ON BECOMING A REFEREE…….

by Don McMahon Inspired by an article that Tony recently penned and as a follow-on to my recent articles dealing with the ins and outs of refereeing, I felt it was apropos to present a brief overview of more of the tricky and difficult path an aspiring referee has to travel to get to the …

Playing Jack as DM midfielder: is he the beast?

By Walter Broeckx In an article in the Daily Telegraph yesterday under the header:  “Jack Wilshere: I want to play in holding role for Arsenal like I do for England, but Arsène Wenger will not let me”. Now that is what I call an interesting question. Could he? Would he? Can he? Will he? Playing …

The Untold tactical preview: UNITED – AND HOW THEY WILL PROBABLY PLAY

By Bob MacDonald Van Gaal has followed on from Fergie and Moyes in playing quite a strict 4-4-2 formation, though he has changed slightly to a diamond midfield, not that you can actually notice. The basis in their system is that the wide MF actually play as wingers (here come the Dinasoars) attacking and defending …