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[crystaldeclear]

Grace deserves to be on Mbappe money for the shit she's been through this season. Playing out of position for 90% of the season, Elise de Almeida (the beautiful gowns of the WoSo world) to her left, Bouhaddi (of bouhaddi'd™ fame) behind her... I just know she's tired

[wileys-russo]

please write a blurb about finding out that Lessi takes street dancing lessons, going with her to one and then her just being so clumsy!!! It’s so funny

this is longer than anticipated and went in a slightly different direction. starts off a little angsty but the end is super fluffy, still made me giggle

fancy footwork II a.russo

you sighed and tried your very best not to let your mind slowly descent into wildly overthinking the situation as you tapped your phone screen and saw it was now nearing seven, and there was still no sign of alessia.

your girlfriend had finished training at half past four and was supposed to come right home, but given it was hours later and she wasn't picking up her phone she'd clearly failed to inform you of plans she'd made.

well, thats what you were trying to tell yourself. it would be a whole lot easier if this was the first time this had happened, however it was not.

for the last two weeks alessia had seemed not herself, often home late without a real reason, or dipping off to do mystery errands and odd jobs at weird times, returning in different clothes and seemingly a lot more tired than when she left, shutting down any questions you had with a kiss and a swift change of topic.

at first you thought it could be anxiety and this was her way of coping, your girlfriend had previously suffered with it quite badly leading up to selection for the euros, panicking her hamstring would play up again or tweak and leave her out of the squad.

it had meant she'd trained harder, done extra drills, asked for more one on ones with the physio and the trainers.

only you knew in your gut this time that just wasn't the case.

you'd like to think the two of you had healthy communication down to a tee, rarely arguing or getting into rows that weren't the cause of playful banter.

on the rare occasions you did seriously disagree it was seldom that any sort of yelling was involved, you both going out of your way to listen to the other and do your best to try and meet them halfway at least if unable to see eye to eye.

your head snapped up as you heard the jingle of her keys in the door, sat curled up on the lounge with a book in your lap. you frowned when she didn't even call out that she was home like she normally would, only slipping off her trainers and closing the door after her.

"hi love." she greeted you with a tired smile, making no move toward you and instead heading upstairs toward your bedroom with her bag slung over her shoulder.

you sat for a second, internally debating if you followed her or not, eventually deciding you would as you marked your page in your book and placed it down on the coffee table. you jogged upstairs and found the blonde in your shared bedroom, riffling through her kit bag.

"what's a girl gotta do for a kiss hello?" you started lightly, poking at your girlfriend who turned toward you. "sorry, hi." alessia simply pecked your lips before turning back to her kit bag, separating the clean clothes from the dirty and you frowned at the lackluster show of affection.

"you alright?" you asked quietly, moving to place your hand on top of hers and giving her a look of concern as she glanced to you. "i'm fine, just exhausted." she answered shortly, pulling her hand away and bundling her dirty clothes up in her arms, heading toward the laundry.

"did training run late? i know the derbys this weekend and they can sometimes push you harder leading up to it." you followed, pushing yourself up to sit on top of the dryer as the taller girl began to put on a load of washing.

"no, training was fine." she murmured quietly and you let an awkward silence fall between the two of you, waiting to see if she'd make any efforts to further the conversation.

"did you do something afterwards then?" you pressed, not missing the way the girl tensed up at the question. "uh just got coffee with tooney, we caught up with jill at box2box." she answered, refusing to look up or meet your eye which sent further alarm bells ringing through your head that you tried to shut off.

"you should have told me babe i wasn't doing anything." you continued, nudging her with your foot and frowning as she pushed it away. "we don't have to do everything together, it's good to have separate friends and hobbies." the blonde replied somewhat bluntly, squatting down to fiddle with the settings of the washer.

"oh, yeah i guess you're right." you tried to mask the hurt in your voice at the comment which was incredibly out of character for the striker, the two of you normally going out of your way to do everything together, forever joking there wasn't something you couldn't turn into a two person job.

"i'll go start dinner then." you stated quietly, trying to hide the red flush of embarrassment that sat on your cheeks from the thought that your girlfriend might think you were clingy. trying to silence the doubts and insecurities which flew through your head at just a simple comment.

though glancing upward and seeing the obvious discomfort on your face guilt flooded your girlfriends features and she quickly straightened, moving to stand in between your legs, stopping you from getting down from where you sat atop the dryer.

"hey that was really rude of me to say baby i'm so sorry. i didn't mean it like that i promise, i love spending time with you." she cupped your face, pressing a much more sincere kiss to your lips and mumbling a soft i love you against them.

"its okay, you're not wrong. it isn't unhealthy to do some stuff separately." you forced a smile, still feeling a little uneasy at this piling on top of your previous worries about her frequented disappearances.

"i really am sorry gorgeous, i'm just tired and didn't think before i spoke. i missed you." she pulled you into a tight hug, the taller girl resting her chin on your shoulder and gently moving your arms to wrap around her. "i missed you too." you replied softly, sighing into her shoulder before the two of you broke apart.

"less, you'd tell me if anything was up with us right?" you asked hesitantly, the blondes eyebrows knitted into a frown as you did, both from the use of her common nickname which you rarely resorted to, much preferring more tender and sweet terms like baby or angel, and from the content of the actual question.

"of course i would baby. why?" alessia asked in return, worry seeping quickly into her bones as you shook your head. "nothing, it's silly. i'll go start dinner!" you forced another smile and tried to get down but the striker stopped you.

"hey, where's this coming from? talk to me." the blonde encouraged softly, grabbing your hands in hers and running her thumbs tenderly over your knuckles. "just drop it less, like i said it's silly, nothing even." you assured but it was to no avail as her blue eyes pierced into yours, waiting for you to explain.

"it really is nothing baby, you just didn't tell me you had plans with ella so i didn't know where you were after training and you didn't answer your phone and i just got a little worried." you spoke quickly in explanation, fiddling with one of your girlfriends rings as her hands still remained connected with yours.

"oh love, i thought i told you this morning i'd be back late. i'm sorry for worrying you, and i'm sorry i didn't include you in the plan in the first place." your blonde lover apologized sincerely and you nodded in acceptance toward her words.

"if it makes you feel any better jill and ella pretty much spent the whole time teasing me about how in love with you i am, apparently i talk too much about you at training!" the blonde rolled her eyes playfully before peppering all over your face with kisses, grinning as you finally laughed and sent her a proper smile, kicking her away.

"come on, i don't think i can be bothered to cook and clean honestly. get a chinese, cuddles and a movie?" your girlfriend asked hopefully and you eagerly agreed, squealing as she picked you up off the dryer, hands sitting securely under your thighs as she walked the two of you downstairs, seemingly much more herself than before.

but despite the reassurance you still couldn't shake the small voice of doubt sat firmly in the back of your mind.

