A Podcast About Tactics

Episode Three - Tiago Estêvão and the Role of Tactics in Scouting (Part I)

In Episode Three, we're joined by Tiago Estêvão (@TiagoEstv on Twitter) to talk all about the role tactics play in scouting.
Tiago is a Scouting and Recruitment Analyst at a Serie A club, he has the most encyclopaedic brain about footballers out of anyone else in the world, and he has the finest moustache in world football too.
In this episode, we talk about the importance of context, working to a game model, scouting players who play in structured vs. unstructured systems, and why league effects aren't as important as people think in scouting.
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Episode Two - Ralf Rangnick’s Manchester United with Kees van Hemmen and Aaron Moniz

In the second episode of A Podcast About Tactics, we're joined by two guys who are Manchester United supporters, data analysts, two of the most beautiful men who appear on your Twitter timelines but also often personae non gratae on Manchester United Twitter: Kees van Hemmen (@HemmenKees) and Aaron Moniz (@amonizfootball).
During the course of our chat, we talked about what their tactical expectations were going into the Rangnick era, how the early experiments played out, how Rangnick has the team looking in and out of possession, and what the future looks like for Manchester United tactically.
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Episode One - Constantin Eckner, Spielverlagerung, and the Tactics Media

At the beginning of a new tactics media outlet (this podcast...), where better to begin than in conversation with Constantin Eckner (@cc_eckner on Twitter).
Constantin started working as a freelance journalist in his teenage years, mostly covering football and politics. Over the course of his career, his work has appeared on the BBC, ESPN, DW, The Times, Eurosport, Deutschlandfunk and many more. He is now working as a multimedia host and commentator. But most importantly for us, he helped found and continues to edit Spielverlagerung, a leading football tactics website.
In this episode, we talk about the emergence of Spielverlagerung, the route taken by many of his colleagues into the football industry, and the things Constantin has learned from working in the tactics media space.
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