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Jonathan Wilson (2) (1976–)

Autor/a de Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

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48 obres 1,193 Membres 31 Ressenyes 1 preferits

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Jonathan Wilson's Inverting the Pyramid was football book of the year in the UK and Italy and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. His other books include Behind the Curtain, Sunderland, The Anatomy of England, Nobody Ever Says Thank You, The Outsider, Angels With mostra'n més Dirty Faces, The Anatomy of Liverpool, and The Anatomy of Manchester United. He also writes for the Guardian, Sports Illustrated, and World Soccer, and he is the editor of The Blizzard. mostra'n menys

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Obres de Jonathan Wilson

The Blizzard: Issue Four (2011) 10 exemplars
The Blizzard: Issue Eleven (2013) 8 exemplars
Sunderland: A Club Transformed (2007) 7 exemplars
The Blizzard: Issue Nine (2013) 6 exemplars
The Blizzard: Issue 15 (2014) 6 exemplars
The Blizzard - Issue Ten (2013) 6 exemplars
The Blizzard: Issue Thirteen (2014) 5 exemplars
The Blizzard 17 (2015) — Editor — 4 exemplars
The Blizzard 18 (2015) — Editor — 2 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1976-07-09
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
England
UK
Lloc de naixement
Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, England, UK
Professions
journalist
author
Biografia breu
Jonathan Wilson (born in Sunderland) is a British sports journalist and author who writes for a number of publications, including the Guardian, the Independent and Sports Illustrated. He is a columnist for World Soccer and is the founder and editor of The Blizzard. He also appears on the Guardian football podcast, "Football Weekly".

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4.25. Lost a bit of interest in the middle but then it really clicked.
 
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iaross | Hi ha 16 ressenyes més | Sep 21, 2021 |
Following the football trend I picked this up recently in my local Waterstones, based entirely on the fact that it is written by Jonathan Wilson. Wilson is a football journalist who works mainly for The Guardian and a man who's work I greatly admire. He is also the editor of The Blizzard, a football quarterly that he set up to allow journalists to write about the things they want to about football in depth without the overbearing eyes of newspaper editors. It is a great publication with pieces from football writers from all over the world, covering all aspects of the game you don't normally see in the newspaper. You won't for example read about the latest kiss and tell story thankfully.

Wilson is very sharp when it comes to the wider world of football and also something normally overlooked, tactics. In this book he picks 10 significant matches from the England archives and delves into them, looking at what actually happened, why it happened and the fall out there after. He avoids the obvious games in most cases, for example the game from 1966 he looks at is England Vs Argentina.

His writing style is very easy going and crams in a lot of information in without coming across as superior in anyway. I have to admit that the earlier games, although interesting were a bit lacking for me. I think this is mainly because I don't know that players involved. The tactical progression or lack of over the decades is particularly fascinating.

Where the book really comes alive for me is during the modern game from the 80's onwards as I can remember the games involved. Discussion about Euro '96 and Italia 90's in particular are highlights. Personally I would have liked to see a game from the reign of Sven and Capello being tackled from a tactical point of view. I assume the Capello was omitted because at the time of writing the World Cup in South Africa hadn't yet happened. Sven being left out is probably because the time was unremarkable from a performance and tactical stand point.

I am looking forward to getting some of Wilson's other books, especially Behind the Curtain which covers football in eastern Europe.
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Brian. | Jun 19, 2021 |
Interesting about the influence of Johan Cruyff and the Barcelona way of playing, and the different styles of Guardiola and Mourinho (and much more).
 
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Henrik_Warne | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Dec 13, 2020 |

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Obres
48
Membres
1,193
Popularitat
#21,548
Valoració
3.9
Ressenyes
31
ISBN
127
Llengües
8
Preferit
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