~

it wasn't till days later, match day to be exact, did those voices get louder.

"oi oi if it isn't the future mrs russo!" you heard a familiar voice tease as you stood waiting for your girlfriend to change and come and meet you, leaning against the door of her car. "hello mrs bunney!" you teased back with a grin, the brunette gasping and smacking your shoulder as she joined you.

"he's gonna be the future mr toone actually thank you, if he's so lucky!" ella flipped her hair over her shoulder dramatically making you laugh. "when do you propose then? should we go ring shopping?" you mocked, the girl dropping her bag to the ground and playfully shoving you, the two of you catching up for awhile.

"so i heard you and less caught up with dear jill scott the other day, surprised i didn't see her here flying the man city flag high and yelling insults. how is she?" you made the mistake of asking, ellas face scrunching in confusion at your words.

"eh? when?" ella asked with a frown and now you were the one to look confused. "wednesday after training. less said she was late home cause the two of you got coffee and caught up with jill?" you questioned, your heart leaping into your throat as ella shook her head.

"nah man wednesdays date night for me and bunny." ella explained and suddenly it was as if your world came crashing down, the repeated excuses of going for a run with ella or a coffee with ella or a kick around with ella on wednesdays flowing through your head.

"hey, you alright?" ella asked softly, grabbing your arms as you locked eyes with her, nodding as you spotted alessia making her way toward the two of you. "yeah fine, maybe she just got mixed up." you forced a smile as ella nodded slowly, alessia arriving and throwing her arms over both your shoulders.

"ah my favourite girl, and you're here too babe." the blonde teased, the jab which normally would only be met with a playful roll of your eyes and a ribbing hit back toward her from you. though this time you shoved her arm off, quickly moving around to the passenger side of the car and slipping inside.

alessia frowned at your moody response and looked to ella with a raised eyebrow who shook her head, mumbling she needed to go and legging it away toward her own car. "what was that?" your girlfriend asked as soon as she closed her door, eyes burning holes into the side of your head.

"you lied." was all you responded sharply, only confusing the blonde across from you who awaited a further explanation, which didn't arrive. "when?" she questioned again, turning her body in her seat to face you more, keys laying dormant in her lap as the carpark cleared, her white mercedes now one of the only vehicles left in the lot.

"you told me you were home late from training because you got coffee with ella, you didn't." you again responded quickly and bluntly, not missing the guilt which flickered across your girlfriends face as you did.

"baby-" "don't." you warned her seriously, now turning to face the blonde properly as you readied yourself, more upset with her than you could ever remember being.

she'd never lied to you before, and you hated lies.

"you spun me some lovely story about seeing jill and being teased for how much you love me and how much you gush over me at training. all bullshit! why? where were you really?" you asked seriously, doing your best not to raise your voice despite your growing frustrations.

"my love-" "don't alessia. where were you?" the blonde winced at the use of her name, biting her tongue as not to beg you call her anything but that. "it doesn't matter, i shouldn't have lied."

"no you shouldn't have! and it does matter, it matters to me. you know i hate lying and if it doesn't matter to you then it can't be that big. so tell me, where were you?" you asked firmly, the blonde only sighing and refusing to meet your eyes, drumming her fingers nervously on the steering wheel.

"well? where were you?" you questioned again, a little louder this time and only met with silence, a pained look on your girlfriends face causing your stomach to drop.

"alessia are you cheating on me?" you eventually whispered out, the anger seeping from your body replaced with a crippling worry as you finally voiced the insecurities which had been plaguing your mind for weeks now.

"am i what? baby no, never. i promise!!" the taller girls head snapped immediately toward you and she scrambled to grab your hands which you promptly tugged away, tucking them in your own lap.

"why would you say that? why would you even think that?" alessia whispered in disbelief, the shock not having cleared from her face.

"well lately you seem to be coming and going a lot and without much explanation why, and always at weird times. you come back sweaty and in different clothes, and i know ella see's joe on a wednesday so all those times you used her as a scapegoat when it was that day, were obviously more lies." you explained quietly, looking out the window instead of at her, unable to stand the look of hurt visibly evident on the taller girls face.

"i can explain all of that, but i promise on everything i am not cheating on you. i love you so much that it hurts and i would never ever take that for granted, you're the best thing in my life." alessia rambled, reaching out again for your hand as you only shrunk away from her and the blonde deflated.

"well go on then." "what?" "you said you can explain all of that, explain then." "can we just drop it? but i promise its not cheating."

"just drop it?" your head snapped toward your girlfriend who paled at her poor choice of words which had clearly upset you further. "you don't get to lie and make me empty promises and then not explain yourself alessia." you warned, trying to open her door as the girl quickly locked them.

"let me out." "no." "explain then!" "no." "alessia you better let me out of this car or i swear to god-" "okay fine! just stop calling me alessia." "explain then...alessia."

"you have to promise you won't laugh." your girlfriend warned seriously and the anger present in your features melted at her choice of words, replaced instead with confusion.

"promise!" alessia stated firmly again, holding up her pinky as you gave her a look of disbelief. "baby! promise me." alessia warned and you rolled your eyes but linked your pinkies none the less and mumbled you promised.

"oh god." alessia sunk down into her seat, dragging her hands down her face with a troubled sigh. "i've been taking dance classes." she mumbled into her hands as she buried her face in them and you frowned, assuming you'd heard her incorrectly.

"pardon?" "i've been taking dance classes." "dance classes?"

"yes! in secret, every wednesday at five thirty. but i'm so bad at it that i've been getting some extra help from the teacher when he's free. who is a flamboyantly gay man by the way!" she was quick to add in, aware of how this could come across.

"you've been taking....dance classes." "yes." "why?" "well i read an article that said it helps athletes with their performance, helps them loosen up their bodies as well as shape and tone, and with the world cup incoming i have to be at my best." "what sort of dance helps with football?" "...street dance."

"like...hip hop? popping and locking and all that?" you bit down on your bottom lip to stop the grin which so badly wanted to take over your face as the blonde nodded.

"yeah. but don't laugh! you promised." alessia warned seriously, though biting the inside of her cheek to stop her own smile from spreading.

"so instead of just telling me about this, you kept it hidden and we had to have our first proper row and i had to think you were cheating on me to finally find out." you sighed as alessias face turned guilty once again and she slowly nodded.

"oh less." you shook your head in slight amusement, the blonde apologizing over and over as she grabbed your hands, sighing in relief when you finally let her take them.

"i guess taking street dance classes is probably more embarrassing than cheating anyway." you commented casually, shock and offence flashing across the older girls face as you eventually gave in, letting laughter wrack at your body.

