Declining Three-Man Defences & Crediting The Pass Receivers
The Athletic's Michael Cox and Mark Carey join host Ali Maxwell to explore the rise and fall of three-man defences in the Premier League, as well as, pioneering data analytics research which can help us finally start to credit the pass-receivers, like we do the pass-makers...
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast · The Athletic
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Show Notes
The Athletic's tactics and data analytics writers Michael Cox and Mark Carey, join host Ali Maxwell, to explore the rise and fall of three-man defences in the Premier League in recent years... Plus, the trio discuss their colleague John Muller's article, which encourages us to start giving the pass-receivers some long-overdue credit.
How the league's best created 'receiving value' over the course of the 2020/21 Premier League season, what Liverpool's front-three stats can tell us about Trent Alexander-Arnold's passing and how advanced analytics at a Belgian University can help us to better understand a target man's true value.
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