Red Bull Football: What makes an 'RB player' & Does it work in the Premier League?
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast
The Future of EFL Football
The increased demands physically on the player at the top level of football would mean that academies and the types of player they prioritized was starting to be skewed ever more towards just the physically competent. I think physicality can exist on sort of different levels. You're looking at players who have really good sort of physical builds. Often I see players got a load and be maybe faster over a foot race or maybe slightly more endurance, but I think that's more in regards to their ability to maybe withstand contact at a cadm level. The way that academy football looks is it's almost the opposite of what we're talking about - like clean and tidy. It doesn't offer nearly enough practice
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