Kannan A. @thewittyjack Twitter profile

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Kannan A.

1 year

ever wonder why Iniesta was such an effective ball-carrier? the secret is in the upper-sidefoot contact he made with the ball consistently.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

9 months

Brazil's #6 for the next 15 years, their rival to Federico Redondo. the South American answer to Declan Rice. in fact, the closest regeneration of Declan Rice. Gabriel Moscardo. a thread 🧵.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

Josep Guardiola. the Grandmaster who chose pitches over chessboards. a thread:

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

4 months

Alonso's Leverkusen are what my vision of ideal in-possession football is. Arteta's Arsenal are what my vision of ideal out-of-possession football is. Basque Brilliance.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

2 months

i genuinely don't think I've seen anything like Joshua Zirkzee, maybe ever. it's like 05-06 Ronaldinho and 03-04 Henry fused with post-CR7 Benzema all rolled into one. i don't even have the right language to describe how incredible he is.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

Federico Redondo is a #6 made in a lab by aliens.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 month

Arsenal fans don't know how fortunate they are to watch this caliber of football week-in, week-out. the things I'd do to have Mikel Arteta at my club are unspeakable.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

9 months

Michel, Girona's manager, in an underdog situation, 1-0 up, with a full HOUR of play to go. asking his players to "play like you would in the street". with autonomy, expression, ingenuity, self-expression, creativity. this is football, man.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

10 months

Pedri does this constantly. almost always DELAYING actions until the last feasible moment, toeing the line between possible and impossible. he just waits, and waits, almost the way Jordan would hang in the air, waiting for earthlings to come down.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

7 months

when Zinchenko and Solomon post on IG nobody bats an eye. i think this should tell us all who's being silenced forcefully and oppressively, that being said.. FREE PALESTINE, FROM THE RIVER TO THE FUCKING SEA.

Sami Mokbel

@SamiMokbel81_DM

7 months

🚨Leicester midfielder Hamza Choudhury faces FA action over ‘river to the sea’ post. Comes after emergence of historic pro-Palestine tweets from chair of FA’s inclusion advisory Deji Davies.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

5 months

if anyone in Qatar has a job opening that they could afford me, I'd be very appreciative. doesn't have to be in football, anything at all, I'm in financial/life distress, could be homeless soon, I'd love to be able to work and support myself. please share and RT.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

9 months

Locatelli, 20! years old, against CL Finalists Spurs. THIS is a midfielder. Allegri, blood on your old, callous hands.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

If Europe found De Zerbi's football enthralling, wait till they they catch up to Gallardo-ball. - maintaining a positional frame, while free-flowing rotations reminiscent of Total Football are at play. Marcelo Gallardo, see you soon, Maestro.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

9 months

Moscardo is completely ridiculous, how is he even real?

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

5 months

energy of a meteor, quality of a diamond. how I miss Marco Verratti.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

8 months

Busquets challenges convention with how little CONTACT he makes w/ ball. notice how infrequently he touches the ball, moving / standstill. - intelligent bcs doesn't need to sort his feet out (too tall, pressed easily) - minimizes poor-er touches.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

10 months

Federico Redondo is the best on-ball #6 on planet Earth, the best. nobody is better, nobody is better, he is the absolute best.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 month

the best coach in football, bar none, a top 3 manager in football, I'm lucky to witness the emergence of Mister Mikel Arteta, man. (Pep is an alien, he doesn't belong in these earthly conversations)

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

2 months

i love this Leverkusen title win precisely because it challenges worn-out conventional wisdom. you don't NEED "2-3 years" to rebuild and be competitive, Leverkusen have done it in less than 18 months. if you know what you're doing, and have clear ideas, you don't need YEARS.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

9 months

Mr. Thiago Motta, my goodness me. every pass weighted to perfection, every pass communicates the next action, every corner of the pitch touched with his range, while he stands still. like a lighthouse, covering an island's shore with golden rays.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 month

compact and territorial.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

8 months

Milan replacing Sandro Tonali with Tijjani Reijnders is an impeccable act of recruitment / squad-building. replace a midfielder with tons of pace and power who has some deficiencies temperamentally with an athletic replica who's better on-ball.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

2 months

Bernardo Silva is not positional, he is not relational, he is a chameleon, made of clay, becomes what the moment demands of him.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

10 months

you're made to sing, you golden child. my Redondo, el mejor mediocampo del mundo, one for the ages.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

2 months

I genuinely don't think the public space has grasped just how good Joshua Zirkzee actually is. I know we we all know he's good, but I don't think the public has registered just HOW good. generational gets thrown around lackadaisically, but Zirkzee?