"you promised you wouldn't laugh!" alessia whined with a pout, though seeing the clear humor in the situation she eventually joined in, the car filled with the symphony of your laughter, both of you clutching at your stomachs and wiping tears from your eyes.

"lessi baby you are such a dope."

~

you eventually filled ella in on what happened, the brunette insisting that you come clean about what happened with the coffee shop lie, alessia was unimpressed but understood she was in the wrong.

though that didn't stop her from refusing to let either one of you go to class with her, or reveal anything else about them, changing the subject anytime it came up or distracting you with a cheeky hickey or her tongue down your throat anytime you pressed the issue.

which is how you'd ended up here, it was a chilly wednesday afternoon and you were crammed into ellas car with the seats leant all the way back, the two of you peering at your girlfriend as she parked, locking her car and heading into the dance studio.

"tooney i don't know about this! it feels wrong." you stressed, fiddling with the strings of your hoodie as the head of blonde hair disapeared inside and ella commanded you both sit up and get out of the car.

"oh don't go mushy and moral on me now man, come on!" ella shot out of the car and you groaned quietly but followed none the less, the two of you hurrying across the car park toward the studio, crouching down by the window as the room inside pulsed from the bass of the music blasting out of it.

"okay on three we look, but we have to be subtle. she can't know we were here!" ella commanded and you nodded firmly, the girl counting down on her fingers before the two of you popped your heads up, peering over the edge of the window.

you both exchanged a look of shock watching alessia dance along to the beat with the class.

well...try to dance.

the poor girl flung her long limbs around and did her best not to fall at the eratic movement, rolling her body and popping her hips terribly out of beat as she tried to keep up with the rest of the class.

as the blonde tripped over herself and went tumbling to the floor tooney let out a sudden loud boom of laughter, your face paling as she smacked her hand over her mouth and the two of you ducked down.

though not before the older blonde had spotted the two of you, hurrying to her feet and mumbling an apology as the class resumed and she burst out of the studio doors, looking around before her eyes locked in on the two of you and narrowed.

"shit we made it angry. go!" ella grabbed you as the two of you jumped to your feet and sprinted away, alessia charging after you with a yell, her long legs meaning she came closer and closer as you and ella neared her car at the other end of the lot.

"tooney save yourself man!" you yelled out dramatically as your girlfriend caught you, tanned arms wrapping you around you and trapping you in their strong hold.

"i'll never forget your sacrifice!" the brunette saluted and wiped away fake tears, diving into her car and peeling out of the lot, yelling out she'd see alessia at training tomorrow before she zoomed away.

"hello footloose." you teased, tilting your head back to look up at your girlfriend who glowered down at you with a glare. "i hope that was worth it, because now i am going to kill you." you laughed as the taller girl dragged you with her toward her car, already deciding she wasn't going back to class today.

"tooney will make sure the police find out who did it." "my best friend? i'm sure i can sway her to take my side as an alibi." "okay ouch." "plus, no body no crime. i'm gonna drown you in the river babygirl."

~

"okay my love lets just start off slow. finding the beat and following the rhythm." you instructed softly, you and alessia stood facing one another in the living room, having moved some furniture around so the space was more clear.

with much persistence you'd managed to convince her to let you help her with her dancing, the poor girls private lessons only furthering her embarrassment as they did very little to help her keep up in class.

so once she'd told you she was going to quit you took matters into your own hands to stop that happening, and here you were.

clicking play on the music you started to move your body from side to side with the beat, clicking along as you did so, alessia watching you intently before you encouraged her to join in.

"see? just relax baby, stop thinking about it so hard and just....move."

it was around two hours later but you'd already made progress, you stood up on the lounge clapping along to the beat as your girlfriend rolled her body along and started to finally get a hold over the routine.

"yes! see you're doing it!" you cheered her on excitedly as she finally made it all the way through without tripping over. "okay now freestyle, remember what i said no thinking, just move." you ordered as the song changed and you continued to clap along to the beat.

"go lessi, go lessi, go lessi, go lessi." you chanted over and over as your girlfriend danced around the room, spurred on by your encouragement.

"baby you did it!" you yelled happily as the song ended and you launched yourself at her from the lounge, the taller girl catching you in her arms as you pressed your lips to hers, her hands squeezing your thighs as your legs wrapped around her.

"hey where are you going? we're not done yet you only did the routine all the way through once!" you laughed and pulled away as she began to walk the two of you towards the stairs.

"well tesoro i think this has been so successful that we need to continue this little private lesson in the bedroom."

[dsedlarevic]

7. Reflection on your supervisor evaluations and how these align with your future career professional development requirements.

I have been pleased with the evaluation as it has reflected my performance in the internship. I completed many articles and improved my skills along with increases my independence at Soccerscene. “Daniel has been a regular contributor for our weekly articles, completing 4-5 a week as per our schedule. After starting out with a bit of everything, I have given Daniel international news as his ‘cohort’ so that he can source his own material and organise his workflow – part of this being how to prioritise stories. Daniel has also jumped in to assist our partners Box2Box, where he has done written material which is a recap of each weekly podcast they do.” The evaluation aligns with my future career professional development as I already had the fundamental skills and have added to my skillset and knowledge of article writing. Covering the PR side of soccer also gave me greater insight to the business side of things, rather than just the on field events. “Daniel has been a reliable member of our team and completes his articles by the due date, sometimes well before. There have been some occasions where this couldn’t be met, but he has communicated why that was the case and I could do a workaround if so – no issues with performance”.  The evaluation was fair as it correctly summarised my input and management of articles and meeting deadlines, another skill I have improved on throughout the internship.

[pradiptale]

"Talking about German football, podcast, social media, football fans, and more" My illustration and design as podcast cover for @spieltagindo Special episode featuring @podcastretropus . Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1igSc5A08cAS7VsSTJqluY?si=t3kTfT-HRK6n_A3rBWJJMQ More to come [o]=[o] instagram.com/pradiptale behance.net/pradiptale pradiptale.tumblr.com pinterest.com/pradiptale twitter.com/pradipta_ale linkedin.com/in/pradiptale 📩 pradiptaaleofficial@gmail.com #podcastcover #podcastdesign #box2box #podcastsofinstagram #podcast🎧 #illustratorofinstagram #illustratoroninstagram #illustrationsketch #illustrationwork #illustrationdaily #illustrationdesign #podcasters #football⚽ #illustration_daily #podcasts #illustrator #bundesliga #adobe #photoshop #podcast #illustrators #illustrationartists #illustration #work #collaboration #instaart #spotify (at Spotify) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDjMFD-A9Jo/?igshid=ixq8xo9crcmk

[neric21-blog]

Their First Training session was #perfect at #lugogostadium #uganda #prolinefc #box2box #inyarwandasportstv #ASKigali #rwandapremierleague (at Kampala, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/B25C8BahHm7/?igshid=18savuvddnz5g

[walkonwalkonwithhopeinyourheart]

FC Porto fan via /r/LiverpoolFC

FC Porto fan

Sup lads, back again a Porto-Liverpool and ffs am scared. Imo both teams are stronger this year, no more Sá, for us, but now you are even more scary.

