Rooney's possible tactical approach at Birmingham, how to defend nods and flicks at corners, the Russo report + Van Dijk at his best analysed

Good morning analysis fans and welcome to the?#TacticsTuesday?newsletter - full?of analysis, scouting and tactics. Fill up on your football knowledge - follow the?Total Football Analysis?page and be part of the squad that want more than just a match report.

Last Sunday, we launched the October TFA Scouted magazine - 12 under-the-radar talents fully scouted by our consultancy team plus two in-depth pieces fully showing off the power of xGOLD. If you are a TFA member you can download your copy today.

Birmingham City moved quickly after Wayne Rooney departed DC United - we asked Jack Manship to go back over every game Rooney has coached and see what that might mean tactically given the players he has available at St Andrews.

In his weekly set-piece column, Karim El-Shesheiny looks at nods and flicks at corners and explains how to prevent them leading to goals.

ICYMI yesterday, our French football expert and site lead?Fintan O'Reilly?dived into the defensive issues meaning that Lorient's goal is under constant attack this season.

In the second of her?EYEBALL?series,?Beth Limb?used their vast youth scouting library to identify three talents coming through at Monaco.

Scott Martin?was back with another theoretical piece looking at the masterminds of build-up play and how to train their principles.

From the archives, we have...

Arsenal had the highest attendance of any FAWSL side this past weekend as they scored two stoppage-time goals to defeat Aston Villa 2-1. Alessia Russo’s first Gunners goal proved decisive in this game — we previewed her move to North London in a recent scout report.

Virgil van Dijk scored the Netherlands’ late winning goal last night as they beat Greece 1-0 away from home in a crucial Euros qualifier. With the Liverpool centre-back fresh on the mind, check out our analysis of his vintage performance in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League final.

Meanwhile, Marcel Sabitzer scored Austria’s only goal as they earned victory over Azerbaijan last night; we went into detail on the midfielder’s unique role under Julian Nagelsmann at RB Leipzig back in 2020.

Isma?l Bennacer has reportedly returned to training early after being sidelined to injury — we analysed Milan’s unsung hero last season.

And that's it for today - we'll be back tomorrow with more pieces old and new about everything analysis in the football world.

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