Episode 2916: The Great Relationism v Positionism Debate, Never fight (up) Hill, Me Boys, Man City Do It Again
It’s (maybe) set to be a big week for the Irish Football Family with a new Men’s Senior manager imminent but GO TOBANN just as Ken goes to grab the mic news breaks that FAI CEO Jonathan Hill will be stepping aside. Events, they just keep occurring.
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Outside of the FAI internal re-structuring The Great Debate of our epoch revolves around the conflict between Relationism and Positionism. On today’s show Ken goes deep with tactics guru Jamie Hamilton.
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WHAT IS RELATIONISM?
Recognising Patterns in Football’s Alternative ParadigmA guide to 7 tactical concepts of Relationist/Functional football. With examples past and present from Rio to Napoli.
With contributions from @JuegoPosmoderno https://t.co/6Hl0zEpog2
— Jamie Hamilton (@stirling_j) March 27, 2023
We also discuss the small matter of Liverpool and Arsenal handing the title to Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen triumphing in Deutschland.
Bit of what it was like seeing all this go down – Nathan Tella and Jeremie Frimpong get on well. pic.twitter.com/yIahMcZc4k
— Archie Rhind-Tutt (@archiert1) April 15, 2024
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Leinster went for a 6/2 bench, a Will Connors horse for the ROG course, and defended with manic aggression to secure their second win of the season over La Rochellehttps://t.co/HfuRNjmuJ3 pic.twitter.com/JsVwgtRGSv
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