Dr. Umir Irfan

@umirf1 • 96,959 subscribers

@BBCSport Football Tactics Correspondent & locum A&E Doctor. Previous work as club football consultant + analyst. DM for email.

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Dr. Umir Irfan

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Messi is not real. He’s an alien because after decades, he’s still doing things that make me wonder how. That first pass? How has he seen and played that? Alien.

Life is funny.

Nunes, Dias, Guehi, Nico O'Reilly Semenyo, Foden*, Anderson, Doku Cherki Haaland

Roberto De Zerbi, are you looking for a centre back mate?

Project is done and live. A blog-archive-portfolio that I’ll publish thoughts to ranging from quick observations to frameworks I use to full essays and analysis. The search function is detailed so people can search ideas, sort by format, coaches, or teams over hopefully years.

Working on building a second brain for football. Aim is to have all my football thoughts in one place with in-linking to other pages within specific entries like a personal Wikipedia. Placeholder content for now.

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We've got this incredible feature on the BBC through the World Cup. For games the BBC cover, you can watch the games live (or back) in this 3D space, freely controlling the camera angle or viewing it in first person from any players' POV. Top for tactical insight. See here:

Kompany on the defending debate in the game against PSG – echoing what I've said in the tweet (and thread) below.

If City still need a 6 this time come Sunday, I’m there.

Saint Maximin ➡️ Mahrez ➡️ Firmino. Yeah, ridiculous. And unfair. Lovely goal.

Heroes &amp; Villains 🔵

I have an announcement. I have a new job.

I’m seeing criticism around Bruno Fernandes’ World Cup but quality is emergent, it depends on the conditions a player finds themselves in. Bruno is as good as is for United but I explain why Martinez’s game model didn’t suit or allow him to play his natural attacking game.

My analysis for DAZN Football on how this brilliant in-game tweak from Xabi Alonso vs Juventus completely changed the game. about: Tchouameni’s position change, Xabi Alonso’s hybrid back 4 and back 5, and man-marking Yildiz out of the game. (with James Allcott)

Created a private AI chatbot that goes through all of my previous thoughts and football work to provide answers on tactical questions I ask it. The aim is to have an AI-powered version of my football brain that has better memory than I do, cross-referencing works over years.

Hugely inspirational.

Let’s talk about recruitment (ft Kobbie Mainoo)

about me (Umir) and my 2024.

A brief analysis of Lammens for BBC Sport. Touched upon his top shot-stopping numbers, situations in which these hold up &amp; in which they may slightly deceive, before summarising his skillset. Left out many details given time so will elaborate in an article soon. Stay tuned.

Ilkay Gundogan vs Leeds (22/23) A near flawless display at #6 accompanied by two goals from the all-timer. Ilkay Gündogan

Man City, Anderson, Bouaddi and qualitative depth™

5 years of work ha.

Heroes & Villains 🔵

A brief analysis of Lammens for BBC Sport. Touched upon his top shot-stopping numbers, situations in which these hold up & in which they may slightly deceive, before summarising his skillset. Left out many details given time so will elaborate in an article soon. Stay tuned.