Blitz report and projections on Manchester United's Amad Diallo.

Culmination of a year-long immersion into football.

Some features of a great shot and great shooters

Football evolves. How do we stay ahead?

This essay examines the stiff arm action and explains why it is a valuable tool for runners or carriers in open-field sports.

In football, the battle for aerial dominance extends beyond the ball's arrival.

This essay argues that mechanics is the single most important predictor of skill transfer between footballing environments – and suggests a roadmap to understanding it.

What the title says. On motivation, Arteta, and throw-ins.

Background Coaches and scouts project players’ skillset and how they might align with their specific game model. While discussions abound on player statistics, potential, and performance, the...

I present a chain-of-thought argument supporting why Manchester United's Lisandro Martinez can and should be considered for the left-back position.

Mali U-17's Sekou Kone has joined Manchester United from Guidars FC. The writer discusses their 9-month old projection on the starlet who, at that time, took the U-17 World Cup by storm.

Blitz report and projections on Sheffield United's Anel Ahmedhodzic

This essay examines qualities of outlets, introduces the concept of outlet value, suggests ways to spot (potential for) outlets, and attempts to establish a broader definition for this attribute of...

This blog is an archive. What does this mean for you, the reader? What does that means for me, the writer?

This essay argues that in both corporate recruitment and sports scouting, identifying and leveraging strengths is more important than flagging weaknesses.

We argue that a head coach's decision to adopt an attacking style, despite their team's inability to effectively compete using such tactics, might reflect poorly on their talent ID.

And why those who can run and carry aggression into subsequent duels are in high-demand.

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...

A condensed version of my initial take and projection on Benfica's João Neves, using our guide reflection questions.

The implications of digital proliferation on player development.

This essay adapts the Ignatian Pedagogy, a teaching philosophy developed by the Jesuits, to illustrate how scouts can use reflection to enhance their learning and improve their processes.

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.

I share more non-trivial scouting cues: on set-pieces, why reputation matters for strikers, and young players who feature in dysfunctional teams.

Liverpool recently scored yet another goal from an opposition corner. What can we learn? Can other teams emulate?

Public analysis tends to elevate description to the level of insight, occasionally veering into fiction. How avoid that pitfall?

What is anti-strategy and how does it manifest in football?

This essay infers scouting and recruitment principles from Ange Postecoglou's comments on new signing Dominic Solanke.

How a hypothetical observation of crawling plants can help up develop and affirm scouting paradigms.

and it's obscuring the beautiful game.