Ali Tweedale
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Football data journalist @OptaAnalyst . Formerly @CoachesVoice @TelegraphSport @WhoScored . @theofficialfwa member. @FBeyondBorders mentor.
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Absolutely love that a Nations League group that ended like this has resulted in Northern Ireland beating Bosnia on pens to win a Euro 2020 play-off.
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Of all strikers in the Premier League in 2020/21, Harry Kane has blocked the most shots (3), made the most clearances (7) and made the most tackles (9).
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Suarez racism - 8 game ban
Thatcher on Pedro Mendes - 9 games
Di Canio ref - 11 games
Cantona kung fu - 9 months
Barton gambling - 18 months
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When Arsenal went to Everton last season, Mertesacker, Wilshere, Coquelin, Rooney, Vlasic, Jagielka & Ashley Williams all played, Walcott was on the Arsenal bench and the managers were Koeman and Wenger. LAST SEASON.
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Jose Mourinho shouldn't be blamed for *all* of Spurs' problems, but it is hard to think of another recent appointment that has had such a negative impact on so many individuals. Dier, Alli and Winks all nowhere near that England squad, when each could improve it at their best.
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Japan absolutely desperate to find an equaliser at the end of that game.
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Bet you didn't realise there was a 30-year-old Englishman managing a top-tier club in France? Well, Will Still has just been given the Reims job full-time after impressing in his six games as caretaker. This is the story of how he got there.
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This will always be Jermain Defoe's greatest moment
Wow. Just got a surprise delivery from
#ambrosia
custard. Check out my personalised tin !
http://t.co/cAyG95F8d5
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It's actually crazy how many of Mourinho's games Tottenham have ended up chasing a goal with a central midfield of Hojbjerg and Sissoko - and therefore none of the CMs in the squad who can play through midfield and find, say, Kane's feet.
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Fernando Llorente has scored more goals against Real Madrid than any other club in his career, with 8 goals.
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Is anyone in a position to use the word "always" about the Conference League just yet?
Nuno: "It was a tough match, tough match like we expected. Always away from home in Europe in the Conference League is tough."
#THFC
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Poch: "When I say I am open, I am open, I cannot say that I am open but I’m closed to someone. But you can’t say that I’m open but on that I am not open. You are open and then you are open. Anything can happen. When I say I am open, I am open to listen to any club."
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I really don't understand the criticism of Mourinho for this. With a seriously weakened squad he very nearly got a result against the best team in the world. Who cares if Spurs had less of the ball?
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Spurs on course to finish with more points than any other team in the Champions League group stage.
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Poch on Janssen:
Jan 23: "He’s not in Tottenham’s plans. Not in just the manager’s plans but the club’s plan. The relationship between the player and club doesn’t work."
Feb 1: “He’s going to be on the list. That's my decision, he'll be involved with the first team from today.”
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Simon Mignolet has made 4 errors leading to PL goals this season - in draws vs WBA, Sunderland, Norwich & Newcastle. Has cost
#LFC
8 points
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Massive fan of Bernardo Silva calling his dog John
Thank you for all the messages we received these last few days! We are very happy (John doesn’t look but he is!!) ❤️😄
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Harry Kane is getting better and better while the Tottenham team around him just gets worse; (at least) 28 goals in a team that is likely to finish 8th is just remarkable.
A piece on the numbers behind his best season yet.
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Tottenham have fewer guaranteed games left of 2023-24 than any other Premier League team (36).
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Liverpool have needed a goal inside the final 20 minutes to get a result in their last five league games. It's entertaining and fun, but is it sustainable for a title challenge?
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The 1989 U16 World Championship has left me very confused indeed.
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Obviously last night wasn't a great performance, but the reaction has been so over the top. Southgate will have been happy to get a draw which virtually takes England through (his subs certainly suggest so), and they were good against Croatia a few days before! Calm down.
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Richarlison has scored with all eight of his closest chances to goal, and not once from further than about eight yards out.
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Fifth time in La Liga. Kroos-to-Ramos is the joint most prolific assist-to-goalscorer combination this season. More than any MSN combination
That's the seventh time Toni Kroos has assisted Sergio Ramos this season. Connection.
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Just a reminder that Volkan Demirel means Volcano Ironhand. What a name.
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Preston did not have a single shot in the second half. Arsenal had 10.
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PL mins before first Eng call-up:
Winks 599
Alli 322
Sterling 205
Lallana 259
Barkley 420
Oxlade 556
Rooney 792
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Cosmopolitan London is such a good location for a major tournament semi-final. Even in a global pandemic with travel banned, so many fans from both countries at Wembley, and a great atmosphere as a result. Love it.
