Oliver Kidd

Build the statue

[mooms : family man @Danny_McMoomins]

Can't wait to hear the hospitalisation numbers for burned retinas later. Reckon it will be in the thousands. This is a golden age of thickery.

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@xalertnow I have never seen something more romantic in my life

[Falkland Islands @falklands_utd]

🇪🇸💅😘

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@tpearce003 @AvantiWestCoast Was the most miserable 2 hours of my life. I feel for everyone on that train

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@AvantiWestCoast . It’s 32+ degrees outside and colder than it is on your trains. The only carriages with working aircon are the carriages for first class. Disgraceful; you’ve got people avoiding seats to stand where it’s colder on the 2 hour journey. Must be 40+ inside

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@AvantiWestCoast Thanks for responding. They made an announcement declaring the aircon wasn’t operational and that it was too hot to keep the shop open. People are standing next to the doors and keeping them open to let cold air from first travel down the train. Genuinely dangerous temps mate

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@pe_nng Counter point. How might an independent MP then stand; if they have left another political party for reasons neither political or potentially bad. Party politics is a game we see played often. There are many independents who gain seats this way.

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@CoventryKing @felixwalker_ @BrightonBubble @alex_crook Leeds fans were all saying the same a few years ago over Ben white. We’re too crude an operator I’m afraid. Wish you guys all the best

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@CoventryKing @felixwalker_ @BrightonBubble @alex_crook Keep telling yourself that brother. Just keep telling yourself that

[BBC Sport Sussex @BBCSussexSport]

🗣️ "Maybe the biggest regret I had in my career is that I left this football club."

🔵 Former Albion winger Anthony Knockaert is among the special guests on Albion Unlimited this week.

🎧 Full pod: https://t.co/wLxIDAi9Up

#bhafc

[rayray @Mike_ElliotBHA]

We’re somehow the team with the 3rd best defence 😂 Football makes absolutely no sense sometimes

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@septicbeats @TheGriftReport @PeterTatchell @grok How many billions do you contribute to the economy each year matey ?

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@sarcastinated @hypnochickuk @chilternrailway Misinformation I’m afraid. No expectations of privacy in public in the uk. Try again

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@Mufc_Dio @HoraceGoesX @FfcLucan @chilternrailway @hypnochickuk No expectations of privacy in public

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@feetpiece2024 @NevettJason @RealAirPower1 What the fuck are you on about. Another ill-educated moron on twitter

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@Brnas05576799 Now just hurry up and block me soy boy. You won’t have a conversation

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@Brnas05576799 The state of you. Feeling a need to criticise and critique those willing to put themselves in danger to stop terror. Would they had been justified if one of them had been stabbed? Lives of the innocent over the lives of murderers I’m afraid. You brain dead muppet

[Jamie Ohara @Mrjamieohara1]

@talkSPORT @jasoncundy05 Drew the first two minutes encouraging signs

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Brighton & Hove Albion are regularly praised for getting things right on and off the pitch. So here’s a glimpse into one area. Culture. A lot of Brighton’s academy work is “player-led”, encouraging responsibility-taking. So when Jack Hinshelwood was given his first-team debut by Roberto De Zerbi three years ago, he could cope - at 18. The pathway continues. Another Worthing-born player is midfielder Harry Howell, who joined the club aged seven, was in the Under-18s at 14, and has already played seven times for Fabian Hurzeler – at 17.

When academy players are called across to the first-team pitch at training it’s clearly not just to make up the numbers. “It’s for their long-term development,” Hurzeler says. It’s also for the team’s benefit. Hurzeler, like De Zerbi before him, gives them a chance to shine. “The pathway is very clear for the players,” says academy manager Ian Buckman. It’s Brighton’s culture.

Whether under De Zerbi, who hosts his old club today with Spurs, or now under the youthful and very impressive Hurzeler, Brighton’s culture is “about developing people as well as players”, adds Buckman. This central quality of taking responsibility is key to their education as people and development as players. It’s embodied in Hinshelwood’s ability and willingness to play different positions, and his hunger for self-improvement in doing his coaching badges. He got his B licence at 20.

I joined Buckman and Under-21s head coach Shannon Ruth in watching a game at academy training this week. One thing that was immediately apparent was how player-led it was. The coaches were there, making the occasional tactical tweak or observation or straightforward encouragement, and the players listened intently. The focus, though, was very much on the players taking responsibility, getting on with the game.

Buckman points to the education they receive, and a culture that encourages players to do their coaching badges in promoting responsibility-taking. “Jack will be an excellent coach,” Buckman says. “He has great knowledge of the game. A lot of the boys come through like that. Jack would have a footballing background with the family (third generation pro), obviously, and would live and breathe the game.

“In terms of our younger players, you're trying to get them to areas to be more player-led within training. The players will speak and deliver within analysis meetings. You start to see a different type of player, slightly more inquisitive, questioning more about the game, more engaged in their individual development plans. They want to take accountability and responsibility for what they do.” On and off the field.

It’s why Hinshelwood could step from the academy and take charge in a range of roles, and why there are high hopes for Howell and for defender Freddie Simmonds. Attackers Tyler Silsby and Aidan West are amongst other academy players to contribute to a collective 600 training session involvements with the first team this season. “A lot of players go across,” Buckman smiles. “Some like Harry and Freddie…that might be 30, 40, 50 appearances. They're always keen to involve the 18s and 21s. We've even got an Under-16 who's been up and around the first team for training. It just makes it really real for them.”

Mentoring then comes from senior players like Danny Welbeck (also tactically with Hinshelwood), James Milner, Lewis Dunk, Pascal Gross, Adam Webster and Jason Steele, amongst others. “That's one of the magical pieces that we have,” Buckman adds. “We're lucky with some good role models with the senior players who educate them.” #BHAFC 1/2

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@rules_of_izzy @neembeam @YWNReporter And then blocks me lmao, it’s a volunteer service that helps transport patients between hospitals? Doesn’t offer the same sort of services. You vegan fingering nonce

[Oliver Kidd @OliverKidd9]

@rules_of_izzy @neembeam @YWNReporter Never read something so thick in all my life