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The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines

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by Michael Cox

on Rio Ferdinand 192–3

  on Juninho 66

  on Liverpool 35

  on Gary Neville 28

  on Van Nistelrooy 174

  on Michael Owen 101

  on Arsène Wenger 77

  on Gianfranco Zola 62

  row with Peter Schmeichel 15

  squad rotation 126–7

  tactics 116–27, 161–3, 172, 175, 279–80, 283–4

  Fernández, Luis 204

  Fernandinho 445

  Ferreira, Paulo 220, 308, 329

  Ferrer, Albert 63, 128

  Fettis, Alan 95

  Feyenoord 135, 136, 244

  Figo, Luís 200

  Finnan, Steve 242, 244

  Finney, Tom 25, 313

  Fiorentina 324, 450

  Firmino, Roberto 376–7, 419

  Fjørtoft, Jan Åge 65

  Flamini, Mathieu 414

  Flanagan, Jon 397

  Fleck, Robert 29

  Fletcher, Darren 318, 335

  Flo, Tore André 128

  Flores, Quique Sánchez 313

  Flowers, Tim 43, 44, 64, 73

  Forlán, Diego 167, 313

  Forrest, Craig 17

  Fowler, Robbie 52, 100, 103, 104, 175, 189

  Fox, Ruel 30

  France 171

  v England 96

  v Ireland 171

  see also Greece

  Fuchs, Christian 425, 428

  Fulham 37, 144, 246, 247, 311–13, 315, see also Roy Hodgson

  v Atlético Madrid 310, 312–13

  v Hamburg 312

  v Portsmouth 310

  v Manchester City 310

  see also Chelsea, Manchester Utd, Tottenham

  Fuller, Ricardo 294, 298

  Futre, Paulo 58–9

  Gallas, William 184, 209, 220, 222, 227, 240

  Gannon, John 7–8

  García, Luis 238, 240, 242

  Gardner, Ricardo 149

  Gascoigne, Paul 25–6, 255

  Gattuso, Gennaro 241, 243

  Genchev, Boncho 57–8

  Georgia v Wales 69

  Gera, Zoltán 220, 311

  Geremi 202, 221, 226

  Germany 263, see also Denmark, England

  Gerrard, Steven 104, 105, 232, 234, 237, 240, 241, 242, 243–4, 246, 247, 250, 252, 253, 257–60, 261, 262, 263, 264–9, 351, 385–6, 387, 388, 389–91, 393, 395–6, 397, 398, 399–40, 401

  Gervinho 407

  Giannakopoulos, Stelios 154, 156, 157

  Giggs, Ryan 16, 22, 28, 31, 33, 40, 63, 81, 89, 111, 114, 115, 118, 122, 123, 124, 125, 164, 167, 253, 254, 279, 281, 283, 287, 326, 329, 336, 348, 359

  Gillespie, Keith 45–6, 53, 309

  Gillingham 292

  Ginola, David 45–6, 49, 52–3, 121, 258, 309

  Giroud, Olivier 410

  Glasgow Rangers see Rangers

  González, Mark 245

  Gould, Bobby 11, 292

  Graham, George 5, 15, 46–7, 78, 79, 145, 181, 183, 190, 236, 403, 406–7

  Grant, Avram 281, 285, 324

  Gravesen, Thomas 201

  Gray, Andy 8

  Gray, Demarai 435

  Greece 214

  v Czech Republic 214

  v Faroe Islands 424

  v France 214

  v Portugal 214

  see also England

  Grêmio 206

  Grimandi, Gilles 197

  Grobbelaar, Bruce 9, 18

  Grønkjær, Jesper 202

  Gualtieri, Davide 11

  Guardiola, Pep 193, 217, 324, 339, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 351, 352, 382, 392, 403–4, 405, 406, 411, 417, 419, 422, 440, 441, 442–8, 449, 450, 454, 459

