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I write the Expecting Goals newsletter (expectinggoals.com) and I'm gonna try to bring soccer analytics to bluesky. Let's see if it works. He/him.

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tragically, Southampton appear uninterested in entertaining me personally and have attempted only one shot for 0.04 xG in the second half

22.11.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

he is not they have built a system where they don't let him do that, the ball from defense goes to Santos or an inverted fb

Enzo is a goal scorer and final third passer primarily

22.11.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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there is history potentially being made right now in the Southampton game

22.11.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean he can't play Caicedo literally every match but Caicedo is their best player by a very large amount

22.11.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

there's a pirated word doc out there

22.11.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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huh Chelsea seem to be struggling to play out from the back or control defensive transition what could be the issue

22.11.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

one thing I have come to believe, as someone who grew up deeply skeptical of the "authentic expression / sold out" dichotomy is that however true or false it was objectively, the taboo on "selling out" was societally load-bearing

22.11.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
I eventually came to believe Olivia’s account of the affair, but it took her a long time to get over Mark. Olivia develops addictive-like attachments to the men she loves, who are generally older and more powerful, and she pursues them until she conquers them. β€œI’m three for three,” she said to me in a moment of levity after the affair with Mark.

I eventually came to believe Olivia’s account of the affair, but it took her a long time to get over Mark. Olivia develops addictive-like attachments to the men she loves, who are generally older and more powerful, and she pursues them until she conquers them. β€œI’m three for three,” she said to me in a moment of levity after the affair with Mark.

<goose meme> who was the second one

22.11.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Oblivious to their tryst the previous evening, I texted Mark and asked him to get lunch with me and Olivia, which I later learned had sent her into a panic. She called Mark, explained that I was her boyfriend, and asked him not to meet with me. Among other things, her recklessness detonated my relationship with a good source in a key state.

Oblivious to their tryst the previous evening, I texted Mark and asked him to get lunch with me and Olivia, which I later learned had sent her into a panic. She called Mark, explained that I was her boyfriend, and asked him not to meet with me. Among other things, her recklessness detonated my relationship with a good source in a key state.

I'm not here for the gross sex details I'm here for the subtextual profile of the man who chose which gross sex details to include and this... this is what I'm talking about

22.11.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This stuff really boils my piss.
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me

22.11.2025 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1
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very disappointed that Maresca has denied us today's Steve vs Maximum Steve matchup

22.11.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Niger state kidnapping: More than 200 pupils abducted from catholic school The Christian Association of Nigeria said 215 students and 12 members of staff were taken during the raid on Friday.

Incredibly grim stuff. At one point the Nigerian government are quoted here rebuffing Trump's claim that Christians are being targeted in their country by clarifying that no, actually, basically everyone is being targeted. But, like, Chidi that's worse gif and all that

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

22.11.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

remember 'only Andrew Cuomo can handle Trump'

22.11.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2180    πŸ” 264    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0
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He’s becoming Zohran’s own Club Chalamet

22.11.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2548    πŸ” 300    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 126

it's a really good joke and I laughed and also Trump will be fully senile, drooling all over his phone and unable to follow TV and he will know the songs, staging and story of both Phantom and Les Miz down pat

21.11.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have considered it for a bit now and this is my take, this is the core of what happened today

21.11.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I don't think Trump cares about any of that, the GOP only matters to him insofar as it supports him

21.11.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

an old diva watching a starlet killing it in her first role and setting it up so next season they're in the same cast just because she has got to have a scene together

21.11.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

the main thing for me is that Trump knew it would be fantastic TV

obviously Zohran has to be charming as hell for that to be in play in the first place, but I think the core of it is the man loves making TV and he just made really good TV

21.11.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump obviously has never been bound by his word so who the hell knows if Zohran's charm offensive leads to any policy effects but I gotta think this performance played really well with a large and crucial percentage of Cuomo voters

21.11.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Mamdani-Trump 2028 ticket

21.11.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

for senior citizens it can mean so much to spend quality time with a young person, even if it's just a few minutes

21.11.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1872    πŸ” 267    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 6

he knew it would be great tv also

21.11.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is "at 7 it's marginal right" tier and I hate how charming I find both of these moments

21.11.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

once again joining the many people who have observed how much of a world-historical problem it is that Trump is so fucking funny

21.11.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2457    πŸ” 367    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 15

Trump clearly thinks he's in a political version of A Star Is Born

21.11.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you know what? good advice.

21.11.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 6454    πŸ” 789    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 14

the other thing about this story is that Trump is exceptionally good at creating reality show moments off the cuff

even in decline he always knows where his camera is

21.11.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

pretty clear what happened: Zohran converted Trump to the divine and immortal science of islamo-communism.

21.11.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1178    πŸ” 146    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 3

-the power of being an inspiring figure already to the left and progressive wings of the party is that he doesn't need to do anything to prove it to them, he can choose to give them nothing from a little media set piece when that's what's best for New York City and it won't cost him

21.11.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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