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The most valuable attribute in football might be the one nobody can agree on how to measure.

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There are thousands of players.

There are very few opportunities.

Finding them is the game.

[Joel A. Adejola @joeladejola]

I am building @SCOUTSWING to be THE home for earnest fan.

It will be the first place you go to when a game is done, not your WhatsApp group chat or Twitter.

You will walk into every match-week feeling empowered.

Gone are the days where you'd notice a convincing talent but have no log to monitor them.

This is future of experiencing sports for fans, and we are bringing it to football, my first love.

[RNG @RNG_Breakdown]

Proud to partner with @SCOUTSWING and @JoelAdejola 🤝

What if fans could be the sporting director?

📊 Track player stats
📝 Create your own scouting notes
🧠 Build your own football vision

Would you back your own signings? 👀

Time will tell⏳

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An essay on the style-talent tensions that manifest when building a team.
https://t.co/8Xaq400vUr

[Joel A. Adejola @joeladejola]

Álvaro Fernández has taken Real Madrid by storm.

Manchester United could get him a single minute.

Here is a case study on his transition + the early signals I flagged that scaled.

This is how I scout + how a club can de-risk decisions.

Essay + Thread⏬
https://t.co/Vha9u0uGPy

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This piece shows how a lightweight, falsifiable scouting framework flagged Álvaro Fernández Carreras early and held up through his 2025 jump to Real Madrid.

The approach centers on portable traits, role elasticity, and improvement edges.
https://t.co/sBdYAsMX14

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A chess champion’s coach.
A cricket director.
A Silicon Valley engineer.

They all read BallerzBantz.

We asked what happens when people like them start thinking about sport.
https://t.co/sP2tXqfvUR

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Notes on Harry Kane from Bayern vs Chelsea in September 2025.
https://t.co/O4rm135mVa

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This essay poses a hypothetical and offers solution-frames to discuss epistemic certainty in scouting and recruitment.
https://t.co/lmov0OOyu7

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Looking for writers to join our publishing cycle:

[Joel A. Adejola @joeladejola]

I am looking for eccentric writers and thinkers to join the conveyor-belt at BallerzBantz.

Sports media is stale: content is repetitive.

If you're a fan, have some unconventional, non-sports expertise, and/or specific critiques you want to platform, we have room for you.

DM at @BallerzBantz with your pitch.

[Joel A. Adejola @joeladejola]

I am looking for eccentric writers and thinkers to join the conveyor-belt at BallerzBantz.

Sports media is stale: content is repetitive.

If you're a fan, have some unconventional, non-sports expertise, and/or specific critiques you want to platform, we have room for you.

DM at @BallerzBantz with your pitch.

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Luqman discusses some high-level considerations and difficulties when analyzing performance.
https://t.co/Ee3wcRenK2

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BLITZ #30

Ten reasons you, and many accomplished professionals, got Scott McTominay SO wrong, and how reading this blog could have prevented that.

https://t.co/1Iykd1owvp

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Joel asks whether anything is consequential in sports:

– How precisely can we make predictions about sporting events?
– What scale of predictions allows us the most precision?
– If we cannot make precise calls, does that even matter?
https://t.co/PnAc8NDYXl

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In this essay, Luqman explores applications of operational research principles in football analysis.
https://t.co/79pYkjgzBa

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Luqman Kabange (@KabangeLuqman) is joining the team at BallerzBantz.

Here's him, by him – and what to expect:
https://t.co/bUvk7jUbc4

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SCOPE #29:

This essay argues that mechanics is the single most important predictor of skill transfer between footballing environments – and suggests a roadmap to understanding it.
https://t.co/DUPDVAPXQE

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SCOPE #28

In modern football, certain kinds of (running) coverage are crucial.

This essay proposes a framework for categorizing players' running capacity, essential for success in today's high-intensity game.
https://t.co/cGlVH2hbp5