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I think bolsover will be a very tight three way race with Labour edging it due to the Reform/Tory vote split, and I wouldn?t be too shocked if the Tories finished third. I certainly expect the combined Tory /Reform support will be higher than Labours.

Given that football is a low scoring game I wouldn't be surprised if England after Southgate make use of AI or something akin to AI to plan tactics.

Brentford did/do well with their type of 'moneyball' analytics. (Signing players based on hard stats above all else). I'd have thought that a moneyball type analysis of player strengths and weaknesses combined with analysis of what happens before teams score would serve England well.

I obviously don't have the analytics as to what leads to in-play goals, but I'd reckon that most in-play goals are scored / conceded from the following:

1) A through ball from within lines of both penno areas that passes the CMs and CHs with the attacker out-pacing the turning CHS;
2) A cut-back cross from between the lines of the goal-line touchline and the keepers area that reaches the penno area between the keepers area and the penno box line;
3) A player running with the ball quickly from the lines of the outsides of the centre circle and the outside lines of the penno box and passing the ball to a team-mate who runs into the box.

Whilst this might be wrong and these three scenarios may not make up most of the pre-goal happenings, it's an analysis worth doing IMHO.

AI would do it in seconds, I'd have thought. Like Moneyball it ought to be worth doing. And the question then being asked of how to maximise these going forward and mitigate against them defending. And which players are particularly good at executing these tactics and defending against them.

As one small example, Leicester City and Jamie Vardy made a living on '1'

England progressed due to the brilliance of one world class moment. Not because of Southgate.

His tactical awareness is shocking, his team selection has been appalling and his decision making diabolical.

The team look leggy, unfit, their is a lack of press, a lack of movement when our defence has the ball and no width or getting behind the oppositions defences.

Now I could understand this as a one-off, but this is 5 games in a row now, one prior to the Euros, and 4 at them. He has done nothing to change this, it clearly isn't working and needs to be addressed before the next game as Switzerland looked superb in their last game. If the both teams play as they did in their previous game then Switzerland are heavy favourites and will fancy their chances to spank us.

If he plays the same for.atikn again with the same starting 11, expect the same dull boring game and defensively minded tactics, lack of urgency and few substitutions.

His record against the world's top 10 teams is abysmal. I will post it below.