About this Porto team, Herrera and Pepe are not playing the first leg, soo Mane will have a good time with Maxi at RB, and Herrera out means we have no more box2box mids to play. Militão-Felipe are better than Marcano-Felipe and Marega is playing out of his mind in the CL.

I hope this year we dont get destroyed in the first leg meaning that the second leg is like a friendly. Our league situation is pretty similiar, we both had a lot of points lead and fucked it.

Soo first thing good luck to the PL, pretty sure Man City is not winning all games left, and hope the game is fun. I would say 90% of you winning, 10% of Marega carrying us

Submitted March 15, 2019 at 02:44PM by BalaMLG via reddit https://ift.tt/2TDVonL

[fossadeileonixv]

Chelsea 3 Milan 0: Plus Weekend Whip Around!

Gonna skip actual player ratings and move on to what bothers me about our performance.

TOMORI WAS CRAP

This has been an ongoing problem all season now. We have now conceded 14 goals over 11 matches and only kept 2 clean sheets. He looks a step slow, far too often getting beat on the turn especially. Also, like happened against Chelsea on the Aubameyang goal, he’s making some relatively simply plays look much too difficult. I’m not sure if he’s feeling pressure to make the WC squad or perhaps he’s trying to take too much on during our title defense. Either way it’s not good. To be fair, the carousel at FB isn’t helpping. Time to simplify things and settle down a bit before this dip in form becomes long lasting. 

DOUBLE PIVOT DISASTER

For better or worse, Tonali and Bennacer are not the best fit together. Both wanna sit deeper as that extra CB. Neither has taken over that Box2Box destroyer role that Kessie occupied most of last year. I thought Tonali would be that guy but for whatever reason we haven’t seen that this season. He looks timid, kind of what we saw his first year at Milan. We did see him do it towards the end of last season as he scored a couple big goals down the stretch. So far we have seen little to nothing of Pobega, Adli of Vranckx so far. Perhaps we start seeing more of them soon. 

FB MESS

That was a shit show huh? Chelsea murdered us in the corners repeatedly outnumbering us, forcing us to react and then taking advantage of the spaces left behind. Over and over and over again. it reminded me a lot of what happened to us against Liverpool last year. Reminder Salah and TAA murdering us? This was a carbon copy. Guess where Chelsea’s best players are? On the wings! Oof. 

Let’s backtrack.

Why is there space? Dest and FBT were WAY TOO HIGH. Simple really. We can get away with this against Empoli and Sampdoria but not away to Chelsea. In games like this the FBs must stay home a lot more. Instead of staying high they need to pick and choose those runs. Very carefully. Simply having Bennacer drop between the CBs to make a 3 man backline isn’t gonna do against EPL teams. we get stretched too thin and killed by crosses. Sound right so far? 

So who is that on? Is it on the players for being too aggressive and ignoring their responsibilities? Is Pioli over there screaming for them to get back over and over agian? OR... is this on Pioli simply plugging these guys into the roles that Theo and Calabria play? That would be a big problem. FBT is not Theo by any means and Dest just got here 2 months ago. They should be keeping things simple. Stay home. Mind the wide positions. Limit crosses. Move up field to keep things connected but by no means do we need runs inside the 18. 

WHERE OH WHERE IS MY SAELEMAEKERS? 

If you still think Saelemaekers is worthless and serves no purpose, watch this game. God less king Krunic but i have no idea what he was doing. He dips centrally and leaves Dest exposed again and again and again. 

...

Moving on... to the WEEKEND WHIP AROUND!

SASSUOLO - INTER Sassuolo always plays Inter tough, including a huge win at San Siro last year that contributed greatly to Milan winning the title. Four losses in the league this early had the crows circling Inzaghi until the midweek triumph against Barcelona. Sassuolo has defended well all year and have finally found their scoring boots. Inter’s defense is creaky. That combo could lead to some fireworks. 

MILAN - JUVE Consecutive wins in the league and the CL has eased the Allegri chatter. Despite skepticism the Milik-Vlahovic combo is really starting to bear fruit. Even Rabiot had a brace against a bunch of farmers midweek. Milan meanwhile is in disarray due to form and injury. Fully expect a wild 3-3 draw. 

BOLOGNA - SAMPDORIA Bologna hit rock bottom a few weeks ago and hired Thiago Motta. Samp finally ended the Giampaolo experiment an now have a new coach of their own. They reached out to Red Star Belgrade and brought in Dejan Stankovic. Now the former inter teammates face each other in relegation battale neither they nor their longtime Serie A clubs expected. 

TORINO - EMPOLI Torino started the season on a nice run but have now lost 3 in a row. Granted they have had one of the toughest schedules to start the year. Juric will sort things out. Empoli on the other hand are having a tough time turning draws into wins. expect Bajrami and Lammers to keep at it and for their fortunes to trun. Not in this game though. 

MONZA - SPEZIA after dropping the first 5, Monza now have 7 points from 3. Stefano sensi has been the catalyst while Matteo Pessina has partner in crime. perhaps an earlier rebound than some expected. Spezia have struggled of late but thos losses are to Lazio, Juve and Napoli. look for Nzola and company to bunce back in this one. 

SALERNITANA - VERONA I told you all in the spring that Verona and Samp were in trouble. Well now Verona are in 18th and Samp in 20th. Listen to Nonno, ok? Look for Salernitana to pick up a win here to avoid a rut. Dia at the double and Verona continues to be a mess. LB Josh Doig a bright spot though. he will not be at Verona for long. 

UDINESE - ATALANTA A top 4 showdown! For real! Big question facing Atalanta coming into the year was whether Gasperini could do it again. Well so far he has! This time through solid defending and shrewd countering. No more wild, scoring fests. Big question facing Gerard Deulofeu his whole career is whether he could ever be less selfish and become a team player. If you would have told me 2 years ago this game would feature a high scoring team against the best defense in the league, i would have switched the roles. Must see game of the week here. 

CREMONESE - NAPOLI Napoli continue to clean up against the bottom feeders and Cremonese are the bottomest. that’s what you have to do to win a title though. 

ROMA - LECCE Roma are still having a heck of a time scoring. That seems impossible with the names on that roster. Lecce have started well, hanging their hat on a great season by Falcone in goal and a stout defense. By far the strangest sunday prime time game we’ve seen in a while. 

