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How Online Prediction Games Echo the Tension of a Match Draw
Any football supporter who has watched a cup draw live knows the feeling.
Most fans first hear the words supporters trust in a crisis. The owner has stopped paying the tax bill, the ground has been put up as security on a loan, and somebody at the pub hands round a leaflet asking for ten pounds and a signature.
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Any football supporter who has watched a cup draw live knows the feeling.
Player Development
Watch a good central midfielder for the ten seconds before a pass reaches him and count how often his head turns.
Club Heritage
In 2002 Argentina asked FIFA if it could leave the number 10 out of its World Cup squad, as a tribute to Diego Maradona.
Coaching Notes
It is 7.25 on a wet Tuesday, the pitch is booked until 9, and you were promised eighteen players.
Match Tactics
The false nine gets described as if it were a clever diagram, a number nine who stands in a slightly odd spot.
Games
Ask any club football supporter about the international break and you will get a groan.
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Three writers who come at football from different angles: one breaks down match tactics and substitutions, one writes about player and youth development from time spent on training grounds, and one covers fan culture and club history. Every article carries a byline, and every byline links to everything else that person has written.