  Gudjohnsen, Eidur 222–3, 226, 239, 302, 330

  Guidolin, Francesco 437, 451

  Gullit, Ruud 80, 83, 135–41, 187

  Gunn, Bryan 14, 31, 32

  Guti 200, 201

  Hadji, Mustapha 58

  Hamann, Dietmar (Didi) 237, 240–2, 243, 258, 259, 344

  Hamburg, see Fulham

  Handanović, Samir 17

  Harford, Mick 7

  Harford, Ray 37, 40, 41

  Hargreaves, Owen 261, 268–9, 274, 285, 351

  Harrison, Eric 27

  Hart, Joe 436, 437, 442, 443

  Harte, Ian 189

  Hartson, John 58

  Hasselbaink, Jimmy Floyd 192

  Hazard, Eden 341, 397, 438, 452–3, 454

  Heighway, Steve 257, 258

  Helguera, Ivan 200

  Henderson, Jordan 387, 390, 391, 395, 396, 397

  Hendon 58

  Hendrie, Lee 293

  Hendry, Colin 43

  Henry, Nick 7

  Henry, Thierry 81, 95, 96, 97, 107, 127, 167–74, 175, 181, 220, 245, 283, 366, 371, 389, 448

  Hernández, Javier 373

  Hernández, Pablo 364

  Hernández, Xavi 345, 346–7, 348, 349, 352, 382

  Herrera, Ander 443

  Heskey, Emile 103, 166, 259, 342

  Heynckes, Jupp 199

  Hiddink, Guus 324

  Hierro, Fernando 149, 151, 200

  Higginbotham, Danny 297

  Hignett, Craig 66, 67, 68

  Hirst, David 24

  Hleb, Aliaksandr 365

  Hoddle, Glenn 46, 75, 93, 99–100, 103, 137, 138–9, 140, 187–88, 194, 254, 260, 262

  Hodge, Steve 10

  Hodgkinson, Alan 12

  Hodgson, Roy 260, 310–13, 381, 413

  Holland, Matt 256

  Holloway, Ian 354–5, 356, 358

  Holmes, Matthew 14

  Holt, Grant 407

  Holtby, Lewis 320

  Houghton, Bob 260

  Houllier, Gérard 22, 23, 73, 105, 214–15, 231, 233, 237, 316, 342

  Howard, Tim 298

  Howe, Don 365

  Howey, Steve 47, 52

  Huckerby, Darren 94

  Hughes, Charles vii, 142–3

  Hughes, Mark 24, 27, 30, 61, 120, 139, 142–3, 145, 279, 332, 345

  Hull City 354, 455, see also Southampton, Stoke City, Swansea

  Hungary, see England

  Huth, Robert 240, 428, 429, 434, 436

  Hyppiä, Sami 238, 242, 246

  Ibrahimović, Zlatan 238, 325, 404, 440, 443

  Iceland, see England

  Immel, Eike 133

  Ince, Paul 14, 31, 33, 120, 197, 251, 259

  Iniesta, Andrés 263, 339, 345, 347, 348, 349

  İnler, Gökhan 426, 427

  Inter Milan 63, 64, 79, 80, 112, 116, 119, 122, 204, 313, 324, 331, 334

  v Bayern Munich 313, 314

  see also Manchester Utd, Tottenham

  Inzaghi, Pippo 124, 247

  Ipswich v Blackburn 57

  see also Bolton, Chelsea, Manchester Utd

  Ireland, see France

  Ireland, Stephen 332

  Irwin, Denis 23, 114, 122, 123

  Isco 364

  Israel, see England

  Italy 263, see also England, Spain

  Ivanović, Branislav 308, 326, 327, 329, 340, 368, 384, 397, 408, 449, 452

  Ivanschitz, Andreas 266

  Jääskeläinen, Jussi 150, 156

  Jackett, Kenny 357

  Jagielka, Phil 298

  Jaïdi, Rahdi 220

  Jamaica, see England

  James, David 266

  Jankauskas, Edgaras 218

  Jardel, Mario 152

  Jarošík, Jiří 226

  Jeffers, Francis 141

  Johnsen, Ronny 101, 114, 118, 120, 121, 122–3

  Johnson, Adam 309

  Johnson, Glen 202, 395, 397

  Johnson, Tommy 49

  Johnston, Craig 85

  Johnston, Mo 14

  Jol, Martin 229

  Jones, Rob 53

  Jonk, Wim 80

  Josemi 235

  Joseph, Roger 6

  Juninho 59, 63–8, 69, 70, 76, 118, 134

  Juventus viii, 96, 112, 119, 171, 191, 243, 310, 384, 441, 448, 451, 452, see also Celta Vigo, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester
Utd

