The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary

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Managers Are Such Sickos Oct 01, 2024

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In the Premier League this season, a number of the most striking team stories appear to be, when you dig into the data, fundamentally tactical stories. This means we're talking about Ten Hag and Ange and how Spurs and United have been playing, but also we look at the major shifts in style of play at Chelsea and Crystal Palace and what Fabian Hurzeler appears to be doing at Brighton. Plus our favorite Klopp story.

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City - Arsenal and the Title Race Sep 25, 2024

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An extremely strange match, and one in which Manchester City's tactical approach to the second half most particularly deserves analysis. But the draw and the injury to Rodri in the first half leave us with a peculiarly wide open Premier League title race. Much to discuss!

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Early Season Numbers Sep 16, 2024

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The Premier League has four matchdays done, and that means we have just enough data to be dangerous. What's going on with Liverpool. Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Spurs and Arsenal?

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It's a Lot of Money to Lose: Chelsea Ownership Feud Sep 11, 2024

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Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali are fighting over Chelsea. We break down the exact financial relationships here and the context for their fight, and what it tells us about the business of football in the modern era and what might come next for Chelsea.

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Transfer Deadline Grab Bag Aug 28, 2024

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Saudi Arabia alter their course but continue to struggle, we end up going deep on PSG's transfer window, and how wages end up getting treated differently from transfer fees in the market. We're still trying to make sense of a bunch of things!

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Pochettino, USMNT Aug 19, 2024

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The US Men's National Team has a new coach. He's a good one. We look back on the trajectory of Pochettino's career, his tactical ideas, and what it might mean for the USMNT.

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Premier League Preview, Part II Aug 14, 2024

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The one with Chelsea.
Also Everton and Fulham and the previews of the rest of the league will be available to subscribers on the Patreon.

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Premier League Preview, Part I Aug 12, 2024

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All 20 teams in the Premier League and it starts here. We're going in alphabetical order and talking about how it could go right and how it could go wrong for AFC Bournemouth, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brentford and Brighton.

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Victor Osimhen and the Summer That Isn't Happening Aug 02, 2024

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We keep waiting for the summer transfer window to shake out and it keeps not. The best example of this is how Victor Osimhen is not only still a Napoli player but does not seem to be particularly close to becoming a player on another big team. We have some theories about what's slammed the breaks on the transfers.

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Spain beat England and what's next Jul 15, 2024

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A reasonably comprehensive 2-1 Spain victory ends the Euros. We break down how Spain got it done and why England never managed to click into gear the whole tournament. And we look to future for the top European sides, what questions do we have heading into the next World Cup for England, Spain, Germany and France?

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