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Under the leadership of the soon-to-depart Khaled El-Ahmad and coaching of Michael Duff and Neill Collins, Barnsley have stabilised incredibly well after their relegation from the Championship – TFA’s EFL expert Jack Manship looks deeper at their transfer business and then how Collins has evolved them tactically since Duff’s departure.

Bayern Munich are quite good, we know that. But another thing they are good at which doesn’t get spoken about too often is their set-play approach – Karim El-Shesheiny explains three key reasons why they have superiority in yet another area of the game.

ICYMI yesterday, Coach Scott Martin was back with his fortnightly tactical theory column, this time taking an excellent look at 1v1 attacking using Japanese wizards Mitoma and Kubo as the subjects.

Beth Limb continued using the excellent EYEBALL platform to find the best youth talent – and this week, she focused on Northern Ireland.

As ever, Fintan O’Reilly spent the night crawling around the massive archive of TFA articles from years gone by to find things of relevance to you today;

Mamelodi Sundowns have won the inaugural African Football League competition. Listen to their exciting head coach Rulani Mokwena discuss his views on football on our podcast.

Marcelino has returned to Villarreal after seven years. Read Lorihanna Balabanova‘s analysis of how he transformed Athletic Club during his time in the Basque Country.

And that’s it for today – we’ll be back tomorrow with more pieces old and new about everything analysis in the football world.

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