Phil Webster

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[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

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[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

@NTT20Pod @SkyBet @EFL Superb stuff 👏

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

@HancockAnalysis Great read! Finding this summer really interesting how both Pompey and Oxford are trying to balance evolving to a more progressive style while still getting results in the present.

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

Squad-building aside, I'll miss Ruben.

A properly exciting signing when he joined and delivered so completely when it mattered at Wembley.

That nutmeg 30 seconds in against Sunderland completely set the tone for that game and summed him up. 👏

#oufc

[Oxford United @OUFCOfficial]

All the best, Ruben! 💛

What a guy. What a player.
From day one, brilliant on the pitch and off it.

Thank you for everything! We’ll look after Sparky!

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

@cbarson @NTT20Pod Yeah I think Rowett's ideal is a lot more daring than how we played at the back end of the season.

Crucial to bring in quality rather than quantity this summer.

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

Was a pleasure to write for @NTT20Pod about everything I observed from Pompey, Derby and Oxford's journey over the last few years.

Wonderful to celebrate the Jim Smith trio all staying up despite the odds being stacked. 🙌

[Not The Top 20 Pod @NTT20Pod]

Bridging The Gap: How Portsmouth, Derby and Oxford Survived the Championship

Portsmouth, Derby and Oxford defied the Championship's brutal welcome — not by dominating, but by adapting. This is how low-margin, pragmatic football helped them to survive.

By @PhilW96.

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

@HancockAnalysis @NTT20Pod Thank you very much 🙌

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

@OffTheLineBlog @NTT20Pod Thanks!

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

@HancockAnalysis Williams was terrific at Oxford! Could plug him in almost any position and he'd be impactful.

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

@louorns Interesting, with Oxford I'm hoping Romeny will have a little bit more joy up top than Harris - rather than us being a bad team that ruins strikers

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

We're running the Helsinki Marathon on May 14 for @CalaisAppeal!

Any support would be amazing and much appreciated:

https://t.co/d5BGTqsTtc

[SCOUTED @scoutedftbl]

AFC Wimbledon are one of the youngest sides in the EFL, made up of academy products and PL loanees. @0rland1nho spoke to Rob Tuvey, one of the EFL's youngest assistant managers, about the inovative ideas, practices and plans that are powering the Dons' youth revolution.

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

@cameronponsonby great read!

[Simon Kuper @KuperSimon]

Newcastle Utd selling its heritage to a murderous regime is the perfect symbol for the entire country - me @FT https://t.co/hMzTnoXx6v

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

@JoshAHobbs @ScoutedFtbl Yeah especially against West Brom under Ismael. Proper baptism of fire.

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

Wrote about Bournemouth's rejuvenation this season + squad building after the first year of parachute payments ends. Zemura and Anthony have been such a happy surprise this year.

[SCOUTED @scoutedftbl]

AFC Bournemouth are building back toward the Premier League with a youthful blueprint. @PhilW96 has analysed the key protagonists of their fresh-faced rebuild – including Jaidon Anthony and Jordan Zemura – for our PatreonAFC Bournemouth are building back toward the Premier League with a youthful blueprint. @PhilW96 has analysed the key protagonists of their fresh-faced rebuild – including Jaidon Anthony and Jordan Zemura – for our Patreon.

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

shame about the two yellow cards, but so pleased baptiste's back and playing again

[SCOUTED @scoutedftbl]

Brentford's Shandon Baptiste starting back-to-back league games for the first time since Jan 2020, when he was in League 1 with Oxford United. His career has been disrupted so much by injury but great to see him finding his feet again. @PhilW96 profiled him in Volume VII.

[Phil Webster @PhilW96]

wrote about tackling machine callum styles for this - plenty of other good stuff to check out in here too!

[SCOUTED @scoutedftbl]

Volume XI is here. Profiles, features, analysis, artwork and images – all in the latest Scouted Football Handbook, featuring the prodigious Rayan Cherki. Available now. Don't miss out.

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[Guardian sport @guardian_sport]

Messi’s case shows clubs, not elite players, are the real powerhouses of football | @jonathanliew https://t.co/UCpbxIJJQi