Scouting Projections: Sheffield United's Anel Ahmedhodžić Blitz report and projections on Sheffield United's Anel Ahmedhodzic
Scouting Avoiding the Description Trap when Scouting (or Analyzing) Public analysis tends to elevate description to the level of insight, occasionally veering into fiction. How avoid that pitfall?
Scouting More Non-Trivial Scouting Cues I share more non-trivial scouting cues: on set-pieces, why reputation matters for strikers, and young players who feature in dysfunctional teams.
Scouting Non-Trivial Scouting Cues I share some non-trivial scouting cues I've acquired over the past two years. Most, I learned from conversations and immersion. Few, I stumbled upon. Others, I inferred from adjacent domains – and have found them applicable here.
Analysis What Can we Learn From Synergies? Combining Xabi Alonso's reflections and earlier published words to highlight the importance of synergies in football – plus more data-points on the most important trait of a coach.
Analysis On Motivation, Arsenal's Arteta – not Arteta's Arsenal – and Throw-ins. What the title says. On motivation, Arteta, and throw-ins.
Scouting Archiving as a Scouting Tool This blog is an archive. What does this mean for you, the reader? What does that means for me, the writer?
Strategy Beyond the Playbook: The Role of Anti-Strategy in Competition What is anti-strategy and how does it manifest in football?
Strategy Reverse-Engineering: How Players and Teams Poke Football's Margins Football evolves. How do we stay ahead?
Analysis Consolidating Aerials and The 'Aerial Duel' Stat in Football In football, the battle for aerial dominance extends beyond the ball's arrival.
Mechanics Deducing a Player's Fit From Their Tackling Mechanics Background Coaches and scouts project players’ skillset and how they might align
Scouting Projections: Manchester United's Amad Diallo Blitz report and projections on Manchester United's Amad Diallo.