Pressing isn’t just about running and tackling. It’s about... intelligently understanding where the space is and closing it down. Here, Milan’s high press breaks down because of Leão and Comotto. ❌ Leão should cut off the passing lane into Acheampong, but instead moves towards Caicedo, who is already being covered by Camarda. Leao suggests to Comotto to join the press in and as he blindly follows Caicedo, leaving Acheampong free to slightly adjust his position and receive Wesley Fofana’s pass. 🎯 One wrong movement can completely break a press. #ACMilan #Milan #SerieA #TacticalAnalysis #FootballAnalysis #Pressing #Tacticsshow more

Ox leading the press as a 6 is wild... 😭😭 Flavio doesn’t even bother with pressing, but Ox as a 6 just forgets his actual job and starts running aimlessly because our coach prefers runners over thinkers. How’s he supposed to cover the defense when he doesn’t even know where he’s needed in such moments? Ndlovu should be the one sitting deep while Ox plays box-to-box. But somehow, this chaos seems to impress Nabi 🚮 It’s like he’s blind to Ox’s weaknesses. Ox keeps pushing into areas where you need composure and quality on the ball, qualities he simply doesn’t have.show more

Tesla FSD just showed a level of road awareness... that most human drivers don’t bother with. When a vehicle moves to overtake, instead of holding its position in the lane, the car subtly shifts over to create extra clearance, making the pass smoother and safer for everyone involved. It’s a small move, but it says something bigger about where autonomous driving is heading: not just following rules, but understanding the unwritten ones too.show more

This clip highlights the difference between Caicedo & Lavia... when they are both asked to play the no.6 role Caicedo has the temperament of a 'hunter' who prefers to put out fires when he anticipates danger or a counter pressing opportunity. Lavia's temperament is reminiscent to that of an 'anchor' who prefers to hold his position and screen the backline. The former prefers to operate in a man oriented fashion, while the latter prefers to operate zonally while respecting space more. In a nutshell, Caicedo is like Kante while Lavia is more like Partey if you want a more clearer stylistic similarity. So I have come to the conclusion that if Caicedo is your primary holding 6 then your team's midfield balance would likely be capped long term especially as a possession based side. This thread is not to bash Caicedo in any way but instead to enlighten the masses regarding Chelsea's need for optimal platforming of our talented crop of midfielders to attain the best midfield balance 🧵show more

🐨: Taehyung has a really deep voice and I... think that’s one of the reasons why he is so loved by everyone around him 🐨: He really is like the lion* who can just sit in the middle of it all *NJ compares Taehyung to a lion here because Sanghoon gave his reasoning on why Lion is the king of the jungle; Lion doesn’t strut around flexing its powers, it’s because it can lie down and just sleep right in the middle of it allshow more

Bodhi’s philosophy in Point Break is all about chasing... freedom and living fully in the moment. He sees surfing waves and pulling off daring heists as ways to break free from society’s limits. For him, the ocean is a spiritual space where fear dissolves and life feels pure, and every ride is a reminder that true meaning comes from embracing risk and intensity rather than playing it safe. It’s a wild mix of spirituality, adrenaline, and rebellion that makes his worldview unforgettable.show more

Aberdeen Press / Off-the-ball shape 🔴 Hard to tell... if the positioning of Aberdeen here was just due to an attack just ending, but: • If Cameron is high, then the rest of the team has to have a strategy to block the centre of the pitch. • Armstrong can see Gilmour is free, get across and leave your man to Keskinen - shut off one side of the pitch. • Milanovic can also this progressing. Interpret what is more dangerous, Gilmour driving through the centre or Gilmour passing back towards your man at fullback? • Shinnie is so deep, almost in the back line, spacing between the units makes it so easy for Gilmour to progress up the pitch.show more

BREAKING: BRIAN ARMSTRONG JUST CONFIRMED THE REVOLUTION ON CNBC.... “A new financial system is being built and it’s not built by the banks. It’s built on crypto.” His words. Not mine. What does it mean? - Instant global settlements - Stronger, permissionless credit - 24/7 access to capital anywhere on earth - Open markets that no one can shut down This isn’t about coins pumping. This is about power shifting back to the people. Block by block, crypto is dismantling the old plumbing of finance and replacing it with something unbreakable. Armstrong isn’t predicting the future. He’s building it. You’re not speculating on a trend. You’re front-running a revolution. The old system is dying. The new one is already running. Choose your side.show more

