Turnovers in your own half are not all equal
Zonal marking gets blamed because it is legible
The overlap works because nobody takes it
Cutting a passing lane beats winning the ball
Crowd noise is not the home advantage people think
Minutes are a bad way to measure squad fatigue
Inverted full backs solved a problem most teams lack
Counterpressing is a fitness bet you must afford
A compact block is not the same as passive
The half space became jargon before it became useful
PPDA rewards teams for pressing badly
The low block asks more of your strikers
A winger sprinting back is not doing you a favour
Tracking every hamstring has not stopped them tearing
Rotation only works if the substitutes play the same game
A pressing trigger is a promise the team must keep
Holding a high line asks the wrong player to sprint
