09.03.2026 16:00
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congrats to alyssa thompson on her doctorate degree from the christen press school of shooting
For #InternationalWomensDay, I break down why Rinsola Babajide is *absolutely* marketable π³π¬π₯
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The NFL Combine is over so here's your reel of Rich Eisen getting smoked in the 40 by various athletes
Me picking out my outfit on the 10th day of Ramadan, running on no sleep and pure fumes
If anger is βinappropriate,β how exactly should players respond to racial abuse?
From VinΓcius Jr to womenβs football, I explore how football polices rage differently depending on gender and skin colour.
New piece on 'who gets to be furious': open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
@nathanaclark.bsky.social always waxing lyrical whenever Iβm watching tactical footage. Better read this!
This weekβs Arsenal Women Newsletter is about Mariona Caldentey, Arsenalβs heart, brain and lungs and one of the most well-rounded players in womenβs football currently ππ΄βͺοΈπͺπΈ
awnewsletter.arseblog.com/mariona-arse...
We obsess over ball-playing centre-backs.
Sille Struck just defends. Wins headers. Clears danger. Occasionally wins a foot race (not).
Not every game needs a Pontiac Fiero in orbit - sometimes it just needs a proper shootout.
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βΌοΈ If you like:
β’ Press resistance
β’ Inside carries
β’ Long-range technique
β’ Structural flexibility
Youβll like Nantes' Mariam Toloba.
If you like high-pressing triggers⦠we need to talk:
open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
As predicted you made it to Japan.
He made sure to encourage people to read your high quality analysis themselves, to subscribe and donate. He put the link to your substack in the video description.
youtu.be/fRVrJBTz0Fw
[Japanese, CC auto Translation available]
Momoko Tanikawa is 20 but plays like sheβs seen the game already.
A tactical piece on how Bayernβs midfield ghost slips markers and controls tempo without ever breaking stride: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
Momoko Tanikawa: Catch her if you can
βIt's like trying to catch smoke... like trying to catch smoke with your bare handsβ
@mclark98.bsky.social with an in-depth analysis. Despite some non analysis related errors very interesting!
maryamnaz.substack.com/p/momoko-tan...
#woso #ε₯³εγ΅γγ«γΌ #θ°·ε·θγ
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Thank you!! Good spot!
Thanks Christian! What were the non-analysis errors?
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Alisha Lehmannβs move from Como to Leicester has been more about optics than tactics.
Equality in analysis means allowing female footballers the same thing men have always had: the freedom to be criticised on performance alone.
βπ½ open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
ICYMI: Gotham β Aston Villa π¦
A tactical breakdown on whether Jenna Nighswonger can do it on a cold, raining evening in Birmingham:
open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
I think thereβs a space for rehabilitation. I just donβt think weβre doing it properly, and accountability has to come before rehab. Feels like that step is being skipped.
"At the end of the day, it's bigger than me. The things that are going through makes people uncomfortable, imagine how (Palestinians) feel?" he said. "That's the biggest thing. I have no affiliation, no connection, to these people - other than the fact that I am a human being. If you have a heart and you're a human being, and you see what's going on in this world, you check yourself real quick. "I'm sitting here crying about football when there's people dying every single day." Al-Shaair is the Texans' 2025 Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee.
Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after todayβs game
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Liverpool's Rafaela BorggrΓ€fe will be available for selection again after serving a six-match ban for using racially discriminatory language last summer.
Gareth Taylor's comments implied further reflection was unnecessary. Hereβs why closure β progress: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/β¦
On Nour Youssef and the necessity of joy πͺ·
A tactical look at the 20-year-old Palestinian forward whose movement, timing, and expression on the pitch exist within - and in defiance of - an active genocide under Israeli occupation: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna... π΅πΈ
Shooting effectiveness among forwards in WoSo | 2025-26
β’Claudia Pina hitting her career best shot volume & the highest in Europe
β’Leela Egli another gem from that golden Swiss gen of Beney & Schertenleib
β’Bunny Shaw, Beerensteyn, Pajor, Schuller & Cerci top five for npxG p90
βΌοΈ Mission Briefing:
Objective: rebuild London City Lionesses π§±
Obstacles: structure, control, identity π
Agent in charge: Eder Maestre π΅οΈββοΈ
Possible or no?
open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...
Jurgen Klopp has written his end of year thoughts on Diogo Jota for @theobserveruk.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/obituary/lov...
This weekβs Arsenal Women Newsletter is on Beth Mead 3.0 and her transition into a creative playmaker in Renee Slegersβ football ππ»π΄βͺοΈ
awnewsletter.arseblog.com/beth-mead-3-0/
"How do you catch a ghost? According to Ivan Reitman, you need a proton pack. For everyone else, desperate tackles and shirt-pulling will have to suffice".
A very festive guide to holiday hating: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/
essentially how i did a ligament in my knee:
