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[Maxime Schär | "Futbol Therapist" on YouTube @futboltherapist]

🚨 LOOKING FOR A JOB ⚽:

...I was due to sign on as an analyst & scout for the academy of a top Swiss club, but the position didn’t materialise in the end; then, a #Ligue1 head coach wanted me to be his sole analyst, but the club opted for someone else at the last minute :

[Paul Johnson @paul__johnson]

From The Times

[Ringera football @ringerafooty]

Madrid fans have it!!!

[MugFPL @PandaNoComply]

Each potential final really has its own narrative

🇦🇷 🇫🇷 (World Cup 2022 rematch)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇪🇸 (Euro 2024 rematch)
🇦🇷 🇪🇸 (Dream for Barca fans)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇫🇷 (Dream for Madrid fans)
🇵🇹 🇲🇽 (Simpsons predicted final)

[FIFA Women's World Cup @FIFAWWC]

Qualifiers complete! 🙌

#U17WWC

[Romain Molina @Romain_Molina]

Still no reaction @FIFAcom ?

It seems paedophiles have a bright future ahead of them in football with your so-called ‘sanctions’

[rodriguesˢᶜᶜᵖ @NJanfren]

Johan Cruyff jogou na época do Pelé.

Franz Beckenbauer jogou na época do Pelé.

Eusébio, Puskas, Yashin, entre vários jogadores lendários, também.

Mas já perceberam que só o Pelé fica sendo desmerecido? "Só jogava com pedreiros", "época dos dinossauros", "queria ver hoje"...

E é muito bizarro como essas narrativas estão ganhando força nessa Copa do Mundo.

Nunca aceitaram que um homem negro, brasileiro, da América Latina, que nunca atuou na Europa, fosse consolidado como REI DO FUTEBOL.

O revisionismo começou! Vão tentar reescrever a história, seja com a ajuda da FIFA ou dos europeus, mas o legado não pode ser apagado.

O REI é o Pelé.

[Stuart Reid @From_The_Wing]

Delighted to announce the launch of Vantage Restarts - a set-piece report generator aimed at saving managers, coaches + analysts time and effort when it comes to preparing their teams set-pieces. (thread)

[FIFA @FIFAcom]

The FIFA Players’ Voice Panel (PVP) is deeply disturbed by the racist abuse suffered by France player Kylian Mbappé.

Racism is an attack on human dignity and has absolutely no place in football, at the FIFA World Cup™ or in society.

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

The racist, dehumanising remarks against @KMbappe by Paraguayan Sen. Celeste Amarilla are despicable, regrettably not isolated.

States & sports organisations must prevent acts of racism & discrimination, and ensure independent and effective accountability. Social media must also prevent and address racial discrimination on their platforms.

https://t.co/TVawwmw3Qo

[Paul Olind @OlindPaul]

I thought Brazilians were joking at first, but while the rest of us blame their decline on the disappearance of favela-style footballers, many Brazilians themselves are pointing the finger at neopentecostalism. That's an intriguing POV...

[Telegraph Football @TeleFootball]

Gianni Infantino has further diminished the reputation of an organisation that had already become a byword for sleaze under his predecessor Sepp Blatter. He should resign.

The Telegraph says Gianni Infantino must go. Read the full Telegraph View ⤵️
https://t.co/2TwulFjyCv

[Joseph S Blatter @SeppBlatter]

Red cards are not overturned by political phone calls. They are overturned by rules, evidence and independent bodies. If a U.S. President intervenes with the FIFA President — and a player is suddenly cleared before a World Cup knockout match — the question is unavoidable: Quo vadis, FIFA?

Football must never become a playground for political power. #FIFA #WorldCup #GianniInfantino #DonaldTrump

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

This image will be remembered for decades as a symbol of the corruption witnessed at this World Cup

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Darren Thompson was told that, if he did not stop drinking, his liver would shut down and he would only have six months to live.

Now, three years on, he has used the money he would once have spent on alcohol - around £150 every week - to fulfil a lifelong dream: to watch England play at the World Cup

The 53-year-old will be at the Azteca tonight.

He tells @RobTannerLCFC about his “trip of a lifetime”, and how he turned it all around ⤵️

🔗 https://t.co/Cn0nmyGYLC

[Sully @SullyTalkz]

Manchester United fans are demanding more from INEOS, and they have every right to.

So far, we’ve missed out on our two primary midfield targets and have signed just one player heading into pre-season. As a fan, I find that extremely underwhelming. I understand the financial complexities surrounding both deals, but there is a massive inflation on every player across the market as a whole, and we need to realise that if we truly want the “best in class,” it isn’t going to happen by shopping only cheap. (FYI, United obviously know this but this is just my opinion).

Following a promising end to the season, with Michael Carrick securing #MUFC Champions League football, there was finally some light at the end of a tunnel which has been filled with constant pain and suffering over the past decade. Fans want their club back at the top, where we belong, and this summer is viewed as the perfect opportunity to make that happen. Obviously with the movement so far, it's no surprise why fans are furious.

