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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 1d

Covered in this week’s edition of Plot the Ball:

⚽️ Barça Femení
⛳️ Nelly Korda
🏏 Australia
🏈 Travis Hunter
🏉 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu

Read and subscribe at the link below!

www.plottheball.com/p/despite-th...

⚽️ Despite the club’s financial issues, head coach Pere Romeu has Barça Femení back on track

My Week in Sport(s) ⚽️ ⛳️ 🏏 🏈 🏉

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 1d

Covered in this week’s edition of Plot the Ball:

⚽️ Barça Femení
⛳️ Nelly Korda
🏏 Australia
🏈 Travis Hunter
🏉 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu

Read and subscribe at the link below!

www.plottheball.com/p/despite-th...

⚽️ Despite the club’s financial issues, head coach Pere Romeu has Barça Femení back on track

My Week in Sport(s) ⚽️ ⛳️ 🏏 🏈 🏉

www.plottheball.com

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EK Rugby Analysis @ekrugby.bsky.social · 3d

My favourite team try of the year so far in test rugby.

New Zealand's attacking shape seems quite simple, but guessing where the next pass is going isn't.

This try illustrates it well and the 3-2 shape they play off sideline rucks from wing to wing.

#RugbyAnalysis

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Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan.bsky.social · 4d

This has been updated! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 5d

Connor McDavid (2x12.5m extension with Edmonton) is a surprisingly good hockey player.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10d

Mason Miller hits 104 a pitch after 103, the following at bat featured three 103 mph pitches

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Hypocaust @hypocaust.bsky.social · 10d

This continues the trend of 2022-25, which has seen middle order batters make more significant contributions than in any previous Women's World Cup cycle.

#CWC25
emergencycricketblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/w...

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The Transfer Flow @thetransferflow.bsky.social · 11d

Real Madrid looked awful in a 5-2 loss to Atléti over the weekend. What about their defence needs fixing:

www.thetransferflow.com/p/what-is-wr...

What is wrong with Real Madrid’s defence?

Saturday’s Madrid derby thrashing highlighted a number of issues Los Blancos are facing at the back.

www.thetransferflow.com

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 12d

Enjoyed listening to this podcast after writing about Alcaraz’s serve compared to Sinner’s a couple of weeks ago: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

Is Alcaraz's Serve Just As Good As Sinner's Now? (DATA DIVE) | Monday Match Analysis

Podcast Episode · Monday Match Analysis · 26/09/2025 · 35m

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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 12d

⬡⬢⬡ HockeyViz 2025-2026 Season Preview ⬢⬡⬢

hockeyviz.com/txt/preview2...

Detailed skill and icetime breakdowns for every team, and a million simulations of the upcoming NHL seasons.

There are many, many graphs.

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Mike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 14d

Haaland slacking off, he only had 33% of Manchester City’s shots today. #epl-live

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 16d

Covered in this week’s edition of Plot the Ball: ⚾️ Shohei Ohtani’s return to the mound, 🏉 Canada’s run to the World Cup final, 🏏 Abhishek Sharma, 🏀 the Indiana Fever and ⚽ Erling Haaland.

⚾️ With the Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani is throwing faster — and pitching better — than ever before

My Week in Sport(s) ⚾️ 🏉 🏏 🏀 ⚽

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Yash @odriozolite.bsky.social · 15d

🚨New for ESPN

OL Lyonnes have made some big money signings this summer. But what are the early signs for Jonathan Giraldez' side?

•The formation and style of play
•The midfield conundrum
•Problems with 4-2-4 off the ball shape

and more!

www.espn.in/football/sto...

OL Lyonnes have spent big to reclaim UWCL title, but will it cause issues?

OL Lyonnes have won the UEFA Women's Champions League eight times, but have not won it since 2022. After a summer of spending, how will they jell?

www.espn.in

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 15d

I also enjoyed looking into how much quicker Abhishek Sharma has scored than every other opener in the history of T20 International cricket. (He's just hit his first six of the day for India against Sri Lanka.)

A paragraph from the most recent edition of Plot the Ball, which you can read here: https://www.plottheball.com/i/174246433/no-other-ti-opener-has-ever-scored-as-quickly-as-abhishek-sharma

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 15d

This edition contains one of my favourite charts that I’ve made all year:

A chart showing the average speed of Shohei Ohtani's four-seam fastball in each MLB season since 2018, with a marked increase in 2025. (Data is as at Monday 22 September.) You can read the accompanying post at https://www.plottheball.com/p/with-the-dodgers-shohei-ohtani-is

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 16d

Covered in this week’s edition of Plot the Ball: ⚾️ Shohei Ohtani’s return to the mound, 🏉 Canada’s run to the World Cup final, 🏏 Abhishek Sharma, 🏀 the Indiana Fever and ⚽ Erling Haaland.

