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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

No WSL till the 25th, so instead of resting I: - compared Man City to AI - gave Chelsea a HAL 9000 crisis - found multiple tactical glitches Completely normal sci-fi-themed end-of-season preview: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Jeff P. @thebestisjeff.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I've mentioned a few times that I really like Uzbekistan's front three. Maryam gives a great look at that the center of that attacking trio, Diyora Khabibullaeva. She's also spot on inre: Uzbekistan being too defensive. That attack can ease pressure for the defense. Let them loose.

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Surprise bonus tactics piece this week on Uzbekistan's Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva and how she could lead her team past South Korea this Saturday: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Christian Koch @cybeam1.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

#MomokoTanikawa Yoshi's Momoko Tanikawa related YouTube channel lists 3 of his top sources. He massively praises MiaSanRot @miasanrot.de @justin-kraft.de Maryam's Substack @mclark98.bsky.social and even asks fans to consider supporting them with donations. youtu.be/kLxFI5UkOWI #woso #女子サッカー

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andré @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

congrats to alyssa thompson on her doctorate degree from the christen press school of shooting

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

For #InternationalWomensDay, I break down why Rinsola Babajide is *absolutely* marketable 🇳🇬🔥 open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

The NFL Combine is over so here's your reel of Rich Eisen getting smoked in the 40 by various athletes

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

If anger is “inappropriate,” how exactly should players respond to racial abuse? From Vinícius Jr to women’s football, I explore how football polices rage differently depending on gender and skin colour. New piece on 'who gets to be furious': open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @tim-stillman.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

This week’s Arsenal Women Newsletter is about Mariona Caldentey, Arsenal’s heart, brain and lungs and one of the most well-rounded players in women’s football currently 👇🔴⚪️🇪🇸 awnewsletter.arseblog.com/mariona-arse...

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Mariona- Arsenal’s brain, heart and lungs

One of the discourses I try to stay away from in women’s football is complaining about a player being underrated. I said that I try to stay away from this discourse, I didn’t say that I succeed. Ultim...

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

We obsess over ball-playing centre-backs. Sille Struck just defends. Wins headers. Clears danger. Occasionally wins a foot race (not). Not every game needs a Pontiac Fiero in orbit - sometimes it just needs a proper shootout. open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

‼️ If you like: • Press resistance • Inside carries • Long-range technique • Structural flexibility You’ll like Nantes' Mariam Toloba. If you like high-pressing triggers… we need to talk: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Christian Koch @cybeam1.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

As predicted you made it to Japan. He made sure to encourage people to read your high quality analysis themselves, to subscribe and donate. He put the link to your substack in the video description. youtu.be/fRVrJBTz0Fw [Japanese, CC auto Translation available]

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Momoko Tanikawa is 20 but plays like she’s seen the game already. A tactical piece on how Bayern’s midfield ghost slips markers and controls tempo without ever breaking stride: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Christian Koch @cybeam1.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Momoko Tanikawa: Catch her if you can “It's like trying to catch smoke... like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands” @mclark98.bsky.social with an in-depth analysis. Despite some non analysis related errors very interesting! maryamnaz.substack.com/p/momoko-tan... #woso #女子サッカー #谷川萌々子

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Momoko Tanikawa: Catch her if you can

“It's like trying to catch smoke... like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands”

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Alisha Lehmann’s move from Como to Leicester has been more about optics than tactics. Equality in analysis means allowing female footballers the same thing men have always had: the freedom to be criticised on performance alone. ✍🏽 open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

ICYMI: Gotham → Aston Villa 🦇 A tactical breakdown on whether Jenna Nighswonger can do it on a cold, raining evening in Birmingham: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 21/01/2026

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

"At the end of the day, it's bigger than me. The things that are going through makes people uncomfortable, imagine how (Palestinians) feel?" he said. "That's the biggest thing. I have no affiliation, no connection, to these people - other than the fact that I am a human being. If you have a heart and you're a human being, and you see what's going on in this world, you check yourself real quick.
"I'm sitting here crying about football when there's people dying every single day."
Al-Shaair is the Texans' 2025 Walter Payton
Man of the Year nominee.

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Liverpool's Rafaela Borggräfe will be available for selection again after serving a six-match ban for using racially discriminatory language last summer. Gareth Taylor's comments implied further reflection was unnecessary. Here’s why closure ≠ progress: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

On Nour Youssef and the necessity of joy 🪷 A tactical look at the 20-year-old Palestinian forward whose movement, timing, and expression on the pitch exist within - and in defiance of - an active genocide under Israeli occupation: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna... 🇵🇸

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Yash @odriozolite.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Shooting effectiveness among forwards in WoSo | 2025-26 •Claudia Pina hitting her career best shot volume & the highest in Europe •Leela Egli another gem from that golden Swiss gen of Beney & Schertenleib •Bunny Shaw, Beerensteyn, Pajor, Schuller & Cerci top five for npxG p90

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

‼️ Mission Briefing: Objective: rebuild London City Lionesses 🧱 Obstacles: structure, control, identity 🎭 Agent in charge: Eder Maestre 🕵️‍♂️ Possible or no? open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @tim-stillman.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

This week’s Arsenal Women Newsletter is on Beth Mead 3.0 and her transition into a creative playmaker in Renee Slegers’ football 👇🏻🔴⚪️ awnewsletter.arseblog.com/beth-mead-3-0/

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Beth Mead 3.0

Jonas Eidevall’s Arsenal was defined by intensity and high pressing and when that is the case, there are few better reference points in women’s football than Beth Mead. Mead has flourished in enough e...

