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Jul 8Liked by Alex Varghese

This was excellent! I think the lack of goals from Pep’s players in the Euros is a great testament to his tactics and systems.

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Thanks for reading - glad you enjoyed!

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I definitely think there is something to the “system player” narrative going around - particularly when I watch Foden. I think he is one of the world’s best, but it’s striking how uncomfortable he looks in that out-of-rhythm England side

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Yes, totally agree- I expected Foden to be a more integral part of the scoring for England. Although, it doesn’t seem like any of England’s players (regardless of club) are really living up to expectations

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Jul 2Liked by Alex Varghese

This article was pep-cellent!

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Jul 2Liked by Alex Varghese

This was wonderfully done!

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Glad you enjoyed it! It was a ton of fun to write

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This was a great story. I reminds me of the concept of reciprocal altruism in human behavior in applied game theory strategies. I write extensively about this in my strategic thing stories on Medium and in AskLewis.Substack.com

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Jul 2Liked by Alex Varghese

Great read!

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Glad you enjoyed sir 🫡

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