Rob Croton

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Favourite Club : West Bromwich Albion
About the Author : English and History undergrad, Keele University. Blogger and twitter user. Particularly interested in the history of the sport, tactics. I attempt to write in a technical, academic fashion.

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Bayern Munich 2-1 Real Madrid: Bayern's Coherence wins over Real

18 Apr 2012
by Rob Croton
Bayern took a much-needed lead into the second leg with this impressive win over Real Madrid. [More]

The 'Postcolonial' behind the 'Premier' League

31 Oct 2011
by Rob Croton
The choice of language describing and articulating the Premier League belies, helps construct and importantly legtimates an unjust global system [More]

Everton must find goals from all over the pitch

25 Sep 2011
by Rob Croton
I was taught that a team with multiple goalscorers is a sign of a good team - Moyes must maximise this due to finances, and injury troubles. [More]

Norwich 0 – 1 West Bromwich Albion: “We’ll see”

14 Sep 2011
by Rob Croton
Albion pick up their first points of the season as 4-4-2 shapes up against 4-4-2. Lambert's luck is still running thin. Are trends developing? [More]

West Brom 0 – 1 Stoke City: ‘One is tempted to feel'

29 Aug 2011
by Rob Croton
A turgid ‘long ball’ contest, with a narrative of errors in key moments: interesting to study as the 'mirror' to the other scintillating results. [More]

West Bromwich Albion: Not alone in its rational approach

28 Aug 2011
by Rob Croton
West Brom have, over the years, been castigated as a ‘yo-yo club’ by many. However, this is a largely irrational argument, ignoring reality. [More]

Chelsea 2-1 West Brom: AVB narrowly avoids home defeat

25 Aug 2011
by Rob Croton
A game of two halves as the genius of the first is eclipsed by a tactically toothless second. [More]

Japan ladies tactically overcome their illustrious opponents

18 Jul 2011
by Rob Croton
The Women's world cup in Germany draws to a close with a match which ebbed and flowed. [More]

A question of persistence? Uefa Under-21 Final analysed

01 Jul 2011
by Rob Croton
A tight tactical battle in the first half leads to greater questions on persistence, 'style versus substance', and the enjoyment in analysis [More]

English football culture is obsessed with 4-4-2 to its detriment

21 Jun 2011
by Rob Croton
From the FA Cup final to the Champions League final, the weaknesses of traditional 442 & its variants are now clearly evident to the English... [More]