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Chris Dunlavy: Data overdose can dilute natural game

Can you have too much knowledge? Is it possible to be overprepared? Most coaches would say no.
David Artell Grimsby Town

By Chris Dunlavy - A fresh take on football

Can you have too much knowledge? Is it possible to be overprepared? Most coaches would say no.

The more you know about an opponent, the easier it is to anticipate their tactics and therefore counteract them.
It’s why goalkeepers have the favoured sides of penalty takers taped to their water bottles, why teams constantly play balls in behind Manchester United’s wing-backs and why nobody ever played a high line against Jamie Vardy.
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail - or that’s the theory. Yet as Ian Evatt explained last week, information overload ca...

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