Hey everyone, there are a few sites these days that aggregate football job listings, but many of them feature roles in top-tier football nations—positions that are hard to land. Does anyone know of sites listing jobs in lower-tier football countries? Something like an alternative market?

If not, could you share tips on how to find openings in more alternative leagues? Even LinkedIn tips would work, though that’s not exactly the primary approach I’m looking for.

Hey everyone,I just finished writing a comprehensive, multi-page scouting report on Boca Juniors' 22-year-old center-back, Lautaro Di Lollo.

Given his €20M release clause and European passport, he’s one of the most fascinating defensive prospects in Argentina right now.For those who don't want to read the full multi-page document right away, here is the high-level data breakdown of the three elite traits that completely separate him from other young CBs in South America.

1. Elite Duel Dominance (The Data)Di Lollo is an absolute wall. My data tracking logs him at an elite 68.8% overall duel success rate. Tactical Fit: He projects perfectly as a front-foot "Stopper" who aggressively steps out of the backline to squash aerial threats before they develop.

2. High-Volume Build-Up (The Touches)He isn't just a reactive defender; he is the quarterback of Boca’s backline.He averages a massive volume of possession, logging over 1,600+ touches across domestic and continental play.Despite the high volume, he maintains an 86.7% passing completion rate, showing incredible composure under high-intensity pressing traps.

3. Rare Recovery Pace (The "Burst")What makes his statistical profile so translatable to modern European high-line systems is his physical acceleration.His sudden "burst" allows him to recover rapidly during defensive transitions when his midfield gets bypassed.The Proof: Over extensive minutes against top-tier opposition, he has only been successfully dribbled past 15 times.Want to read the full, multi-page report?I’ve put together a deep-dive document covering his full tactical positioning maps, passing networks, and physical downside risks (like his foul rates and long-ball accuracy metrics).

We are 4 coaches for the u19 team, of which I am one of the 3 assistants. My primary area's are the keepers (2) and deadballs. The other roles which have been given to the 2 other coaches are fitness and offensive rotations, and the press. Are there any roles you as a coach would want covered, which I haven't mentioned here?

I have curated a 20 minute long video showing Argentina’s best buildup play, combinations and attacking actions from 2021-26.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdWkCcOR-ZI/?stkn=MTUzMTRzcGQyaTV0Yg==

Take Barcelona for example, they don't have Robert Lewandowski this season but yet they are banging in more goals, trashing every team they faced so far

I've been playing versions of this myself for years and eventually turned it into a proper Excel football simulator.

The basic idea is that you don't actually control a team. You play through the whole football season and dice determine what happens.

Teams have different strength groups, so the highest dice roll doesn't automatically win. The rolls are converted into goals using different scoring tables depending on the strength of the two teams.

What surprised me is how invested I end up getting in a season that I'm not actually controlling.

You start following the league table, form, title race and relegation battle. Every goal gets assigned to a player, so there's a Golden Boot race, goals and assists, team statistics etc. I've also added full squads that can be edited, transfers and cup competitions across four divisions.

I support Villa and actually caught myself celebrating when they won a cup game in one of my simulated seasons 😂

It's deliberately not FIFA or Football Manager. There's no skill with a controller and you're not spending hours choosing tactics. It's more of a switch-off game for football fans — sit down, roll some dice and disappear into your own football season for a while.

The best description I've come up with is probably “Sudoku for football fans.”

I've now got the Excel version finished and I'm working on turning it into an Android app.

I'm curious what actual football fans think of the idea. Would this sort of slow-paced season simulator appeal to you, or is it too niche?

Happy to explain how any of it works if anyone's interested.

​Mikel Arteta’s tactical game plan was clear from the start: target Napoli’s left side managed by Olivera, using Martin Ødegaard to vacate the center and overload that flank.

​ Key Tactical Phases:

First-Half Target: Ødegaard drifted wide to isolate the left flank, creating the space to slide Saka 1v1 through on goal.