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

3 months

this is what real coaching looks like. extraordinary.

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@thewittyjack

4 months

Manuel Locatelli is the glue holding everything together for Juventus. he's entering his Thiago Motta controller arc, calm, composed, technical and emotional leader.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

8 months

Redondo plays the #6 the textbook way it should be played. lighthouse, pillar, guiding. moving when it makes sense, staying when it makes sense, all efficiency, no excess.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

4 months

all-rounder + runner + passer + dribbler. perfect dynamic balance.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

8 months

funny thing about Moscardo is that he'll bench Romeu almost immediately, guaranteed starter for Barcelona. he's that good, yes, at 17.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

it will be crucial for a team like Arsenal to have a few 5-0 / 6-0 / 7+ goal games moving forward. when you smell the blood, and can obliterate opposition, you should take every possible chance to do so, particularly in the 1st half of a season.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

5 months

I can't believe how good the Dutch are. - Verbruggen in goal - Timber - VVD - Ake - Van De Ven - MdL - Blind - Dumfries - Botman at the back. - Wieffer - Reijnders - Koopmeiners - Veerman - Frenkie in midfield. - Xabi Simons - Zirkzee - Lang higher up. Euro24 Darkhorse.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

9 months

if Frenkie De Jong is the nuisance many Barca fans think he is, I'd be more than happy to take him off their hands. one man's trash, is another man's beautiful Dutch Tulip.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

9 months

one of the biggest floor-raising abilities of a deep receiver (either #6 or #8 , this case, a #6 ) is relieving pressure off of the settled defensive shape by recovering possession and immediately transitioning the team 40/50 yards ahead.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

10 months

the issue with Xavi is this: as a player, he used to look for, and act, when spaces APPEAR, he was reactive, read, react, read, react. you don't coach that way, your job as a coach is to GENERATE spaces.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

4 months

not enough is said about Bayern, man. the quality of players and managers they attract/keep, the level of competitiveness they regularly show in the CL, as a Bundesliga side without huge TV revenue like English teams or global appeal like Madrid/Barca.. incredible club.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

9 months

"without players who can dribble, nothing can be done" Nunes, Kovacic, Doku, Gvardiol.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

quick reflections on @ReneMaric article addressing the (at the time) unconventional usage of Rafinha by Pep Guardiola. specifically in "libero" or "inverted FB" situations in Bayern vs Koln in 2015.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

Game-State, its Conditions and Fluctuations, and why it is the Holy Grail for seekers of the European Throne. How to win the Champions League, a thread.

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@thewittyjack

10 months

how quickly they forget, one of the only *true* all-phase, complete midfielders since 2010. retention, progression, build-up responsibility in the 1st / 2nd phases, box-crashing, all while being a legitimate defender in every sense. Manuel Locatelli.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

8 months

folks saw that Redondo is a tall #6 and lumped him into the Busquets / Rodri comparisons, unfortunate. do you not see how he eats up ground and space? entirely different athletic caliber.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

7 months

Arteta's out-of-possession stuff and the intensity and competitiveness he's brought to Arsenal are by FAR the most impressive element of his coaching to me. he's almost single-handedly made mental monsters out of Arsenal, and the precedent wasn't there.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

8 months

I fawn over Gabriel Moscardo every single time i watch him play. just, indescribably good, he'd start for an inter-galactic XI ffs.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

4 months

What I love most about Alonso is that he gives me certainty. I know he can coach a low-block, a press, and countering from both. I'm confident he can coach a team to keep the ball, empowering individuals (Wirtz/Grimaldo/Boniface). and he gets buy-in from the players. elite.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

people have no idea how good Mo Kudus is, no idea.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

11 months

if he cannot recover to pre-ACL levels physically, convert him. Federico Chiesa would be one of the most devastating #9s in Europe, if done right, that is 35 goals a season, bet your house on it.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

4 months

incredible, this is the collective messaging players and staff should receive and have, always. if you live in fear of losing the ball, losing a duel, misplacing a pass or skying a shot, you'll NEVER be consistently great. Courage is the blood of champions.

