Libero 097| The Death Of Individualism

17 Feb 2026 · 52 min · Episode 98

Episode Libero 097| The Death Of Individualism

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In a world where Jack Grealish becomes 'The Rest Station' and Jürgen Klopp insists that no playmaker can be as effective as counter-pressing, it is fair to say that the game's creative geniuses are being marginalised like never before. Has systems football stunted players' ability to think for themselves? Do free spirits have no place in modern tactics? A trio of Libero mavericks, Miguel Delaney, James Horncastle and Jonathan Wilson, attempt some free-thinking to discover the root cause of this troubling trend.

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P2: (27:44)

Produced by: Tom Bassam

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