Idlan
@idlan.bsky.social
🇬🇧-based 🇲🇾-born // associate professor @UoBAccounting // UEFA C // Volunteer Coach // Full-time Stuckasaurus // Football. Mostly football.
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New Episode: Kick Israel out of FIFA
Check out the entire conversation with @leylahamed.bsky.social, Abubaker Abed, Roger Waters, @scotsport4pal.bsky.social, @shireenahmed.bsky.social, @nkalamb.bsky.social and others on why Israel must be banned from global sport.
open.spotify.com/episode/1EZu...
Check out the entire conversation with @leylahamed.bsky.social, Abubaker Abed, Roger Waters, @scotsport4pal.bsky.social, @shireenahmed.bsky.social, @nkalamb.bsky.social and others on why Israel must be banned from global sport.
open.spotify.com/episode/1EZu...
October 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
New Episode: Kick Israel out of FIFA
Check out the entire conversation with @leylahamed.bsky.social, Abubaker Abed, Roger Waters, @scotsport4pal.bsky.social, @shireenahmed.bsky.social, @nkalamb.bsky.social and others on why Israel must be banned from global sport.
open.spotify.com/episode/1EZu...
Check out the entire conversation with @leylahamed.bsky.social, Abubaker Abed, Roger Waters, @scotsport4pal.bsky.social, @shireenahmed.bsky.social, @nkalamb.bsky.social and others on why Israel must be banned from global sport.
open.spotify.com/episode/1EZu...
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No dollar amount is worth more than human lives or well-being. EVER. Kicking a ball around is never ever ever ever worth more than keeping people safe. Not a backyard game, not a NWSL top of the table clash, not a World Cup final. That should be common sense.
August 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
No dollar amount is worth more than human lives or well-being. EVER. Kicking a ball around is never ever ever ever worth more than keeping people safe. Not a backyard game, not a NWSL top of the table clash, not a World Cup final. That should be common sense.
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Special Issue: Call for Proposals
We are excited to announce a new Special Issue in the Journal of Sport and Social Issues on post-qualitative inquiry!
We are excited to announce a new Special Issue in the Journal of Sport and Social Issues on post-qualitative inquiry!
July 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Special Issue: Call for Proposals
We are excited to announce a new Special Issue in the Journal of Sport and Social Issues on post-qualitative inquiry!
We are excited to announce a new Special Issue in the Journal of Sport and Social Issues on post-qualitative inquiry!
i've spent worse Saturday afternoons, to be fair
May 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
i've spent worse Saturday afternoons, to be fair
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An interesting read
Budgets: A League One Breakdown
This is going to be an article I expect will create a lot of discussion. We keep hearing about budgets, and some fans remain sceptical. After all, no matter what we spent, we could have done better. Key moments in some games let us down, and while we finished 11th…
This is going to be an article I expect will create a lot of discussion. We keep hearing about budgets, and some fans remain sceptical. After all, no matter what we spent, we could have done better. Key moments in some games let us down, and while we finished 11th…
Budgets: A League One Breakdown
This is going to be an article I expect will create a lot of discussion. We keep hearing about budgets, and some fans remain sceptical. After all, no matter what we spent, we could have done better. Key moments in some games let us down, and while we finished 11th on 61 points, we could easily argue that we should have been closer to 70.
staceywest.net
May 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
An interesting read
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Co-written with @poppywilde.bsky.social, our article is out now in @icsjournal.bsky.social. We analyse humorous bad taste Twitter reactions to the death of Prince Philip as a critique of the monarchy, and reflect on the ethics of researching controversial content on social media
tinyurl.com/y62326fr
tinyurl.com/y62326fr
May 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Co-written with @poppywilde.bsky.social, our article is out now in @icsjournal.bsky.social. We analyse humorous bad taste Twitter reactions to the death of Prince Philip as a critique of the monarchy, and reflect on the ethics of researching controversial content on social media
tinyurl.com/y62326fr
tinyurl.com/y62326fr
My old man attempted a doctorate in the 80s but he didn't complete. This weekend he told me the real reason - he fell under the spell of the immense Orientalism & theology library at Durham and completely got sidetracked - reading!
Totally relate to and celebrate this. Now think he's my real dad.
Totally relate to and celebrate this. Now think he's my real dad.
April 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
My old man attempted a doctorate in the 80s but he didn't complete. This weekend he told me the real reason - he fell under the spell of the immense Orientalism & theology library at Durham and completely got sidetracked - reading!
Totally relate to and celebrate this. Now think he's my real dad.
Totally relate to and celebrate this. Now think he's my real dad.
At a theme park because niece and nephews made me do it. I swear the inventor of theme parks are British - so much queueing.
April 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
At a theme park because niece and nephews made me do it. I swear the inventor of theme parks are British - so much queueing.
Oh, Copilot. You never cease to give me faith in humanity.
April 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Oh, Copilot. You never cease to give me faith in humanity.