I won't sit here and tell you to 'stay calm' as people clearly don't want to hear that. I also won't say this window is over and we are finished because that's illogical. I'll always be straight up with you because I don't gain anything from lying. United held several internal meetings following the Fernandes deal and the belief in the club is that they remain relaxed and were prepared for this potential situation by doing their due diligence on multiple players prior to the window happening. This isn't to give you hope and you don't have to believe it, but that's genuienly the club's stance.

It's time now for INEOS to act upon their promises, if we really want to be competing with the top teams next season.

I'll also quickly address the elephant in the room.

I don’t owe anyone an apology. You can throw whatever abuse you want at me if it helps ease your frustration that we didn’t sign Fernandes, but I don't negotiate the transfers. Not once did I say the deal was done, my info was that United remained confident (which was true) and I said he personally wanted us - this is true no matter what the reports say, it may come out one day, but Mendes has played a blinder this whole saga.

I don’t claim to be the best United source out there nor do I say that you should believe my word for gospel. Some people simply don't like the fact that a faceless ITK has proven to be reliable, so they’ve been waiting for any opportunity to come after me. In just a year, I’ve built a reputation and established a name for myself whilst having the privilege to speak the best journalists, so it doesn't bother me if some people are chatting shit on me.

I will continue reporting the truth from what I know as I want my club back where we belong, and fans deserve the truth in a media full of lies - this has always been my sole intention since I started posting. The same people who have been chatting shit on my name for clicks were the same people who would be in my replies and dms asking for info, only a few weeks back. It showed me how there's so many two faced bitches on here.

This isn't about me though. It's about the club we love and support. These next few weeks and months of this summer window will decide how next season fares. We need to get a move on and we can't risk letting our rivals go ahead of us. We have a good squad foundation with a coach who YOU (INEOS) chose to back. Now it's up to you to back him. Don't let these fans down like the old regime did.

[rakistich @RakiStich]

Happy to announce a new step towards my tactical writing, I will now be writing for @AttackingFooty👀, Hoping for the best opportunities ahead !✍️

[Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen]

Two relatively similar incidents...

Flo Balogun: red card.
Lionel Messi: unpunished.

[Ringera football @ringerafooty]

@David_Ornstein @TheAthleticFC 😭😂😭😂😭😂

[utdreport @utdreport]

CEO Omar Berrada described former #mufc head coach Ruben Amorim’s biggest flaw as “rigidity” during the Financial Times Weekend Festival last week:

“Not tactics or talent. Rigidity. The coach came in mid-season with no pre-season to prepare, and under constant scrutiny, he held onto his ideas too tightly at exactly the point when adapting mattered most.”

[LinkedIn: Olga Safina]

[Spencer Mossman @fc_mossman]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alex Scott vs. 🇫🇷 Warren Zaïre-Emery

- Scott had a recognizable b2b role, WZE in Ligue 1 was used mostly like a full back that tucked into midfield in possession and defended wide areas oop
- WZE played in a monstrously possession dominant side, Scott played in a balanced one
- WZE is three years younger but they have played nearly the same amount of senior club matches (183 for WZE, 180 for Scott); Scott is half and half Champ/PL

The above three points are necessary context for every other observation about their data and general profile.

- Scott is more of a goal threat, looks to shoot and get into scoring positions to receive as often as he carries into those positions
- WZE is more of a threat from the half space, finding runners and short crosses into the penalty area
- they're both good at finding through balls, one of my favorite sneaky indicators of a midfield creator
- WZE's "receiving" numbers like deep receptions, xThreat received, etc look better, but as a product of PSG seeing much more of the ball and having more space out wide in the instances he maintains the full back positioning... I think Scott is the more prolific receiver in dangerous areas with context applied
- apply the same reasoning as above for dribbling: WZE does it in more space, Scott in more advanced areas across the pitch, although this isn't to say WZE is a bum in this regard by any means... a strength for both
- Scott is a b2b carrier, but I would not trust him with a high volume of touches/passes; WZE, on the other hand, is quite accustomed to possession-heavy sequences and is the more accomplished progressor via pass; he's also objectively more accurate in just about every facet (probably even when controlling for position/time to pass/availability of options too)
- they're both good out of possession in their own right: Scott covers lots of ground, defends the box as well as further forwards, WZE (by nature of being mostly a full back this season) defends wide areas well and encounters more 1v1 duels rather than 50/50 situations

I think WZE is the more valuable profile in a vacuum. More versatility, more control on the ball, and three years younger, so a higher theoretical development ceiling.

Scott is valuable in his own right, but I think he's limited in terms of the kind of partner/role needed to maximize him.

So if you want a b2b goal threat, you'd prefer Scott. If you want something else, you'd prefer WZE.