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Alex Keble

@alexkeble.bsky.social

Football writer. Features / tactics for the Premier League, FourFourTwo, AVFC, Football 360

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · last wk.

Arsenal recovered from unnecessarily leaning into the carnage in the first half to deservedly win. Liverpool’s fingers are not yet fast enough to move between the heavy-metal chords - and with that the title race is probably over. Analysis for football360.com.au/liverpool-ar...

The game the Premier League needed but the 'brutal' quality no one else has that became clear at Anfield

Kai Havertz's early goal helped Arsenal to a 1-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League. ANALYSIS.

football360.com.au

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here's tactical analysis of the Carrick era, for @fourfourtwo.com www.fourfourtwo.com/tactic/micha...

Michael Carrick’s final throw of the dice suggested he knew, deep down, Bruno Fernandes had a point

Playing Mason Mount on the left was a nod to modern possession-based football, but it was too little, too late

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2w ago

Analysis of Spurs being very good yesterday, from a horrible, horrible Stamford Bridge football360.com.au/tottenham-ch...

‘Something entirely unexpected’ just happened and it could change everything for Tottenham

Tottenham's 2-0 win over Chelsea could be a big moment for Roberto De Zerbi's team. ALEX KEBLE explains why.

football360.com.au

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 3w ago

Wirtz was only good at Bayer Leverkusen. On Saturday Liverpool were quite Bayer Leverkusen-y. www.fourfourtwo.com/tactic/liver...

Liverpool stumbled upon a tactical solution to their Florian Wirtz problem – and it’s disarmingly simple

How Andoni Iraola solved the Wirtz conundrum via a Bayer Leverkusen-esque tactical switch

fourfourtwo.com

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · last mo.

Big Game. www.sportinglife.com/football/new...

Anfield must set example when Liverpool face Manchester City in blockbuster

In this sterile age of bear hugs in the dugout and fist bumps in the tunnel we’ve almost forgotten what it feels like to anticipate a game for its needle, for anything other than the patterns forming ...

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Tactical analysis fo @fourfourtwo.com this week: - Emery's use of Manzambi deliberately targeted Tottenham's expensive midfield - and that's a big problem for De Zerbi - A Henderson-Barco midfield told us that Alonso did not do his Brentford homework www.fourfourtwo.com/tactic/aston...

Aston Villa connection is a damning assessment of Tottenham Hotspur’s £175 million midfield

Tottenham Hotspur sit bottom of the Premier League table after five matches this season despite their big summer spend

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Look at this crap. How much would it cost the athletic to pay someone to design a graphic for this podcast? The savings to the business is peanuts. If you’re going to use AI, at least don’t take people for mugs and finesse output this bad.

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Will never tire of hearing commentary of a Kevin shot

Home Alone: Catherine O'Hara Screams Kevin!

ALT: Home Alone: Catherine O'Hara Screams Kevin!

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Could hardly miss” aligns with the eye test… for a 0.4xg shot? For all the culture war chat around xG, it’s not clear (to most of us) *how* the thing is modelled in all its detail. Purely talking vibes here, but xG calculations often just don’t feel right to me

Opta Analyst@optaanalyst.optajoe.com · 2mo ago

First Premier League start. First Premier League goal. Johan Manzambi could hardly miss.

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If, like me, you think it's messed up that the football industry won't stop talking about a 15-year-old child, then why not buy issue 59 of @theblizzard.bsky.social to read my piece on why children should not be playing senior football theblizzard.co.uk/shop/issues/...

Issue Fifty Nine Issue Fifty Nine

Available to order NOW.

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

No, no, no. Get rid of these in-game interviews, this isn’t a tinpot sport like rugby. Focus on the game, Sky!

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’ll come good. The foundations are already being placed and, like Klopp, Iraola just needs time www.sportinglife.com/football/new...

Patience is required with Andoni Iraola's methods at Liverpool

Anfield was promised full-throttle football.

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Maresca reined in the chaos Enzo Fernandez created. The tactical story of how Man City beat Man Utd - and why Foden’s red card helped correct their flaws, four @fourfourtwo.com www.fourfourtwo.com/tactic/manch...