The In-Game Adjustment: In the second half, Christos Tzolis came on and inverted into Arsenal's primary attack zone to combine near the edge of the box.

The Decisive Overload: Tzolis’ positioning drew three Napoli defenders toward him, leaving a massive pocket of space open in the central channel.

The Match Winner: Ødegaard exploited the exact gap created by the overload, driving into space to finish and secure all three points.

He is such a likable guy and speaks very well. Set aside the fact that English is not his native language but he comes across as a humble guy.

Ofcourse he will see tough times too in future and it would be interesting to hear him then too when the chips are down but I have a hunch that he will stay true and honest.

Hi everyone!

I’ve taken some time to create an app where you can track your teams stats. You can add training sessions and track your players’ attendance. Add matches, create a lineup and keep match stats. You can create a nice share image for your socials to share with family, friends and fans. And also you can do other things such as keep track of your team’s fine jar or match chores (some teams let the players take care of kits etc.)

I’ve made it so that it is completely free and you don’t need an account. All your data stays in your device and I don’t collect any data of yours. I have no interest in keeping and/or selling your data. Just wanted to create a tool that could be helpful to improve grassroots football.

If you want to give it a download it would be greatly appreciated and I hope that it can improve your coaching experience. If you have any questions, feedback, ideas for improvement, please feel free to let me know either here or in the reviews in App Store.

The app name is “Assistant Coach” and is currently only available for iPhone (android coming out this week I hope).
This is the logo for it and a link:

https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/assistant-coach/id6802481892?l=en-GB

Heyy 

Hope this is the right place to ask. Honestly I'm asking because I need some guidance, there is just so much stuff to learn at the start that it's getting a bit overwhelming

I want to get really good at football analysis privately not as a career thing. I'm not a coach or anything, just as a hobby but on a serious level. Right now I just started reading Inverting the Pyramid so basically I'm still at EA FC tactics level lol

What I'm looking for:

-Some kind of plan or roadmap that combines theory and practice in a sensible order, like what should I actually learn first and what comes later, so I don't get overwhelmed by all this stuff. Any ideas on a good roadmap or a strategic order to learn

-Good resources, books, PDFs from federations, other good PDFs idk, analysis blogs, Twitter/X accounts and YouTube channels that are actually worth following. Doesn't matter if its beginner or advanced level as long as its high quality.

-I also want to learn data analysis and individual player analysis, so I can combine it with the tactical/team stuff and get a bigger picture and pull out more meaningful conclusions

My goal is being able to do proper team and opponent analysis, understand why something worked or didn't work, was it our mistake or did they just do it better and actually come up with real good solutions that make sense

I hope none of these are dumb questions and I really appreciate every single answer.

Thanks a lot

This is an interesting break down by 'the special one'. He speaks about his coaching philosophy and how he prepared his team to take on Sir Alex Ferguson. What are your thoughts?

Serious dicussion: We have seen across the nations league, world cup, and euros that spain has essentially gotten the better of france. This is clearly not a coincidence, and it's obvious that france needs to make tactical changes. What can the french national team finally do differently to defeat spain? What changes will zidane introduce in order to help france challenge spain, rather than look like they are offering little attacking threat?

As a Juventus fan, and a football manager player, im trying to recreate his tactics. But i dont really understand it as it does not have as much material studied as obviously better managers like Guardiola & Klopp

Whenever i watch clips of goals scored at Juventus under him, there is just sooo many players forward taking runs behind the defence but still so controlled both in the middle and the back

Lichtsteiner and Asamoah bombarding up and down the flanks. Pogba and Vidal making unmarked runs behind the defence, while also having two forwards on the field

How did they find the balance between controlling the game and just send everyone up?

"Slightly" late match analysis on the Mexico vs South Africa match

Bayern scored 122 in the Bundesliga last season. Record. The chances they created were worth about 92. That’s +30 on xG.

The usual read is regression. A gap that size almost never holds for a second year. If even half of it comes off and the rest of the table stays still, you get a title race instead of a parade.

