Coach Arkan

Regional youth coach, amateur player. Learning, sharing and loving creative, player-based football. DMs open for enquiries.

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

As always, free Palestine. No safe space shall exist for Zionists and colonizers.

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@RakiStich @TFA_Analysis Proud of you man 👏

[َ𝑺𝒁 @szniic]

eleven touches.

[Saif @Saif_tfp]

0:34 It might look like Abde should do better to block the lane to Lamine, but Rodri’s body orientation sells the pass to Koundé, forcing Abde to commit and opening the lane behind him. Pau have this in his bag as well.

Deceptive passing is an art.

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@Idrinkyershake8 MSN taught me football thank you for bringing the comp onto my TL

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@PoachersFinish That damn metatarsal injury 💔

[َ𝑺𝒁 @szniic]

Ansu Fati vs CSKA Sofia

— first start, first goal 😮‍💨

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@Its_B_here Tbf wasn't Wenger's pockets limited by the Emirates stadium around the time we were growing up

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@PoachersFinish @777_piro The SSification of midfielders?...

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@PoachersFinish @777_piro Could it also be the overworshipping of rest defense and/or fixed roles? For example a LW might want his LB to make an overlap, but because there's already an advanced LCM the LB's worried about rest defence because overlapping is usually the RB's (that can't defend) job

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@PoachersFinish @777_piro Yep because 1v1s are inherently unfair for wingers, as they have to attack both the defender and towards the direction of the goal

I wanna say it stems from a strong misinterpretation of positional football, not understanding that it's both to occupy AND open up optimal spaces

[LeGrenadier 🇭🇹 @PoachersFinish]

@FalseTenn @777_piro Its gotten annoyingly common for wingers to have to run through like 2-3 people every other time they get the ball while the rest of the team sits back and watches them with 0 support

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@PoachersFinish @777_piro STs holding their zone/man sandwiched between 2CBs is ALSO workrate. Soooo exhausting

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@PoachersFinish @777_piro And the tenacity to dribble and unsettle defenses is work rate too

Wingers that square up for 1v1s while the rest of the field pushes up without giving much over/underlaps is peak creative work rate

Those said over/underlaps is ALSO part of offensive work rate

[LeGrenadier 🇭🇹 @PoachersFinish]

@777_piro FT when you tell them work rate includes actually making runs forward and being in the right spaces instead of chasing defenses across the backline

[BECK @bbenditlike]

Random memory watching this but:

One of the main reasons why I knew Pedri and FDJ had the highest trajectories in their earliest years came down to how well they could match Messi's intuitiveness.

The speed, first touch and technique they used to link up and move automatically in action created situations defenders simply could not prepare for. And it was beautiful:

Like generating a "set play" as and when they wanted to escape any press or zone.

Believe me, keeping up on the wavelength pre-action, during the action and post-action with Messi is as fast and hard as can be. Neymar, Iniesta, Xavi, Pedro were the very few who could.

Go and watch back the '21 tapes of Messi's last season. The CDR final etc.

Both deserved far more time kicking with Messi, but life works in funny ways.

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@mrlawoko Where do you reckon he'd slot in? RB? 👀

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

I'm gonna need you guys to hold my hand when I say this:

Rodri is also CCB depth.

Not only is Cubarsi playing ridiculous amounts of minutes, but the CCB role he plays is excruciatingly heavy on the brain.

Backline general + 1st point of reference in build-up? Hoooof.

[forblaugrana @forblaugrana]

🚨| 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: 𝐁𝐀𝐑Ç𝐀 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐃 𝟐𝟔/𝟐𝟕 🔵🔴

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@lezico8 Yup Gavi always had a good idea of "optimal midfield structures". The way he can apply himself and let the ball roll, whether from DLP, advanced 8, 10 or false winger is really nice

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

Any fans of Be Blues out here?

For any of the football fans who likes reading manga, I HIGHLY recommend reading Be Blues.

Very inspirational, and there's a minimalism to the story that lets the ball do the talking.

Also educational about individual tactics and decision making.

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@UTDTruth Rewatching his goal catalogue, how he interprets spaces in behind is really fun.

Likes to run at his defender before attacking their hesitation to then shoot.

If the ball's not to feet, he's VERY communicative to the passer of where and how he wants the pass.

[Coach Arkan @FalseTenn]

@UTDTruth For sure vv smart in timing his runs and charting his running course