Saturday, August 9, 2025

The shape of things to come...?


The Athletic's breezy young Scots tactics guru (one of my favourites!), J. J. Bull, put out this video a couple of weeks back, discussing five major shifts in tactics he expects to see becoming important during the coming season. Well worth a look.

As if we didn't have enough to ponder with the protracted transfer sagas over the likes of Gyokeres, Sesko, Isak, Watkins, and Jackson, and the early injuries to Maddison, Colwill, Kelleher, Rogers et al, the colossal spending on squad rebuilds by a few clubs like Liverpool and Manchester United, the decimation in this transfer window of some poorer clubs like Bournemouth and Brentford and Wolves, and the cautiously whispered possibility that perhaps not all of the promoted clubs will be completely hopeless this year,... we also have major tactical evolutions to take into consideration.

Also, it seems, there are to be a number of other - mostly peripheral/cosmetic - changes being introduced this season, a couple that are actually tweaks to the rules of the gameSo much to take on board!!!

Damn, being an FPL manager is almost harder than the real thing....!

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