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John Murtough starts at Birmingham on Monday.
At United, Mainoo came through on his watch. Antony arrived for £82m.
He inherits a style nobody wrote down and a squad already at a 25-man limit.
Where should he start?
🔗xbirmingham.substack.com/p/b…
#BCFC
Visual representation of Blues' progression relative to others in the Champ.
Quick and direct.
#BCFC
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28' | MU - BA - RAK 🦅
Přízemní centr Davida Zimy šikovně na bližší teči nasměroval do sítě Mubarak Suleiman a jdeme do vedení!
🔴⚪️ 1:0 🔵🔴 #skszbr
Since FBRef went down, I've struggled to get football data at scale and then model it. Over the last few weeks, I've been developing something to replicate it.
u24 - David Moses scores highly as a CM. Thought Blues might have a chance.... then I see Roma want him 🤦♂️
🟡🔴 AS Roma want to sign David Moses from Slavia Prague in the next winter transfer window.
transferfeed.com/transfers/d…
#SlaviaPraha #ASRoma #FortunaLiga #SerieA
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Jagiellonia Białystok prowadzi nabór do działu skautingu 👀. Poszukujemy osób z wcześniejszym doświadczeniem w skautingu piłkarskim, które potrafią oceniać zawodników i przekładać obserwacje na konkretne rekomendacje dla klubu 🤝.
Szukamy osób do identyfikacji i monitorowania zawodników, obserwacji meczów na żywo i na wideo oraz przygotowywania raportów 🖊️.
Doświadczenie w skautingu wymagane. Mile widziana znajomość Wyscout, StatsBomb, SkillCorner lub IMPECT.
📩 CV: [email protected]. Koordynacja: Jakub Dryś.
🔗 Szczegóły: bit.ly/Nabor_Skauting
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Anticipez. Agissez. 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 💥
𝐄𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐨𝐩 égalise sur un centre qui termine dans les filets Lillois 🥅
Un temps d’avance peut faire toute la différence, avec @eToroFr
Adding a few more to the longlist:
Cheikh Mbacke Diop, 20, CB, Aalesund
Sivert Sira Hansen, 24, CB, Molde
Deni Dashaev, 22, LB
Ambina Fidèle Brice, 24, CM, Vålerenga, 24
Niklas Fuglestad, 20, LW, Viking
Max Nilsson, 21, CM, Fredrikstad
Blues need an eight, a ten and a left winger.
Norway 🇳🇴 is a good place to look.
7 players worth watching 👇
🔗 xbirmingham.substack.com/p/n…
#BCFC #Championship
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1/10
Blues lost 1-0 at Cardiff yesterday. The piece below went out before kick-off and the match made its point for it.
Birmingham have got much better at going quick and direct.
What they can't yet do is control a game through the middle when it calls for it.
🧵
#BCFC
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🚨🚨YAMIROU OUOROU 🇧🇯 (20 ans) est DOUBLE PASSEUR DÉCISIF avec l’Ac Horsens 🇩🇰en championnat aujourd’hui 😌🎯🎯
Ses chiffres en club cette saison :
— 15 matchs
— 3 buts
— 3 passes décisives
Blues should do this.
Jude, Gray, Redmond, Butland, Harding, Mitch Hancox etc.
#BCFC
👀 Heb jij ze al gespot?
🏘️ Onze campagne 'Opgeleid in Noord-Holland' is zichtbaar in het straatbeeld. Een ode aan de regio waar talenten zich ontwikkelen, dromen najagen en doorgroeien naar AZ 1.
👉 Lees hier meer: tinyurl.com/aznoordholland
#AZAlkmaar #NoordHolland #TheFutureIsOurs
After Kodai Sano, Diop was the second player I wrote about. Then on loan at Cercle Brugge.
I thought Blues might have a chance of signing him....
Gone back to Monaco and is thriving 🔥.
xbirmingham.substack.com/p/t…
When I first started writing about football/data last year, Ghedjemis was in Serie B with Frosinone.
Now they're in 6th in Serie A and Ghedjemis went to the World Cup for Algeria.
There's talent everywhere.
xbirmingham.substack.com/p/g…
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☄️ | Anas Haj Mohamed, man in vorm bij Beerschot, trapt deze bal prachtig binnen. 🐀⚡️
No idea how to watch the this game, but Michut and Yegoian are playing against each other in Fortuna Sittard vs Excelsior.
2 players I think could improve Blues. Michut is out of contract in the summer. ex-Sunderland, PSG and French u20s player. Seems a bit of a "maverick"
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FC Seoul have secured their first K League 1 crown in a decade, breaking the nine-year duopoly of the two Hyundai powerhouses.
1/10
Blues lost 1-0 at Cardiff yesterday. The piece below went out before kick-off and the match made its point for it.
Birmingham have got much better at going quick and direct.
What they can't yet do is control a game through the middle when it calls for it.
🧵
#BCFC
9/10
The academy is where his record is strongest. Mainoo went from nine-year-old to first-team starter on his watch.
Blues' first team trains at EPIC and the academy at Kings Norton. With Mike Rigg gone, the link between the two needs an owner.
10/10
January is Murtough's first window.
The scorecard points to a central player who receives in front of the box and plays the ball into it.
Blues are at the 25-man limit, so exits come first.
Full piece:
xbirmingham.substack.com/p/b…