Jordan James controlling a football with his right foot wearing a red Stade Rennais shirt with black shorts and black socks.

We're betting on a big year for Jordan James in 2025.

He broke through in Birmingham teams that had him doing weird stuff, but he played a lot of EFL football at a young age. Now, a prolonged run of starts for a steady Stade Rennais and people will start to appreciate his profile and potential.

Rundschau: Stuttgart im Sechserraum-Fokus, Frankfurt scheitert an Progressionsbarrieren – MX Der VfB Stuttgart präsentierte sich in der Champions-League-Partie gegen die Young Boys Bern erneut mit präziser Raumkontrolle und überzeugender Zielstrebigkeit im Sechserraum. Mit einem 5:1-Erfolg si...

#Stuttgart shines with a dominant central midfield focus, securing their first #UCL win in 15 years. #Frankfurt falls short in France, struggling with progression. A quick tactical breakdown of both matches. 🧐⚽

#VfB #SGE #Tactics #ChampionsLeague

spielverlagerung.de/2024/12/13/r...

The most important learnings from recruiting in Bands 4-6, featuring a GBE Expert Hub Player Report on Kilian Nikiema Day 10 of the 12 Days of GBE Expert Hub Content

Have loved scouting players from across World for GBE Expert Hub.

Read my report on a promising ADO Den Haag keeper Kilian Nikiema who I believe could make it in the English and Scottish game.

Andy Watson also expertly details recruitment from bands 4-6

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Unexpected Origins and the Fermi Paradox Can foundational soccer ideas achieve escape velocity?

A football formulation of the fermi paradox – in blog post! Where are the new ideas?

Question: where can I watch the championship matches of Denmark, Norway, Sweden.

I would be grateful for any answer.

🤞

Reddit/SoccerfullMatch/Sports Video Org (torrent site)/FullMatchSports are what I use, but you have to download it ~2 weeks after the match occurred before copyrights take it down

Would you allow Ait Nouri to roam? Rayan Ait Nouri is a player worthy of you tuning in, even if you are not a fan of the team he is playing for. He plays for Wolves. But if you tune in now, you won’t see him at his height, his full pot...

Would you allow Ait Nouri to roam? tacticsjournal.com/2024/12/01/w...

Ralf Rangnick — Coaching Philosophy “ For other coaches it was an inspiration and they are the ones that embraced change, who embraced the modern way of football. who rules…

Read about Ralf Rangnick’s idea of “ball oriented pressure”
gaurav-mukherjee.medium.com/ralf-rangnic...

Matheus Cunha: Delivering to the level that was always expected of him Matheus Cunha has had something of a strange career.

Big, big look at Matheus Cunha, for @fotmob.com. He's finally living up to hos early career hype. www.fotmob.com/en-GB/topnew...

ttx

Malick Fofana: Live Scout Report 👁‍🗨

In this thread, I'm going to show you the strengths, weaknesses, watch a game and give my eventual outlook for the 19-year-old Belgian winger at Lyon 🇧🇪

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#MUFC #Scouting #Football

Pizza graphics via @danishscout.bsky.social

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#MUFC #Scouting #Football

Racing have Segunda in a stranglehold José Alberto's side look different to your typical league leader, but their unique identity is what's helping to sustain their position.

First post on here is, very predictably, about some niche football happening in Spain.

Wrote about Racing de Santander's historic start to this Segunda campaign, and how they've become odds-on favourites to make it back to LaLiga (after a long time away). www.lapausa.digital/p/racing-hav...

Roberto Olabe: Arsenal-Linked Sporting Director the Brains Behind Real Sociedad’s Rise  | Opta Analyst Real Sociedad sporting director Roberto Olabe is leaving his role next year. Here, we delve into the background of the man tipped to replace Edu at Arsenal.

Roberto Olabe will leave Real Sociedad at the end of the season and he's been linked to a role at Arsenal as Edu's replacement.

But what exactly has he done at La Real that’s made them so successful?

@robbiejdunne.bsky.social looks at his impact at at the club.

theanalyst.com/2024/11/robe...

A position change has rejuvenated Dejan Kulusevski If a winger isn't fast and can't dribble past people, maybe try moving them inside.

Through the first 11 games, Dejan Kulusevski has been playing some of his best football since signing with Tottenham. Over at @thetransferflow.bsky.social, I wrote about how a tweak to his position has revitalized his Spurs career
www.thetransferflow.com/p/a-position...

Bias for bravery In football, will data analytics eventually reveal that teams and players should all just... be a little braver?

What would true 'analytics-ball' look like?

Maybe it would be less about 'tactics' and more about reducing human risk-avoidance to the extreme

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Brighton & Hove Albion F.C: Fabian Hürzeler Turned Out To Be The Best Successor of Roberto De Zerbi Tactical analysis of Brighton & Hove Albion under Fabian Hürzeler.

Brighton: Fabian Hürzeler Turned Out To Be The Best Successor of Roberto De Zerbi

In this Analysis, I discuss:

-Brighton Buildup Patterns & Chances Creation;
-How Fabian Hürzeler uses Wide traps when pressing high;
-How Brighton set in a block when defending.

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Substituting Similarity Summary statistics are problematic for comparing players

New (first) post on the Central Winger substack. With thoughts on Player Similarity, problems with current approaches, and a path forward.

Corner Possession Index: measuring a team’s possession quality after an attacking corner. In the past year, I have been looking more and more at data related to set pieces, and corners to be more specific. It is hard to look at…

Introducing the Corner Possession Index (CPI) ⚽📊💻

A metric that measures how well teams retain possession after an attacking corner with emphasis on non-passing actions. + Example from Primeira Liga 🇵🇹
#dataanalysis #football

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Hmm..

Who controls the tempo in football matches?

Players that can pick up the speed of an attack, or put a foot on the ball and slow things down, are important.

I calculated time between ball receipt and subsequent pass, then looked at variance of these times, as a proxy for identifying these players.

Young players aged U23s, whom I rate highly, and I advise many clubs to study their profiles even more closely.

🇸🇪Nils Zätterström(Malmö)
🇯🇵Keita Kosugi(Djurgården)
🇳🇬Vince Osuji(Kalmar ff)
🇩🇰Thomas Jørgensen(Viborg)
🇪🇸Lamine Fanne Dabo(AIK/Luton Town)

Young players aged U23s, whom I rate highly, and I advise many clubs to study their profiles even more closely.

🇸🇪Nils Zätterström(Malmö)
🇯🇵Keita Kosugi(Djurgården)
🇳🇬Vince Osuji(Kalmar ff)
🇩🇰Thomas Jørgensen(Viborg)
🇪🇸Lamine Fanne Dabo(AIK/Luton Town)