Tom Curren
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Writer. Editor-in-Chief @scoutedftbl . Enjoyer of bright walls in dark rooms. Not a scout nor analyst~
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I am now on holiday until August 14, will respond to
@scoutedftbl
stuff on my return. Every time I log onto this awful website there’s some new idiotic moral panic going on, so I’m gunna try real hard to stay away for a bit. Be good to each other and trans rights forever 👍
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“I don’t understand why Arsenal aren’t pressing higher” says Gary Neville, as United fail to make it out of their half for the 68th time
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Havertz scored a solo goal, was key for the penalty, key in Saka’s goal, and had a hand in Trossard’s.
He won TWELVE duels, twice as many as anyone else, which is a fundamental part of how Arsenal attack.
I’m an idiot and even I can watch football with my eyeballs
Arsenal have looked phenomenal today.
Somehow, someway, Havertz still manages to look bang average.
He looks like a reindeer slipping on a wet road on the pitch. He just floats into random areas and doesn’t really do anything.
Continues to be an enigma on the pitch.
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i'm sorry Liverpool fans, I was not familiar with this apoplectic rage
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seeking opinions for potential video: if i say 'positive masculinity,' what do you think of?
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Apologies to my United followers for my unprofessional Tweeting yesterday, I do like (some of) you. As we make up let’s not forget one very important fact: you lost and it was funny
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can he give them back lad we've got Palace away tonight
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i cannot actually be seeing Trippier on the left. I’m hallucinating surely
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@since19951995
Winning the ball high and generating a transition obviously matters that’s the entire point
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Extremely proud that SCOUTED is the home of stories like this. We're doing our best to carve out a space for long-form, narrative football journalism that's financially stable, and powered by the people that value it.
Free to read:
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My monthly blog on building
@scoutedftbl
is out now. I talk being on the brink of disaster and what we're doing to climb out. Also, an excerpt of
@billycarpy
's latest, out next week.
I made this edition free to read 'cos it's important:
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Hey Twitter! I'm back from break and looking to commission a new writer or two for
@scoutedftbl
. Keen to find folks with bold ideas who write detailed, entertaining and concise analysis with strong narrative elements.
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Hey folks. My name’s Tom, I’m a writer / editor looking for more work. I founded
@ScoutedFtbl
and acted as lead editor on our print magazine, The Handbook, for three years. My DM’s and emails are open to gigs of all kinds 💫
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not to brag but I walked so all you stat nerds could run ok
Tactics Board; analysing the way Asier Illaramendi manipulates space for the Spanish Under-21 side - please RT!
http://t.co/xaenQBTQ2y
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Hey Twitter, I need your help. I’m close to sustaining myself through my work but need some regular freelance stuff to get over the line. I’m the Editor-in-Chief at
@scoutedftbl
, with almost ten years of experience in this industry now. My DMs are open 📨
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Football fans everywhere pulling the surprised Pikachu face at capitalism doing a capitalism. May I interest you in...politics?
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finally got around to seeing Good Time. As everyone says, Robert Pattinson is absolutely mesmerising. V special actor. Can't wait to see the Safdie brothers next project
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Here's my words on the semi-final: a euphoria engineered in grassroots. Whatever happens on Sunday, England’s unheralded heroes will not stop in their quest to do this all over again. What a perfect, precious thing.
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Man richer than the Queen is giving you a £200 loan against a £600 increase and calling it a discount
1/ The energy regulator OFGEM has announced that the energy price cap will rise in April.
Without action this would be very tough for millions of families.
So we're going to step in and directly help people manage those extra costs with a £350 Energy Bills Rebate.
Explainer 👇
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Introduced my little bro to Eragon - safe to say he's enjoying it
@paolini
http://t.co/BkASzkPLVc
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I wrote about how this tournament, so far, has been set to the drums of the world's great metronomic midfielders - Kroos, Jorginho, Barella, Xhaka - and how I'm finding it hard not to be moved.
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Loved working on this with
@ronanmann
- on Barco's style, emergence and status as an Argentine anomaly:
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Thank you so much everyone. We are well on our way to becoming sustainable. The dream of supporting a small team of writers who own their outlet together might just come true - long way to go, but this is an incredible start.
Over 500 of you are paid SCOUTED Notebook subscribers, receiving complete access to the best youth football journalism anywhere on the internet, supporting an entirely independent, worker-owned, reader-funded outlet. Thank you.
