Jake
The Arsenal. SCOUTED. scoutedftbl.com
- Unicorn is thrown around far too often these days. It’s become proxy for ‘big guy that can dribble’ and we all know there are loads of them now. But Álvaro Rodríguez is a different mythical horse all together. I have proof he’s Pegasus. 🌃 Latest for @scoutedftbl.com:
- I tried to translate @tomoc.bsky.social's storytelling and @moesquare.bsky.social's analysis into a single stat: Riccardo Calafiori is the only player across Europe’s Big Five Leagues this season that averages 10+ touches in each third, 2.5+ touches in each box, 2+ shots and 2+ clearances per 90.
- Heading to my first Hudl Performance Insights Conference for @scoutedftbl.com today. Exciting stuff. Looking forward to learning a lot. But I am also going to be late. Thanks, weather.
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- Kees Smit, quickly becoming one of the most talked about prospects, was on the @llewdavies.bsky.social radar well before the U-19 EURO this summer - the tournament that introduced me to the Dutchman. Whether you're yet to come across him or not, this is a must-read. Excellent, as ever.
- Finally, I’ve put everything together to provide a primer on the @scoutedftbl.com Archetypes project so far. It’s not finished, it’s constantly evolving. But now there is a reference point for the Archetypes themselves and the methodology. Here you go:
- If a player gets the @llewdavies.bsky.social ‘Introducing’ treatment, take note. Llew flagged Said El Mala during the U-19 EURO and I’ve piggy-backed off that ever since. This is one of the most destructive dribblers in Europe. It’s his first-ever top-flight season.
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- On the same day I sit down to write my main piece of writing for the week, @tomoc.bsky.social is doing the same and producing this. This is writing. These are the foggin estandards. I’m extremely grateful he takes the time to use this mind to improve my work. open.substack.com/pub/redstory...
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- I think staying up to watch the final fogged my brain. I had some really clear intentions for this newsletter, especially the second section, but I don’t think I’ve quite delivered on that. But I’m absolutely all in on Morocco. You should be too.
- The response to @tomoc.bsky.social’s RB Leipzig story on SCOUTED and his own Substack post about Eze’s move to Arsenal tells you everything about him. Two incredible pieces of writing created by an incredible person with absolute dedication and unwavering love for a craft.
- Is Hugo Ekitiké an Alexander Isak regen? I profiled three iterations of both players alongside a set of elite centre-forwards to find out how similar they are, for @scoutedftbl.com. Dive in.
- The best decision of my adult life has been to commit full time. Not just on a work level, but it has transformed my personal life. Thank you so much to everyone that has made this past year possible. But to keep it going, we need even more support.
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- Picked him out in the Durán article as a potential homegrown record sale in the future. Good to see he’s kicking on again.
- I put Mika through the Osimhen Test, explored a new way to evaluate strikers inspired by the duality of Denmark’s February 2003ers and found a mountain of stats to show just how mad his start at Monaco has been. Really enjoyed this one.
- I tried to create way too many ‘custom’ metrics and apply them to way too many players before taking way too long to make decisions. Technically, this was still published on a Monday... so I made it, just. I hope it’s ✨ fascinating ✨
- This includes a link to an interactive Scatter Plot and a searchable table for all of the key poacher metrics from 2020/21 to 2023/24. Have fun.
- MNS tonight includes the Osimhen Test and a closer look at some titanic teenage performances since the last post. It will arrive in your inbox after the Chelsea game. Subscribe via @scoutedftbl.bsky.social to get it first.
- Using @fbref.com, I make that the second time two teenagers have scored a goal in the same league game against a team managed by Pep Guardiola. The other match? Tom Davies and Ademola Lookman in that 4-0 Everton win.
- MLS is the big-game left-back. Calafiori is the game-breaking left-back. I love that balance and variety.
- Narrator: the Egyptian did not continue on the left and we did not have to wait until Rodri is back.
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- Ban late kick-offs on a Sunday? This is so flat and uninteresting.
- Rasmus Højlund demonstrating he cannot quite get the hang of this system. Not the formation, he’s done well in that before. But this iteration. His back-to-goal play has looked weak again and he can’t earn those situations where he gets to show his strengths.
- So AWB stands for Aaron Wing-Back now? He looks very lively.
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