Manchester City’s new midfield was a mess, but the tactical story of their win vs Manchester United is how Enzo Maresca's "plan" reined a certain key player in

Erling Haaland told Sky Sports that "Enzo gave us a plan" at half-time. FourFourTwo's resident tactician Alex Keble explains exactly what that plan was

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Manchester City’s new midfield was a mess, but the tactical story of their win vs Manchester United is how Enzo Maresca's "plan" reined a certain key player in

Erling Haaland told Sky Sports that "Enzo gave us a plan" at half-time. FourFourTwo's resident tactician Alex Keble explains exactly what that plan was

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The sky sports post-game analysis is such good telly. Really underrated part of their broadcasting. Nevilleoff on one, Cates reining him in. Top draw 👌👌👌

Tom @tomvictor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

[explaining midfield reinforcements to an american owner] imagine a berge

Alex Keble@alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sander Berge?? It’s baffling enough Chelsea found themselves scrabbling around for a CM despite knowing for months Enzo would go, but you’d think with such an erratic and maximalist transfer policy they would have a spreadsheet full of £30m midfielders to sign off on www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New column for @fourfourtwo.com, a tactical notebook for the Premier League weekend: - Alonso has a system problem, not a player problem, in central midfield - Carrick’s football doesn’t have the patterns to succeed - Isak shows the best and the worst of Iraola www.fourfourtwo.com/tactic/forge...

Forget right-backs in midfield, Arsenal’s five-on-two shows Chelsea’s system is the problem

Alonso's fatal flaw, Iraola’s chaos-ball and Carrick's totem of terror. It's been a stressful week three for some Premier League managers

fourfourtwo.com

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Chelsea transfer news: Blues explored move for Fulham's Sander Berge

Chelsea showed late interest in Fulham's Sander Berge as they attempted to strengthen their midfield options before Enzo Fernandez's departure.

bbc.co.uk

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The celebrations at Spurs and Sunderland yesterday were a reminder that, for all the schadenfruede around these days, football is far better when we're open to vicarious joy. Final day analysis from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, for Football 360 football360.com.au/totteham-wes...

Moment 52 years in the making that had generations in tears, 'diabolical' Hammers go down: what you missed on Premier League Final Day

A final day headlined by a devastating relegation was also laced with incredibly emotional highs, writers ALEX KEBLE.

football360.com.au

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Analysis of Spurs’ victory at Villa. Conor Gallagher is the living embodiment of De Zerbi football, but this was not about Villa’s shocking performance football360.com.au/tottenham-as...

Spurs unleash a star who can keep them up AND who is classic De Zerbi but Villa display a dereliction of duty

Tottenham have won back-to-back games for the first time since the start of the season and the timing couldn't be more perfect.

football360.com.au

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Analysis from the Etihad, where Arsenal really did show up, gave us a Klopp-Guardiola epic, but left feeling that a Man City title is inevitable. Where was this performance a week ago? football360.com.au/manchester-c...

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Important thing about this offside isn’t the line, but that the freeze frame VAR used shows the ball already in motion! If the tech doesn’t have the frame rate to capture the moment, then measuring the line is void, invalid. PGMOL could at least use the freeze frame -1 to give attacker the advantage

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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Michael Carrick's working with a very strong hand but toughest test is yet to come

The sugar rush of the latest Manchester United news hits like a tidal wave and every single person interested in English football is grateful for it.

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 9mo ago

www.sportinglife.com/football/new...

Michael Carrick's working with a very strong hand but toughest test is yet to come

The sugar rush of the latest Manchester United news hits like a tidal wave and every single person interested in English football is grateful for it.

sportinglife.com

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · last yr.

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Choose life. Choose thrilling football. Choose Ange Postecoglou.

Sacked in broad daylight, just like that, at 5pm on a Friday, two years to the day since his arrival.

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2y ago

At Kidderminster Harriers, who are managed by Phil Brown. A lot of astros around. Not many suede shoes.

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2y ago

Not seen anyone else say it, so I will: Fabianski should be sent off for punching Gabriel in the face. Serious foul play: “endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality “

Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2y ago

Analysis: five ways Guardiola can fix Man City's woes Tactical ideas for Pep, including bench the big lad www.premierleague.com/news/4176852

Analysis: FIVE ways Guardiola can fix Man City's woes

Alex Keble identifies what's going wrong with the champions and how manager could address it

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Alex Keble @alexkeble.bsky.social · 2y ago

Analysis: What we learned from Amorim’s first match at Man Utd Tactical review from Portman Road. Work to be done. A lot of work. www.premierleague.com/news/4176341

Analysis: What we learned from Amorim’s first match at Man Utd

Alex Keble on what went right and what went wrong for the new head coach in the 1-1 draw at Ipswich

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