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Always looking for new and imaginative long-form writing to publish on
@scoutedftbl
.
✨ Original concepts and ideas that say something new about football analysis / young players
✨ Strong narrative form
✨ Great hooks
💸 £100 fee
Pitch me at tom[at]scoutedftbl[dot]com
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So: this means I'm out of work. I'm not sure how to turn editing a niche, indie mag into a career but I'm gunna try real hard.
If anyone's in need of copyediting, copywriting or content writing, I'm available for freelance (or contracted) stuff :-)
💫
Sadly, the Scouted Football Handbook will not continue into 2022. For more details, read the piece below. Thank you for your support.
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I'd never tell him, but I learn so much editing
@StephenScouted
's writing. This on Carlos Baleba is an endlessly fascinating approach to understanding a football player. A perfect start to your week:
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this guy is class and one day he'll talk about the abuse he's faced and everyone on twitter will go 'ooh I feel really bad now.' rinse and repeat ad infinitum
After discussions with the manager today he has informed me he is changing captain. He outlined his reasons to me and whilst I’m personally extremely disappointed, I will continue to give my all every time I wear the shirt.
So I wanted to say a massive thank you to the
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Just spat this out in a kind of slow panic attack. I hope someone finds it helpful in processing today's news:
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Hard concept to grasp this so stay with me: changing your opinion under new evidence is not an L
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Gotta go with Debra Granik. Leave No Trace one of the quietest, most intimate pieces of filmmaking I've seen this year. Loved it. Also blown away by her ability to find and work with young actors - Jennifer Lawrence and now Thomasin McKenzie?? Mental
#FilmTwitter
: Say something nice about a filmmaker you like, but you don’t think people talk about them enough.
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Possibly the worse thing I've ever written: on the soul-crushing, brain-rotting boredom of England and how it's united us all in the warm embrace of insanity.
Stairway to madness
England are so boring they've broken a nation of brains.
www.scoutednotebook.com
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Yesterday we launched our annual subscription drive to help keep
@scoutedftbl
afloat over the summer.
We're publishing great writing almost every day, direct to your inbox. Please, if you're interested and able, come support our little indie mag.
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I'm very excited by all the stories I have in the works with
@scoutedftbl
writers atm. Long-form, conceptual, narrative-driven, proper journalism. April is going to be a good month of reading. Subscribe so I can pay our people more <3
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Here's my column on last night. England have proven capable of the perfect form of footballing austerity: shuffling their corpse towards a Bellingham bailout. All the life, joy, and meaning is gone. Heroball and nothing else.
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BREAKING: delighted to announce I’ve been appointed Nottingham Forest manager on behalf of
@scoutedftbl
.
More:
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Some Sunday evening watching, icymi: my first video essay for
@ScoutedFtbl
, on how Sambi might work at Arteta’s Arsenal.
🔴
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All I've wanted from England is a collective purpose - something to believe in. If the erasure of the penalty shootout's lonely horror is the spark, the irrepressible joy of Bukayo Saka's triumph is a roaring fire. Here's my column. Nobody walks alone:
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Tactics Board; analysing the way Asier Illaramendi manipulates space for the Spanish Under-21 side - please RT!
http://t.co/xaenQBTQ2y
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Here we go - ‘classy’ from Chelsea and City, they deserve ‘credit‘. Get fucked
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The absolute clown talking about women in football deserves to be shunned and muted into the irrelevancy he's clearly terrified of, not quote tweeted onto everyone's timeline ffs
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Aaaaand...breathe. The biggest launch week at
@ScoutedFtbl
yet is done and dusted. Thanks so much to everyone who’s supported us so far, especially considering the lockdown. If you need me I’ll be asleep for the next fortnight
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Talking a lot today but want to cut through to the point: starting tomorrow we’re just going to make good journalism for the people who would like to pay for it
— Doubling down, not selling out
— The print magazines are back, baby
— What to expect from SCOUTED Notebook
— More transparency, strong community
@tomocurr
, founder and lead editor, details our new direction to employee-owned, reader-supported publications, built by us for you.