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Since tweeting this I've found Mourinho Twitter and it is utterly relentless. Beyond the people who will defend him no matter what, it's genuinely shocking how much his blaming of individuals caught on with Spurs fans. So many think Dier and Winks are just crap and Alli is lazy.
Jose Mourinho shouldn't be blamed for *all* of Spurs' problems, but it is hard to think of another recent appointment that has had such a negative impact on so many individuals. Dier, Alli and Winks all nowhere near that England squad, when each could improve it at their best.
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A friend has just found this dog on Hampstead Heath. Long shot but hopefully someone is looking on here
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Kyle Walker-Peters has more PL assists in 36 minutes today than Alex Iwobi, David Silva, James Milner, Juan Mata and Riyad Mahrez have all season.
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An utter pleasure to meet
@RyanMason
and chat about his playing days, how he fell in love with Tottenham and his move into coaching - which he is now loving, back at Spurs.
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Includes this stat (true at time): John Stones has as many errors leading to goals in 73 PL games as Titus Bramble made in his final 117
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Ralf Rangnick: coaching philosophy, tactics and data-driven football strategy.
Talking at the
@CoachesVoice
conference back in September.
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After 12 games, Jamie Vardy has more Premier League goals than Chelsea have points
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Jamie Vardy hasn't had a shot on target in a league game since December 17.
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@FootballCliches
Walls creeping forward and NEVER getting penalised for it. Even with the magic spray!!!!
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Something terrifying has happened on the Android Athletic app.
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I can't help myself, so.. some personal news:
Today was my final day at the Telegraph. It's genuinely been a privilege to work with such a talented, friendly and hard-working team - there are too many people to thank but everyone really has made it an amazing (almost) five years.
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What I find so crazy about Spurs is how consistently they make worse teams than them look incredible by sitting on a lead, conceding chance after chance, until they crumble. Best Newcastle have played in ages today - and a huge part of that is down to how Spurs play when ahead.
Ninth goal Spurs have conceded after the 80th minute in the league this season.
All but one of the previous eight have been crucial to the final result (an equaliser or match-winner).
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Interview with Chris Ramsey on his time working under Tim Sherwood with the Spurs first team, what exactly they changed in training to help a young squad and Harry Kane's breakthrough at the end of that season.
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Walker: "I was never going to get there so just had to do anything I could to stop him".
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@CoachesVoice
's latest interview is with Andoni Iraola, newly-promoted and flying high with Rayo Vallecano, two points off the CL. Talks about the influence Vieira had on him while playing with Pirlo, Lampard and Villa. Only 39 so could be one to watch.
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I rate Postecgolou for sticking to playing like this, but I thought it was pretty suicidal. You can't play that high a line and have no pressure on the ball. Only thing more crazy than the high line was the fact that Chelsea found it hard to play a simple pass to get in behind.
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@Orbinho
Yeah so Benayoun played for West Ham before playing for Arsenal, meaning Rice will be the second.
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Been enjoying the
@WSC_magazine
calendar all year, but particularly liked turning to October and finding this picture from a Richmond Academy game. We've all been there, number 12.
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Also, a reminder that Tanguy Ndombele isn't in the France squad.
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Last time Spurs started a PL game without Son, Kane, Lloris, Vertonghen or Alderweireld.
@alitweedale
@GaffneyVLC
@Ollie_Davis
@jonoblain
@BenMcAleer1
@OptaJoe
The opening day of 2012-13 vs Newcastle (1-2 loss)
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Luis Suarez's 29 PL goals this season have only won 3 more points (13) than Roberto Soldado's six (10)
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- Odegaard on the ball less often in dangerous areas / Rice finding him less than Partey did
- Set-piece record at both ends
- Stopping transitions
Latest
@OptaAnalyst
piece on Arsenal's title chances with a much better defence & less fluent attack.
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@FootballCliches
Reminds me of when John Hartson described Wales as "running an absolute mok" during a game at Euro 2016.
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I know Newcastle aren't at full strength but this is an all-time great Premier League performance. Like Klopp's Liverpool at their relentless, suffocating best.