All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷

@AlbicelesteTalk

4 months

📹😳 Unedited video of Lionel Scaloni right after the loss against Saudi Arabia with English subtitles. You can't miss this. WOW

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

4 months

Enzo Maresca had Leicester THIS dominant structurally/behaviorally after mere weeks of his 1st ever pre-season. against Liverpool, mind you. you could see the dynamics are perfect, timing arrivals/ de-markings missing top-end quality only.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

3 months

21-22: Allegri requests Dybala's departure because he doesn't fit the (4-3-3) he wants to play. 22-23: Allegri asks for Di Maria, plays 4-3-3 for 4 weeks, switches to 3-5-2, Di Maria plays out of position, leaves. 23-24: Allegri persists w/3-5-2, plays Chiesa out of position.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

I think Messi's greatest skill ever is how he used defenders to disguise his shots, I've never ever seen anyone even close to it, he was actively scoring 20+ goals a season that way. those shots are almost "moving free-kicks", defenders were walls Messi would bend shots around.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 month

Otherworldly collection of midfield talent.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

Translating details of Game-Model from Training Ground, to 90 Minutes: - Pep's emphasis on attracting press to local (ball-near) zone, this instance being sideline, to exploit underloaded (ball-far) side - Watch Basti / Robben calling for the switch

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

21 days

the most elite manager-archetype, *Dominant Adaptability*. willingness to adapt to any game-moment or game-state, with an unwavering commitment to only one thing, Total Dominance of every possible moment. defend like Warriors, press like Wild Beasts, pass like Princes.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

11 months

Floor-raisers: - showstopper GKs - box defenders - DM that protects zone 14 - duel-winners - ball-strikers + carriers - hold-up #9 Ceiling-raisers: - ball-playing GKs - deep progressors - 360 retainers - outlets to attack space - individual mavericks

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@Casemigos_

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@thewittyjack Which profiles do you classify as floor raisers and which as ceiling raisers. How do you distinguish the profiles?

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@thewittyjack

1 year

the VERY best coaches / clubs MUST transcend the limited scope of their game-models / styles, the thought should be, "how can i make my team unbeatable?" for example, if i were to defend Vini or Leao or Mbappe in a CL Semi-Final, what profiles do i need?

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

5 months

Juventus have Rodri at home, his name is Enzo Barrenechea.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

4 months

what a player, my word.

draftsperson

@draftsperson_

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Federico Redondo 22/23 #RedondoARiver

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

4 months

what more do they want from you, Frenkie?

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

2 months

imagine if Bellingham was 6'4, faster, stronger, lighter on his feet, better socio-affectively, and a more capable carrier in open space. what a player that'd be, no?

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@thewittyjack

2 months

this is the gap you're trying to bridge as an analyst. this is public opinion + professional insider opinion on Xavi Hernandez, later known as one of the best midfielders in history, BEFORE he was put in a technical/tactical context that platformed him best. ask yourself why.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

one of the biggest misconceptions about recruitment right here. top clubs (structurally) aren't signing players based on the desires of an individual manager, these clubs recruit both players AND managers through a particular conceptual framework, that allows continuity.

EBL

@EBL2017

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Onana is a good player, but football clubs shouldn’t sign players without a manager in place. *THEY* are the ones that should decide what positions need to be improved upon based on their system and style of play. They can then liaise with other staff to target suitable profiles.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

8 months

Juventus is one sad, sad club right now. perhaps the biggest fall off in recent football history, completely unrecognizable. went from a giant locking horns with the other European greats, the Madrid's, Barcelona's, Bayern's, to...nothing. sad.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

11 months

may well be THE worst possible transfer Juve made at the time. Juve were on brink of re-entering the Madrid/Barca/Bayern club, total domestic dominance, 2 CL finals in 3 years, stable wage structure + cheap Serie A market full of talent. CR7 + Higuain set Juve back a decade.

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What's your honest thoughts on Cristiano’ move to Juventus on this day back in 2018, Bianconeri? GO. 👇

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

3 months

why is FT is incredibly rude so regularly? it's become incredibly rare to find tweeters that talk about football and interact without insulting those they disagree with. why are you guys so rude?

