Lee Scott

Im looking to follow more people who are sharing player insights and scout reports online.

Who should I be following?

The Relative Age of Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City Pep Guardiola recently selected his joint-youngest Manchester City side. How does the relative age profile of the City, Arsenal and Liverpool squads look?

On average age of starting XIs, Liverpool have been older than City and Arsenal this season.

But factor in how much club football the squads have played in their careers and it’s a different story.

My Friday newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/andrewbe...

Scouting Sverre Nypan An in-depth report on the teenage midfielder turning heads in Norway and beyond — his play style, potential, development areas, analytics, tactical fit, and readiness for the next step

Alas. Here's my huge, in-depth report on Sverre Nypan, the teenage midfielder garnering so much interest from top clubs — his play style, potential, development areas, video, analytics, tactical fit, and readiness for the next step. Enjoy. ❤️

Why Dominant Teams Don't Always Make for the Best Transfer Targets: the Curious Case of Bodø/Glimt - Analytics FC Neel Shelat looks at the hugely successful Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt and asks why many of their players do not seem able to replicate their feats elsewhere

One of the most interesting pieces of analysis I've ever done imo: a look at why Bodø/Glimt's players generally tend to do poorly after moving to a bigger league despite all their recent domestic success for @analyticsfc.bsky.social:

analyticsfc.co.uk/blog/2025/01...

Saying hello to Bluesky with a piece on the making of Ethan Nwaneri. A dazzling display against England U16s aged 14, a stress fracture to his back used by coaches as a chance to hone his technical brilliance, and developing his off-the-ball game with Mikel Arteta www.skysports.com/football/sto...

Let’s Talk About - Dundee United’s Recruitment Currently Dundee United sit in fourth place in the Scottish Premiership table.

There’s loads of talk of recruitment to suit systems and data analytics with Hearts about to get access to the Jamestown data.

However, not many are talking about how well Dundee United and Jim Goodwin recruited this summer, until now 👇🏻

open.substack.com/pub/kaiwatso...

Just a reminder that the Football Tactics feed is slowly populating. Make sure you follow and let me know if there's anyone you think should be added.
bsky.app/profile/did:...

Arsenal need the best version of Martin Ødegaard back They're just pretty mid without him.

We've got a great matchup this weekend — Arsenal finally have Martin Ødegaard fit again, and they're taking on a Forest side that's great at defending deep.

Plus:

• Games we're watching
• Stuff we're reading

www.thetransferflow.com/p/arsenal-ne...

The future of English football Plus: the battle for Sverre Nypan begins, Celta go home-grown, and much more in SCOUT NOTES.

Why Myles Lewis-Skelly is the future of England and should be the present of Arsenal, Mouzakitis hits another milestone, a home-grown rejuvenation at Celta Vigo, the battle for Sverre Nypan begins, and much more.

This week's SCOUT NOTES is here for your perusal.

YouTube video by TransferFlowPodcast Real Madrid transfer rumours have gone CRAZY | Ep. 44

New podcast! There are a ridiculous amount of Real Madrid rumours out there, so @patrickbvs.bsky.social and @raviramineni.bsky.social spent a whole episode on them:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_gy...

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

Dejan Kulusevski's lack of pace hindered him as a winger, and he was linked to a move away from Tottenham this summer.

Instead of selling Kulusevski, Ange Postecoglou moved him to central midfield. @moesquare.bsky.social on how that's saved his Spurs career:

www.thetransferflow.com/p/a-position...

Looking forward to this one.

Brighton's got another young midfield gem The Seagulls just keep finding these guys.

Brighton is a factory for defensive and box-to-box midfielders, and another one has taken a big step forward in their development this season.

Taking a look at 21-year-old Swede Yasin Ayari:

www.thetransferflow.com/p/brighton-s...

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.

Man City to spend big on Rodri replacement in January? Plus potential Man United and Chelsea sales. Transfer rumours are back!

It's been a while since we've done a transfer rumour roundup, but they're heating up again.

• Expect Man City to splash the cash on a DM
• Josh Zirkzee is in a tough spot
• Anyone want a lightly used Christopher Nkunku?

www.thetransferflow.com/p/man-city-t...

Inswingers, Screens & Coffee Machines: Inside The Minds of FC Midtjylland’s Set Piece Gurus — Football In Denmark Set pieces are a hot topic at the moment, with teams like Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen grabbing headlines with a new-found focus on making the most from dead ball situations. But over in Denmark one ...

In case you missed it this piece I did with FC Midtjylland’s set piece gurus may ignite your interest in watching their corner routines more closely this weekend!

footballindenmark.com/blog/inswing...

Football Vision Podcast

🚨 🔎 New episode of the podcast is live, trialling a new format called "Scouting Sessions".

🇪🇬 Omar Marmoush - @eulenberg.bsky.social
🇲🇦 Eliesse Ben Seghir - @lukeentwistle.bsky.social

Background, strengths, weaknesses and more all discussed in bitesize scout reports!

podfollow.com/1737070477

As it's a new start: This season I am going watch a home game, and write a separate detailed piece, on each of the 92 clubs in the Football League.

You can catch up with all 33 clubs I've visited so far on link below, and yes I'm having the time of my life.

inews.co.uk/topic/doing-...

Ruben Amorim's Manchester United Blueprint - thedevilsdna.com This article will cover Amorim’s tactical philosophy, analyzing his principles and key patterns, a breakdown of each role in his ideal starting XI and how the current Manchester United squad fits Amor...

[NEW ARTICLE]
Amorim’s Manchester United Blueprint

In this in-depth analysis, I break down Amorim's tactical philosophy, detail each role in his system & assess Man Utd’s squad fit for each position. I also predict potential ins & outs. RTs appreciated!
thedevilsdna.com?p=274244

Liverpool star on the Luka Modrić development arc OK, we're doing fanfic here. But he's already a mega productive dribbler.

Curtis Jones has always been an impressive dribbler. Is he finally adding the passing piece he needs to become a genuine star?

www.thetransferflow.com/p/liverpool-...

A fee of around €10million for Nypan will turn out to be an absolute bargain.

Still only 17, he's putting up some serious numbers in the Eliteserian in 2024. Amongst midfielders he ranks 3rd for goal contributions (14), 5th for successful dribbles (35) & 7th for duels won (139) to highlight a few.🔥

Hello Bluesky!

Of course, my first post had to be about The GBE Expert Hub!

Launching on Dec 1st, with 12 days of free content, we are here to demystify and analyse all things around work permits in UK Football!

Check out the platform and everything it entails at andywatsongbe.substack.com

Introducing: Absolute Unit An exploration into how a football club can build a world class player recruitment process by borrowing from financial valuation theory

Newsletter friendly website good open.substack.com/pub/absolute...

The Best Striker in Italy Is...? You might remember him as a Premier League bust.

Perhaps we shouldn't declare players as busts before they turn 25?

On a surprising and exciting striker rebound in Serie A: www.thetransferflow.com/p/the-best-s...

Gonna be trying to move much of my Twitter posts here, but wanted to pin my 2 major ⚽ analysis apps here

Player research, radars, & models: best11scouting.streamlit.app

Match reports & team analysis: football-match-reports.streamlit.app

Enjoy 👍

Engineering the (super)market Who is helping these football clubs do their weekly shop?

Have picked up some data/engineering follows today:

Wrote something recently that might be of interest, about the bind many football clubs are in due to the data product/engineering landscape
get-goalside-newsletter-archive.beehiiv.com/p/engineerin...