Blair Newman
@secondball.bsky.social
Women's football. Write for The Equalizer. Guardian Top 100 panelist. Worked as next opponent scout for SPFL teams. PFSA Level 2 qualification: Talent ID, Technical scouting.
Bunny Shaw's first touch is as good as you'll find among centre forwards. Can make it stick in a few different ways.
November 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Bunny Shaw's first touch is as good as you'll find among centre forwards. Can make it stick in a few different ways.
Gutierres makes it 4-1 just as Uruguay were coming alive again. Whoosh.
July 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Gutierres makes it 4-1 just as Uruguay were coming alive again. Whoosh.
Amanda Gutierres goal. Nice movement to stay on, stunning header.
July 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Amanda Gutierres goal. Nice movement to stay on, stunning header.
On Team Hampton since Birmingham. (Not everyone was, to be honest.) Her ability to spread the field as a goalkeeper always stood out. (Also thought her command of the box was good.) Today it's her shot-stopping, which feels like it's improved a lot over the years.
July 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On Team Hampton since Birmingham. (Not everyone was, to be honest.) Her ability to spread the field as a goalkeeper always stood out. (Also thought her command of the box was good.) Today it's her shot-stopping, which feels like it's improved a lot over the years.
Wiegman's go-to last-ditch tactic is wingers on their 'weak' side, playing in-swinging crosses while loading the box to test the keeper and centre-backs of the opponent (winning & often defending deeper). It had an effect against Spain three years ago, and against Sweden and Italy at this Euro.
July 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Wiegman's go-to last-ditch tactic is wingers on their 'weak' side, playing in-swinging crosses while loading the box to test the keeper and centre-backs of the opponent (winning & often defending deeper). It had an effect against Spain three years ago, and against Sweden and Italy at this Euro.
Real Madrid's Yasmim scored two identical free kicks in the first half of Brazil vs. Paraguay
July 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Real Madrid's Yasmim scored two identical free kicks in the first half of Brazil vs. Paraguay
Short video on Camila Arrieta's performance for Paraguay v Colombia the other night.
The 23-year-old played left wing-back in a 5-3-2. Good anticipation, a number of interceptions + some skill on the ball too.
Plays club footy in Brazil for 3b da Amazonia (joined from Cruzeiro in February).
The 23-year-old played left wing-back in a 5-3-2. Good anticipation, a number of interceptions + some skill on the ball too.
Plays club footy in Brazil for 3b da Amazonia (joined from Cruzeiro in February).
July 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Short video on Camila Arrieta's performance for Paraguay v Colombia the other night.
The 23-year-old played left wing-back in a 5-3-2. Good anticipation, a number of interceptions + some skill on the ball too.
Plays club footy in Brazil for 3b da Amazonia (joined from Cruzeiro in February).
The 23-year-old played left wing-back in a 5-3-2. Good anticipation, a number of interceptions + some skill on the ball too.
Plays club footy in Brazil for 3b da Amazonia (joined from Cruzeiro in February).
Georgia Stanway & Keira Walsh: How to find space in midfield. A short but sweet video example.
❌WON'T work: standing still, pointing and shouting
✔️WILL work: change of pace, of direction, or of position
Simple but effective movement from the base midfielders to make themselves available.
❌WON'T work: standing still, pointing and shouting
✔️WILL work: change of pace, of direction, or of position
Simple but effective movement from the base midfielders to make themselves available.
July 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Georgia Stanway & Keira Walsh: How to find space in midfield. A short but sweet video example.
❌WON'T work: standing still, pointing and shouting
✔️WILL work: change of pace, of direction, or of position
Simple but effective movement from the base midfielders to make themselves available.
❌WON'T work: standing still, pointing and shouting
✔️WILL work: change of pace, of direction, or of position
Simple but effective movement from the base midfielders to make themselves available.
What makes the achievement all the more special is it comes through exceptional teambuilding. Grant Scott, probably one of the best coaches you've not heard of, and a team recruited predominantly from the domestic league. Here's the moment Linzi Taylor, signed from Partick, scores the winner.
May 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
What makes the achievement all the more special is it comes through exceptional teambuilding. Grant Scott, probably one of the best coaches you've not heard of, and a team recruited predominantly from the domestic league. Here's the moment Linzi Taylor, signed from Partick, scores the winner.
Scotland 1-0 up away to Germany going into the second half! Who else but Caroline Weir with the goal. 6-0 Scotland in shots on target. Double pivot of Weir/Cuthbert working nicely.
April 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Scotland 1-0 up away to Germany going into the second half! Who else but Caroline Weir with the goal. 6-0 Scotland in shots on target. Double pivot of Weir/Cuthbert working nicely.