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

"How do you catch a ghost? According to Ivan Reitman, you need a proton pack. For everyone else, desperate tackles and shirt-pulling will have to suffice". A very festive guide to holiday hating: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Maryam 🤝 Mariam Injuring ourselves in nonsensical ways I break down Wrexham's first muslim player, and why she is so much more than a trailblazer: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too: "There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done." All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Daniel Day Lewis came out of Instagram retirement to show support for Paul Dano. King shit.

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The focus has been on Mary Earps but it should really be about PSG tanking 4/4 CL games. I took a look at all four defeats and tactically explore the reasons behind the panic in Paris. S/O to Jacqui Oatley for putting me on the radar: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Mid-block? ✅ Counter threat? ✅ Holding Barça to a draw? ✅ The tables? Turned 🏓 Chelsea didn’t just survive in the 1-1 draw with Barcelona - they executed Bompastor’s blueprint to perfection. We should all be excited. Analysis here: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Bompastor’s Barcelona blueprint

Well, well, well. How the turntables…

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

It’s my birthday today and I would absolutely love if you told your pals about my women’s football tactical newsletter. It’s completely free, I post weekly, and it’s currently bridging a much-needed gap in the industry substack.com/@maryamnaz5349…

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Spurs Women Blog @spurswomenblog.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

👀MUST READ Profile of Signe Gaupset by @mclark98.bsky.social More than enough to become (even more) excited about the Norwegian star's Spurs debut. Focuses on both her ability to score and provision of assists - inc, how that might increase Olivia's impact. maryamnaz.substack.com/p/signe-gaup...

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Signe Gaupset: Tottenham’s Black Mamba?

Tricks are for kids

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🚨 If you're a Spurs fan who had a shit weekend, this one's for you! 👇 One of Europe's most prodigious mavericks has just put pen to paper for the women's team: Signe Gaupset. Here's everything you need to know about Tottenham's Black Mamba: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

A tactical breakdown of Edna Imade: the 25-year-old forward doing bits with Real Sociedad. (Disclaimer: Tried SO hard to make this pastel, babyish, sparkly. But then I remembered I like… analysing football. And using data.): open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Edna Re-Made

"It is the obligation of every person born in a safer room to open the door when someone in danger knocks."

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NathanAClark @nathanaclark.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ I helped write this piece on something that I think is important. Would appreciate you giving it a read, regardless of your viewpoint going in. maryamnaz.substack.com/p/the-parado...

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The paradox of protection

A fast…strong…successful…woman? MUST BE A WITCH!!!!!!!!!

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

1692: witch hunts. 2025: trans hunts. Different century, same fear of women who don’t fit the script. Here's my science-backed response to Elizabeth Eddy's "The W in NWSL" essay and why the "W" matters to me: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

FC Twente's Lynn Groenewegen plays football like John Nash solves maths equations 🧮 Here's a look at her beautiful mind, Eredivisie edition: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

6’2 of pure Nordic ice ❄️ 22-year-old Cécilia Rán Rúnarsdóttir’s making waves in the goalkeeping scene. Here's why Inter Milan's No. 1 is going to be the next big thing: open.substack.com/pub/maryamna...

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Depressing reality of women’s football where the resource hasn’t caught up with the physicality of the sport. Playing with less insight on bone structure, period health, shoddy equipment, ill-fitting shoes, and then being told *YOU’RE* the problem is peak gaslighting.

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Danny Page @danny.page · 18/10/2025

Not sure why the full link didn’t come through on your post, so for other folks: maryamnaz.substack.com/p/to-xg-or-n...

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“To xG or not xG?”

That is the question…

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/10/2025

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

xG is already misinterpreted in men's football. Now the same issues are appearing in women's football. Are we asking the right questions? 🤔 Let's notice beyond the data 🔬🔍 Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 06/10/2025

“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man

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How Nicole Kidman's 'bottomless need for sexual attention' led to the end of her marriage to country music star Keith Urban: Nashville insiders open up to
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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Natalia Wróbel 🤝 Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey 🛰️ 10 minutes of nothing, then an absolute banger of a scene. A tactical deep-dive into one of the SWPL’s most enigmatic No. 10s: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…

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Barclays Women’s Super League bot @barclayswslbot.com · 27/09/2025

PARKER REACTS QUICKEST IN THE BOX! ⚡️ #BarclaysWSL #AVWFCOfficial

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Every fairy tale needs a villain. In women's football, it's lazy pundits & misinformed fans fed tired stereotypes. "Girls are too weak", "they only lump it up top", "the shots are weak". I debunk five tactical myths to set the record straight: Link: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…

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Maryam Clark @mclark98.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Asmita Ale is the kind of fullback who’d survive Fletcher’s chair-throwing. Cool under pressure, not afraid to be dissonant 🎶🪑 A tactical breakdown: open.substack.com/pub/maryamnaz/…

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