⚾️ With the Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani is throwing faster — and pitching better — than ever before

My Week in Sport(s) ⚾️ 🏉 🏏 🏀 ⚽

www.plottheball.com

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 18d

How many Manchester United managers do you think tactics YouTubers will be able to fit in the thumbnail before they start considering other possible explanations

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 23d

This week at Plot the Ball 📊🏐✉️ , some thoughts on:

🎾 Carlos Alcaraz's serve
🏏 Smriti Mandhana's ODI batting
🏈 Patrick Mahomes
⛳️ Jackson Koivun
⚽️ Clàudia Pina

You can read and subscribe at the link below! www.plottheball.com/p/carlos-alc...

🎾 Carlos Alcaraz has edged ahead of Jannik Sinner after outserving his rival at the US Open

My Week in Sport(s) 🎾 🏏 🏈 ⛳️ ⚽️

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Mike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 22d

When Erling Haaland is on the pitch he takes 44% of Manchester City’s shots. Thats the most in the PL this season.

There are only three other players who clear 30%, somehow two of them play for Wolves (Strand Larsen and, weirdly, Bellegarde) and Sunderland forward Isidor.

Pretty crazy stuff.

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 23d

This week at Plot the Ball 📊🏐✉️ , some thoughts on:

🎾 Carlos Alcaraz's serve
🏏 Smriti Mandhana's ODI batting
🏈 Patrick Mahomes
⛳️ Jackson Koivun
⚽️ Clàudia Pina

You can read and subscribe at the link below! www.plottheball.com/p/carlos-alc...

🎾 Carlos Alcaraz has edged ahead of Jannik Sinner after outserving his rival at the US Open

My Week in Sport(s) 🎾 🏏 🏈 ⛳️ ⚽️

www.plottheball.com

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Mohamed @moesquare.bsky.social · Sep 11

ICYMI: I wrote about Estêvão (and to a lesser extent Chelsea as a whole) for @thetransferflow.bsky.social. The piece looks at:
- Comfort operating out wide & interior
- Burgeoning off-ball repertoire
- X-Factor for Chelsea's evolution in attack under Maresca
www.thetransferflow.com/p/estevao-is...

Estêvão is already a ceiling-raiser for Chelsea's attack

Why the 18-year-old looks set to make an impact in his first season.

www.thetransferflow.com

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · Sep 5

I wrote about an interesting trend in Kylian Mbappé's play at Real Madrid this week in Plot the Ball 📊🏐✉️ .

Also featuring in this edition of the newsletter: Luka Dončić, the Irish women's rugby team, Davina Perrin and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
www.plottheball.com/p/leading-th...

⚽️ Leading the line for Real Madrid, star forward Kylian Mbappé has prioritised quantity over quality

My Week in Sport(s) ⚽️ 🏀 🏉 🏏 ⚾️

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · Sep 5

I wrote about an interesting trend in Kylian Mbappé's play at Real Madrid this week in Plot the Ball 📊🏐✉️ .

Also featuring in this edition of the newsletter: Luka Dončić, the Irish women's rugby team, Davina Perrin and Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
www.plottheball.com/p/leading-th...

⚽️ Leading the line for Real Madrid, star forward Kylian Mbappé has prioritised quantity over quality

My Week in Sport(s) ⚽️ 🏀 🏉 🏏 ⚾️

www.plottheball.com

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · Aug 29

📊🏐✉️

In this week’s edition of Plot the Ball, I wrote about Marine Johannès — one of LeBron James’ favourite basketball players.

You can read — and subscribe! — here: www.plottheball.com/p/with-chara...

🏀 With characteristic flair, Marine Johannès is building her case as the best shooter in the WNBA

My Week in Sport(s) 🏀 🏉 🏏 ⚾️ 🏈

www.plottheball.com

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · Aug 29

Also featured this week: the Springboks, Phoebe Litchfield, Jacob Misiorowski and Arch Manning. www.plottheball.com/p/with-chara...

🏀 With characteristic flair, Marine Johannès is building her case as the best shooter in the WNBA

My Week in Sport(s) 🏀 🏉 🏏 ⚾️ 🏈

www.plottheball.com