Sebastian Rousseau

Sports, sports, sports, Jordans, UW, sports...or something like that

[Sebastian Rousseau @slowmotion_seb]

This is a disingenuous argument. There are on field/track rules that create ambiguity. Lines can be blurred. It’s then incumbent upon the governing bodies to then manage them. The rules around FFP & PSR are quite black & white. This was clear & obvious circumvention & cheating.

[Guillem Balagué @GuillemBalague]

I watched the F1 film with Brad Pitt the other day, and there’s a moment where his character asks to add something to the car that isn’t really in the rules. The FIA punishes it, but the team can still race with the earlier car. It made me think.

In F1, the best teams live at the edge of the regulations. Sometimes the FIA allows what they’ve found, and sometimes it says that goes too far. Occasionally the rules are rewritten afterwards.

Now, City. I’m not defending them. A commission found they entered into sham agreements and broke the spending limits. A sham is an arrangement that isn’t what it claims to be, so that’s a different thing from using a gap nobody had spotted.

City deny it and will appeal. But I find it useful to ask/reflect on how people inside the club see it.

From their point of view, PERHAPS they believe they were doing what elite competitors do: looking at the rules, finding the limits, challenging interpretations and moving faster than the regulatory system.

From the outside, you might look at that and say, “That’s cheating.” From inside the organisation, they might say, “We found something nobody had thought of.”

If you believe you’ve found a way to bring money in, more or less within the rules (and the commission said it was not in the rules and it was cheating), you might tell yourself you’re just being a sharp competitor.

We are all asking “did City cheat?”. But I find this question interesting too: “how did City come to believe they weren’t?”

And understanding a mindset, or trying to, isn’t excusing it.

[Sebastian Rousseau @slowmotion_seb]

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[Arsenal @Arsenal]

We all deserve this ❤️

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This belongs to all of us.

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The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

[Sebastian Rousseau @slowmotion_seb]

@TomSilverstein From the Demovsky article

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It was only ever Arsenal.

A boyhood Gooner, our new number 10 – welcome home, Ebere ❤️

[Sebastian Rousseau @slowmotion_seb]

@GeorgeV_AFC I lived in Madrid for 6 months and traveled all around Spain. San Sebastián was probably my favorite non-Madrid city I visited. Made it a point to go back during a separate European vacation years later. Hope you have an amazing trip!

[Sebastian Rousseau @slowmotion_seb]

@JacobMorley People like the unknown in Milton (A), whereas they’re lower on Willis (B) because he didn’t succeed in TEN. For GB’s sake I hope we don’t need to see much of Malik in the regular season but he has shown he can be a + backup in the right system when he can play to his strengths.

[Sebastian Rousseau @slowmotion_seb]

@billycarpy Sterling is also familiar with our setup & players. Not only has he worked under Mikel, but he has also played/trained with Saka, Rice & White (England), Jorginho & Kai (Chelsea), plus Jesus & Zinny (City). That should help him build on-pitch connections and assimilate quicker.

[Sebastian Rousseau @slowmotion_seb]

Such a nuanced, yet easy to digest breakdown of how Merino would be a value-add to Arsenal. A very informative and holistic read for anyone looking to evaluate his potential fit into the squad!

[Billy Carpenter @billycarpy]

SCOUTING MIKEL MERINO

I've spent the last couple of weeks working on a scouting report about the reported Arsenal target. Here's the result: a huge tour through his experience, tape, analytics, passing, duels, position, questions, value, and more. Enjoy.

https://t.co/R6jnBGgFK7

[Sebastian Rousseau @slowmotion_seb]

@MichaelFFlorio Where does McSorley rank 😭? Asking for a friend.

[Sebastian Rousseau @slowmotion_seb]

@perri_goldstein @MrThrowbacknyc The two on the left look like they could be Doug Evans (33) and Edgar Bennett (34). On the right-hand side, it looks like Curtis Duncan. From a quick Google search, he signed with the Packers in '94, but I don't think he actually played any games with them.

[Sebastian Rousseau @slowmotion_seb]

@itszacharyj Good call on this!

[Sebastian Rousseau @slowmotion_seb]

@RossUglem Was curious if they’d target someone like Lloyd (some pre-draft links) or Chenal, for the same reasons. With Parsons success rushing the passer last year, I wonder if we see more teams draft hyper-athletic ILBs who have some pass rush juice on 3rd down.

[Sebastian Rousseau @slowmotion_seb]

@KenIngalls Does this include Davante on the franchise tag?

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