🆕 Brighton are on their best run of results in club history, and face Forest next, in pursuit of a Wembley final in the FA Cup. My latest piece for BBC Sport puts Fabian Hürzeler's football under the microscope and how he's improved them. 🔵⚪ ttx www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Nottingham Forest rank bottom for distance covered and they have also used the fewest players and have the fewest injuries. Maybe there is a connection? On the other advantages of Nuno Espirito Santo’s style of play.

I’ve always wanted to run a marathon in memory of my Gran but never had the fitness to do it, however this year I’ve bit the bullet and committed to it in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. 🏃‍♂️ You can donate using the link below if you want to ⬇️ www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

🆕 Big win for Eddie Howe and Newcastle, who sealed another trip to Wembley after beating Arsenal at St. James' Park. My review of the EFL Cup tie for the Premier League website - www.premierleague.com/news/4243331

Goals #10 and #11 for Hugo Ekitiké in the Bundesliga today, any doubts of his form suffering without Omar Marmoush have been sufficiently answered. Running the channels, exceptional movement in the box and efficient link-up play, the Frenchman has got it all.

US visa restrictions have already compromised World Cup 2026. After winning their first-ever World Cup qualifier last year, the Cayman Islands forfeited their next game away to Cuba as travelling there would mean their players studying in the US would lose their ESTA visas.

🆕ttx | Bournemouth's 5-0 win v Forest should come as little surprise to anyone who's followed the Cherries' progress under Andoni Iraola. In my latest piece for BBC Sport, I broke down how Iraola has made them so good with his structured chaos. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

Here's my short video essay on the perils involved for an elite side to employ the services of Andoni Iraola... youtube.com/shorts/wtFRJ... ttx

🆕 Delighted to share my first piece for BBC Sport - I take a look at Arne Slot's Liverpool and the tactical tweaks he has made since Jürgen Klopp. ⚽🔴 ttx www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

🆕 Delighted to share my first piece for BBC Sport - I take a look at Arne Slot's Liverpool and the tactical tweaks he has made since Jürgen Klopp. ⚽🔴 ttx www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

This is going to be fantastic. Simply no other outcome is possible.

Hi, Apologies for having to do this once again, but sadly things are still really tight for myself financially while I continue to look for full time work. Idk how much longer I can continue freelancing, so any help in the meantime would be extremely appreciated 🫡 ko-fi.com/moesquare

WILL STILL: MANAGER PROFILE 👁‍🗨 In this thread, I'll break down Will Still's tactics at Lens, touching on: - His aggressive m2m pressing - Interesting approach to build-up - Flaws in attack - And why, overall, I'm pretty positive about his future! ✅

Nick Woltemade is incredibly fun to watch. Super tall, great technique and has two goals off the bench already today. He needs a good run in the side to show his quality in the front two for Stuttgart.

✍️New piece for Bundesliga.com looking at the David vs Goliath dynamic of Bayern Munich and Heidenheim ahead of their clash this weekend. Frank Schmidt's would do incredibly well to halt their faltering form with a potentially historic win at the Allianz - www.bundesliga.com/en/bundeslig...

I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage. Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy

Is Ryan Gravenberch the second coming of Mousa Dembélé? Are there any other Dembélé regens emerging? Which 6'9" centre-back put the long into long passes completed? Find all the answers in Monday Night SCOUTED.

Amad Diallo at RWB is going excellently for Ruben Amorim.

💥NEW POT SHOT ARTICLE💥 Maximising Martinelli, by @towells.bsky.social 🟡 Has Martinelli stagnated since 22/23? 🔵 What can Arteta do to get the most out of him? 🔴 Does getting more out of Martinelli mean getting less out of Saka & Ødegaard? Give it a read: open.substack.com/pub/potshotp...