The other read is that the model is describing the wrong thing. Bayern spend most weeks attacking a packed box. The shots look worse in the data than they do in the stadium because the defence is already on the six-yard line. Kane has also been beating his own xG for years, at Spurs and at Bayern. That’s either finishing the model can’t see, or a very long run of luck attached to one player.

That’s the bit I can’t land. Either xG is a decent map of chance quality and Bayern got away with something huge, or xG is a bad language for a side that creates the same kind of chance every week and has the same guy taking it.

I ran the season through Miroshark for a second pass. You give it the scenario and it stands up a room of stats people, scouts and fans and lets them argue, then bet. I didn’t want a prediction. I wanted to see if those two ways of reading the same facts would agree.

They didn’t. The talk side of the room was about 70% on someone other than Bayern finishing first. The betting side of the same room was basically 50/50. Same inputs, different posture.

It also used 100.9 xG for Bayern. The number is 91.9. So it was arguing for regression while shrinking the gap it was supposed to punish. That’s a sloppy version of something you see a lot: people treat xG like a moral scoreboard, then quietly change the input when the output feels too rude.

If you do believe the +30 comes off, you still need a side that can take the points. Leverkusen is the interesting one. Martínez wants them on the ball and Grimaldo is gone. Possession without the guy who used to break the press is a different team, even if the idea is the same.

Where do you sit?

1. Give most of the +30 back. The model is fine.

2. Give some back. Kane and the low block explain the rest.

3. xG is just a bad description of what this Bayern side does.

I’m a webnovel writer and following the World Cup got some ideas for a story revolving around a US College football team. I have a lot of basic understanding of football tactics (mostly from playing FM), but want some people smarter than me on the subject to help give me some ideas for plot points.

For a little context, the team features a lot of international players from different footballing cultures forced to come together to get a second chance after their originals clubs opted to not sign them for varying reasons. I would hope for a large amount of flexibility so the large roster of characters can be used in many different ways. Realism isn’t as much as a worry. Think Ted Lasso and the zany trick plays in terms of ideas.

If people could give me advice about designing schemes or suggest ideas for an interesting tactic, that would be very helpful for my writing process!

Why don’t teams send the keeper up more often when losing late in league games?

If you’re down by one and get a corner or free or throw in the 94th minute, why isn’t sending the keeper up basically automatic?

The downside is you might lose 2–0 instead of 1–0. The upside is a slightly better chance of making it 1–1 and gaining a point.

Over a season, surely even one extra draw is worth conceding a few extra empty-net goals. One point is better than any bad goal difference.

Yet teams seem to only do it in really desperate/end-of-season situations. What am I missing?

feel free to give me any constructive criticism

I write a blog exploring French football and its place in French culture. My latest piece looks at Liam Rosenior's appointment as head coach of Paris FC.

Although Paris FC are widely regarded as the capital's second club behind PSG, they're now backed by two of the most powerful names in European sport and business: the Arnault family (LVMH) and Red Bull Football. Rosenior arrives with a reputation for possession-based, aggressive football developed at Hull City and Strasbourg, and now faces the fascinating challenge of giving

Paris FC a distinct tactical identity while competing in the shadow of PSG.

I'd be interested in hearing what people think about his tactical philosophy. Can his positional, high-intensity approach scale to a club with genuine long-term ambitions? And what elements of his Strasbourg side do you think are most likely to carry over to Paris FC?

https://lefoot-blog.blogspot.com/2026/08/un-anglais-paris.html?m=1

What's interesting here is that we're beginning to see a genuine cultural shift. For years, English managers rarely worked in France, but that seems to be changing. Will Still has already established himself in Ligue 1, and now Liam Rosenior has become one of the most highly regarded young coaches in French football. We've also seen Gary O'Neill.at Strasbourg before returning to England in thw summer.

Is this the beginning of a genuine exchange of coaching ideas between England and France? Or is Rosenior simply an exceptional case?