FIORENTINA - LAZIO Year 2 of Sarri ball and things are starting to look really good. Second highest scoring team in the league (17) while conceding the second fewest (5). Certainly helps that he’s got more and more of the pieces he wanted. Fiorentina have managed to keep their heads above water in the league AND keep things going in Europe. That despite struggling for goals. The Luka Jovic experiment is definitely NOT going as planned. 

Forza Milan!

Lisi

[vickymiles]

El trastero en España da un salto

El trastero en España da un salto - ¡#box2box la primera opción! #trasteros #España #orden #hogar #organizar

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Deep Work!

Ini sebuah istilah yang dipopulerkan oleh Cal Newport. saya membaca 2 buku beliau . Argh buku yang harusnya saya baca sedari dulu.

Intinya gini, pernah ga kalian teriak ke diri sendiri

"Saya bakal begadang! Belajar dari jam 9 malam sampai 2 pagi" "Malam ini mau kelarin semua kerjaan sampai larut!"

Itu Bullshit!

Karna kita kerap terdistrak dengan gawai kita. Membuka media sosial, khususnya WhatsApp, instagram. Iseng-iseng browsing. Kalau saya punya lingkaran setan sendiri: Gabisa kerja kalau tenang. kudu nyambi denger sesuatu. kelamaan bikin playlist lagu. kerjaan ga kelar-kelar.

nah kata Cal, hal-hal ini disebut pseudo-working. kita ngerasa banyak waktu kebuang buat “kerja” padahal ga meraih apapun. ya tadi, bullshit  semua. Dari fenomena inilah muncul istilah Deep work. Dimana suatu waktu kita memiliki tingkat fokus yang sangat tinggi dalam melakukan suatu hal.

rumusnya sederhana

Work Accomplished = Time Spent x Intensity of Focus

Yang menjadi parameter kita dalam bekerja bukan hanya berapa waktu yang diluangkan. Tetapi seberapa fokus kita. kasus pseudo-working terjadi seperti contoh diatas. ngakunya mau lembur, kenyataannya malah ngalur ngidur.

Sebaliknya, disalah satu buku Cal yang saya baca berjudul “ How to Become a Straight-A Student” buku itu hasil wawancara Cal terhadap beberapa mahasiswa yang nilainya A terus diberbagai kampus ternama dunia, tapi mereka bukan mahasiswa kupu-kupu. mereka juga ikut aktif di organisasi, relawan, dan aktivitas non-akademis lainnya. Kok bisa? deep work! mereka tidak banyak membuang waktu untuk belajar. ga sampai begadang juga. bahkan ada yang 1-2 jam sehari tapi beneran fokus dalam belajar.

jadi balik lagi, bukan hanya sebatas berapa waktu yang kita luangkan. tapi seberapa fokus kita. dan itulah Deep Work. let say kita bekerja 8 jam sehari. maka carilah Deep Work kita disela 8 jam itu. Dan sisanya kerjakan sisanya tanpa banyak tuntutan.

Bagaimana cara menemukan Deep Work? atau bagaimana cara fokus?

well... setiap kita beda-beda ya. Kalau saya belakangan baru sadar ada beberapa waktu atau faktor untuk mencapai Deep Work

Bada Shubuh dan Malam Hari. masing-masing maksimal 1-2 jam. wkwkw kenapa ya kalau ada matahari malah ga fokus

Minum kopi di siang/sore hari. yoi kopi addicted

Sambil denger podcast. tentu bukan podcast saya sendiri wkwk podcast yang saya dengar biasanya berputar di Retropus, Box2Box Football, dan Konstekstual. Jarang sambil denger lagu karna bakal lama di playlist

Good Food. Good Mood. kadang nyetok cemilan manis. Kayanya makanan manis ini bantu mikir deh

Jangan kenyang banget

Banyak minum air putih! saya bisa minum 4 L dalam satu hari jam kantor

Qailullah! yoi, tidur disiang hari sebelum/setelah zuhur. ngerasa nge-restart hidup dihari itu

kayanya itu dulu deh. Anyway kedua bukunya sangat saya rekomendasikan. bisa dibeli di PlayBook. Worth it lha!

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Mengabuburit sambil mendengarkan podcast

Bulan Ramadan tahun ini layanan pengaliran musik JOOX menghadirkan suatu hiburan berbeda dari apa yang telah mereka sajikan sebelumnya.

Ragam hiburan tersebut adalah drama dalam bentuk podcast alias siniar. Sejak pertama kali diperkenalkan lebih dari satu dekade silam di Amerika Serikat (AS), popularitas siniar terus menanjak, termasuk di Indonesia.

Dalam jumpa pers yang berlangsung di The Goods Dinner, Kawasan SCBD, Jakarta Selatan (30/4/2019), Peter May selaku Head of JOOX Indonesia menyitir hasil survei Jakpat 2018 yang menyebut bahwa lebih dari 40% pendengar siniar di Indonesia berasal dari generasi milenial.

Melihat tren yang ada tersebut, Joox bersama Radio Gen FM menghadirkan tiga seri drama dengan genre berbeda yang melibatkan para sineas. Tajuknya JOOX the Series yang hadir saban hari selama Ramadan.

Gina S. Noer bersama Salman Aristo menyutradarai Klub Kecanduan Mantan yang sarat nuansa komedi. Angga Dwimas Sasongko dan Anggia Kharisma menghadirkan Bridezilla dari genre drama. Sementara Anggy Umbara mempersembahkan cerita horor lewat Mata dan Mantra.

Setiap episode dari masing-masing seri berdurasi sekitar 10 menit. Ini yang membedakannya dengan sandiwara radio yang panjangnya bisa mencapai 30 menit bahkan lebih.

Pembeda lainnya, setelah tayang perdana menjelang waktu buka puasa, pendengar atau pengguna JOOX bisa mendengarkan siniar drama ini kapan saja. Tidak seperti sandiwara radio yang memiliki jam pemutaran tertentu.

Cerita drama dalam format audio seperti ini sebenarnya bukan sesuatu yang baru di telinga orang Indonesia. Sudah ada sejak beberapa dekade silam. Mencapai puncaknya pada era 80an dan 90an. Kala itu orang-orang mengistilahkannya dengan sandiwara radio.

Selain mengudara di stasiun radio, episode-episode sandiwara radio dipasarkan pula dalam bentuk pita kaset.

Beberapa seri sandiwara radio yang sempat menjadi favorit, antara lain Ibuku Malang Ibuku Tersayang, Catatan si Boy, Butir-Butir Pasir di Laut, Saur Sepuh, Tutur Tinular, dan Misteri dari Gunung Merapi.

