Set pieces, long throws and generally getting it launched are back with a vengeance amid a notable tactical shift
To see a world in a grain of Wayne Rooney, an eternity in a robot‑voiced YouTube tactics clip. To find yourself submerged in a vast rolling wave of information in the course of only seven rounds of Premier League games.
As English football enters its latest international break it is a little startling to think we have had only 70 Premier League matches to this point, with 310 more still to go through the slog of autumn into spring. Seven rounds of games? Really? Is that all?
Written by Barney Ronay
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/06/premier-league-tactics-analysis-long-balls-set-pieces-throw-ins-arsenal-liverpool under the title “Air raids are the new trend as Premier League goes back to the future”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
