If Sancho works hard he’ll have a great career. This has always been clear.

However, to succeed on a week-by-week basis, he is best suited to a team who sustain pressure with reliability..

His best work comes against low blocks (even though he can also be useful in transition).

I have 45 pages of notes on Arne Slot at Liverpool.

Time to watch one more 90 and then put it all together..

This is going to be a big thread, ladies and gentlemen.

One will almost surely not be enough.

Arne Slot's Feyenoord.

Narrow 4-3-3 high press.

Remind you of anything in particular? 😎

Not sure why I’m more baffled at - Bayern offering Ralf Rangnick the job or Rangnick turning them down 🤷‍♂️

Mats Wieffer. Single pivot. Proper #6. Top.

Adam Wharton's recent run of form should not come as a surprise.

A high volume & technically proficient passer ALWAYS excel in 3-4-3 systems.

The wingbacks stretch the pitch, the centre backs are close behind him, and the 10's form a box midfield.

He can pass without thinking.

There ain't many better distributors from within the first line of the build-up than Joachim Andersen.

Couple that with the technical quality and high volume passing style in the Warton-Hughes pivot & the pending return of Marc Guehi.

Oh, & Olise + Eze between the lines.. Mate.

Glasner's Palace build in a 4-2-5.

Anderson splits to the left of the GK, the outside centre backs move into fullback roles, and the wingbacks push into the last line of attack.

They have the quality to play through OR over teams.

Look at the compactness in the counterpress!

Put good players in close proximity and they will excel - just look at Joachim Andersen, Will Hughes, Adam Wharton, Eberechi Eze, and Michael Olise at Palace.

Glasner's Palace play like Tuchel's Chelsea or Alonso's Leverkusen in the high build.

Lots of top short combinations.

Arne Slot is definitely innovative.