Crystal Palace are the most mid-block team in the Premier League this season
“A certain vintage of football fans might turn their nose up at the ever-changing football lexicon, but when discussing a team’s out-of-possession approach, we are now firmly in an era of… the block. Previously, a defensive team looking to frustrate an opponent might be referred to as “sitting deep”, but the early noughties saw Jose Mourinho introduce the phrase ‘parking the bus’ when describing a compact shape without the ball. …”
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