Sweden's slide into fascism going as well as can be expected, with a couple of right-wing "think tanks" demanding that the mere suspicion that immigrants are involved in crime could lead to expulsion. Laying the groundwork in broad daylight. www.dn.se/debatt/reson...

Maybe Robert could set an example by letting one of the many, many, many rental properties he didn't declare on the Dáil register to them. #gowl #SpeirGorm

No other story in the media today should come close to this one. This is all that matters, and it is already too late. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

It really, really isn't. Finland solved the problem almost entirely through Housing First years ago, and they told the Irish government how to do it - the Irish govt just ... didn't bother. This is from 2019: www.broadsheet.ie/2019/05/01/a...

RIP Robert Redford www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJJm...

Waves......and then goodbye RIP Stephen Luscombe www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvb8...

Imagine if Kneecap said this @philipoconnor.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/atru...

We need to realise how fragile we actually are at moments like these. The crisis of political violence is our inability to tell ourselves the truth. Top class @philipoconnor.bsky.social philipoconnor.com/the-crisis-o...

I asked Sweden coach Jon Dahl Tomasson about Isak and Gyokeres last week - he opened his reply with "May I be a bit arrogant? Have you seen Sweden play when they play together?" Many times, JDT - in fact, I saw them play together tonight, and they lost 2-0 to Kosovo ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The FAI is not fit for purpose, and arguably never has been. As long as it continues to treat women as second-class citizens, it should not receive another red cent of taxpayers' money. This has to end. m.independent.ie/irish-news/f...

Someone needs to go to prison for this.

Today Reuters TV journalism contractor Hussam al-Masri was killed by Israel in an attack on a hospital, and I actually can't believe the words I've just typed. #STOPKILLINGJOURNALISTS

Article written together with Matías Manna (Argentina national team ass. coach/analyst) and Keith Davids. Can we redefine the role traditionally known as video analyst or coach-analyst? Toward a more holistic, relational and culturally situated identity? footblogball.wordpress.com/2025/08/09/a...

Motherfucking wind farms…

"We all know that it is just gambling-The Dutch Football Association believes that "selection is impossible" between the ages of 6 and 11. Even later it is "almost impossible... but money rules". child- youth football is now a market-driven enterprise, www.vg.no/sport/i/ny64...

We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.

I promise to question everything my leaders tell me. I promise to use my critical faculties. I promise to develop my independence of thought. I promise to educate myself so I can make my own judgements. - Carl Sagan

Thank you Sly Stone! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj5V... RIP

Outsourcing to private enterprises,consultants,technique apps, or just copy-pasting ‘best practice’ from ‘successful clubs or countries is NOT player development. This is a narrow view of player development and arguably an irresponsible use of resources. footblogball.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/w...

Kul att se Elliot Bastias bygga vidare på vår forskning- problemet med icke-kontextuell MV träning-hur vi tränar modern MV - ekologisk förståelse av färdigheter. Vi kommer snart att publicera mer arbete med Fabian och Elliot. www.svt.se/sport/fotbol...

Diego Armando McTominay

The art of coaching-David Bowie, Bob, Dylan, Mick O' Dwyer, Marvin Gaye, Rick Ruben, Gregg Popovich, The Beach Boys, James Gibson's ecological psychology, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Puskás, van Morrison A remarkable article by Ciaran O Sullivan www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

2/2 “Agency inherently involves exploration, experimentation, and the freedom to make decisions.” For coaches, encouraging players to develop “agency” looks difficult, challenging even. No wonder it is easier to set out some cones and run drills! #coaching #SportsCoaching

This, from Mark O’Sullivan @markstkhlm.bsky.social, on the illusion of professionalism in #SportsCoaching, should be required reading for #CoachDevelopment. #coaching 1/2

Where are we now? the illusion of professionalism.Systems don’t rise to the level of their goals, they fall to the level of their design.We must invest where it's needed most,in the changing contexts of the ‘real world’ where learning and performance happen footblogball.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/w...

Where's the fun? This Friday night I will be Dj'ing at Tranan in Stockholm. open.spotify.com/track/3KY0yo...

GameChanger invited me on to discuss youth player development, myths, misinterpretations and ways forward. (intro is in Danish) open.spotify.com/episode/6Jmm...

RIP Max Romeo www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcMN...

Where are we now? An answer in two pictures

1. As sport scientists, the challenge isn’t just to collect more data — it’s to collect the right kind of data, grounded in the principles that underpin human learning and performance. www.linkedin.com/pulse/rethin...

Ferris Bueller's Day Off 39 years ago! Resonates with today's events www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_wH...

Selection has some unfortunate consequences at all levels and in all age groups, so we would like to postpone it. We want to make it clear that there is no rush with player development. handbollskanalen.se/ovriga-sveri...

An open letter to Garron Noone. open.substack.com/pub/ourmanin...

DK7 "Heart Like a Demon" remake based on Bauhaus "Bela Lugosi is Dead" open.spotify.com/track/40rUj5...

A good team of coaches+academics worked together to write this article. It was nice to be invited to contribute. Coaches should be aware that there is little substantial evidence that unopposed “technical” practice is required before opposed, game-like activities are implemented in their practices.

I wrote a thing about McGregor, Garron Noone and why we need to talk about where this nonsense is coming from. ourmaninstockholm.substack.com/p/what-peopl...

“Learning is not the process of repeating a solution, it is repeating the process of finding a solution.” Maybe, even, “[l]earning is…repeating the process of _searching_ for a solution.” Learning to be a (continuing) learner. #coaching #sportscoaching

To say that learning occurs only when actions are repeatedly "reinforced" is to blind ourselves to the most important kind of learning that underlies our accumulation of knowledge about the world and ourselves (Eleanor Gibson) www.nih.no/english/abou...

Mats Perssons skyddsväst var ett nytt bottennapp, men jag är inte alls förvånad - så blir det när det är viktigare att skicka signaler för att skapa rädsla än att stötta Järvabor. www.nyhetsbyranjarva.se/perssons-sky...

There are 3 kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Incredible performance by Alison for Liverpool last night. Here is his coach Fabian Otte -How modern goalkeepers train www.fifatrainingcentre.com/en/community...

@adw.bsky.social you will love this vimeo.com/58603054

Ikväll gick jag till Rinkeby för att äta. Pizzerian har stängt pga renovering, men annars mycket liv på torget och i kaféerna. Åt kebab på Rinkeby Allé - tog inte ens på mig skyddsväst eftersom jag inte är fullblodsrasist med noll koll på orten. No pasarán. Ping @drestvall.bsky.social

As we remember Irish poet and writer Pat Ingoldsby, who has passed away aged 82, let us not forget what made him so special. Sure, he presented shows on TV for children, but when everyone else wanted to hang them or flog them, he taught poetry to prisoners. He turned his back on fame ...

This weeks working and learning environment

Structured endurance training (12-14 years) does not appear to enhance VO₂max. Sports can incorporate more varied training- play-based activities for a longer period without compromising the development of endurance. www.nih.no/english/abou...

Nyligen var det vår bristande talangutveckling o borttagandet av serietabeller för barn som var orsaken till att ex Danmark sålde spelare för mer pengar än oss. Undrar vad som fixade ”krisen” i svensk fotboll?

RIP Rick Buckler www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1c...

For everyone in Sweden to feel safe and harmonious, the dehumanisation of immigrants as a group must also stop. Where are the politicians when Swedish immigrants feel how terror eats into their everyday lives? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Rob Gray and I have started working our way through Turvey's book 'Lecture on Perception' on his podcast; the first episode on the first two chapters is up now, more in a couple f weeks! perceptionaction.com/journal-club/