If you’re so inclined, I wrote a huge thing for Scouted about why we get young players wrong — which, among other things, looks at Henry’s time at Juventus. From there, found some hand-written scouting reports about Ronaldo and the like, and dove into some of the psychology of why we misuse or misunderstand players as they come up, and how to do better. There’s a trial thing if you’re not a subscriber.

I would have already published a BBQ this morning as well but have been a target for projectile vomit from various children (all mine). I don’t think I’ve missed a week in a year and a half, so I’m fighting to get it done! We’ll see.

Be good.