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Jonathan Wilson - Inverting The Pyramid (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
Subtitled : The History of Football Tactics.
Revised 10th Anniversary Edition.
In Inverting the Pyramid, Jonathan Wilson pulls apart the finer details of the world's game, tracing the global history of tactics, from modern pioneers right back to the beginning when chaos reigned.
Along the way, he looks at the lives of great players and thinkers who shaped the sport and probes why the English, in particular, have 'proved themselves unwilling to grapple with the abstract'.
This tenth-anniversary edition of a footballing modern classic has been fully updated to include the development of gegenpressing as pioneered by German coaches such as Ralf Rangnick and Jürgen Klopp, and its subsequent influence on the world game.
It also analyses the tactical evolution of Pep Guardiola, the increasing alternatives to possession-based football and the changing role of the goalkeeper, as well as investigating the trend of full-backs developing into midfielders and the consequent return of three at the back.
Details
- Format : Thicker 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Non-Fiction - Sports & Pastimes
- Published : 2008 (This Revised Edition 2018 - Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
- ISBN : 9781474609296
- SKU : B003319
- PPC : SP400gm
- RRP : £9.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'One of the most revelatory sports books of the year' - Scotland on Sunday.
'Facts and stats, plus anecdotes, interviews and Wilson's deft touch with football-speak, give colour to a subject that can be a little dry and all-too confusing for those watching (and often those picking the side).' - CQ.
'For a detailed analysis of how a single striker became the norm throughout football, you had better read Jonathan Wilson's excellent new book about tactics.' - Patrick Barclay, Sunday Telegraph.
'Masterful . . . it could be the best thing to have happened to English football in years' - Time Out.
'You will never read a more entertaining or erudite history of tactics.' - Sunday Telegraph.
'Gloriously readable, eccentric and informative' - Metro.
The Author
Jonathan Wilson's Inverting the Pyramid won the National Sporting Club Book of the Year award, and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. His other books include Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football; Sunderland: A Club Transformed; The Anatomy of England: A History in Ten Matches; Nobody Ever Says Thank You, a critically acclaimed biography of Brian Clough; The Outsider: A History of the Goalkeeper; The Anatomy of Liverpool; Angels with Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina; and The Anatomy of Manchester United. He writes for the Guardian, Sports Illustrated and World Soccer, and he is the editor of The Blizzard.