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It's 22 days since Graham Potter took over from Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea, and yet he's only just about to take charge of his first Premier League match when they go to Selhurst Park on Saturday.

Potter's one game at the helm came in the 1-1 Champions League draw with Salzburg on September 14, with the postponements following Queen Elizabeth II's death and the subsequent international break ultimately making it a fairly quiet introduction to life at Stamford Bridge.

But with 13 matches across all competitions to fit into the next seven weeks before top-flight football pauses for the World Cup, Potter can ill afford to not inspire some momentum.

Arguably Chelsea's chief problem in the early weeks of the season was a lack of goals, scoring more than once in just three games, and on each occasion they never managed more than two goals.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's arrival at the end of the transfer window was seen as a welcome relief, particularly given how effective he'd been under Tuchel in the past.

Well, that reunion didn't last long, but Potter knows Aubameyang could be the key to kick-starting their season.

A player with baggage
Any concerns Chelsea fans might have about Aubameyang will likely revolve around his attitude and professionalism - few will have forgotten the circumstances that led to his Arsenal exit.

But for those who have, here's the overview.

Last March he was dropped ahead of the north London derby due to a disciplinary issue, perhaps something you wouldn't expect of the club captain - although he was "reminded of his responsibilities" a month earlier after reportedly flouting COVID-19 restrictions to get a tattoo.

Either way, Mikel Arteta continued to give him the benefit of the doubt until another breach of club rules in December was essentially the end of his stay with the Gunners.

Arteta excluded him from the team, ended his reign as captain and made his stance on the player crystal clear when allowing Aubameyang to join up with the Gabon squad early ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations.

The fact many coaches and managers routinely bemoan the timing of the AFCON should highlight how unusual - damning, even - this was.

On February 1, Arsenal confirmed Aubameyang had left the club by mutual consent, paving the way for him to join Barcelona - talk about failing upwards.

"I am living the dream," he said in a Guardian interview published two days later.

In the same interview, Aubameyang suggested Arteta was the only person to have an issue with his conduct. Perhaps he'd still be at Arsenal were it not for his tardiness in December.

A point to prove
He is back in London, however. Aubameyang's stay in Barcelona was little more than a sojourn.

After joining them officially in February, he must've been aware there was always a chance Barca could look to cash in on him quite quickly if the opportunity arose.

President Joan Laporta was desperately trying to raise cash in order to register their swathe of pre-season signings, and the combination of Aubameyang retaining decent market value and being on high wages made him a very sellable option on their part, they just needed someone to come calling.

Given his rather scattergun approach to being an interim sporting director, new Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly probably should've been the obvious candidate, though Aubameyang's links to Tuchel helped the deal make sense.

What made slightly less sense was the fact Boehly sacked Tuchel only a week after Aubameyang signed. Granted, the German isn't the only coach who'd be able to get a tune out of the forward, but you have to wonder what the player was thinking.

Tuchel's familiarity with Aubameyang from their time together at Borussia Dortmund was evident in how he spoke of the 33-year-old shortly after the signing was confirmed.

He said: "Auba, from my point of view, has always been happy to fight for something and to accept the challenge, so the more challenges he has the better it is.

"I know him as [being] very focused and in general a person with a very open heart and very happy to be on the pitch every day. This is what we wanted, he's a very positive influence on the training group.

"He's up for any challenge, he's happy to be on the pitch to score goals and this is what we want."

The "challenge" Tuchel was initially referring to was ending the so-called number nine curse at Chelsea, though it could now extend to winning over a new coach.

A striker out of left field
One of the first things Aubameyang highlighted after joining Barcelona was how Xavi said he'd been earmarked to play specifically as a number nine.

Let's not forget, he spent a great deal of his time at Arsenal operating from the left, and for the most part he was effective there. Yet, you could argue his finishing abilities weren't maximised in that position.

Between the 2015-16 and 2020-21 seasons, Aubameyang averaged at least 0.7 goals per 90 minutes every campaign for Dortmund and then Arsenal, bettering or matching his expected goals (xG, per 90 mins.) in all but one season. Even then, the one term he fell short, he was still scoring at a rate of 0.8 every 90 minutes. Over the short term, one might suggest outperforming xG is a sign of luck, but over a prolonged period it is surely a product of quality.

Aubameyang certainly cannot be accused of being ineffective as a central striker for Barca. His average of 0.8 non-penalty goals per 90 minutes was his best record since 2016-17 (0.8), and he helped Barca enjoy a fine second half of the season to eventually finish runners-up in LaLiga.

His form for Arsenal had been less convincing before his departure. He'd scored only four league goals from 6.6 xG - a comparison of his shot maps last term does show much greater localisation to the centre of the area while at Barca, perhaps understandable given his use as a number nine, though that doesn't completely explain why he underperformed in relation to xG while still at Arsenal.

