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The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast
Fulham, Bournemouth & Nottingham Forest: The Premier League New-Boys
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Host Ali Maxwell is joined by The Athletic's Mark Carey and pod-debutant - newly appointed tactics writer - Liam Tharme, to put all three newly promoted sides under the microscope ahead of a new Premier League season...
How will Fulham's Aleksandar Mitrovic follow up his record-breaking 43-goal season in the top flight and fill the void left by Fabio Carvalho?
Can Scott Parker's Bournemouth afford to shift to a back-three without defensive reinforcements, plus, Billing 'the unicorn' and Lloyd Kelly for England (too soon?)
And despite not being promoted automatically, is Forest's style actually the most conducive to starving off relegation in their first season back in the big time?
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