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Chelsea fans singing "You're fucking shit" at Tottenham. Spurs fans reply with "Mourinho's right, the fans are shite"
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Spoke to Leah Williamson about growing up in a household split between Spurs and Arsenal fans (her dad can't even bring himself to shout 'come on Arsenal'), doing an accountancy degree alongside playing & living the dream with her childhood club
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Yearly reminder that Tottenham have been in a Champions League quarter final more recently than Arsenal
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I wonder how the current Newcastle players feel about this takeover. Probably spells the beginning of the end of their time there for a fair few of them. But they could also get a few years playing with whoever 2021's Robinho is.
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If Arsenal's manager has openly said there are no more Covid cases, what possible justification is there for postponing Sunday? It feels a lot like teams are gaming this ad hoc system (and frustration at Liverpool potentially having done so doesn't give Arsenal the right to).
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Dier had a really poor season but he can't just be written off. He played in a system that didn't suit him and put him under way too much pressure. His leadership qualities alone shouldn't get him in the England squad but he is surely a character that Southgate would've wanted
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Tottenham have now matched Bolton’s Premier League record of the most consecutive matches without a draw in the competition (28 – W21 L7). [Via Opta]
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Another shout for this: Ryan Mason on getting spotted on the pitches where Spurs' training ground is now built, how the signing of John Bostock helped him develop, finally breaking through under Poch, his move into coaching and why he loves his new role.
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Proud to make the
@TelegraphSport
splash today: PL clubs told to go green. Double page spread which also includes features on the example set by Forest Green Rovers and the hypocrisy of Fifa, happy to champion sustainability while taking money from Gazprom.
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Just doesn't add up. Actually feel a bit sorry for Joey Barton
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On Joe Hart... Can anyone explain to me why he overtook Paulo Gazzaniga as back-up keeper for Spurs? I'd been really impressed by Gazzaniga in the last couple of years and Hart isn't really doing much to show that concerns about his decline aren't warranted.
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Starting formations used by Graham Potter/Brighton in the Premier League last season (number of games in brackets). Incredible tactical flexibility.
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Hell of a stat from this week's
@OptaAnalyst
newsletter (h/t
@oliver_hopkins
@DavidSegar_
):
Spurs led Wolves for 87 minutes this weekend, which is the longest in Premier League history that a team has led for in a match that they ended up losing.
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With this match almost done, we need to discuss an important issue: Premier League players now appear to be allowed to wear white ankle tape on non-white socks. This was banned a few years ago and is now still enforced ludicrously militantly at amateur level. We need answers.
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Six of the last seven goals Dortmund have conceded have been from crosses. Spurs have scored more headed goals than any other team in the big five leagues. Enter Fernando Llorente.
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Harry Kane scored more goals than Middlesbrough this season from 241 fewer shots (110 vs 351)
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#FootballManager
is trending. The perfect reason to read about
@WStill14
, the 30-year-old manager of Reims, who developed his knowledge of the game by playing FM. His side return to action tonight, in his first game since getting the job permanently.
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Massively excited to have started with
@CoachesVoice
this week. If you haven't for some reason already, give them a follow and check out the (very slick) website.
Taken me a full day and a half to do this, but an exciting week for
@CoachesVoice
with the arrival of the very talented
@alitweedale
to join the team.
Well, he'd better be.
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I was so impressed by Sean Dyche when we got him on the
@CoachesVoice
tactics board that I've been willing him to get a big job ever since. He's just what Everton need - both short- and (slightly) longer-term imo. Here he is on his 4-4-2 at Burnley.
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Absolutely delighted that
@YayaToure
chose to do his first interview in a long time with
@CoachesVoice
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Enjoyed this chat with a very impressive young manager. Done some amazing things already and feels like he's got a very bright future.
• Jürgen Klopp’s praise
• Tears after promotion with
@BuryFCOfficial
• Plymouth
@Argyle
’s points-per-game promotion
•
@PNEFC
opportunity too good to turn down
• Long-term ambition to manage in the Premier League
Exclusive interview with Preston manager Ryan Lowe... ⬜️📜
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Kane's record after his first start after his last three serious ankle injuries:
6 goals in 8 games
11 goals in 8 games
8 goals in 7 games
Enforced time off tends to help him.
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In the 2009/10 Champions League, the second most common assist-goalscorer combination (after Sneijder-Milito) was Obertan-Owen!
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Spurs have 17 weeks until Xmas, and only 15 games to play in that time. But their best players all got a good rest this evening so they'll be fresh for that packed schedule at least.
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Appalled by service in Yien restaurant in Muswell Hill this evening. Family meal, we were asked to leave after 5 mins because my brother, who has a learning disability, was being too noisy! Never experienced anything like it. Don't give them your custom if you live nearby.
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Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) will face brother Taulant (Albania) at Euro 2016
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