Welcome to TFA today, where we share essential articles from the TFA archive that are relevant once again.

Robin Van Persie’s High Press Problems At Heerenveen

Back in May, Heerenveen made an exciting decision to appoint Robin van Persie, a Dutch footballing legend and the nation’s all-time leading scorer, as their head coach.

However, eight games into the 2024/25 campaign, De Superfriezen sit 15th in Eredivisie, and according to Edin Halilović, they can lay plenty of the blame on problems on Robin Van Persie’s high-pressing approach.

Las Palmas Tactical Flaws & Road To Recovery

Las Palmas currently sit rock bottom of La Liga, winless in their opening nine games of the 2024/25 campaign.

Jack Chippendale investigates Las Palmas tactical flaws this season and suggests solutions as they seek a path out of the relegation zone.

Fluminense’s Rough 2024 Analysed

Fluminense play a big match against Flamengo today in Brazil’s Serie A!

Take a look at their tactics from the start of the season as they aim to turn things around from their rough start.

Memphis Depay Scouting Report

With Corinthians playing Athletico Paranaense today in the Brazilian Serie A, take a look at this Memphis Depay scout report from when he first joined Barcelona to see how he could help the Brazilian side rise from the bottom half of the table.

Vitor Roque Scouted In 2022

“I would like to keep on playing here.”

Vitor Roque is loving life at Real Betis — we scouted him at Athletico Paranaense back in 2022 right here.

Check out that Vitor Roque scouting report to see why we called him “the next big star out of South America” at the time!

Thiago Motta’s Tactics & Paul Pogba

“It’s not me that needs to speak, the pitch will do the talking.”

Paul Pogba is fired up ahead of his return to the pitch in 2025.

In 2018, we analysed why Paul Pogba was more effective for France than Manchester United.

Can Thiago Motta’s tactics get the best out of Pogba at Juve?