Aubameyang will hope that spell with Barcelona was something of a palate cleanser. He said himself he has unfinished business in the Premier League.

Uncertainty and intrigue definitely surround his move to Chelsea given Tuchel is no longer there, but if Aubameyang does return to silence his critics then there's every reason to suggest Potter will hit the ground running as well.

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Signed for Tuchel, Aubameyang ironically the key to Potter inspiring Chelsea momentum

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It's 22 days since Graham Potter took over from Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea, and yet he's only just about to take charge of his first Premier League match when they go to Selhurst Park on Saturday.

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A teacher and a coach

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They are also in control of the formations and tactics for the team.

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Someone who supports others like a pal. They listen and take in what the person says. They also understand the capability of the athlete so they push them the furthest they can.

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- creative with training
- have quick decision making
- good at motivating players
- preventing players from boredom
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There inspiration to others for example leaders to others high expectations of self experience as well.

YOUTH COACH

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- critical where necessary in order to help players improve
- have an understanding of person and capability.
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Fellaini has been linked with a host of Premier League clubs after another strong campaign at Everton, with the Belgian's reported £24 million release clause expected to be troubled by club such as Chelsea.

However, the 25-year-old has said he will not leave Goodison Park unless potential suitors show as much determination to sign him as Moyes did five years ago when he was at Standard Liege.

But the big-haired midfielder intimated he would be tempted to work under Moyes again at Manchester United, with the Scot thought to be interested in bringing him to Old Trafford.

"If I'm leaving Everton, I say if, it will depend on lots of factors," said Fellaini.

"I only want to go to a club where the manager really wants me. In 2008, Everton did everything to convince me, especially David Moyes. He made me the player I am now.

Fellaini made clear his respect for Moyes as he went on to discuss where he believes is his best position, deciding that he agrees with the 50-year-old's assertion that he isn't a natural forward.

"I'm happy with my season, although I didn't play in my best position," continued Fellaini.

"I'm not a number 10. David Moyes predicts my future as a defensive midfielder, but due to a lack of offensive power, he plays me up front.

"In the future I want to play as a six or an eight. From there, I can create danger and score goals."

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Everton star Marouane Fellaini drops hint over following David Moyes t

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Fellaini has been linked with a host of Premier League clubs after another strong campaign at Everton, with the Belgian's reported £24 million release clause expected to be troubled by club such as Chelsea.

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Someone a sports person can look up to. Inspire to be like. This can encourage them to work harder to try and achieve what they have

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Earling haaland and Phil foden are friends in the past and have talked whenever Manchester city played Dortmund

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A friends rule is to be there for the other person and to make them feel comfortable and safe around them.
A friend is someone that is there for someone if they need help.

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An example: Becky Hammond. Needs to have an understanding of skills/techniques and should be able to demonstrate them.

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A manager has the role to make the team line ups for the games, the substitutes and the formations used in games.

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A person that people look up to and want to be like for example Marcus rashford who is a good role model for kids as he helped for free school dinners for kids

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Common Goal aims to raise huge sums for charity by getting high-profile footballers to commit a percentage of their salary

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has joined a movement which aims to get those in football to commit to fighting injustice.

After being crowned the Men's Football Coach of the Year at the Best Fifa Football Awards this week, Klopp confirmed he has joined the Common Goal movement.

The campaign, founded by Manchester United's Juan Mata, aims to get footballers and coaches to donate a minimum of 1% of their salaries to charity.

"While it is flattering to receive an individual award today, in football and in life, nothing is possible without teamwork," said Klopp.

"That is why I would like to celebrate this occasion by sharing that I am joining Common Goal and pledging 1% of my earnings to help change the world through football.

"Since Common Goal started two years ago, the movement has grown steadily proving it is a simple, effective and safe mechanism for players and managers to give back through football.

"As a team, even with a minimum pledge of just 1%, together the football industry is capable of transforming the world. Now is the time for those interested to take a step forward."

Common Goal is aiming to get people from across the footballing industry to sign up, which could result in $30 billion a year being donated to charity.

High profile footballers to have signed up include Eric Cantona, Scotland's Jane Ross and Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini.

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Eni Aluko alleges that one member of staff with the England women's team repeatedly spoke to her in a mock Caribbean accent. Photograph: Karen Robinson/the Guardian

Mark Sampson, the manager of the England women's football team, is alleged to have told one of his black players to make sure their Nigerian relatives did not bring Ebola to a game at Wembley, according to extraordinary new evidence the Guardian can present as part of the Eni Aluko hush-money case.

