Honestly this current Jets team that Mark Milligan has built has been very fun to watch, definitely deserve to be on top of the league rn

No one can slander my yakitoris dishes!

How Middlesbrough turned a disaster season into a promotion push Yes, we're Hackneyposting again.

This week's post for the @thetransferflow.bsky.social is on Middlesbrough, and how their season has unfolded since hiring Kim Hellberg in November. I wrote about:
- The uniqueness of Hellberg-ball
- Very strong underlyings
- Attack going cold at the wrong time
www.thetransferflow.com/p/how-middle...

Drones, hype videos and data: The number-crunchers and "support engine" behind the USMNT's World Cup prep

"If we've done our job well, we'll be the most prepared team going into this"

www.espn.com/soccer/story...

In the tech world, it's always "fake it till you make it", even if you know a merely 0% of what you're talking about. Just amazing!

Back to the Balkans SCOUTED returns to Serie A’s favourite supermarket

Back in 2024, we introduced the Balkans as a profitable supermarket for clubs to shop in.

Jake Entwistle has returned to reprofile the top-flight leagues in Serbia and Croatia – while also adding Greece, Bulgaria and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the mix – using SkillCorner data to find the future.

Pog @cameramanpaul.bsky.social spotted

Consistency in Goalkeeping: Quality Start Percentages - Analytics FC NHL enthusiast Alex Stewart delves into a metric used to assess ice hockey goaltenders to see if it works in football too

Worth saying Areola is one of the most reliable keepers in the PL and Perri has been, well, pretty awful

analyticsfc.co.uk/blog/2026/03...

Credits to Eckert for getting the team to go toes to toes with Arsenal. Under a lot of previous managers, we would've gone defensive and relied on luck. But that performance was not it.

Well that was a performance that has made me fallen in love with this club again ❤️ 😇

While I'm ramping up to work on my SMNT World Cup match posters, here's a couple of promo designs I made for the SWNT Euro Qualifiers back in 2024. ⬇️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Also hope people are realising Khusanov is excellent (but not as confident on that one)

What a chaotic day to watch the Bundesliga Konferenz, not regretting any minute of it tho

It's the weekend in some time zones, go follow some soccer nerds

That set lives in the history of UMF for sure, only a few sets can beat that reunion

I did like how compact Japan was in the 5-2-3, No space for Palmer/Foden between-the-lines.

Wing Backs pushing up when England FBs receive then the rest shifting over as a Back 4.

Front 3 + Kamada/Sano did a good job keeping an eye on Anderson/Mainoo.

SHM always delivers magic in Miami!

Johan Manzambi: Freiburg's latest gem The big clubs are already paying close attention to the Freiburg youngster

All the big European clubs are on the lookout for the next top midfielder who can help in different phases of play.

This week's post for @thetransferflow.bsky.social is on Johan Manzambi, who might be emerging as a future star #8 in the Bundesliga
www.thetransferflow.com/p/johan-manz...

Japan National Team heading into the World Cup! (Post-March 2026 Window) What did we learn from the Scotland & England friendlies?

🆕 Shogun Soccer 🇯🇵⚽️: What did we learn from the Japan National team's friendlies vs. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ahead of the #FIFAWorldCup?

- Center Back hierarchy clarity 💡
- Mitoma in attack & knock-on effects 🤔
- Back-up striker options ⚔️
- Fate of injury returnees? 🏥
#daihyo

🔗: www.shogunsoccer.com/p/the-japan-...

perfectionism is so often seen as a permissive ability to create or drive something towards perfection, but in reality, it's a crippling inability to let go of anything imperfect

it's an obsession, it stagnates you, and gets you stuck on things you shouldn't be

Somehow I think he's still at Wolfsburg and thought, yeah that checks out with how bad they are this season, not realising that he's at Köln now 🙃

All hail Matthias!

a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine . ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .

waking up 2 days in a row to databricks on aws blowing up and axios getting compromised

two men are standing in front of microphones and a sign that says nova sports Alt: Gennaro Gattuso and his translator are standing in front of microphones in a press conference and Gattuso is saying 'sometimes good, sometimes shit'

Probably a good occasion to use this gif

The Last Suárez Supper! ⚽ The Wiggles 🏆 Luis Suárez Football World Cup YouTube video by The Wiggles

So Italy's last game at a men's World Cup was when Suarez bit Chiellini and some people don't know the Wiggles did a song about it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPno...

Didn't expect Thailand to still rely on Manuel Bihr as one of their centre-backs lol

Also also tempted to come back to this series + do some underrated World Cup scouting this summer if anyone likes to read them and if I can get most of my stuff sorted out 🤞

Three under-the-radar signings that you and I might have missed (Part 2) A current Germany U21 hotshot, another German leading the line to a promotion, a forgotten wonderkid, and a truly under-the-radar honourable mention.

Also an excuse to plug this article again if anyone is curious about what Tresoldi can bring. While you're at it, check out Gabri Veiga as well, who is flying under the radar at Porto after returning from Saudi.

www.talking-tactics.com/p/2025-summe...

I wasn't expecting Tresoldi to attract interest this soon into his Club Brugge time, was thinking this would be the season where he adapts to top-flight + European football and would start kicking off next season. He always has that potential, I just didn't expect top teams to recognise that soon.