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@thewittyjack

4 months

I NEED somebody to make a comp out of this. this must not be buried.

OptaJean

@OptaJean

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199 - ⚡️ Julian Weigl completed 199 passes with Dortmund against Köln in May 2016, a record for a top 5 leagues player over the last 10 seasons. Diamond. @PSG_English

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

De Zerbi's training INTENT, why his game-model translates effectively: - instead of thoughtless speeding up play, instruction is to pause on the ball, attract pressure and manipulate it. - small sided games with this INTENT intice development in body orientation / disguise.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

11 months

Football Twitter has become unbelievably boring and monotonous, it feels like everyone has the exact same thoughts/opinions, everything is regurgitated w/o even being fully understood, there is almost zero genuine critical thinking, it's all trendy wording and drama.

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@thewittyjack

1 year

son of the legendary Fernando, Federico Redondo is one of the best #6 profiles i have EVER seen. look at how quickly he covers ground, how he reads the game, the length of his legs, disguise on passes, turning radius(6'2)... this is a MONSTER.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

4 months

nobody persisted with an accurately described the possible impact of Declan Rice better than @nonewthing guy's borderline genius with it, lucky to have him around.

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@thewittyjack

9 months

Seedorf at only 16! years of age, entering the 1st team of a European giant like Ajax. this is a 1-in-a-million mental profile, these mental profiles are virtual guarantees of success. incredibly valuable, not discussed enough.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

3 months

you have no idea how lucky you'll be if you get Lijnders, absolutely no idea.

𝐀𝐅𝐂 𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐗 💎

@TheEuropeanLad

3 months

Pepijn Lijnders as manager at Ajax is a big ‘no’ if you ask me. As an assistent absolutely perfect, but being the actual manager is a completely different thing, the risk would be way too big. The last 3 managers have all been below average, Ajax needs a strong name again.

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@thewittyjack

1 year

Teun Koopmeiners should be on the list of every elite team, every single one. you won't find 5 midfielders in Europe that can defend / block space / control build-up + progression / receive + rotate in the final 3rd AND score goals like Teun.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

2 months

Pep gives his players the rules, and once they've intuited them, he gives the most responsible of them license to break the rules.

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@thewittyjack

4 months

do-it-all. has range, plays in the 1st/2nd/final-third, wins duels, grafter OOP, great in tight spaces, top mentally. real Footballer, if he's available for 25m, it's a snip.

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@classic_comps

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Rodrigo De Paul vs Real Madrid (H) 23/24

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

9 months

Kendry Paez, you make me dream. Chelsea are some lucky bastards to have him.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

4 months

backline for the next 10 years.

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@thewittyjack

9 months

IQ of an all-time great. - Lucas overlaps, thinking this helps the possession sequence by: -(1) attacking space in behind -(2) creating space for Mbappe to cut inside BUT, Mbappe knows spacing will be cramped by Lucas bringing HIS defender w/him.

Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

Napoli players possess fantastic socio-affective intelligence, whenever Kvara is engaging in 1v1s they don't make runs around him to crowd his space, they afford him incredible amounts of time to execute 1v1 actions, it'd be even more effective if he had more explosiveness.

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@thewittyjack

8 months

you think Arsene Wenger signed Thierry Henry because of "performance" and "form"? risk thinking for yourselves a little bit.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

4 months

Inter are playing football like this. I'm so jealous, Allegri, i don't like you.

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@Fcinterdata

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Football at its finest

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@thewittyjack

2 months

the sooner you stop thinking of this man as a #9 , the broader your horizons will expand.

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@thewittyjack

9 months

- not one of those immobile #6s that are bound to earth by virtue of their leggy-ness, Gabriel has ingredients for a supreme deep ball-carrying package. - incredible stride length / variety, engine, smooth for 1.85m. - transfers his weight SUPERBLY.

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@thewittyjack

2 months

incredible market sleeper. I'm still here for this young phenom.

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@thewittyjack

1 year

the notion that Real Madrid's squad-building has gone awry is incorrect at best, there seems to be a gross misunderstanding of Madrid's recruitment / squad-building philosophy. this (if true) is the correct call, which Madrid often make.

