Jamie Bolden

First team analyst @waltonhershamfc

[Tangotiger 🍁 @tangotiger]

One way to figure out if you have the right number of teams in the World Cup is to look at the aggregate totals per game: they should all be similar by organization

South America has sent only six teams, and they are a powerhouse, with +0.80 goal differential per game

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[CHGO White Sox @CHGO_WhiteSox]

This is the greatest quote ever from Sam Antonacci

“[Baseball] is a team sport. If you’re mad about giving up 2-runs in the 9th, take your ass to go play tennis.”

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Ollie Watkins on the art of being an impactful sub. “I was speaking to Jude (Bellingham) about it because he was asking me, ‘what's your mentality?’ As you know, you're not going to play. I said I felt like there's no pressure on me, people don't see me playing. They see Harry (Kane) playing, but I know what I can bring to the table.

"I watch the game when I'm on the bench. I see the game open up. It's a completely different game when you start a game to when you finish it. There's so many more opportunities when you come on, a lot of people are tired, they lose focus. Sometimes it can be better to be a substitute then to start. I watch carefully what the opposition player is doing because when you come on the field, then you get that opportunity to punish them.”

[Everybody Soccer @letsallsoccer]

Brad Friedel answering a question on his reddit AMA about the US developing an elite level goalkeeper:

[Rufus @RufusPeabody]

One of the greats @mixedknuts joins us for a VERY insightful episode discussing rules of World Cup betting and giving us his hot takes including why Germany thinks running up the score is their version of showing respect

[Legi S @CScannella5]

A behind the scenes deep dive into our finances last season 👇

It’s easy to get lost in the headlines but what we are doing above all else is trying to create a sustainable community asset

Football clubs need support, the good they can do for communities is unmatched

[Walton & Hersham F(C) @waltonhershamfc]

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Welcome to Walton #1 | Out Now 👇

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[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Being sleep deprived due to the World Cup is normal but which nation's fans have their sleep disrupted the most? Spare a thought for the Algerian football fans! Group-stage kick off times converted to each team’s local time and how much sleep might be lost. Source: https://t.co/bDtkXtej23

[Charlie P Mullan @CharliePMullan]

Scotland’s Andy Robertson has found a hack to beat FIFA’s new throw-in countdown:

Get your team-mates in position before you pick the ball up, which starts the referee’s countdown.

Very smart 👏 👏 👏

#Robertson #HAISCO #Scotland

[Louback @Iouback]

UTILIDADE PÚBLICA: para quem gosta de dados, estatísticas, e números, ou apenas gosta de Futebol, a FIFA está disponibilizando dados físicos e técnicos de todos os jogos da Copa do Mundo.

link: https://t.co/raLLKYzDsK

[Voros McCracken @AngryVorosM]

I explain how I went about creating my International football team ratings on Substack. It is extremely nerdy and probably not scintillating reading, but it's info I wanted to get out there https://t.co/KGqowjqoB0

[Voros McCracken @AngryVorosM]

My International Football team ratings are out ahead of the World Cup and I posted the spreadsheet for them to my Substack here: https://t.co/i8JNf01m62. Enjoy.

[Ben Griffis @BeGriffis]

Tony Bloom's Hearts with another pressing, depth-threatening ST from a lower division outside their region

Don't have to have the best scoring numbers overall, but they have to be workhorses and show underlying skills that shine so bright with better teammates overall

[Jamie Bolden @bolden_jd]

@AngryVorosM Fair Q. This is my guess not data driven but I expect Arsenal's xG diff in the 10 games or so before the CL final was on a downtrend. Just watching them it seemed pretty clear that various players were playing hurt / playing on fumes towards end of season (most obvs Saka)

[Jamie Bolden @bolden_jd]

@TeaKupps @AngryVorosM

[Jamie Bolden @bolden_jd]

@AngryVorosM So FWIW I think difficult when doing club ratings to adjust for player injuries / changes. Adjusting eg baseball team ratings for starting pitcher is easier than a football team's expected goals / ball progression. PSG Lg 1 and CL teams are often different players

[Arsenal Family @arsenalfami1y]

Massive respect to Marquinhos. Incredible to comfort Gabriel in that moment. Fair play.

[Tom Forth @thomasforth]

"Now overlay the historic core route of the Midland Railway"

[dan barker @danbarker]

I must have watched this five times now. It somehow reminds me of London 2012.