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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 9h

This is a great piece

Catalina @catabush.com · 1d

On the tenets of NWSL roster-building and why you can extrapolate a strategy that *probably* has a good chance of working:

statesidestats.substack.com/p/the-econom...

The Economics of Expansion Teams

How do you go from structure to players?

statesidestats.substack.com

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 1d

This here’s a man of the people.

Former Cubs pitcher Lee Smith on why he always walked so slowly out of the bullpen when he was called - he heard the grounds crew got time and a half of the game stretched past 4:30 pm.

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 2d

For me this was watching the Simpsons for the first time a few years back. Soooo many phrases and memes suddenly had context

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Marc Lamberts @lambertsmarc.bsky.social · 2d

All's Well That Ends Well... With a Long Throw-in

marclamberts.substack.com/p/alls-well-...

All's Well That Ends Well... With a Long Throw-in

A data analysis of long throw-ins in the Top 5 European leagues + Eredivisie

marclamberts.substack.com

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 3d

IIRC not progressive enough. But I may be wrong

Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 3d

Actually if you want under-appreciated English Rodri, then Leon Britton is your man. Absolute god baller

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 3d

Jack Cork was under-appreciated

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 6d

In some instances, it’s also to know what conversation to have in the first place.

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Mike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 6d

The point of good statistics work in sports isn’t to end the conversation, it’s to start the conversation from a better place.

mark thompson @markposts.bsky.social · 6d

. @themlg.bsky.social has a really nice phrase about how you don't need to just regurgitate the numbers but you do need to account for them, and have a reasonable theory for why your opinion and the data differs. 6-game team-level xG is perfect for that

mark thompson @markposts.bsky.social · 6d

Feel like any discussion of promoted teams that doesn't talk about this vs league position is missing something. Early numbers are early numbers, but 1) do we think Sunderland will finish closer to 12th or 5th 2) this spread doesn't feel totally unusual for promoted teams, historically

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 6d

We’ll always have Burnley.

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Chicken Puppet @chickenpuppet.online · 6d

I know these guys are all dumber than a sack of hammers, but it is fascinating to see the military decide “logistics are gay” in real time

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

Appreciate that

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

Haha, tbf I was able to go through the list, check our platform, and then video scout players. So I have an advantage when it comes to going niche!

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

Started slowly so far but last season he was a delight

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

👋🏻

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

bsky.app/profile/scou...

SCOUTED @scoutedftbl.com · 7d

This is SCOUTED50 2025/26.

The third edition of our curated selection of breakout talents ranked from 50 to 1 by friends, colleagues and peers.

Discover the future of football, now.

SCOUTED50: A curated guide to the next generation

50 breakout talents to watch in the 2025/26 season

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

Shocked, shocked I am you went Dowman top

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

The @scoutedftbl.com 50 is here.

I voted in part with my heart and in part with my access to elite level scouting algos.

Sub to Scouted. It makes sense.

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

This is a lovely viz

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

Very true

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mark thompson @markposts.bsky.social · 7d

My working theory of football teams is that the best managers work out how to get the most ball control & space control out of their teams in order to buy players with better ball control and space control, on repeat

www.getgoalsideanalytics.com/positional-p...

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

Also, going out of style is relative. There’s still an inherent disparity and mostly they’re just playing faster and slightly looser

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

This is true afaict with some notable and fun exceptions

Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

😂

Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 7d

See “usually”

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