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Continue reading →: AC Le Havre 2020-21 Mid-Season UpdateThis mid-season update sees a review of the transfers that were made in the opening transfer window and how the season has progressed thus far at HAC Foot. There’s also a sneak peak at the youth intake. Transfer Methodology & Practice With a limited budget and no room in the…
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Continue reading →: Football Manager 2021 – AC Le HavreFor Football Manager 2021, I’ve decided upon AC Le Havre. Given the addition of xG to the Football Manager series, this save and indeed this blog was going to continue the focus on team and player metrics as per the approach I adopted for FM20. However, as FM Stag has…
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Continue reading →: FM21 Is Coming
For those that followed my AC Milan save in Football Manager 2020, you may have been wondering who I’ve chosen for Football Manager 2021. Keep reading to find out what I have decided. Data Analysis within Football Manager 2021 Given new data available in FM21 compared to previous editions, I…
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Continue reading →: AC Milan – 2022-23 Season Review: La RisoluzioneYou read this after the 2022-23 Champions League Final. AC Milan have just lost to Manchester City at Wembley after a 119th minute extra time goal by Bernardo Silva secured the trophy for the Citizens, after Piątek had missed a penalty in normal time. Within two days AC’s double scudetto-winning…
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Continue reading →: AC Milan – Season Preview 2022-23Before the new transfer window opened, AC Milan owner, Paul Singer announced his retirement, triggering a sale of the Club. This news was somewhat of a surprise in terms of his retirement but it was not a total shock as takeover rumours had been doing the rounds for some time.…
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Continue reading →: AC Milan Tactical Set-up 2021-22This post sets out to look at the tactical set-up of the double scudetto winners, AC Milan. Below you’ll see the players from the squad with hyperlinks to their metric radars – click on those to open a new window if you are interested in seeing them. Goalkeeper – Sweeper…
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Continue reading →: AC Milan 2021-22 Season ReviewThe 2021-22 Serie A season saw AC Milan defend their title, with a six point gap to second placed Napoli. I Rossoneri improved upon their points total, picking up an additional two, and maintained their frequency of clean sheets when compared to the 2020-21 season. With 69 goals scored (one…
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Continue reading →: AC Milan 2021-22 Summer Transfer Window UpdateAt start of the Summer of 2021, the squad performance was evaluated both holistically and individually. Personnel within the squad were identified as requiring an upgrade in the positional sense, most notably in the left-sided attacking midfield slot. Following a relatively poor showing for both Rebić, whose loan period ended,…
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Continue reading →: AC Milan 2020-21 Season – Player Analysis: AttackersWide Attackers The attacking wide men in the AC Milan side play in the inverted winger and inside forward roles, depending upon who is playing in the various positions. The players drive at the half space in between central defenders and full backs before looking for a cross/shooting opportunity in…
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Continue reading →: AC Milan 2020-21 Season – Player Analysis: Central Midfielders
Central Midfield The central midfield trio play different roles within the tactical set-up, with a single pivot as a deep-lying playmaker, and the other two as a box-to-box midfielder and a mezzala. As such, the player radars look very different to one another. Sandro Tonali stepped up to the starting…
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