This type of goal makes coaches cream their pants.... Look at this set face off play for the game winner winner earls on main chili chicken dinner. Let’s break it down: 👇 #1 starts with a face off win. Low to high. #2 D to D (spread the defense out) and find Scheifele who rolled off his check at the dot and found space on a wheel route behind the net to find open ice on the other side of the zone. (Dot width). Aka Get lost in space. Create confusion. #3 Morrissey distributes the puck back down to MS who then corrals the pill and surveys his options while getting his toe caps back down ice towards the net, at worst presenting as a shooting option himself. #4 And the key to this whole play? Offense away from the puck. Kyle Connor recognizes time and space and gets available for a one timer by putting himself in a shooting position leaving the slot and fanning out. Lastly, The NHL is all about finding the 2 on 1. Finding the one timer. This was poetry in motion and lost coverage from #Stlblues that cost them the game. - People’s breakdownshow more

Everytime you see the "Where is Kate Middleton?" and... the conspiracies, smile my dears, because there is a greater implication here. After 5 months of public Bullying, Press pressures, Public Pressures and Palace pressures, NO ONE can tell you anything tangible about the princess; not the press, not the courtiers, no one. Prince William has indeed remained Catherine's Relentless protector and defender🔥 He has kept his promise to Catherine that •she would have surgery in complete privacy; •be in and out of the hospital in complete privacy; • Be back home to recover in complete privacy; • That he would take care of their children and handle everything while she focus on her recovery on complete privacy🤩 We are 5 months into 2024, and Catherine, as the Most High Profile future Queen in the World, has enjoyed a privacy that was not given to any other royal women or wife of an Heir apparent EVER in History. This is not thanks to the press; this is not even thanks to the Palace. It is because her Husband has refused to serve her on a platter and has not let himself be cowered by outside nor inside pressures on him to relent. As his mentor and Frmr Private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton already said of Him: "William was always someone of deeply impressive maturity[...] There are many examples of when I worked for William where it would have been very easy to take one route, but it wouldn’t have been the honorable or the right thing to do; so he took the more difficult route."❤️ Prince William proved his private secretary right indeed. He chose the most difficult path when it came to protecting Catherine because it was the right thing to do. The Easiest path would have been to give the press what they want: access to Catherine to take her pictures so they can make money of her and dissect her ad nauseam while she recovers. Instead, he chose to do the one thing that would anger them and bring their wrath on him: He gave them No access and No explanations🔥 William EVEN dared to take a mother's day picture of his OWN wife and children HIMSELF; How dare he..😏🤡 The Fact is, Catherine has Privacy ONLY because Prince William held strong for his family to remain at peace during this time of turmoil. In 2012 during their Pacific Royal tour, Catherine was once again victim of the Press attacks and violation of her privacy when the french magazine, The Closer, published topless pictures of her while on vacation with William. The DM editor, Rebecca English, quizzed him about the situation and it was then that Prince William revealed that Prior to marrying her, he had given his word to her parents that he would protect her at all costs and take care of her; a promise he continues to stand by❤️ Just this month, a friend of the RF revealed pretty much nothing to People Mag when he said that "Prince William is keeping his inner circle tight during a challenging chapter." The Source added: "He is not leaning on too many others"😏 Another source closer to the Wales said: "The Prince of Wales is relying heavily on the "nuclear family unit" of his immediate family of five and Kate’s supportive family: her parents Carole and Michael Middleton and her siblings Pippa and James"🔥 Who could blame him? He has to keep quiet since he knows everyone wants to know what he knows. So he is right to rely on the people who will never betray him nor Catherine: The Middletons. A daft post was asking "why are the Middletons not asking where their daughter is?" Why would they, Dimmy?🤡 They know exactly where she is and probably what she ate today. The Middletons have do not talk because they KNOW what is going on and are protecting their OWN Daughter, alongside William😏 So when you see people asking where she is, remember that the Future King kept his promise to his Wife; and a Man who will keep his promises to his wife and children, will keep his promises to his country and to the Monarchy☕️ 📹Tokkianamishow more

I want parents to really think about this. Imagine... paying good money for lessons because you care about your daughter’s long-term development… and the first thing you’re told is that “swinging down isn’t correct.” Instead it’s barrel depth, elite path, and swinging up because “that’s what the pros do.” That’s where development goes backwards. Most young athletes aren’t broken they’re underdeveloped in movement. They don’t understand shoulder angles, how to get on top of the ball, situational hitting, or how the body actually organizes a swing. That’s not their fault. That’s instruction skipping steps. In my cage, athletes do not swing up first. They have to earn the right to swing up by first owning the down. We stay at the top of the zone, learn how to find the down, and teach how the shoulders orient the swing. The up isn’t cued or forced it’s a byproduct of correct movement. What floors me is how often kids, especially in softball, are taught to swing up immediately. How do you start middle-down and swing up in a sport where the ball is traveling on an upward plane? It makes no sense. Baseball and softball mechanics are the same the body doesn’t change. But instruction must start differently because pitch plane is different. Baseball breaks down. Softball rise spins up. If a softball hitter can’t control the down out front, they’ll never handle elite rise. Once control is there, the femur turns down, the torso gets pulled up, and the natural up shows itself. No forcing. No manipulation. I can post videos like this all day. I’m not teaching a “style.” I’m teaching how the body is designed to move. I’m demanding because parents invest real time and money, and I won’t waste either. If you want game swings that hold up to velocity and plane find the down!show more

