Adam Clery is FourFourTwo’s ‘tactics guy’ and has built a huge following with his insightful, clear-eyed analysis. The magazine’s YouTube channel – built around his digestible and hugely entertaining tactical breakdowns – now has 600,000 followers. We are delighted to welcome Adam as Nutmeg’s new monthly tactics columnist.
I went to Aberdeen once. People tell you that it’s a “uniquely miserable” place – mostly on account of the buildings being so grey that it looks somehow like they’ve died – but they’re missing the point. Collective misery in Scotland is never about the aesthetics, it’s purely about the football.
This time last season, Aberdeen were in free fall. They’d been dumped out of Europe by PAOK, drubbed 6-0 by Rangers and, in a move that I’m still convinced involved him losing some sort of bet with his wife, they’d have Neil Warnock in charge in a few short months.
“Let’s have fun!” he said at his unveiling. They didn’t…