  Kaboul, Younès 309, 410

  Kaká 241, 242, 347

  Kalas, Tomáš 397

  Kalou, Salomon 287

  Kåmark, Pontus 68

  Kanchelskis, Andrei 16, 24, 31, 33, 40, 114

  Kane, Harry 375–6, 377, 415

  Kanté, N’Golo 425, 426, 427, 436, 449, 450, 452

  Kanu, Nwankwo 127, 171

  Karembeu, Christian 199

  Karlsson, Joachim 42

  Keane, Robbie 189

  Keane, Roy 27, 33, 114–15, 118, 119, 121–4, 125, 163, 195–8, 201, 251, 254, 276, 344

  and Alex Ferguson 197–8

  clash with Patrick Vieira 196

  Keegan, Kevin 35–6, 37, 44–54, 103, 106, 113, 184, 188, 235, 255, 260, 262, 305, 388, 394, 458

  Keizer, Gerrit 129

  Keown, Martin 79, 89, 97, 156, 179, 180–1, 184, 192

  Kerimoğlu, Tugay 344–5

  Ketsbaia, Temuri 69

  Kewell, Harry 189, 191, 241, 242

  Kežman, Mateja 227

  Kharine, Dmitri 18

  Kidd, Brian 29, 115

  King, Andy 426, 435

  King, Ledley 186

  Kinkladze, Georgi 69–73, 76, 133

  Kinnear, Joe 144

  Kitson, Dave 302

  Kiwomya, Chris 14

  Klinsmann, Jürgen 80, 135

  Klopp, Jürgen 376, 416–19, 422, 441

  Kluivert, Patrick 167

  Koeman, Ronald 415, 438, 441, 453

  Kolarov, Aleksandar 436, 443, 444, 447, 454

  Kollmann, Roland 266

  Kompany, Vincent 336, 337, 395

  Koscielny, Laurent 388

  Kranjčar, Niko 307

  Kühbauer, Dietmar 118

  Kuyt, Dirk 244

  Lahm, Philipp 445

  Lallana, Adam 413, 419

  Lambert, Rickie 413

  Lamela, Erik 414

  Lampard, Frank (Jnr) 185, 202–3, 209, 221, 226, 250, 252, 253, 255–7, 258, 260–2, 263, 264–5, 266–9, 285, 286–7, 325–6, 328, 329, 351

  Lampard, Frank (Snr) 255

  Larsson, Henrik 279

  Lauren 182, 184

  Laursen, Martin 294

  Lavezzi, Ezequiel 408

  Lawrenson, Mark 48

  Laws, Brian 10

  Lazio 25, 96, 163, see also Chelsea, Leeds

  Le Saux, Graeme 36, 39, 41, 43, 62, 97

  Le Tallec, Anthony 238

  Le Tissier, Matt 23, 25, 73–6

  Leboeuf, Frank 128, 139

  League of Ireland XI 6

  Lee, Robert 46, 53, 251

  Leeds Utd 5, 9–10, 22–3, 79, 188–92

  v Lazio 190

  v Leicester 190

  v Wimbledon 6–7, 100

  see also Arsenal, Middlesbrough

  Leicester City 82, 89, 315, 332, 421–39, 452

  v Chelsea 423, 432

  v Crystal Palace 429, 437

  v Everton 439

  v Liverpool 431, 433

  v Manchester City 434, 435–7, 446

  v Manchester Utd 434

  v Newcastle 430

  v Norwich 429, 435

  v Southampton 429, 434

  v Sunderland 423, 433

  v Swansea 432, 435

  v Tottenham 434

  v West Ham 433, 435

  see also Arsenal, Bolton, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Stoke

