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We welcome Lee Scott back to the site today and he takes a deep dive into the talent hiding in 2.Bundesliga.

Stoke City are a club seemingly in perpetual malaise – Jack Manship looks at their inconsistencies.

In his weekly column, Karim El-Shesheiny analyses the set plays of Grenoble Foot in France.

ICYMI yesterday, last week we launched the excellent March TFA Magazine – 17 full-length articles and 8x data-driven shorts. You can download your copy today.

Head of set-pieces Marcel Seifeddine has been studying Santander and explains their adaptive strategy.

Jack Chippendale is also in Spain and unpicks Carlo Ancelotti’s Swiss Army knife of a player, Brahim Diaz.

Luis Kircher heads to Austria to highlight three U21 gems.

Fintan O’Reilly has a very interesting piece, looking at the work of Feyenoord’s Sporting Director – Dennis te Kloese.

Beth Limb is in France and has uncovered three U16 talents who are worth remembering.

Coach Scott Martin returns with a coaching piece around unlocking transitions.

And Andrew Hanna looks at how Liverpool have adapted tactically in the midst of an injury crisis.

Fintan recommends the following reading from the TFA archives;

Lazio travel to the Allianz Arena to try and knock FC Bayern out of the UEFA Champions League today. We analysed how they shared similarities with Bayer Leverkusen’s approach to win the first leg 1-0; can they finish the job tonight?

Chelsea loanee Ian Maatsen scored his first Borussia Dortmund goal at the weekend, we analysed how he’s made a big impact in the Bundesliga since joining BVB in January.

Francisco Conceição delivered a noteworthy performance this past weekend as Porto smashed Benfica 5-0. Check out our 2022 scout report on the young talent.

Sporting CP’s Ruben Amorim is said to be one of Liverpool’s potential Jürgen Klopp replacements. Here’s a 2021 breakdown analysing why Amorim is so highly regarded.

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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