Saking populernya judul-judul sandiwara radio tadi kemudian diadaptasi menjadi film dan sinetron.

“Kalau gue bilang podcast merupakan bentuk baru dari program radio yang dulu gue dengar,” ujar Salman Aristo (43) usai konferensi pers.

Bagi Aris, memproduksi sandiwara atau drama dalam bentuk audio bukan sesuatu yang asing. Beberapa tahun silam ia pernah menyutradarai seri Ramadan di Atas Awan yang disiarkan Radio Gen FM.

Siniar juga telah menjadi medium favorit Aris dan Gina sejak beberapa tahun silam. Favorit mereka adalah Serial, sebuah seri siniar investigasi jurnalistik yang dibawakan oleh Sarah Koenig, jurnalis, penyiar, dan produser program televisi dan radio.

Mulai hadir sejak 2014, Serial dalam setiap musim menampilkan satu kisah nyata terkait dunia kriminal yang terdiri dari 9 hingga 12 episode.

Hingga sekarang Serial sudah merampungkan musim ketiga. Melansir Variety (5/9/2018), dua musim pertama siniar tersebut diunduh lebih dari 340 juta kali.

Lanskap siniar di Indonesia lambat tapi pasti semakin berkembang pesat. Faktor penunjangnya adalah kecepatan internet dan kuota bandwith di negeri ini yang juga semakin meningkat.

Bandingkan saat Boy Avianto, seorang pekerja media digital, yang diyakini sebagai siniarwan pertama Indonesia memulainya dengan “Apasaja Podcast” pada 2005.

Penetrasi internet dengan bandwidth yang memadai untuk mengunduh berkas audio saat itu belum seperti sekarang. Imbasnya medium baru ini minim peminat.

Bahkan hingga dua tahun lalu masih sangat sulit menemukan siniar produksi lokal khususnya di layanan pengaliran musik Spotify.

Jika merunut “Podcast Chart Spotify” khusus wilayah Indonesia, sekarang sudah ada 200 siniar yang nangkring di sana.

Tema atau topik obrolannya juga beraneka ragam, mulai dari edukasi, religi, gaya hidup, kesehatan, seni dan hiburan, bisnis, teknologi, politik, olahraga, keluarga, hingga komedi.

Berdasarkan hasil survei yang dilakukan DailySocial bersama Jajak Pendapat (Jakpat) pada medio 2018, dari 1.372 responden pengguna ponsel pintar yang mengenal siniar, sekitar 80,82% mengaku mendengarkan siniar kurun enam bulan terakhir.

Konten atau topik yang menarik jadi alasan utama mendengarkan siniar. Ini sejalan dengan yang diungkapkan Gina dan Aris. Pilihan mendengarkan siniar disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan pribadi.

“Biasanya gue dengar podcast yang sesuai dengan ketertarikan gue. Misal yang membahas tentang politik, sosial, mengelola sumber daya manusia, bahkan gue belajar bisnis juga dari podcast,” kata Aris.

“Kalau gue belajar esai film awalnya dari YouTube. Setelah gue perhatikan beberapa tayangan video itu justru sumber kutipannya dari podcast. Makanya akhirnya gue mendengarkan podcast. Ibarat buku, catatan kakinya dari podcast. Akhirnya podcast jadi sumber belajar,” Gina menimpali.

Hal senada diungkapkan Kemal Mochtar (38). Minatnya terhadap sesuatu yang berhubungan dengan teknologi dan dunia keluarga mendorong penyiar Radio Gen FM itu memilih siniar yang membahas dua topik tersebut.

Berdasarkan hasil survei seperti terpampang dalam infografik di atas, topik yang membahas soal teknologi menempati lima besar isi konten yang dianggap paling menarik oleh responden. Empat sisanya adalah hiburan, gaya hidup, pendidikan, dan bisnis.

“Alasan gue suka mendengarkan podcast karena jauh lebih segmented. Mau podcast soal otomotif ada. Dunia masak juga tersedia podcast-nya,” sambung Kemal yang menyebut siniar Sheggario milik Ario Pratomo sebagai salah satu favoritnya.

Walaupun sifatnya bisa didengarkan kapan saja, para responden mengaku lebih senang mendengarkan siniar di atas pukul 21.00.

Perihal intensitas mendengarkan sebuah siniar, Aris dan Gina, juga Kemal, punya ketahanan berbeda.

“Kami tahan dengan podcast yang durasinya satu jam. Sebenarnya durasi bukan masalah, asal topiknya menarik,” ujar Gina yang diamini Aris.

Sementara Kemal mengaku bukan tipikal orang yang betah mendengarkan podcast yang durasinya berjam-jam.

Menyinggung soal dampak durasi terhadap minat orang dalam mendengarkan siniar, Lisa Siregar yang mengampu program “Show Box” produksi Box2Box Media Network percaya pada satu faktor utama.

“Pada akhirnya kalau konten lo bagus orang akan dengerin sampai habis kok. Mungkin tidak sekali dengar, tapi bisa stop dan disambung pada kesempatan lain. Soalnya gue tipikal seperti itu. Betah mendengarkan podcast yang berdurasi lebih dari satu jam,” ujar Lisa yang sudah mendengarkan siniar sejak satu dekade lalu.

Saya menemui Lisa usai beduk maghrib di CoHive Space yang menempati lantai 10 Plaza Kuningan Menara Selatan, Jakarta Selatan (6/5).

Ada satu ruangan di sana yang kemudian difungsikan menjadi studio.

Semua proses rekaman siniar milik Box2Box Media Network, seperti “Box2Box Indonesia”, “Box Out”, “Retropus”, “Umpan Tarik”, “Asumsi Berbicara”, “Obrolan BaBiBu”, termasuk “Show Box”, berlangsung dalam ruangan ini.

Berhubung malam itu topiknya tentang serial Game of Thrones, Lisa sengaja mengundang Amanda Aayusya yang lebih akrab disapa Amy sebagai host tamu.

Pasalnya Angga Rulianto yang selama ini jadi tandem Lisa mengaku bukan pemirsa setia serial produksi HBO tersebut.

Selama lebih dari 30 menit, Lisa dan Amy asyik membahas episode The Last of the Starks yang ditayangkan beberapa jam sebelumnya.

Edisi perdana “Show Box” yang berisi ulasan tentang film Aruna & Lidahnya dan The Night Comes for Us tayang pada 23 Oktober 2018.

Lisa waktu itu masih siaran ditemani Pangeran Siahaan, salah satu pendiri Box2Box Media Network selain Tio Prasetyo Utomo.

