Tom Curren

Tom Curren

@tomoc.bsky.social

Writer; telling stories in the beautiful game and beyond. Making things @scoutedftbl.com / blogging about life and The Arsenal at Redstory

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Tom Curren
@tomoc.bsky.social

Everyone's complaining but the Ballon d'Or is absolutely incredible. Kate Abdo absolutely knowing how much this show sucks is modern art

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SCOUTED
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"In the world we're working in now," a Head of Recruitment at a European club told us this summer, "you need to take decisions based on gut feeling." This is our first instalment of notes on how to scout a football player - and develop your own gut feeling. (Free): scoutedftbl.com/how-to-scout...

scoutedftbl.comHow to scout a football playerIn this first edition, An Introduction to Process, Llew Davies walks us through how he watches the beautiful game's next generation.

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Nick McGeehan
@ncgeehan.bsky.social

Arsenal's UAE connections often go under the radar. Will a UAE-funded genocide in Sudan and an Arsenal super-fan in NYC bring these connections to the fore? Great piece from @thesentryorg.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comMamdani loves Arsenal. He should challenge them to cut ties with the UAE over Sudan | Sasha Lezhnev and John PrendergastThe New York mayor’s passion for the Gunners and human rights presents an opportunity to push back on the club’s lucrative UAE sponsorship
Tom Curren
@tomoc.bsky.social

¡No pasarán!

Guy Shrubsole@guyshrubsole.bsky.social

Victory for Lula, who has already reduced Amazon deforestation by 70% since 2022, means there is now a chance of ending deforestation of the rainforest entirely I’m weeping with joy for Brazil, for the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon, and for life on Earth 🇧🇷🌳🌎 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comLula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio BolsonaroLeftist incumbent Lula stages unprecedented comeback weeks after narrowly losing first round of election to Bolsonaro
Tom Curren
@tomoc.bsky.social

Son of a multi-multi-billionaire who leveraged that into making insanely beautiful and artful kids movies. Only cool nepo baby

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co

“AI is not a tool. AI can go fuck itself" — 'Wildwood' director Travis Knight

Tom Curren
@tomoc.bsky.social

We got Kubo and the Two Strings because Nike guy bought an animation studio and put his zero-experience son in charge. And I'm cool with that

Tom Curren
@tomoc.bsky.social

Loved talking to Jake and found his discoveries fascinating. Hope you do too

SCOUTED@scoutedftbl.com

The Jude doubters been real quiet recently. Jake Entwistle's been using the silence to quantify what makes Bellingham so unbelievably brilliant, so we might use that knowledge to find others with similar gamebreaking qualities. The Conversation, w/ @tomoc.bsky.social:

scoutedftbl.comDecrypting the Bellingham enigmaEveryone knows Jude Bellingham is brilliant. But how, exactly, is he winning games on his own? And can we find other players who might be similar? Jake Entwistle decodes a personal obsession.
Tom Curren
@tomoc.bsky.social

great stuff on the goat

James Benge@jamesbenge.bsky.social

At the end of last season it was legitimate to worry that Noni Madueke was a good stats, bad player type. Here was a healthy sign that good stats very often come from good footballing actions.

cbssports.comArsenal's Noni Madueke dilemma: Stats love him, but are they missing what makes him such a frustrating winger?Madueke started on the right in a 2-1 win against Leeds and relentlessly attacked the defense, but how consistently will that lead to goals?

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SCOUTED
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Thanks so much for the amazing response to Cata's debut! For those who aren't aware - we've not done a great job introducing ourselves on Bluesky - SCOUTED is an indie and reader-funded magazine on the players, people and ideas changing football's future.

cata@catabush.com

The story of Cavan Sullivan is a story about American soccer idols, and by extension, a story about American soccer itself, both the good and the bad. 20 years after Freddy Adu, American soccer has its prodigy. For @scoutedftbl.com, the tales we weave about Cavan and all that came before (🎁 link):

scoutedftbl.comCavan Sullivan, American mythmakerTwo decades after Freddy Adu, the United States finally has a new soccer icon. Now the nation must learn how to cope with the superstar it's craved.

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Andy Kelly
@goonerak.bsky.social

Can't believe I forgot the most important Arsenal birthday yesterday: The Arsenal FC. 140 years ago yesterday the members of the Dial Square Cricket Club discussed and agreed to form a football team.

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Alex Stewart
@afhstewart.bsky.social

Whether you care about Sullivan or not, THIS is what football writing should be

cata@catabush.com

The story of Cavan Sullivan is a story about American soccer idols, and by extension, a story about American soccer itself, both the good and the bad. 20 years after Freddy Adu, American soccer has its prodigy. For @scoutedftbl.com, the tales we weave about Cavan and all that came before (🎁 link):

scoutedftbl.comCavan Sullivan, American mythmakerTwo decades after Freddy Adu, the United States finally has a new soccer icon. Now the nation must learn how to cope with the superstar it's craved.

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cata
@catabush.com

The story of Cavan Sullivan is a story about American soccer idols, and by extension, a story about American soccer itself, both the good and the bad. 20 years after Freddy Adu, American soccer has its prodigy. For @scoutedftbl.com, the tales we weave about Cavan and all that came before (🎁 link):

scoutedftbl.comCavan Sullivan, American mythmakerTwo decades after Freddy Adu, the United States finally has a new soccer icon. Now the nation must learn how to cope with the superstar it's craved.
Tom Curren
@tomoc.bsky.social

Magnificent from @catabush.com. This feels like the definitive story for non-Americans to understand how seismic Cavan is; a must-read

SCOUTED@scoutedftbl.com

Two decades after Freddy Adu, America finally has the superstar it craves: Cavan Sullivan. But to understand what he means to the country, writes @catabush.com, you must understand all that's come before - and the crushing weight of being an American icon.

scoutedftbl.comCavan Sullivan, American mythmakerTwo decades after Freddy Adu, the United States finally has a new soccer icon. Now the nation must learn how to cope with the superstar it's craved.
Tom Curren
@tomoc.bsky.social

looking back at the decades we spent living in City's world and realising: yes, that funny feeling was real; yes, the strange unease you felt when you realised the club reporting colossal commercial revenues had no cultural presence anywhere was real; you weren't crazy, it was always all fake

@AAllenSport@aallensport.arseblog.com

Disguised Funding FC

Tom Curren
@tomoc.bsky.social

something incredibly modern, something I can't quite put my finger on / find the words for, about living with the knowledge you know a huge corporation is lying to you, blatantly, but life just goes on, it's all normal, we all want peace in suburbia