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Five alternatives to Moisés Caicedo for Chelsea's midfield
Looking at options to strengthen Chelsea’s midfield Chelsea is rumoured to be in for Moisés Caicedo, Brighton’s impressive all action defensive midfielder. However, with a rumoured £80 million price tag considering his contract doesn’t run out until 2027 (+ club option), it is only right to look at possible alternatives. N’Golo Kanté isn’t *injury prone*,…
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This is Sébastien’s Substack.
“Football’s a simple game, made complicated by people who should know better” – Bill Shankly Aiming for quality and insight, over quantity and waffle. Thoughts on Premier League games, players from a coaching/analysis/scouting perspective
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Breaking Down Reading’s Game Plan At Brentford
That article was initially published on SBNation’s The Tilehurst End in December 2020 Guest writer Sébastien Chapuis is a full-time under-19 coach for Stade Lavallois and has a UEFA A qualification, and has given tactical analysis as a TV pundit in France for Canal+ and RMC Sport. He’s recently been following Reading due to an…
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Frank Lampard’s Chelsea, Year One: Scoring goals and player power
This article was initially published on SBNation’s We Aint Got No History blog in July 2019 This is part FOUR of a four-part dossier, focusing on the Chelsea FC team Frank Lampard inherits, with an emphasis on player roles and tactics in order to preview the season ahead and try to foresee what to expect.…
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Frank Lampard’s Chelsea, Year One: Midfield two and box-to-box
This article was initially published on SBNation’s We Aint Got No History blog in This is part THREE of a four-part dossier, focusing on the Chelsea FC team Frank Lampard inherits, with an emphasis on player roles and tactics in order to preview the season ahead and try to foresee what to expect. Part 1:…
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Frank Lampard’s Chelsea, Year One: Build-up and the regista
This article was initially published on SBNation’s We Aint Got No History blog in July 2019 This is part TWO of a four-part dossier, focusing on the Chelsea FC team Frank Lampard inherits, with an emphasis on player roles and tactics in order to preview the season ahead and try to foresee what to expect.…
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Frank Lampard’s Chelsea, Year One: Defensive structure and playing out
This article was initially published on SBNation’s We Aint Got No History blog in July 2019 You couldn’t write a script like that. The offer to manage the club where he methodically broke every record and proved doubters wrong in 13 seasons arrived on Frank Lampard’s desk after only one full season in management, narrowly…
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Breakdown: Wolves expose Chelsea’s Sarri-ball flaws with equalizer
This article was initially published on SBNation’s We Aint Got No History blog in December 2018 Chelsea lost for the second consecutive occasion away from home. The manner of the defeat has raised questions, as much amongst the fans as the team’s management and Maurizio Sarri. This is a sequential breakdown of Wolves’ equalizer in…
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What could derail Sarri’s Chelsea?
This article was initially published on SBNation’s We Aint Got No History blog in October 2018 Being the guy after the guy Chelsea’s managerial merry-go-round has been running at full pace for the best part of the last decade. Just like Real Madrid, they’ve set the trend in modern football in how a club can…
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Uruguay’s 4-diamond-2 from a coaching perspective
Uruguay has found a winning formula during the World Cup 2018, setting up in “4-diamond-2”. Used on occasion during its qualifying campaign, this system is the one on which La Celeste relied on to get the better of Russia (3-0) and Portugal (2-1) to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. This article means to suggest how…
Sébastien Chapuis 