Archive - Guillaume on the Grass

Defending after the first touch

with William Saliba

Aug 13 •

June 2025

December 2024

Lisandro's Box: Don't Open It!

Scouting and coaching points on defending crosses

Dec 31, 2024 •

September 2024

Does Erik ten Hag's game model improve physicality?

Most blog posts start with a dictionary snippet.

Sep 11, 2024 •

August 2024

A panorama of Manchester United's fitness concerns

The premise of this blog post is to open a panel through which Manchester United's fitness woes can be contextualized.

Aug 30, 2024 •

July 2024

McDONALD'S: Yoro order is ready!

This blog post is a trial-and-error-ish way for the author to improve his scouting/benchmarking skills by expanding on jotted bullet points concerning…

Jul 26, 2024 •

January 2024

Kevin De Bruyne and Perception-Action

One of the more important scientific theories regarding sports and sports training, is the one of perception-action coupling, and affordances. This is…

Jan 27, 2024 •

September 2023

How to qualitatively assess physical performance in football

An introduction to qualitative analysis of physical performance in football, a scope drowned by its quantitative counterpart.

Sep 16, 2023 •

August 2023

Gameweek 1: Manchester United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Seven topics of Manchester United's performance in the Premier League season opener versus Wolverhampton Wanderers, at Old Trafford.

Aug 18, 2023 •

April 2023

Roberto De Zerbi and the Hourglass

A play on tactics, time, timing, and tempo.

Apr 30, 2023 •

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