I just want to put it out there that I am still looking/available for any paid remote recruitment work within football (club or consultancy). I've done public analysis for nearly a decade, and have a bit of experience working within the game as well during the early parts of Covid (2020-21)

It's #DerKlassiker week and one of the key match-ups that will be the focus this time around is Serhou Guirassy vs Harry Kane ⚽🤺 A piece for Bundesliga.com on how both strikers compare, their similarities and what makes them so good - www.bundesliga.com/en/bundeslig...

Long read from me: Jake and I sat down with Diego Luna, the newly crowned MLS Young Player of the Year. A story about coffee, community, futsal, international allegiance and outside-of-the-foot passes. ☕: www.scoutednotebook.com/p/diego-luna...

Artem Stepanov and Francis Onyeka have gone from #UYL to #UCL in no time at all. Both are in Bayer Leverkusen's UEFA Champions League squad against Red Bull Salzburg tonight having been UEFA Youth League standouts. Here are Llew's unfiltered notes on them in the #UYL opener. Exciting talents.

Acquainted myself with Artem Stepanov today and it's really hard to avoid making the Erling Haaland comparisons - a talent to keep an eye on who should get some minutes in the medium term future at Leverkusen given the striker situation.

Tyler Dibling and the hidden value of dribbling, Jamal Musiala matches a Lionel Messi feat, Joško Gvardiol betters a Trent Alexander-Arnold one (despite losing 0-4), and more stats. Monday Night SCOUTED has it all.

lots of people talking about the CCB (last night MdL) offering with back to goal in buildup, and I think there's some misunderstanding: De Ligt's role is not to be receiving in these situations, his role is to draw pressure from the opposition away from the pivot in order to create space for them

One thing about Robert Andrich (peep left top corner), he will simply not give the ball away. 🫡

Fucking brilliant.

Does anybody else feel like a lot of teams in Europe are pressing out of what often looks like a 4-1-4-1 at the moment? Seen a few teams do it recently, such as Lyon. Way I see it, it's a simple way to apply pressure on the opponent in a player-driven manner. Very exploitable though...

I've built a Football Tactics feed which I'm going to start populating with some of the best tactical accounts on here. It's a curated feed which means only posts which are specifically tagged will go into it so it should be a pretty clean. ttx bsky.app/profile/did:...

If Hugo Ektiké isn't leading France's attack for the next decade within the coming season or two, something has gone terribly wrong.

That left-hand side. Wow. Tom Rothe x Jamal Musiala. 🚀🚀🚀

This one is a head-scratcher.

Elon Musk didn’t like Substack, so he tweaked his algorithm to stop anybody finding my work. Here, I’ll hopefully be able to share more often. distancecovered.substack.com

Bradley Barcola is the focus of the latest piece in the Next Up series. Went to Paris to watch him play and discussed his game with his former coach. Replacing Kylian Mbappé is pretty daunting but he is surprising everyone. www.skysports.com/football/sto...

#95: Rashford's Future, Academy Debuts, and Performance Expectations Under Amorim podfollow.com/devils-in-th...

Please give @worldfootball.bsky.social a follow, they mean a lot to me and were my gateway into writing/editing football stuff, as well as being step one on my way to knowing a lot of you (but don't hold that against them)

👋Don't know whose starter packs have brought Liverpool and Arsenal fans (mostly) to my profile but I can promise you informed takes on Bundesliga players as well as the occasional Ligue 1 offering. 🫡

Fantastic sequence of events detailed here. Wonderfully hilarious.

Florian Wirtz to Manchester United.

- What is hybrid pressing? - Bournemouth's disruptive intent - Can anti-establishment tactics go far? Andoni Iraola's Countercultural Bournemouth Episode links: Spotify: tinyurl.com/irabou1 Podfollow: tinyurl.com/irabou2 With @jonmackenzie.bsky.social & @shelatneel.bsky.social

First Bordeaux and now Lyon, it is truly awful to see how such historic French football institutions have been treated in the modern era.

A personal note here just to say, a big thanks to everyone who has made my time in the UK so special. I've made everlasting friendships, learned so much professionally and grown immensely as a person too. 💜 It's been special.

Got to keep up with the Joneses over here on Bluesky