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Musa Okwonga

@Okwonga

25 Sep

Chelsea inviting so much pressure from Manchester City: it’s not so much Stamford Bridge as Helm’s Deep.

It’s a sign of Tuchel’s success and the faith that he has rightly earned that he is getting away with an approach this defensive.

Am now confused by Chelsea’s tactics and execution because they aren’t (1) holding the ball up well or (2) breaking with purpose. I just don’t think this is sustainable for ninety minutes.

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Musa Okwonga

@Okwonga

18 Sep

https://twitter.com/Heimatkunde_HBS/status/1438839488378281987

This story breaks my heart. Workers from Mozambique - “Madgermanes” - fled Germany in the 1990s due to horrifying levels of neo-Nazi violence. When they got home, they were denied years of back pay by their government. Many died in poverty. voland-quist.de/wppb_works/mad…

https://twitter.com/Heimatkunde_HBS/status/1438839488378281987

The story of the Madgermanes (above) is so grim since it gives the lie to the argument that, if you are a migrant who just works hard and keeps your head down, you can make a life for yourself. They were hounded from their homes. They were never forgiven for wanting quiet lives.

I have been thinking a lot recently about scenarios in history where the surrounding social and political forces were just so overwhelming that, no matter how kind and resourceful you were, you were absolutely doomed: and about how we can stop those future scenarios from arising.

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Musa Okwonga

@Okwonga

22 Aug

Martial is not a number 9. Playing centre-forward is an office job and he just wants to be freelance.

Pogba just made an entire back four vacate the premises.

I just don't understand why you would play Southampton away with half a midfield that can't put pressure on the ball. That was never going to end well.

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Musa Okwonga

@Okwonga

16 Aug

On refugees: too few rich politicians in Europe understand or care about the desperation that it takes to leave your home, or that climate change is not just going to make refugees of poor non-white people.

This reflexive terror that poor people are going to swarm wealthy countries is so revealing. It shows how unsuited so many leaders are to the approaching ecological moment. The imaginations are so fearful, so small.

Climate change is going to cause some very unpredictable patterns of migration and some of those patterns may involve fleeing to countries for which politicians currently have contempt. Those politicians need to wise up.

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