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Red Star Alliance: Resultism (30 Ways To Not Lose)

Red Star Alliance: Resultism (30 Ways To Not Lose)

As mentioned in my previous articles in this series, I wanted to achieve success playing pragmatic football. Considering we’ve taken Red Star Wrexham from the VNL to the Championship in just three seasons, pragmatism doesn’t quite cut it as a good description. To use a term attributed to our lord and saviour Big Sam, we can only call it one thing: Resultism.  If pragmatism is the acceptance of who you are and making the best of what you’ve got, resultism…

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Red Star Alliance: Big Sam’s Greatest Hits (Tactics ala Allardyce)

Red Star Alliance: Big Sam’s Greatest Hits (Tactics ala Allardyce)

This instalment of the Red Star Alliance series continues my current obsession with all things Sam Allardyce and outlines my FM Interpretation of a “greatest hits” (pun intended) album from his time at Bolton. These tactics were developed in conjunction with Big Sam’s Fantastic Four data metrics for my Red Star Wrexham save. Recreating IRL tactics is my preferred approach to FM. I watched Bolton matches from their most successful period (2003-2007) where they competed in Europe and made Cup Finals….

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