{"id":156971,"date":"2026-01-30T10:49:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=156971"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:49:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:49:40","slug":"how-nunos-new-tactics-could-save-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=156971","title":{"rendered":"How Nuno&#8217;s New Tactics Could Save West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ICOQU2RXliI?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Love this video? We\u2019ve got even more for you to enjoy on the Premier League App<br \/>\niOS: https:\/\/preml.ge\/PLAppYT<br \/>\nAndroid: https:\/\/preml.ge\/PLAppAYT<\/p>\n<p>West Ham went 10 matches without a win, forcing manager Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo to abandon his old tactics, and the change has paid off with back-to-back victories.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of The Breakdown, @JamesLawrenceAllcott  breaks down Nuno\u2019s new approach, why their right-back now operates more like a midfielder in possession, and how the club\u2019s new signings are having a huge impact on their style of play.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/premierleague\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"760\" data-height=\"1000\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Tweets by premierleague<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/premierleague<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@premierleague\" data-unique-id=\"premierleague\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" data-embed-type=\"creator\" style=\"max-width:780px; min-width:288px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@premierleague?refer=creator_embed\">@premierleague<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>#football #premierleague #soccer<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ICOQU2RXliI\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love this video? We\u2019ve got even more for you to enjoy on the Premier League App iOS: https:\/\/preml.ge\/PLAppYT Android: https:\/\/preml.ge\/PLAppAYT West Ham went 10 matches without a win, forcing manager&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":156972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/156972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}