{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mathematical 7","provider_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7","title":"2016\/2017 EPL - the battle of the coaches! - Mathematical 7","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bWDAXWY5uD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/20162017-epl-the-battle-of-the-coaches\/\">2016\/2017 EPL &#8211; the battle of the coaches!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/20162017-epl-the-battle-of-the-coaches\/embed\/#?secret=bWDAXWY5uD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;2016\/2017 EPL &#8211; the battle of the coaches!&#8221; &#8212; Mathematical 7\" data-secret=\"bWDAXWY5uD\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/premier_league.jpg","thumbnail_width":275,"thumbnail_height":183,"description":"I cannot wait for the 2016\/2017 EPL season to start. Indeed, the season has already taken off with the game of the coaches. Coaches have assumed a pedestal amongst football followers that places them almost as high up as the players themselves on the issue of who determines winning and losing. The scramble for Europe\u2019s \u2018best\u2019 coaches in the EPL has, therefore, begun. At no time in the history of the EPL has there been such an array of some of Europe\u2019s best coaches as is happening now. In the past, three or four big coaches in the EPL were enough to light up the league and to create the competition, the sideshows and media exchanges that made it a talking-point for football fans around the world. In the new season, there could be as many as six or even more \u2013 Claudio Ranieri, Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp, Arsene Wenger, Mauricio Pochettino, and possibly more to come during the pre-season! A manager\u2019s role in winning matches is being increasingly escalated even as everyone knows that coaches do not play the matches themselves but depend on the players to carry out their instructions.   So, a coach is really only as good as the players he has to deliver the \u2018goods\u2019 of his expectations. It\u2019s a simple success formula, therefore that is adopted and that has been working for the most successful teams, most of the time. They buy the best players available and top it with a reputable coach. It is the big spending teams that often become champions. Every once in a while a team pops up on the horizon to upturn the apple cart and to provide an ending that enriches football with amazing drama such was witnessed in the English Premier League through Leicester City FC\u2019s most remarkable emergence as deserving champions this past season."}