Between The Posts News Today

Another big win for Xavi’s men

UL’s Conor Flaherty and Dylan Foley of UCC have had very different goalkeeping journeys to David O’Hanlon (DCU DÉ) and Darragh Brooks (TUD).

Martin Dubravka’s season-long loan at Old Trafford abruptly ended after he was recalled by Newcastle.

Today's Liverpool FC news roundup.

Behind Enemy Lines: Liverpool FC (2nd leg) Share this story The Problem of the 1st leg: Planning vs Execution IMPORTANT REMINDER: Football has two pillars — (1) planning and (2) execution. Remember the second one tonight. So many people blame the plan when its executed poorly. Planning = coaches Last Tuesday, I read a few comments that implied that Jürgen Klopp hadn’t done enough preparation ahead of this Real Madrid tie, but I don’t think that’s what happened. A manager can design a s...

Behind Enemy Lines: Real Sociedad Share this story The Real Sociedad Project Keeps Improving After an already great 2019-20 season, Real Sociedad execute the press-and-possess game plan of coach Imanol Alguacil even more effectively than before, and that has been reflected in their 2020/21 numbers and results. As the chart below shows, compared to last season they are accumulating more points, scoring more goals, creating higher quality shots, as well as conceding fewer goals, shots, and expec...

Behind Enemy Lines: Levante UD Share this story Credit to analyst Sahil Dani (follow him on Twitter Transfers and Expectations One does not think about this often, but Levante are already one of the mainstay teams of La Liga: the Valencian side have played in the highest division of Spanish football in 9 out of the last 10 seasons. With such stability come increased demands from a fandom who feel that just avoiding relegation is not enough anymore. Levante have a squad with talented creative ...

Behind Enemy Lines: Celta de Vigo Share this story Background, Transfers, and Expectations The last few years have been rough on Celta. Season after season, they built unbalanced squads that featured plenty of offensive talent—led by the amazing Iago Aspas—but lacked certain key defense and midfield profiles. Since Eduardo Berizzo left in 2017, Celta burned through five managers who all struggled to figure out how to optimize for the available personnel. The issues also went beyond tactics...