Aluko tells this newspaper that the Football Association has known about the comment - described in one letter from the Professional Footballers' Association to the governing body as a "racist joke" - since November 2016 but chose to ignore it despite a previous allegation that Sampson had asked a mixed-raced player in another England get-together how many times she had been arrested.
Eni Aluko: 'The minute you are brave enough to talk about race you are in a difficult situation'
An internal investigation cleared Sampson of any wrongdoing in relation to the first alleged remark - "Haven't you been arrested before? Four times isn't it?" - and an independent inquiry, commissioned by the FA and overseen by the barrister Katharine Newton, later reached the same conclusion. That decision, however, has been described by Aluko as a "farce" at a time when the FA has been forced to admit the mixed-race player was not interviewed for either investigation. Newton's investigation cleared Sampson of a number of allegations made by Aluko.

Aluko, who was born in Nigeria but moved to England with her family as a young child, was paid £80,000 by the FA to sign a confidentiality agreement but has now obtained consent to tell her side of the story and in an interview with the Guardian she alleges that Sampson made the comment to her about Ebola before England played Germany in November 2014.

"We were in the hotel. Everybody was excited. It was a big game. On the wall, there was a list of the family and friends who were coming to watch us and I just happened to be next to Mark. He asked me if I had anyone who would be there and I said I had family coming over from Nigeria. 'Oh,' he said. 'Nigeria? Make sure they don't bring Ebola with them.'

"I remember laughing but in a very nervous way. I went back to my room and I was really upset. It might have been easier to take if it was about me alone. Lots of things had been said about me over those two years but this was about my family. I called my mum and she was absolutely disgusted."

Sampson is understood to deny making the alleged Ebola remark but, according to the FA, is not planning to say anything at this time.

The FA was notified about the alleged incident in a letter from the PFA in November 2016 that described the internal inquiry as "not a genuine search of the truth" and "a sham which was designed to establish the truth but intended to protect Mark Sampson". The FA has accepted receiving that letter but says it was not a formal allegation, hence the lack of investigation.
England women's football team
Aluko also alleges that one member of staff repeatedly spoke to her in a mock Caribbean accent - another allegation that was put to the authorities in the same letter - and the FA is likely to face even more scrutiny because of its explanation about why it did not interview the mixed-raced player over the arrests allegations.

According to the FA, it did not know the player's identity because Aluko did not name which team-mate it was. Yet Aluko's original complaint made it clear who it was, stating the incident happened at the China Cup in October 2015 and involved a mixed-race midfielder - the only one in the squad - who was new to the England set-up, had been raised in London, and even naming the club for which she played.

The Guardian's inquiries discovered the player's identity by applying a simple search of the FA's website, but we have chosen not to name her after a request from the player and her club. "The most basic investigation, if they really wanted to find the truth, would have found out who it was," Aluko says. "They could have got her name in minutes if they really wanted the truth."

* Aluko says Sampson told her to ensure relatives did not bring Ebola to game
* Sampson understood to deny making comment about player's Nigerian family

In an interview that threatens to go to the top of the FA, Aluko said: "She has put it in writing to confirm it happened. Yet the FA has had two investigations and nobody has been in contact with her. They were having an investigation but they did not bother to speak to the person to whom a comment with racial connotations - in my opinion - was made. I think that's pretty astonishing. Can you imagine, thinking back to when Roy Hodgson [as manager of the England men's team] made the comment about the 'space monkey', if the FA had an inquiry, clearing him of any wrongdoing, but without bothering to speak to Andros Townsend, the player he was talking to? Well, that's what has happened in this case."

The FA has also accepted that the initial findings, throwing out Aluko's complaint that she had been the victim of bullying and discrimination, were delivered to her before the inquiry had even spoken to one of the players, Lianne Sanderson, who had been named as a key witness. The official explanation from the FA is that it was handled in that order because of timings and logistics, as well as the PFA applying pressure for it to be a quick process. The FA says Sanderson's evidence played a part later on for the final internal report. Aluko's case is that this is further evidence to show the inquiry was a "farce".

Sampson has previously disputed the allegation about the China Cup and Newton's report exonerates him, saying she did not find any evidence that it was said and had watched a video recording of the relevant meeting. The FA, according to Aluko, will not pass over that video.

Aluko goes on to say that her 11-year England career, encompassing 102 caps, was ended within a week or so of detailing her experiences in what was described as a confidential report for what the FA's technical director, Dan Ashworth, called a "culture review". Sampson is said to have visited her at Chelsea's training ground and said he was dropping her for "unlioness behaviour" on the previous England camp. Her view is that it was "retaliation" but the FA has told her the two are not related. According to Newton's report, Sampson's explanations for leaving out Aluko related to her attitude and behaviour.

Aluko then received an email, within 24 hours of another meeting with leading FA executives to discuss her complaint, that the organisation was holding an investigation into her work as a sports lawyer for a football agency. Aluko questions whether it was another coincidence or "something far more sinister" and believes there is a direct link as to why she has been frozen out of the England squad despite winning the Golden Boot as the leading scorer in the country last season. Newton accepted the timing of the investigation into Aluko's work was "unfortunate" but did not consider it "in any way a retaliatory act" or to be related to race. The FA says it investigates any player involved in intermediary activity and asks them to stop.

