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Kieren Laverick

@kezlav.bsky.social

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Work in football. Obsessed with the game and dabble in other sports. Mostly posting about my (average) running. MSc in Sport Coaching if anyone is interested. Opinions are my own and not worth stealing. Don't be weird/scammy on DMs xo

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Sam @samnufc.bsky.social · 22h

If there ever had to be a PL fixture played abroad I'll nominate this one so we never have to go to the amex again #NUFC

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 23h

Has anyone mentioned that Woltemade's feet are great for a big man?! #nufc

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 23h

Not listening but I'm confident it'll be Mick Martin. Watches like a fan 😂

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 1d

Death, taxes, Chelsea red card

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 1d

An hour of #running including #SouthShields #ParkRun with the boys (and coffee club!)

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair to them, that's a great pull #FM26.

Shame to not have it from the start, but adds to the authenticity of the game.

Very ready.

Sort It Out SI @sortitoutsi.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Football Manager x FIFA 🚨

SI has signed a multi-year partnership with FIFA, bringing WC, WWC & CWC to FM26 all fully licensed with authentic branding, graphics and official kits for every team.

Available via a content update ahead of WC26. Winter Update?

📖 sortitoutsi.net/content/7463...

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 2d

10 x 1 min #running intervals.

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 2d

Feel like the break that has existed between #FM24 and #FM26 is adding to the excitement based purely on not having the same churn of players and wonderkids.

Whilst the new game itself is obviously long awaited, I think that adds an extra level of keenness for me!

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 2d

Some cool pictures from last night trails #running

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 2d

RES Torch Trails #running with the club!

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 3d

Great read for #NUFC fans and good insight for any grassroots coaches too

Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 3d

⚫ "The seeds of our work are coming - I wish I could fast-forward 3 years" 🌱
⚪ Lewis Miley room 💫
⚫ £750k new pitches 💷
⚪ 173 youngsters ⚽
⚫ Pilots ✈️ & pride 😊

👀 Taking you inside #NUFC's academy - very special long read, w/ @georgecaulkin.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

‘Today is your opportunity’: Behind the scenes at a Premier League academy

Newcastle United's academy is a place designed to produce good people as well as good players. What they do goes way beyond football

www.nytimes.com

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 4d

Okay. I think my head is back into #running. #WFH, resting tomorrow to make trails with the club Thursday, test the new head torch.

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 5d

Just spending time waiting for #fm26 to drop

a man wearing a suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers

ALT: a man wearing a suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers

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Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 5d

30 minutes of movement for the #WFH #running

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 6d

All about @footballramble.bsky.social for this reason. They get a show out regardless and always find the nonsense too!

Been a staple for me 15 years!

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 6d

Oh yeah my bad. I forgot the expansion earlier!

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 6d

Top two up and 3rd in a playoff with 3rd bottom from WSL

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 7d

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 7d

This was no ordinary World Cup qualifier. Norway’s discomfort in hosting Israel was clear and an enormous security operation was deemed necessary in Oslo.

The prospect of peace in Gaza has moved closer in the last week, but Norway told the world again that its alliance is with Palestinian people.

Norway vs Israel was months in the planning for authorities, but politics seeped through

Officials from both teams discussed Gaza and the controversy of Saturday's game, while there were protests and a small number of arrests

www.nytimes.com

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 7d

Is #FM26 out yet mannnnn

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 8d

Skipped yesterday's #WFH #running with this #HalfMarathon in mind.

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 9d

Finally. The good photos from yesterday's run club. #running on South Shields beach!

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 9d

A beaut night #running on the beach with the RES Club.

Hell of a moon too (waiting to get those photos from others)

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 10d

Congratulations. What a venue!

Good luck for tomorrow

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 10d

I did the half this time last year and it was brilliant. Beautiful route with some tricky areas