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Head of Football Operations @isfafootball, UEFA B coach, fan of @Official_NFFC & national hunt horse racing

Wickford, East
Joined October 2010
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When did @sammatterface start his new job as Tuchels PR manager? @alex_crook @talkSPORT
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First game back today after 6 months out following his operation. Super proud of his resiliency and determination to get back playing. Great team performance from all the boys today too!
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This Sunday @isfafootball returns with the @inspiresport ISFA Sixes at Charterhouse School. The original trophy donated by @CorinthianCas in 1957 looks fantastic ahead of the day!
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I swear to god in the next week #nffc could sign haaland, bellingham and saliba and a section of the fan base would moan about all three
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#nffc fans have had some epic meltdowns on here this summer (kits, transfers, sponsor), but top of the list are those moaning today that Wood is new #9. It’s literally just a number ffs, doesn’t mean he’s first choice, doesn’t mean we aren’t after a new striker.
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Can #nffc fans stop moaning about benda signing, he’s 3rd choice GK meaning he needs to be: ✅ very cheap (free) ✅ low wages ✅ counts as homegrown Benda ticks all 3 boxes, he’s a replacement for Gunn who never played snd he’ll prob never play
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After last night I’ve definitely settled on @bayer04_en as my German team! Look forward to following them throughout the season.
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This is precisely what PSR/SCR rules are there for, to literally force the other 14 clubs to continually sell their best players to the self appointed big 6 meaning they continue to have a significant sporting advantage every season. Rules that literally prevent fair competition!
Arsenal's signing of Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle United has taken Big Six spending on Premier League players from other clubs to £1.2billion over the past 14 months. In that time, 23 of these deals have taken place, in what amounts to a mass transfer of the best talent from the lesser-offs to the richest in England. @CWeatherspoon_ reveals a rapidly intensifying trend, explains the causes of it and what it means for competitive balance. nyti.ms/4zcognr
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Decent performance and result from @SpaldingUnited against a full-time Chelmsford team who are expected to be towards top of national league south 👏🏻 👏🏻
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Bit of non league football in the sun this afternoon for me and Harry watching @SpaldingUnited with them playing 15 minutes down the road.
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This guy nails it
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Hoping our journos have the guts to point out to #Tuchel that he decided to leave out Palmer/Foden/MGW/Wharton/Trent in favour of Quansah/Burn/Chalobah/Henderson/Toney and that prob why we didn’t keep the ball well enough #England @RobDorsettSky @SkyKaveh @danroan @markpougatch
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This will haunt him. Despite being paid millions and being a so called world class manager, he’s changed nothing, not advanced the team at all, and failed for the same reasons as his little smug digs at Southgate in this video
"They were more afraid to drop out of the tournament than having the excitement and hunger to win it" 👀 Thomas Tuchel reflects on England's Euro2024 campaign 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #ITVFootball | #ThreeLions | @England | @GabrielClarke05
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This is the most damning stat I’ve seen. Tactics from the dark ages. We were promised a tactical genius, we got a rabbit in the headlights #eng
12% - Average possession between Anthony Gordon's opener and Lautaro Martínez's winner (55th to 92nd minute): 12% - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 88% - 🇦🇷 Argentina Trapped.
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Tuchel that is shocking and is on you. Tactical genius??? The only tactic he has is bring on all the defenders and defend the edge of the box. Tactics from the dark ages!!!! #eng
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Still find it mental the two English players on this list deemed not good enough to make our squad #england #nffc
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VAR just can’t help but get involved. It’s like they sit in that room and look for anything they can to get involved in, they just can’t handle not being needed or involved. If im honest it’s utterly pathetic #WorldCup
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Absolutely spot on!!!!
At some point, senior Premier League execs have to offer a proper explanation in public for their leniency towards Chelsea. They owe an explanation to fans of clubs punished more harshly. They owe an explanation to those clubs who did abide by the rules. They have to offer some explanation as to why PSR breaches are deemed far more serious than acts of "deception and concealment". Yes, these are the offences of a previous regime at Chelsea. But inconsistencies run through the PL's defence and their reputation is damaged. They can’t hide from a controversy of this magnitude.
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First away game for Harry, great day out, terrible performance! #nffc
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Finally caught up with the Road to Cheltenham with @thespieler and @LydiaHislop , as always an excellent show, one of the best preview shows every year
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