Tactixology

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September 2026

27 Sept The slump, the £200m receipt and the only department passing Tactixology Plus Update 24 Sept The accounts, the missing collective intent and the wrong spending question Tactixology Plus Update 23 Sept Carrick's basic positional attack has made United static Tactical analysis 21 Sept The effort alibi, the space outside Shaw and shots without structure Tactixology Plus Update 19 Sept Carrick's struggles don't vindicate Amorim or Ten Hag Opinion 18 Sept The high line, the 10s not reading the picture and Ineos's one-area model Tactixology Plus Update 17 Sept The collapse was structural, not a temperament story Tactixology Plus Update 17 Sept United are repeating their Hojlund mistake with Sesko Opinion 16 Sept Gabriel asks out, Brighton in the cup and the VAR audio Tactixology Plus Update 15 Sept Round-up — 15 September Tactixology Plus Update 14 Sept Dalot goes forward again Match analysis 13 Sept The Carrick approach Tactical analysis

August 2026

29 Aug End of Pep paradigm and recruitment at top clubs Opinion

May 2026

31 May Slot and Ten Hag failed the same way, for the same reasons Opinion

April 2026

19 Apr The Carrick decision Opinion

October 2025

26 Oct How Amorim adapted Tactical analysis

September 2025

27 Sept United gone long Tactical analysis 3 Sept Why do United managers fail? Longform

August 2025

29 Aug Are Grimsby better than Arsenal? Match analysis 23 Aug The Mainoo Problem Longform

July 2025

28 Jul United’s flat back line: How West Ham exposed a serious flaw Match analysis 23 Jul Amorim's build up: the fatal flaw Tactical analysis

February 2025

2 Feb Losing Rashford is the club's failure Opinion

December 2024

17 Dec Selling Rashford is a cultural defeat for United Opinion

October 2024

29 Oct Amorim should be judged on adaptation, not replication Opinion 13 Oct Ten Hag's game model is making Rashford, Bruno and Onana worse Tactical analysis 7 Oct How Ten Hag's initial success created a ghost Longform 2 Oct Do players make the tactics or do tactics make the players? Longform

May 2024

14 May Death of gegenpressing Opinion

December 2018

18 Dec Hostages of history Longform

July 2017

21 Jul Life after death Longform