Sacha Pisani

@sachk0.bsky.social

Senior Digital Producer A-Leagues. Formerly Stats Perform. Writer, enthusiast, devotee, admirer, disciple, supporter, lover of the beautiful game. Views mine

One of the biggest talents in Aussie football revealed the "one club I want to play for" abroad. Reflecting on extraordinary debut season, Dylan Leonard debunks Google myth & sheds light on absurd weekend schedule that fast-tracked him into the A-Leagues. Our chat. aleagues.com.au/news/a-leagu...

Aussie wonderkid reveals ‘one club I want to play for’ after busting Google myth

Dylan Leonard has taken the Isuzu UTE A-League by storm amid his meteoric rise at Western United. He speaks to aleagues.com.au about his journey and his ultimate dream.

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“More he plays, the better he's getting,” said Western United coach John Aloisi. Dylan Leonard's rise has been incredible. He's also benefiting from a sliding doors moment that's unearthed a generational talent. Looked at the $4.1m-valued 17yo's numbers & they're 🔥 aleagues.com.au/news/a-leagu...

Sliding doors moment that's unearthed a generational Australian talent

Dylan Leonard has taken the A-Leagues by storm amid his meteoric rise with Western United. aleagues.com.au looks at the numbers behind the teenager's extraordinary debut season.

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I wrote down a list of the best 30 players in the Premier League this season (which I shall not share) and none of them were new signings. Clubs spent £2bn on new players last summer but transfer windows change less than we think www.nytimes.com/athletic/611...

Last summer’s Premier League transfer window proves one thing: they don’t make much difference

This season shows that 'winning the transfer window' has little relevance to winning matches, or to landing the Premier League title

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Shaun Ontong will be back in 2025. The Aussie & ex-F.Marinos no.2 will be John Hutchinson’s assistant at Jubilo Iwata in Japan’s J2 League. Shaun stepped away from football at end of 2023. Initially brought to Marinos by Postecoglou, won 2022 J.League title with Muscat.

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An article I've been meaning to do all year - Kalle Karlsson (Sweden), Natalia Arroyo (Spain) and Mariana Cabral (Portugal) all used to report on football as newspaper journalists. Now they're rising football managers. I talked to them about what us journos get wrong: www.nytimes.com/athletic/600...

From keyboard to tactics board: when journalists become football coaches

'Go back to journalism? Forget about it.' The Athletic speaks to three highly-rated coaches who worked as journalists in a previous career

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Ange Postecoglou quoting Monty Python 😂 “I don’t think I’m an evangelist for the entire game, I’m just a - to quote Monty Python - I’m just a naughty little boy”