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Kieren Laverick

@kezlav.bsky.social

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Work in football. Obsessed with the game and dabble in other sports. Mostly posting about my (average) running. MSc in Sport Coaching is anyone is interested. Opinions are my own and not worth stealing. Don't be weird/scammy on DMs xo

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Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 1h

RES Torch Trails #running with the club!

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Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 8h

Great read for #NUFC fans and good insight for any grassroots coaches too

Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · 12h

⚫ "The seeds of our work are coming - I wish I could fast-forward 3 years" 🌱
⚪ Lewis Miley room 💫
⚫ £750k new pitches 💷
⚪ 173 youngsters ⚽
⚫ Pilots ✈️ & pride 😊

👀 Taking you inside #NUFC's academy - very special long read, w/ @georgecaulkin.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/671...

‘Today is your opportunity’: Behind the scenes at a Premier League academy

Newcastle United's academy is a place designed to produce good people as well as good players. What they do goes way beyond football

www.nytimes.com

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Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 2d

Okay. I think my head is back into #running. #WFH, resting tomorrow to make trails with the club Thursday, test the new head torch.

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Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 2d

Just spending time waiting for #fm26 to drop

a man wearing a suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers

ALT: a man wearing a suit and tie is standing in a field of yellow flowers

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Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 3d

30 minutes of movement for the #WFH #running

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Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 3d

All about @footballramble.bsky.social for this reason. They get a show out regardless and always find the nonsense too!

Been a staple for me 15 years!

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 3d

Oh yeah my bad. I forgot the expansion earlier!

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 3d

Top two up and 3rd in a playoff with 3rd bottom from WSL

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 4d

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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The Athletic | Football @theathleticfc.bsky.social · 4d

This was no ordinary World Cup qualifier. Norway’s discomfort in hosting Israel was clear and an enormous security operation was deemed necessary in Oslo.

The prospect of peace in Gaza has moved closer in the last week, but Norway told the world again that its alliance is with Palestinian people.

Norway vs Israel was months in the planning for authorities, but politics seeped through

Officials from both teams discussed Gaza and the controversy of Saturday's game, while there were protests and a small number of arrests

www.nytimes.com

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Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 5d

Is #FM26 out yet mannnnn

Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 5d

Skipped yesterday's #WFH #running with this #HalfMarathon in mind.

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Kieren Laverick @kezlav.bsky.social · 6d

Finally. The good photos from yesterday's run club. #running on South Shields beach!