Alex Keble
Alex Keble is a freelance football journalist based in London, specialising in tactical analysis. He has written for BBC Sport, Goal, The Mirror, The Independent, Football 365, and many others. As well as covering Premier League football, Alex works as a child therapist.
Latest articles by Alex Keble

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COMMENT Plenty has been made of the West Ham's improvements over the last two years – but football has changed tactically for the benefit of David Moyes' boys

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City, Chelsea and United are all favourites for the Premier League - but is Liverpool's quiet resurgence going under the radar?

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Mikel Arteta gave Arsenal a City-lite template when he first arrived - how has that adapted in his time at the Emirates?

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Tuchel has given Chelsea's defence a reboot, but creativity further forward could still use some work

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Chelsea's decision to replace Lampard with Thomas Tuchel was based on so much more than results

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Premier League Liverpool's offside, Tottenham's red card... Every weekend sees more controversies arrive as a direct result of a technology that was supposed to sort things out. How can it be fixed?

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Premier League We’re behind on the rate for 2018/19’s record-breaking haul, but Alex Keble believes the tide will soon start to turn. Bring it on…

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Premier League Almost a third of the way through the campaign, we now have a pretty good idea of how the 20 top-flight teams are shaping up. Sadly for Slavisa Jokanovic, it turned out the answer was 'pretty rubbish actually' for Fulham...

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Premier League No club is perfect (quiet, Man City fans), so Alex Keble takes us through the weak spot of every Premier League side - and suggests the kind of player who'd help remedy the problem

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Premier League It can’t tell us everything, but the much-discussed analytical model is certainly interesting enough to draw some conclusions from

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Premier League From an Egyptian magician to Arsenal’s fearsome aggressor, Alex Keble on the players proving themselves to be the 10 smartest transfers of the summer

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Manchester United Alex Keble compares Manchester United's brutish Belgian with his Premier League contemporaries, and explains why each work so well for their respective sides

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Stats Zone Alex Keble puts his statistical head on to pick out the best (and Zlatan) Premier League performers this weekend

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Stats Zone Alex Keble uses Stats Zone to pick out the good, bad and ugly from the Premier League weekend past

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Stats Zone Alex Keble uses Stats Zone to bring you the chart-topping stars from the latest round of top-flight fixtures

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Premier League Ahead of the new campaign's kick-off this weekend, Alex Keble casts an analytical eye over all 20 teams...

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Manchester United Jose's brand of faster attacking football won't suit every member of a squad assembled by the possession-obsessed Louis van Gaal, writes Alex Keble. And you can have your say too...

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Wayne Rooney Although the Manchester United No.10's performances have been hit and miss so far, Alex Keble sees reasons to believe he will excel in the role...

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Stats Zone With the Premier League coming to a close, Alex Keble takes you through the number-topping teams from the 2015/16 Premier League season using Stats Zone...

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Premier League England’s top flight has been all shook up in 2015/16, and Alex Keble explains what the traditional powers might have picked up tactically...

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Stats Zone Alex Keble thinks Manchester United will have the advantage this weekend if Manuel Pellegrini's wingers continue to shun defensive duties...

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Stats Zone Arsenal should channel their attacks down the left through the Chilean and Mesut Ozil on Sunday, while Manchester United's Spanish playmaker could capitalise on Aaron Ramsey's defensive failings, says Alex Keble...

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Stats Zone Louis van Gaal will encourage his team to keep channeling their attacks down the left wing against a shaky Branislav Ivanovic, says Alex Keble...
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