Antonio Conte claims his switch to a 3-4-3 formation “changed” Chelsea’s fortunes en route to the Premier League title on Friday night. Consecutive defeats to Arsenal and Liverpool in mid-September ...

Getting to the quarterback is critical to any football team's success -- perhaps second only to the quarterback's ability to throw the ball. There's debate about the most effective way of sacking the ...

It is rare that any manager is as overwhelmingly wedded to a system as Amorim was to 3-4-3 Michael Regan/Getty Images The Athletic has live coverage of Ruben Amorim’s sacking by Manchester United.

It takes great minds to bring change. It takes even greater minds to shake up the very fabric of traditions and change them. When Antonio Conte first arrived in England as Chelsea manager, not a lot ...

Ruben Amorim and Oliver Glasner George Wood/Ben Stansall/Getty Images Oliver Glasner. Arne Slot. Ruben Amorim. Three very different Premier League managers, each caught in a strange vortex of fan ...

The 3-4-3 formation is enjoying a slight renaissance of late thanks to the rise of three-man defensive systems in Italy. Serie A has set the way, but there have been other examples dotted around ...

Antonio Conte's switch to a 3-4-3 formation has been a huge success for Chelsea, with their 4-0 win over Manchester United further evidence of the strengths of their new system. Peter Smith takes a ...