Pedro Mendonça

@@PedMenCoach

2d

Thomas Frank is spot on: if 33% of all goals come from set pieces, why wouldn’t you treat them like gold? A third of football is played with the ball still — smart teams prepare for it, and win because of it.

North Bank Nadim

@@NorthBankNadim

1d

It is one of the weirdest ever developments in football analysis, that Arsenal being good at set pieces turned them into a negative. This country wanked over David Beckham’s set pieces for 15 years straight. People cried when a set piece took us to a World Cup.

Pedro Mendonça

@@PedMenCoach

2d

Mikel Arteta on injury prevention is pure truth: You can analyse training loads, GPS data and sleep cycles… but sometimes a player gets injured because he argued with his wife or his kid kept him awake for 3 nights.

S

@@STFootball10

1d

I mean, you get why the players are crazy for him. He thinks about football like very few do.

Pedro Mendonça

@@PedMenCoach

2d

Mikel Arteta with peak football wisdom: “The first five minutes are the most important… until the next five.” Sounds simple — but he’s right. Football is momentum stacked in small blocks. Win enough of them and you win the match.