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Prof Geoff Walters of University of Liverpool is one of the most authoritative voices on football admin and I spoke to him as he makes the case for the independent regulator
"the Man United example is why there’s been a need for an independent regulator
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
"the Man United example is why there’s been a need for an independent regulator
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
This is why the Premier League needs an independent regulator
Professor in sports business Geoff Walters tells Miguel Delaney why English football needs an independent body to save itself from a crisis of regulation
www.independent.co.uk
February 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Prof Geoff Walters of University of Liverpool is one of the most authoritative voices on football admin and I spoke to him as he makes the case for the independent regulator
"the Man United example is why there’s been a need for an independent regulator
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
"the Man United example is why there’s been a need for an independent regulator
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Okay I did not see this coming before end of season.
Breaking: Liverpool Women have parted company with manager Matt Beard with the team seventh in the Women's Super League table. More on @theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Okay I did not see this coming before end of season.
Would have loved to be at Wembley but it's a work night..... as I remind myself, I must work to support my football habit
February 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Would have loved to be at Wembley but it's a work night..... as I remind myself, I must work to support my football habit
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I don’t know if Google can top this, their finest work to date
February 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I don’t know if Google can top this, their finest work to date
I'm trying to decide if this is not the Japan I saw at the WWC; or it's the Colombia and Australia WWC versions that didnt turn up.
February 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm trying to decide if this is not the Japan I saw at the WWC; or it's the Colombia and Australia WWC versions that didnt turn up.
Trying to coordinate post-Eid hols for siblings who live and work on three continents was not where I thought I'd be in 2025 - but there you go 😂
February 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Trying to coordinate post-Eid hols for siblings who live and work on three continents was not where I thought I'd be in 2025 - but there you go 😂
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This is why I love Ian Wright, always says the things every other pundit is too cowardly to.
February 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is why I love Ian Wright, always says the things every other pundit is too cowardly to.
And answering my own question: www.linkedin.com/pulse/has-de...
in sum, nowhere near as energy efficient as google, but DeepSeek is better than ChatGPT on the energy use scale at least.
in sum, nowhere near as energy efficient as google, but DeepSeek is better than ChatGPT on the energy use scale at least.
January 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
And answering my own question: www.linkedin.com/pulse/has-de...
in sum, nowhere near as energy efficient as google, but DeepSeek is better than ChatGPT on the energy use scale at least.
in sum, nowhere near as energy efficient as google, but DeepSeek is better than ChatGPT on the energy use scale at least.
All this talk about Deep Seek vs ChatGPT - which one uses energy more efficiently and uses lest water (i.e. better environmental impact)?
January 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
All this talk about Deep Seek vs ChatGPT - which one uses energy more efficiently and uses lest water (i.e. better environmental impact)?
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Another nudge in favour of a critical employability studies
‘Learn to code’
Should’ve done a proper degree like sociology or political science
Should’ve done a proper degree like sociology or political science
January 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Another nudge in favour of a critical employability studies
Financing Opportunity: Masters of Commerce in Finance with PhD opportunity at Monash
www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...
www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...
announcement :: SSRN
www.ssrn.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Financing Opportunity: Masters of Commerce in Finance with PhD opportunity at Monash
www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en...
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Do you not just love it when:
- you want to make some paneer biryani
- you might as well order some groceries as you're ordering the paneer anyway
- the groceries arrive.. one item unavailable... it's the paneer.
- you want to make some paneer biryani
- you might as well order some groceries as you're ordering the paneer anyway
- the groceries arrive.. one item unavailable... it's the paneer.
a cartoon of stitch holding a stick with the words okay written below him
ALT: a cartoon of stitch holding a stick with the words okay written below him
media.tenor.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Do you not just love it when:
- you want to make some paneer biryani
- you might as well order some groceries as you're ordering the paneer anyway
- the groceries arrive.. one item unavailable... it's the paneer.
- you want to make some paneer biryani
- you might as well order some groceries as you're ordering the paneer anyway
- the groceries arrive.. one item unavailable... it's the paneer.
Good weekend of sport coming up: AO Finals, WSL and EPL footy, me wrestling with my taxes...
January 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Good weekend of sport coming up: AO Finals, WSL and EPL footy, me wrestling with my taxes...
Can I nominatw the next Nobel whatever-is-relevant Prize to the creators of the HeatTech range at Uniqlo because bro you cooked. Thank you for keeping my tropical ass toasty this winter.
January 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Can I nominatw the next Nobel whatever-is-relevant Prize to the creators of the HeatTech range at Uniqlo because bro you cooked. Thank you for keeping my tropical ass toasty this winter.
Interesting reactions among peers and also on social
media re: Mark Parsons' appointment as ACFC's Sporting Director. Most US fans are positive and think its a coup; those from Europe have a more.. facepalm.. reaction. #Divisive
media re: Mark Parsons' appointment as ACFC's Sporting Director. Most US fans are positive and think its a coup; those from Europe have a more.. facepalm.. reaction. #Divisive
January 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Interesting reactions among peers and also on social
media re: Mark Parsons' appointment as ACFC's Sporting Director. Most US fans are positive and think its a coup; those from Europe have a more.. facepalm.. reaction. #Divisive
media re: Mark Parsons' appointment as ACFC's Sporting Director. Most US fans are positive and think its a coup; those from Europe have a more.. facepalm.. reaction. #Divisive