kinda surprised that at one point Mainz had this keeper lineup of Finn Dahmen (current #1 for Augsburg), Florian Müller, Jannik Huth (Freiburg's current #2 & #3), Robin Zentner (Mainz's current #1) and René Adler (Germany's early-2010s #1).

Sort of spoiled the game on the other platform?

In honor of this historic media deal, for every 5 likes this receives we will tell you what Bundesliga club is what movie in order of the table last season. Wolfsburg for example is clearly Herbie Reloaded

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I kinda don't understand the logic here. Asllani is and will obviously be valued at a much higher price by Hoffenheim (potentially 70-80m minimum), which is a lot of money for Stuttgart. Wolfsburg will also value Pejčinović highly too, but he is definitely nowhere close to Asllani's value.

also i hate double posting myself, but i have to call this out. there's a new article on The Athletic about channel runs, and definitely no one made an entire presentation about that exact channel run for the 2023 Opta Forum.

also i hate double posting myself, but i have to call this out. there's a new article on The Athletic about channel runs, and definitely no one made an entire presentation about that exact channel run for the 2023 Opta Forum.

I saw the article from The Athletic about this topic the other day, gave it a read, and hated it. so I decided to write one myself and use some data to see what can be learned from penalty shootouts at the #WorldCup so far, just cause I can. www.talking-tactics.com/p/world-cup-...

😁 www.talking-tactics.com/p/paul-okon-... #effzeh

best thing to come out of this world cup, hands down. youtu.be/zqF4VeAjoNg?...

"Since the beginning, Bellingham has carried a sense of … what would you call it? Destiny? Aura? Many have misdiagnosed it as arrogance, which is objectively wrong, given arrogance by definition requires the sense of one’s own importance to be exaggerated." @tomoc.bsky.social on England's hero:

I've spent the last few weeks looking at the Arsenal season (and analytics from @gradientsports.bsky.social) to help inform what we do next: six strengths to fortify, five tangible ways to improve, and what it all means for the summer business. Here's my new long-read.

New recruit Sam #Klein spoke to the media after training yesterday about his move to the club, the warm-up matches and his first impressions. Here are the key lines from that conversation.. #fcsp

What a great piece by Sam. At this point, I'm so tired of hearing an Asian federation saying they want to develop a plan to qualify World Cup, only to then fumble that plan every 4 years, and then say they need a new plan. This is not just a problem for Australia, but for most of Asia.

Australian A-League fans: First time? *looking at three missed opportunities to promote both the men's and women's leagues during the 2023 Women's World Cup, 2026 Women's Asian Cup, and the current Men's World Cup*

Offside xkcd.com/3268/

Brooklyn FC has appointed former Brisbane Roar manager Alex Smith as its new Head Coach ahead of the 2026 Gainbridge Super League season. Smith led the Roar to a fourth-place finish in the 2025/26 A-League Women season and to the playoff semifinals. www.brooklynfootballclub.com/news/2026/07...

Just for funsies cause I'm a data nerd and I'm curious. The conversion rate for centre-backs after 4 penalty shootouts so far this #WorldCup is very low (40%), while attacking midfielders and wingers are leading the way for penalties converted in a shootout (80% both).

Just for funsies cause I'm a data nerd and I'm curious. The conversion rate for centre-backs after 4 penalty shootouts so far this #WorldCup is very low (40%), while attacking midfielders and wingers are leading the way for penalties converted in a shootout (80% both).

Another victim on the list of centre-backs missing a penalty 🫡

Ryunosuke Sato | #佐藤龍之介 to Valencia 🇪🇸! Fantastic technical qualities as a #10 type midfielder & lots of physical output off-the-ball as well. Good luck!

Australia’s back-five press opened when Bos or Behich jumped wide without cover. Volpato, Irankunda and Metcalfe pressed ahead, so O’Neill and Irvine had to screen both half-spaces with two players.

In defence of only Tony Popović's decision to bring Mat Ryan on for Patrick Beach, speaking using @oostermax.bsky.social's data and my own experience working in football. And because hindsight is a funny and very dangerous thing. open.substack.com/pub/talkingt...

Probably won't get a mention anywhere so I'll mention him anyway. Nathan Ngoy was very good at the back for Belgium, was everywhere to make challenges, intercept passes, and stop Balogun from actually playing, especially when Mechele was kinda meh. Data: @futi.live

I, 4-1, think it’s called football. #USABEL #FIFAWorldCup

Waffle House should start serving a plate of humble pie at this point

I know Ream is the captain and all, but he's constantly been cooked by Belgium, why not take him off for someone, ya know, has experience against some of these Belgian players like Mark McKenzie or Auston Trusty?

Real ones know Lukebakio used to be part of an excellent team with Matheus Cunha, Maximillian Mittelstädt and Stefan Jovetić

Was kinda hard to appreciate how good Trossard was in an Arsenal team full of great players, but man has he been such a good player for Belgium this tournament

In defence of only Tony Popović's decision to bring Mat Ryan on for Patrick Beach, speaking using @oostermax.bsky.social's data and my own experience working in football. And because hindsight is a funny and very dangerous thing. open.substack.com/pub/talkingt...

I also wanna give credit to how Rice, Bellingham, Gordon and Rogers defended zone 14 and the area outside of the box as well. Mexico could not pick up any second balls in dangerous areas, could not make any cutbacks, nor could they make any dangerous long shots to test Pickford. Data: @futi.live

Nah now it's gonna be like "England's win against Mexico was a closely-fought contest on paper, but the data said differently blah blah", then the post is accompanied by an AI-generated graphic with a bunch of basic ass stats like shots on target, possession % and passes completed.

PARENTS: If you hear your children saying "6-7," please talk to them. This is a reference to Newcastle United center back Dan Burn's height and may indicate that they're engaging in a dangerous trend known as "setpiecemaxxing"

As a neutral this is absolute cinema, can't believe this classic of a match is on at noon

Thierry Henry: "The story is, was, and always will be Cabo Verde. When you believe that you can, that's what can happen."

if there’s any team from this World Cup that the #Socceroos can aspire to, it is Cabo Verde. a ragtag group of underdogs playing at various levels all over the world, drilled well by a smart and ambitious coach, and motivated to achieve something they know will outlast them. inspirational.

Mood

Andrés Cantor: “Stand up, ladies and gentlemen, and applaud them both, victors and vanquished…”

Welp that was fun lol, well done to Cape Verde

Man what else do we need to do to get Argentina out?

Lavezzi is me after I woke up from my 4hrs sleep and was asked to start working straight away

goal of the tournament, surely. SURELY

OH MY GOD WHAT A SHOT

omg that off-ball run from Messi. on a different level.

It's these questions that makes me think, even with the amount of data and tech that football has, at the end of the day, human emotions and thoughts are still at the heart of football. You either trust someone's experience, or you trust the data, and either can still be the wrong choice.

Not disagreeing with everyone here that letting Souttar and Herrington take a pen is the wrong decision, but I'm gonna defend Popa's decision to sub on Mat Ryan instead of leaving Pat Beach on. He's right to sub a more experienced goalkeeper on and someone who has faced more shootouts before.

both Australia and Egypt should consider a goalkeeper substitution as the better penalty stoppers are on the bench #AUSEGY #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup2026

I've started to appreciate a motorsport driver's skills even more. The amount of information that they have to comprehend within seconds, from their dashboard, their surroundings, track corners, even their own body. That's so much information to dissect to make a split second decision.

Hmmm seems like Nike will be reusing this pattern again a lot next season. It's already appearing on Freiburg and Besiktas' kits and I don't think they will be the only two who use this kit pattern.