Edisi tersebut juga baru tersedia Soundcloud, tidak seperti sekarang yang sudah hadir di berbagai layanan pengaliran musik semisal Spotify, Apple Podcast, Anchor FM, Google Podcast, dan beberapa platform lainnya.

Sementara episode perdana siniar Box2Box Indonesia pertama kali meluncur pada 15 Agustus 2018.

Kala itu mereka belum menggunakan peralatan mumpuni sehingga beberapa testimoni pendengar mengeluhkan kualitas audio yang dihasilkan.

Kini di studio sudah tersedia empat mikrofon. Pada tiap-tiap stan mikrofon tergantung penyuara jemala alias headphone. Sebagai pelengkap, nangkring sebuah Tascam DR-70D. Alat ini berfungsi merekam secara digital segala percakapan yang berlangsung.

Tak hanya infrastruktur, Box2Box Media Network dalam perjalanannya juga mengakuisisi beberapa siniar lain. Siniar "Retropus", misalnya, diumumkan bergabung dalam keluarga besar Box2Box pada September 2018.

“Ada banyak gairah dalam mengerjakan ini karena menurut gue podcast bakal menjanjikan. Box2Box juga sudah ngobrol dengan beberapa klien yang mau beriklan dengan sistem bundel. Itu alasan kenapa konten kami banyak,” ungkap Lisa.

Bukan hanya Box2Box yang menjalankan siniar dengan sistem jaringan atau kolaborasi. Sejak November 2018, forum daring Kaskus resmi meluncurkan layanan baru bernama Kaskus Podcast.

Sajiannya berisi konten orisinal, seperti "Jas Merah", "Kemal" alias Kepo Maksimal, "Kamis Misteri", "Parabola" (Parodi & Informasi Sepakbola), "Leh Uga", dan "SKJ" (Seputar Kesehatan Jasmani).

Selain itu, mereka juga bekerja sama dengan beberapa kreator siniar, antara lain Box2Box Indonesia, Lambe Malam, Caffe del Calcio, Zodiak Cinta, atau Opini Tengah Malam.

“Kehadiran Kaskus Podcast merupakan salah satu bentuk apresiasi kami kepada para Kaskuser yang produktif menghasilkan konten-konten unik dan menarik. Harapannya Kaskus Podcast dapat lebih mempopulerkan karya Kaskuser dalam format audio dan sekaligus memberikan ruang berkreasi dan membuka peluang usaha,” imbuh CEO Kaskus Edi Taslim.

Menurut Iqbal Hariadi yang konsisten menjadi siniarwan sejak 2015 melalui “Podcast Subjective”, siniar yang awalnya sekadar hobi punya potensi untuk menghasilkan uang.

Caranya bisa seperti radio konvensional yang memutar iklan berdurasi 60 atau 30 detik. Bisa juga berbentuk adlips alias iklan baca.

Selain itu, bisa juga dengan cara bertukar. “Misalnya gue kerja sama dengan penulis yang sedang promosi peluncuran bukunya. Gue minta tiga bukunya untuk dijadikan hadiah kepada pendengar gue,” tambah Iqbal dalam Kelas Podcast bertajuk "How to monetize an build your podcast's brand” yang diselenggarakan Kaskus (13/4).

Di luar itu, siniarwan bisa mendapatkan uang dari hasil berjualan merchandise, menyelenggarakan acara berbayar, menjadi pembicara, atau cara-cara lainnya.

Iqbal memprediksi bahwa tahun ini dan tahun depan akan menjadi kebangkitan podcast di Indonesia berkat kehadiran figur-figur tenar.

“Raditya Dika sudah mulai main podcast. Sementara Box2Box sudah mulai menggurita. Gue bersyukur banget dengan kehadiran mereka karena itu membantu mengangkat industri podcast ini di Indonesia,” pungkasnya.

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Local Podcasts on Spotify

Berhubung kini podcast sudah menjadi tren di Indonesia karena Spotify, pilihan untuk mendengarkan podcast jadi banyak asalkan tidak selektif. Saya sih selektif, hahaha. Maka dari itu saya punya komentar untuk setiap podcast lokal yang telah saya dengarkan. Untuk podcast luar Indonesia akan saya coba tulis nanti di postingan yang berbeda, yang jelas salah satunya adalah The Futur Podcast. 

1. Thirty Days Of Lunch

F a v o r i t. Hampir semua episode sudah saya dengar, sebagian kecil memang belum didengar karena topiknya tidak cocok saja dengan saya. Tapi secara keseluruhan, ini podcast lokal terbaik bagi saya. Rapi, durasi pas, rekaman jernih, obrolan tidak keluar dari topik, konsepnya menarik (rekaman podcast saat makan siang di restoran sehingga ada background noise khas suasana makan siang yang rasanya pas saja). Banyak konten yang bisa memotivasi diri.

Progres yang baik.

2. Podcast Awal Minggu

Salah satu podcast mainstream yang menurut saya... overrated. Bukan berarti saya tidak suka sepenuhnya, ya. Seperti yang sudah saya katakan, saya selektif dalam mendengarkan podcast. Kadang saya malas kalau harus membuang waktu lebih dari satu jam untuk mendengarkan obrolan atau monolog yang seperti melantur. Saya paham podcast ini lebih sehari-hari dan bagi sebagian besar orang, bahasannya cukup mengena di hati mereka. Kadang ketika mendengarkannya saya pun merasa pendapatnya jujur dan sepakat dengannya, tapi tetap, bukan podcast seperti ini yang bisa saya sukai.

3. Podcast Petjah

Podcast ini pun juga hampir seperti melantur, tapi topiknya menarik sekali untuk saya. Bahasan umumnya adalah soal kota, tapi perspektifnya sangat menarik. Contoh bahasannya adalah mimpi punya rumah, smart city dan lain-lain. Episode paling saya ingat adalah Pintu Salah Gaul, ia membahas soal kesalahan desain pintu. Ya, sesimpel itu. Durasinya cenderung lebih singkat, saya suka.

4. Asumsi Bersuara

Sejauh ini podcastnya baru memiliki 2 episode, terus terang saya tidak bisa banyak berkomentar. Rapi, namun belum ada topik politik yang benar-benar menyentuh saya. Sepertinya kalau episodenya sudah banyak, podcast ini potensial untuk saya sukai.

5. Anak Muda Miliarder

Sayang sekali, harusnya podcast ini bisa diminati begitu banyak orang karena menginspirasi di bidang finansial dan durasinya singkat, tapi suaranya tidak jauh berbeda dengan radio AM. Duh.

6. Makna Talks

Seharusnya saya suka dengan podcast ini walaupun beberapa topiknya juga tidak cocok dengan saya. Mengapa saya bilang seharusnya, karena podcast ini baru saja pindah ke Spotify ketika sebelumnya  di Soundcloud, lalu episode-episode sebelumnya tidak dipindahkan. Maaf, saya terlalu malas untuk membuka Soundcloud.