WNBA Coach Uses Ethnicity as a Shield to Defend... Men in Women’s Sports Golden State Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase, the reigning WNBA Coach of the Year, made her position crystal clear on Sunday. In a pre-game press conference, Nakase said: “For me sports is about belonging. It’s about inclusivity. It’s about allowing everyone to be their authentic self. I’m big on that because I have been criticized for my height, for my ethnicity… I’m all about women, little girls deserving to play, and that includes trans women.” (Video: AI) This is indefensible. Being criticized for your ethnicity does not give anyone the right to erase the biological reality of women’s sports. Comparing racial or ethnic discrimination to the demand that males compete in female categories is a false and dangerous equivalence. One is about identity. The other is about physical fairness, safety, and the hard-won protections of Title IX. Nakase is not protecting “belonging.” She is actively promoting the inclusion of biological males in women’s and girls’ sports — and using her own background as cover to shut down legitimate concerns. Women and girls deserve single-sex categories and private spaces. Full stop. Coaches who refuse to defend that basic truth are failing the athletes they claim to serve.show more

rewatching ep 4 for the nth time and I... think this is going to be one of those scenes that stays with me for a very long time😭it isn’t just Pete crying, he completely breaks down like full sobbing, barely holding himself together, curling into a ball of grief hiding himself in the blanket like years of pain finally poured out at once. When you think about everything we know about Pete, he’s just 24, yet he’s been emotionally exhausted for years. His gang is younger than him, meaning he can’t really share anything with them. His sister neglects him, and the way he talks about his relatives makes it obvious that his family life is filled with distance rather than care😔 It’s the first time Pete has ever talked about his past, not running from it but actually saying it out loud while someone quietly listens to him. Niran doesn’t interrupt Pete or try to comfort him. He looks composed the whole time, but I can feel his emotions through the silence, the sigh, the way he listens. He is simply lying there but it’s a safe space for Pete to unravel, which is why Pete later says that people feel at ease around Niran. It’s not cuz Niran is affectionate, it’s cuz he says things as they are and that helps Pete feel like he can be himself around him, even at his most broken moment. The scene before where he was furious with Pete, he’s not judging Pete’s life, he’s just giving him the hard truth. He doesn’t sugarcoat things, but he also doesn’t invalidate Pete’s pain. Instead, he’s trying to make Pete realize that his life has value, but he’s letting anger, recklessness and negative emotions get the best of him. And for someone like Pete, who spent most of his life feeling unwanted and unseen, this kind of brutal honesty is what he needs to turn over a new leaf🥹show more

Trump Stands Strong: Storms Off Fiery ‘Meet the Press’... Interview President Trump visibly agitated and stormed off his “Meet the Press” interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker today after a heated exchange about elections, the 2020 results, and claims of ongoing issues in places like California. He called the network “one-sided crooked,” said “Let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough,” and reminded everyone that a country can never be great with a dishonest press. Trump emphasized that he had sat through tough conditions, including rain, but drew the line at what he saw as unfair questioning. This moment highlights the ongoing battle for truth and fair coverage in American media. Do you think Trump was right to walk out and push back against biased questioning? (Video: AI)show more

There are three main issues here 1. The truck... on the left is on the fast lane, which is correct.✅ 2. The second truck, with a dustbin-, is partially on the fast lane but not moving as it should. Its incorrect position -should be on the slow lane, alongside the danfo the yellow buse (public transport) 3. The driver of the red car is the main culprit. He lacks driving experience and failed to calculate his entry into the lane properly. Instead of entering at a safe speed of around 150-160 mph, he entered recklessly. A simple press of the brake for 4 seconds could have avoided the problem. The issue lies with the red car driver's poor entry into the lane. The award 🥇 goes to danfo driver . Give that danfo man a cool beer 🍺show more

It is disappointing that Amorim still hasn’t changed the... biggest concern in his model. I don’t see enough upside to justify the trade-off. Amorim continues to push the central center back, De Winter or Gabbia, into midfield from goal kicks. It hasn’t generated any meaningful advantage. Instead, it forces the wingbacks deeper because the wide center backs are narrower, leaving Milan without width on the last line in deep buildup and making them easier to press. A much better solution would be using the 4-2-5, with the keeper alongside the central center back and the wide center backs going wider. This would allow Milan to maintain constant width with the wingbacks high while creating more space in the buildup. The issue carries into settled possession. Because the wingbacks start deeper, they have to travel from deep to high once Milan exit deep buildup, making it easier for the opposition to trap them in wide areas and jump aggressively. This hasn’t caused Amorim as many problems as it did in England, primarily because Milan have a much greater qualitative advantage over most of their opposition than United did.show more