ve always loved Conte teams, but hadn’t delved into his ideas in an article like this. Here is my analysis on how his laws have delivered success to Spurs, and how well his pre-scripted plan is executed.

How Conte’s Commandments Got Spurs Back In The Champions League

Antonio Conte comes with guarantees. Short-term, but more importantly, success. Follow his commandments and thou shall follow. No better example has been Tottenham Hotspur, an unbalanced and unstru...

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

3 months

✏️ Griezmann connects the dots. 🗡️ Mbappé’s free role is a double-edged sword. 👔 Traditional relationship between FBs and wingers. 🃏 Deschamps’ occasional tactical wildcard. An hour before France 🇫🇷 kick off their #EURo2024 campaign. Read my preview:

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

3 years

A team with *these pass maps* has supporters blaming the strikers as… “the problem.”

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

Diego Simeone. The one and only.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

7 years

@liam__whu @efckyle_ @Everton

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

4 years

Explain this midfield to me.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

6 years

3rd March needs to be the most intimidating atmosphere seen at Goodison for years.

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

8 years

I SWEAR YOU'LL NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN

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Joel Parker

@Joelazzo

2 years

Spalletti. A fantastic attacking coach who hadn’t quite found the same tune at other clubs since his first stint at Roma. Now looks like he’s at home at Napoli. What a sensational performance.

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