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I really only play a few games a year and this year I’ve been privileged those have been God of War and Spider-Man. I’m so glad people like
@corybarlog
,
@bryanintihar
& their teams exist. You guys are amazing
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Any young guy struggling with identity / meaning should watch how Uncle holds himself, how he talks to people, how he champions women and others less privileged, how he loves openly and is endlessly kind and freely passionate ~ that is how to be a man
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It’ll be eight years in August since I DM’d
@ffwtbollew
and asked him to start a blog with me. Thanks to Llew and
@StephenScouted
’s talents I’ve never been so excited for the future of SF 💫
A massive thank you for 100k followers. It has been some journey. Enjoy our fresh colours.
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Volume XII is here. It has in-depth analysis, an exclusive interview, bespoke artwork, and the Emile Smith Rowe on the cover. It's our best work yet. It's available now:
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Mum look, I’m a YouTuber now!
Something new from us – a six-minute video looking at how Albert Sambi Lokonga could fit into Arteta's Arsenal:
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What is actually the point in working with the smartest people in youth football writing if I can’t watch Wijndal, Malen & Gravenberch?
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So happy to finally publish our first-ever column on women's football.
It's been a long time coming and we wanted to arrive doing what we do best: picking out the most exciting young players to watch this summer.
Enjoy 💫
The Women's World Cup kicks off this week!
@Odriozolite
has picked out a dozen young players that are ready to shine down under, including a dribbly Colombian and an explosive Zambian. Free to read on SCOUTED Notebook.
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I’m unionising after this
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We cooked.
Four years ago, Toulouse FC were relegated from Ligue 1. In November, they beat Liverpool in Europe.
Told by
@billycarpy
, this is the story of The Sleeping Giant - a club reborn by modern recruitment, analysis and an unshakeable trust in data.
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Here are words on last night. About all the systemic problems facing Southgate's big ol' mess, but also how they reflect something bigger.
When we most need change, England's man on the left wants nothing more than to drift towards the centre.🫠
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I absolutely love listening to Devils in the Details because I get to regurgitate what they say to my friends and pretend I’m as smart as Kees and Aaron. Saying ‘well akshully’ to United fans never gets old. Highly recommend
I absolutely love going on the Devils in the Details podcast because Aaron and Kees have created a generative space for the discussion of ideas and I always come away enriched. In this episode, we talked about rest defence.
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Do or die. We're calling in every favour, every ounce of goodwill we've ever earned to get this over the line.
We need to get as many eyeballs on this as possible - a share goes a long way. See you on the other side 💕
Introducing... SCOUTED 001
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Help us continue to stay independent and produce the best longform analysis on the internet >
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Back 5 of European Champions: Iker shipped five, Carvajal left at home, Pepe sent off, Ramos utterly smoked by Robben and Marcelo own goal
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Any democracy in which a party of warring ideological factions can take turns picking someone to lead the country without a mandate is not a democracy it is a disgrace
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Football's greatest barrier to change remains fans who are more interested in results than the socioeconomic organisation of their clubs
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discourse be damned this is an outrageously talented group of names lmao
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I don’t care about the facts of that sickening trial, all it’s proven to me is that we’re all still desperate for a woman to hate and it’s so gross
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This is so important. Why are so many so blind to what is happening?
Anyone who attacks coexistence is an ISIS ally in their quest to eliminate the grayzone. Anyone, including right wing populists.
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@TeleFootball
@oliverbrown_tel
yes in a functioning democracy everyone who is not a standing official should shut up, sounds great guys
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How have I made 3 years look like 30? 16 and 19 haha, looks like 16 and 45
http://t.co/ZaqeantfgZ
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Shogun has everything doesn’t it? Political intrigue, amazing sets, nighttime battles in the forest, Hiroyuki Sanada, bromance, romance and a perfectly unhinged performance from a guy named Cosmo
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My new series is here: in which I chat to scouts from across the globe to build The Shortlist. Thanks to
@NathanJoyes1
for his insight on another No 6 from South America and for being my first guest.
Some cool names coming up, subscribe 🤝
Imagine if, when you booted up a player’s profile on your favourite game, you were greeted with real notes from a real scout?
As we barrel towards another summer transfer window, we’re aiming to deliver just that.
This is our new series – welcome to The Shortlist.
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Newcastle's response to getting bullied physically is to endlessly whinge
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JK Rowling: I, an immensely influential billionaire, believe we should deny human rights to a group of extremely vulnerable people
People: We're quite angry about that
JK Rowling:
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A year ago we launched this campaign. Still proud of it, still gutted we couldn't get anywhere near funding.
Next week we launch our subscription drive to keep
@scoutedftbl
afloat through the summer. See u there <3
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