  Leiva, Lucas 206–7, 390, 396

  Lennon, Aaron 309, 312, 409

  Leyton Orient 84

  Lineker, Gary 283, 437, 439

  Lingard, Jesse 443

  Lippi, Marcello 119, 199

  Litmanen, Jari 104

  Little, Brian 46, 49

  Liverpool 9, 15, 16, 17, 35, 37, 38, 79, 85, 89, 96, 100–5, 107, 142, 152, 185, 191, 206, 214–15, 228, 230–47, 248–9, 258, 259, 264, 265, 273, 304, 305, 311, 316, 340, 355, 358, 376, 381–401, 417–19, 433, 434, 441, 452, see also Gérard Houllier

  and Heysel viii

  v AC Milan 240–4

  v Aston Villa 387

  v Bayer Leverkusen 237

  v Cardiff 400

  v Coventry 102

  v Crystal Palace 400, 401

  v Everton 391

  v Juventus 238

  v Manchester City 235, 332, 390, 394–5, 397, 418

  v Norwich 396, 397

  v Olympiakos 236

  v QPR 401

  v Southampton 102, 387, 412

  v Stoke 387, 390

  v Sunderland 102, 387

  v Swansea 387, 400

  v Tottenham 390, 400, 410, 416, 417

  v West Ham 244, 370

  v Wigan 401

  v Wimbledon 100

  see also Arsenal, Blackburn, Bolton, Chelsea, Leicester, Manchester Utd, Newcastle

  Ljungberg, Freddie 169, 173, 174, 181, 282

  Lloris, Hugo 409

  Lopetegui, Julen 347

  Lucescu, Mircea 122, 183

  Luiz, David 194, 397, 452, 452–3

  Lukic, John 9–10

  Luton Town 37

  Lyon, see Nottingham Forest

  Macedonia, see England

  Mackie, Jamie 337

  Magilton, Jim 74

  Mahrez 427, 429, 431, 432, 434, 436, 437, 440

  Maicon 317

  Makélélé, Claude 195, 196, 198, 199–206, 208–9, 219, 220, 221, 226, 258, 268, 344, 427, 449

  Málaga 364, 369

  Malbranque, Steed 205

  Maldini, Paolo 136, 242, 243

  Malouda, Florent 314, 326, 327, 328, 329

  Manchester City 6, 13, 69, 70–3, 96, 133, 303, 306, 323, 331–9, 341, 351, 358, 363, 365, 366–7, 372, 373, 386, 392, 396, 400, 401, 438, 441, 442, see also Pep Guardiola

  v Arsenal 72, 332, 448

  v Aston Villa 70

  v Birmingham 332–3

  v Blackburn 133

  v Blackpool 366

  v Crystal Palace 399

  v Everton 399, 446

  v Middlesbrough 70, 446

  v QPR 337–9

  v Southampton 70, 412, 446

  v Stoke 303, 333

  v Sunderland 444

  see also Chelsea, Fulham, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester Utd, Newcastle, Swansea, Tottenham

  Manchester Utd 13, 14, 15–16, 19, 24, 29–34, 35, 36, 43, 48, 54, 60, 67, 79, 104, 106, 111–27, 152, 161–8, 174–78, 180, 184–5, 192–3, 194, 195, 207, 208, 213, 224, 236, 246, 249, 253–4, 274–6, 277–90, 304, 314, 316, 323, 324, 333, 336, 340, 358, 368, 371, 372, 373, 374, 386, 418, 438, 440, 441, 442–8, see also Alex Ferguson