"I believe all these things are happening because it's a conversation about race and this is a big problem in the world right now," Aluko said. "Herman Ouseley [the chairman of Kick It Out] said it. On the pitch there are clear punishments when it comes to issues involving race. Behind closed doors, we don't know the FA processes.
FA under pressure to explain £80,000 payment to Eni Aluko after bullying complaint
"We do know [the mixed-race player] has not been picked since this incident. Lianne Sanderson hasn't been picked since she complained about why her 50th cap was forgotten on the same trip that the 100th cap of a white player was remembered. Lianne asked: 'Why me?' The 50th cap is a customary celebration. It's standard. There is a presentation in front of the team and you have a special shirt with '50th cap' written on it. It's a big deal. She asked why she had been forgotten and she hasn't been picked since.

"Anita Asante disappeared without trace despite playing for one of the best teams in Europe. Danielle Carter scored two hat-tricks for England and doesn't get picked any more - why? There are lots of national teams that are very white, not just England, and I'd hate to say we should be picked because we're black or mixed race. But are we all bad characters? Are we all terrible players? That's the question I think people need to be asking because a pattern is emerging here, as clear as day, and my belief is that it's a culture.

"For months, one member of staff used to talk to me in a fake Caribbean accent. He thought it was OK to do that, he thought it was funny. I believe he was empowered to do that because of the culture. We pleaded it [in submissions to the FA] but they chose to ignore it.

"Yes, in a football environment industrial language is used. I've been at Chelsea five years and been the butt of many jokes. And I give it back sometimes. That is the beauty of team spirit in a healthy dressing room. I'm not a sensitive, precious person. I've been in the [England] team for 11 years, I've been through ups and downs. I've played for boys' teams. I've played for Chelsea, at the top level, and I've been dropped by Chelsea before but I can recognise something toxic when I see it. This is a culture that has systematically dismissed certain players. There is lots of talk about being the most together team in the world - I've truly never felt so isolated as I was in that team between 2014 and 2016."

Eni Aluko, in action for England in 2016, says: 'I can recognise something toxic when I see it.' Photograph: Nick Potts/PA
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Eni Aluko accuses England manager Mark Sampson of ‘racist’ Ebola remark | England women’s football team | The Guardian

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Eni Aluko has questioned the FA investigation that cleared the England manager Mark Sampson of bullying her and of making an inappropriate remark to a mixed-race player

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Attempt to guide players through basic instructions and giving objectives to complete in the hopes of improving the overall team.

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https://fareshare.org.uk/marcus-rashford/

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A person who leads a team and helps develop people to make them better at that specific sport

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An educators role is to teach and to help people learn from by passing on their knowledge and their experience.
Someone who knows how to communicate to people well.

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The football coach at myerscogh not only develops football skills but they also educate players on the industry and in football.

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Develops new ideas to prevent any boredom and crucially helps create new ideas for the team or athlete to perform better. Jose Mourinho is a perfect example of this who was an innovator at preseason. 

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Ronaldo helping his team mate, good role model.

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Ronaldo helping his team mate, good role model.

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50 of the Best Bromances in World Football

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Football is a game of friendship. For fans, it is a social outlet where you can meet people with the same passion for the beautiful game. However, it also

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Usually a head coach.

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Ranked! The 50 best managers in the world

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Football's best managers of 2021 - all laid out in some kind of (very specific) order

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Stoke City Football Club is looking for a confident and enthusiastic School Support Officer to assist operations at the bet365 Stadium.

As School Support Officer you will assist the School Support Manager with all ticket fulfilment that takes place within partner Primary Schools.

You will help proactively promote the City 7s Junior Members' initiative and selling matchday tickets to ensure that all match and seasonal attendance targets are exceeded.

You will enhance relationships with schools through a personable approach and play a lead role in the delivery of our fun and engaging assemblies. You will also maintain an accurate and up to date contact database through an organised approach to work.

Additionally, you will play a major part in the delivery of memorable matchday experiences for the Club's youngest supporters and their families.

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, confident and reliable with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

A full, clean driving license is highly desirable for the role.

The position is offered on a full time permanent basis and the successful applicant will be available to work some evenings and weekends as well as covering matchday fixtures at the bet365 Stadium.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to progress within a dynamic and fast moving environment

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Background checks and DBS checks at the appropriate level will be obtained prior to employment commencing.

Closing date for applications is 16th October 2022.

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School Support Officer (Stoke-on-Trent, UK)

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Stoke City Football Club is looking for a confident and enthusiastic School Support Officer to assist operations at the bet365 Stadium. As School Support Officer you will assist the School Support Manager with all ticket fulfilment that takes place within partner Primary Schools. You will he