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@MadridXtra

1 year

🚨🎖️| BREAKING: Real Madrid want Joselu. @relevo

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@thewittyjack

9 months

what impresses me so much in a guy like Bernardo. he's able to IMAGINE what a low #8 does, what a double-pivot #6 needs to do, how a winger needs to attack. he understands the ENTIRE system, on a cognitive level. it makes him the swiss army-knife he is. a sporting empath.

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@thewittyjack

4 months

Federico Redondo. letting the ball do the work, inventive if pressed, 1/2 touch, so much presence, wins everything in the middle, reads/anticipates and has the legs and spring to pounce on loose balls. carries and even crashes the box. Unicorn.

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@thewittyjack

8 months

i don't believe any skills to be "disrespectful". if it upsets you, get the ball off him (by legal means).

All Things Brazil™ 🇧🇷

@SelecaoTalk

8 months

Opinion seems to be divided. Is this skill from Soteldo for Santos vs Vasco today, disrespectful or completely fine? 💭🇧🇷

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@thewittyjack

9 months

- brilliant recognition of the FURTHEST "possible" (able to receive in good conditions, without marking, without difficulty in technical execution) attacking player. - great brush / zip on the passing technique (notice curve INWARD to allow runner to maintain stride).

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@thewittyjack

1 year

with Rice + Caicedo, expect the creativity, incisiveness and output of Arsenal's attackers to skyrocket. rest-defense assets like these act as a platform for the attackers to express themselves, that's why a Bruno or ASM would've flourished at City. despite popular belief.

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@thewittyjack

8 months

that's exactly how I'd want my team to be. completely choking the opponent, not giving them a second on the ball, and being totally patient and controlled when we have it. i want 90% possession, a 100% even, absolute domination, 5000 passes.

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Is this football?

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@thewittyjack

5 months

Daniel Boloca is incredible, incredible. UCL difference-maker type of quality.

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@thewittyjack

5 months

the free man in football isn't found, the free man is created. that's a critical difference in possession, intent and the lack thereof.

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@thewittyjack

8 months

Brazil are going to have Moscardo - Bruno Guimaraes - Paqueta in the midfield at some point in the next 2 years. scary prospect, that.

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@thewittyjack

1 year

"The process of picking a line-up is like sitting in front of your chess pieces. You’ve no idea how similar the two things are,” words of a man who has spent a thousand nights, picking at calluses of his mind-matter. toiling over which pawns to move forward, which to hold back.

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@thewittyjack

9 months

Inzaghi's Inter pose constant questions for markers. - follow Inter's unorthodox rotations (Barella / Acerbi swapping here) and risk structural failure? - stay put and allow Inter to progress safely and consistently? dare i say Diniz-esque?

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@thewittyjack

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my take is that, if his athletic profile maximizes, and he just lands in the right hands, he'll be neck-and-neck with Redondo as THE elite #6s in Football for the next decade-and-half. sky-shattering potential. Gabriel Moscardo. end of thread.

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@thewittyjack

4 months

this is why i love this guy. eye that cuts through the noise.

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@nonewthing

4 months

Florian Wirtz is not as valuable as his numbers suggest. He is an interior who doesn't (yet) have the education to play deeper & organize his team's buildup process, so has to be stationed mostly high in a fluid, build-up side, aka, James Maddison. Part of the machine at a

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

3 months

from the impact he's had on Liverpool's culture + game-model, a pressing/defensive genius who also insisted Liverpool become more sophisticated in possession. the interviews, his insistence on the human element of players. Lijnders may be next to the Pep/Klopp/Arteta bracket.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

8 months

the Dutch really have Frenkie - Reijnders - Wieffer in midfield and haven't played them together once. so much wasted potential, that team is far better than it's shown.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

nothing is more revealing of Guardiola's psychological temperament than his teams' behavior towards defensive duels.

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Kannan A.

@thewittyjack

1 year

If you think that Stones' possession play is "risk-averse" or "simple" or entirely circulatory, you genuinely need to re-asses how you analyze midfielders. and yes, the hype is warranted. 9 out of 10 of your favorite midfielders don't have a performance like this in them.

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@QuanTue

1 year

John Stones proved how crucial he was in the final yetserday. Especially with how he's "A Way Out" for Ederson at times, standing a bit to the right half space, or how his ball carrying draw few players to him & opened space for others.

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