  v Anderlecht 162

  v Arsenal 91, 95, 111, 125, 176, 196, 289–90, 334, 352, 371–2

  v Aston Villa 374

  v Barcelona 113, 116, 130–1, 193, 284, 348–9, 403

  v Barnsley 16

  v Bayern Munich 111, 124, 314

  v Blackburn Rovers 14, 43, 275, 278

  v Bolton 167

  v Borussia Dortmund 118

  v Charlton 14, 177

  v Chelsea 33, 63, 225, 274, 281, 284–9, 326–7, 329, 372, 407

  v Everton 14, 169, 336

  v Fenerbahçe 166

  v Fulham 278

  v Inter Milan 122–3

  v Ipswich 14

  v Juventus 118, 120, 122, 123–4, 197

  v Liverpool 15, 101, 120, 176, 246, 387

  v Manchester City 192, 280, 332, 333, 335, 336, 338, 443

  v Middlesbrough 54, 164

  v Monaco 118

  v Norwich 29–32

  v Nottingham Forest 125

  v Port Vale 254

  v Porto 118, 215

  v Portsmouth 280

  v PSV 162

  v QPR 16

  v Reading 280

  v Real Madrid 161

  v Roma 279, 283

  v Rotor Volgograd 14

  v Sheffield Weds 29

  v Sunderland 16, 337

  v Tottenham 118, 121, 125, 318, 409, 415

  v West Ham 14, 36, 43, 113, 116

  v Wigan 177, 336

  v Wimbledon 14


  see also Athletic Bilbao, Blackpool, Coventry, Leicester, Newcastle, Sheffield Utd, Southampton, Swansea

  Mancini, Roberto 309, 323, 324, 331–4, 336–9, 341, 342

  Mantorras 218

  Maradona, Diego 20, 25, 27, 61, 69, 70, 72, 185

  Marseilles 199

  Marshall, Ian 7

  Martial, Anthony 95

  Martínez, Roberto 357, 455

  Martins, Obafemi 106

  Martyn, Nigel 155

  Mascherano, Javier 246, 251

  Mason, Ryan 414

  Mata, Juan 341, 363–5, 367–9

  Matić, Nemanja 449, 452

  Matteo, Dominic 190, 191

  Matthäus, Lothar 80

  Matthews, Stanley 25, 313

  May, David 127

  Mazinho 199

  Mazzarri, Walter 451

  McAteer, Jason 52

  McCall, Stuart 8

  McClair, Brian 31, 33, 120

  McClaren, Steve 115–16, 164, 268, 269

  McDermott, Terry 37–8, 48, 53

  McGrath, Paul 11, 87

  McKenzie, Leon 220

  McManaman, Steve 52, 75, 103, 118, 200, 259

  McMenemy, Lawrie 73

  Meireles, Raul 339

  Mellor, Neil 237, 244

  Merson, Paul 80, 81

  Messi, Lionel 168, 193, 208, 298, 314, 340, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 370, 372, 377

  Michels, Rinus 345

  Middlesbrough 25, 63, 64–8, 134, 299, 302

  v Chelsea 66, 67, 202

  v Derby 68

  v Leeds 65

  v Leicester City 67, 68

  see also Bolton, Manchester City, Manchester Utd

  Mikel, John Obi 208, 326, 339, 407

  Mikloško, Luděk 18, 43

  Milner, James 334, 335, 367, 395

  Milošević, Savo 49

  Minto, Scott 139

  Mitchell, Adam 320

  Molby, Jan 120

  Monaco 170, 172, 183, 218, see also Manchester Utd, Porto

  Moncur, John 58, 59, 256

  Monreal, Nacho 302

  Montpellier 185

  Moore, Bobby 255

  Morgan Wes 426, 428, 434

  Morley, Trevor 14

  Moses, Victor 387, 452, 453

  Mourinho, José 157–8, 203–4, 205, 209, 213–22, 224–9, 230, 231, 238, 240, 245, 247–9, 251, 264, 266, 275, 281, 313, 324–5, 326, 330, 342, 343, 358, 365, 368, 386, 396–7, 405–7, 408, 409, 416, 432, 441, 448, 449

  and 4–3–3 system 227

  and ‘parking the bus’ 229

  coaching background 216–18

  compared with Arsène Wenger and Alex Ferguson 217, 218

  team preparation 217–19

  ‘transitions’ 224

  Moyes, David 298, 315, 317, 319, 353, 367, 386

  Müller, Gerd 175

  Müller, Thomas 340

  Murphy, Danny 81, 311

  Mutu, Adrian 202, 349

  Myhill, Boaz 300

  Nagoya Grampus Eight 78

  Nakata, Hidetoshi 152

  Nani 281, 284, 289–90, 314, 371

  Nantes 199

  Napoli 61, 324, 451, see also Chelsea

  Nasri, Samir 308, 314, 333, 334, 336–7, 365

  Navas, Jesús 366, 410, 454

 

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