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Mount's IQ, 'Hack-a-Shaq' Tactical Fouls & Haaland v Nunez: New Season Notebook

The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast

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Bormouth - Back Three, Back Five, Back Three?

Of the forty starting on ups that we've had across the two game weeks, 18 have started with a back three slash five system. That's forty five percent of the sides in the opening two weeks which feels quite high. Of the bormouth moved to a back three, back five, from playing predominatly back four last season. En arsenal have very noticeably done that, with ancenko being almost like an extra centramad fielder in possession. But clearly there is some kind of hybrid systems in play as well.

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