Good morning analysis fans and welcome to the #TacticsTuesday newsletter – full of analysis, scouting and tactics. Fill up on your football knowledge – follow the Total Football Analysis page and be part of the squad that want more than just a match report.

Our set-piece content is becoming more and more popular and this week Karim El-Shesheiny evaluates different strategies for defending wide free-kicks.

Lazio haven’t hit the heights of last season (yet) so Andrew Hanna goes deep into their in-possession approach and sees what needs to improve.

Under Pochettino, Chelsea are struggling for consistency and even though they scored four against City, Spurs and Burnley, three against Brighton and two against Arsenal it feels like they struggle in front of goal – Jack Manship explains all this in far more detail.

ICYMI yesterday, Our French football expert, Fintan O’Reilly, took a deep dive into Nantes and the issues left behind by Pierre Aristouy – fatal problems in defence and the solutions his successor would be wise to consider.

Staying in Ligue 1, Anantaajith Raghuraman made his TFA debut and looked at Nice’s push for a first title in 64 years.

Beth Limb continued her youth scouting using the EYEBALL platform and reported back on two Lincoln City youngsters who have a bright future.

Coach Kevin Martin returned with his fortnightly column, looking at how to coach attacking creativity in wide areas.

Last week, the December Total Football Analysis Magazine (our 99th) hit the digital newsstands – you can download your copy today if you have an all-access membership.

From the archives, Fintan has found;

Stevie Grieve has been appointed manager of SJK’s senior team — a perfect time to check out our analysis of how his tactically flexible coaching methodology led SJK Akatemia to a positive 2022/23 season.

After beating Viborg 5-1 last night, Midtjylland now sit two points ahead of Brondby atop the Danish Superliga table. We looked into how Thomas Thomasberg was preparing the team to re-establish them among Denmark’s elite before the 2023/24 campaign kicked off.

After narrowly missing out on promotion last season, FC Martigues sit third in France’s Championnat National at present, threatening to be in the right conversations come the end of the season again this term. Check out our analysis of Gregory Poirier’s tactics.

After making a name for himself with Atlanta United in the MLS, Thiago Almada has declared he’s ready for a move to Europe. We scouted the Argentinian in a 2021 report.

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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