Tactically Naive

Weekly column from Andi Thomas on the world of soccer.

Tactically Naive: ‘Sunshine on Leith,’ and why football crowds sing

By Andi Thomas April 27, 2020

Tactically Naive: Is it time to give up on the European soccer season?

By Andi Thomas April 20, 2020

Tactically Naive: Tottenham fans prove that public shaming works

By Andi Thomas April 13, 2020

Soccer’s return date has become a guessing game

By Andi Thomas March 23, 2020

We may not have soccer, but we’ll always have Jimmy Greenhoff ruining Liverpool’s treble

By Andi Thomas March 16, 2020

Tactically Naive: The weirdness of watching sports in empty stadiums

By Andi Thomas March 9, 2020

Liverpool can’t possibly blow a Premier League title, right?

By Andi Thomas March 2, 2020

Liverpool are crushingly inevitable, and so are West Ham

By Andi Thomas February 25, 2020

The Premier League’s race for fifth place is the best thing about the Manchester City ban

By Andi Thomas February 18, 2020

Tactically Naive: This own goal contained more drama than most Oscar winners

By Andi Thomas February 10, 2020

3 modest suggestions to rebrand VAR

By Andi Thomas February 3, 2020

Pau López’s error against Lazio must be seen to be believed

By Andi Thomas January 28, 2020

Tactically Naive: Liverpool have broken the Premier League

By Andi Thomas January 13, 2020

The beauty of England’s FA Cup

By Andi Thomas January 7, 2020

Tactically Naive: The Premier League’s biggest moments you may have missed over Christmas

By Andi Thomas December 30, 2019

Tactically Naive: Racism’s ugly head remains obnoxiously reared

By Andi Thomas December 23, 2019

The best things about every Champions League matchup

By Andi Thomas December 16, 2019

Tactically Naive: West Ham cure a crisis (but not theirs)

By Andi Thomas December 10, 2019

Soccer awards are silly, so why not give Lionel Messi every Ballon d’Or?

By Andi Thomas December 3, 2019

Tactically Naive: Jose Mourinho has banished Dele Alli’s brother

By Andi Thomas November 25, 2019

Tactically Naive: Euro 2020 qualifying is really upping the weirdness

By Andi Thomas November 20, 2019

Tactically Naive: Trying to outclass Liverpool is exhausting and pointless

By Andi Thomas November 11, 2019

Tactically Naive: So long Niko Kovac, you were fine and that just won’t do

By Andi Thomas November 4, 2019

Tactically Naive: Serie A is back, baby!

By Andi Thomas August 26, 2019

Tactically Naive: The Premier League is making us pay attention in August, which is rude

By Andi Thomas August 12, 2019

Tactically Naive: Playoffs are the cruelest month

By Andi Thomas May 28, 2019

Tactically Naive: What Europe’s year of repeat league champions means for elite men’s soccer

By Andi Thomas May 20, 2019

Everyone told Vincent Kompany ‘don’t shoot.’ Thank goodness he didn’t listen

By Andi Thomas May 7, 2019

Tactically Naive: The Premier League mid-table is risen!

By Andi Thomas April 30, 2019

Tactically Naive: How to live in a world full of VAR

By Andi Thomas April 22, 2019

PSG and Juventus failed to win league titles for another week. Let’s laugh

By Andi Thomas April 15, 2019

Choupo-Moting had one of the worst missed goals in soccer history so that we could sin

By Andi Thomas April 8, 2019