7. Level Up with Benakribo

Menariknya, podcast ini juga untuk motivasi, sayangnya beberapa topiknya terkesan you-dont-say, kadang ada hal-hal yang harusnya sudah diketahui tanpa harus dibahas lagi di sebuah podcast.

Honorable mentions (baru mendengarkannya sekilas, tidak berani berkomentar banyak, namun sepertinya menarik):

8. Box2box, Retropus, Box2out

Tiga podcast sepakbola dan basket, ramai didengarkan orang dan menarik kalau kamu mengikuti pertandingannya.

9. Mudacumasekali, Podluck Podcast

Belum ada satu episode yang saya dengarkan sampai habis, tapi semoga 2 podcast tersebut bisa saya minati kalau diperhatikan dari topiknya.

10. Showbox

Podcast soal review film dan serial tv, ke depannya akan saya coba dengarkan baik-baik.

Saya enggan menyebutkan podcast yang gaya bicaranya sangat santai sampai terkesan lupa bahwa suara mereka didengar publik, bahasan yang terlalu... receh? Lalu enggan pula dengan podcast yang isinya curahan hati orang lain yang terlalu personal karena sejujurnya saya tidak membutuhkannya, tidak lupa dengan podcast yang terlalu bicara soal hati karena... tidak cocok saja dengan saya. Silakan kalau ingin memberi cap heartless, terserah.

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Kilometer 2: Penulis dan Pembaca

Semester 2 yang lalu, saat masih suasana berbulan madu bersama kampus setelah libur selama kurang lebih dua bulan. Dosen Psikologi Umum saya datang membawa dua orang yang rupanya sedang melakukan riset terkait karier pada dewasa muda dari Universitas Griffith, Australia. Saya yang sialnya—atau mungkin juga untungnya—merupakan penanggungjawab dari mata kuliah itu hanya karena nilai saya di semester sebelumnya cukup baik, terkejut menerima panggilan lewat WhatsApp saat sedang mengantri untuk mengambil buku panduan akademik. Intinya, saya disuruh menyiapkan teman-teman untuk mengisi kuesioner penelitian tersebut.

Singkat cerita, pada awal semester 3 kemarin, saya menerima pesan singkat. Rupanya dari penelitian karir dewasa muda 6 bulan yang lalu itu. Dari pesan tersebut, saya baru sadar bahwa kemarin saya menuliskan nomor WhatsApp dan surel untuk berpartisipasi pada penelitian lanjutan.

Tapi, yang paling menarik adalah bagian terakhir dari pesan tersebut. Bahwa sebagai ucapan terima kasih, akan ada voucher elektronik senilai Rp. 25.000,- tanpa undian, saya senang.

Namun, kuesioner itu masih saya abaikan.

Sampai ketika saya melihat email saya, dan undangan penelitian tersebut tertera pula di kotak masuk saya, bedanya di atas undangan tersebut tertulis “LAST CALL” saya mengisinya dengan sigap.

Lalu apa hubungan perkara mengisi kuesioner ini dengan judul tulisan ini?

Kuesioner itu membahas bagaimana dewasa muda mencapai tujuan karier. Isi pertanyaannya tentu saja membahas seputar karier. Paling berkesan adalah pernyataan “Saat ini saya berusaha lebih keras untuk mencapai tujuan karier saya daripada yang saya lakukan di masa lalu.”

Kemudian saya berpikir apa yang saya sedang lakukan dalam mencapai tujuan karier saya?

Apa yang sudah saya lakukan dalam mencapai karier saya itu? Saya tidak punya karya tulisan apapun, tidak ada kemajuan.

Tapi saya, dengan seribu keyakinan percaya bahwa karier sebagai penulis itu sangat bergantung juga dengan proses menjadi seorang pembaca.

Saya tidak banyak menghabiskan buku tahun lalu kalau dibanding tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Namun, saya jadi keranjingan membaca artikel-artikel atau esai di internet, dan terus berlanjut sampai sekarang.

Saya jadi sangat menggandrungi berbagai alamat web yang menyediakan berbagai artikel menarik. Meski tidak selalu berupa artikel berat, tapi tetap penting untuk menambah referensi menulis.

Mojok jadi yang paling sering saya kunjungi. Tipikal artikel Mojok ini memang satirikal juga seringkali sarkas. Saya senang membaca artikel sekaligus kolom komen yang biasanya berisi orang mencak-mencak, mempertanyakan mutu artikel, yang memang kadang sangat aneh tapi sengaja itu.

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https://mojok.co/apk/rame/list/5-langkah-anti-ketiduran-di-saat-genting/

Tidak logis!!!11!1! Tapi memang sangat menghibur.

Berikutnya saya juga sering singgah di Tirto.id yang tulisannya begitu lengkap dengan analisis serta data faktual tersebut. Wajar mengingat Tirto ini menjunjung jurnalisme data. Bahkan salah satu tulisan tirto terkait referensi liputan kolaborasinya sempat saya cantumkan di instagram saya sampai lebih setahun. Mengingat betapa hebatnya liputan itu dibuat. Namun, kolom komentar Tirto adalah komedi, sedikit-sedikit dicap kadal, besok dicap buzzer.

https://tirto.id/laporan-terbaik-tirto-di-tahun-protes-2019-adalah-proyek-kolaborasi-ep5t

Selanjutnya ada Vice, yang lebih sering menyajikan analisis mengenai sosio-kultural, tulisannya juga satirikal, tapi agenda yang dijunjung Vice cukup bertentangan dengan nilai yang saya anut. Walaupun begitu saya tetap membaca beberapa artikel Vice yang menurut saya informatif dan menarik.

https://www.vice.com/id/article/mbm8yp/deretan-cerita-terbaik-vice-indonesia-sepanjang-2019

Terakhir Basabasi.co yang seringnya lebih membahas terkait urusan sastra. Tulisannya berat namun begitu menawan serta sarat makna. Salah satu artikelnya bagi saya adalah pelecut untuk membawakan makna pada setiap tulisan saya.

https://basabasi.co/karena-penulis-bukan-pembunuh/

Sekarang saya turut menggemari tulisan Asumsi.co, dan baru saja berlangganan 5.45 newsletter asumsi.

Mungkin ada yang senang sepak bola, website seperti panditfootball dan the flanker sangat menyenangkan untuk ditelusuri, membawa sepak bola ke dalam storytelling.

Selama membaca artikel ini saya jadi banyak tahu terhadap penulis-penulis feature hebat, yang menariknya berangkat dari penulis sepak bola. Saya cukup heran bagaimana orang-orang hebat nan saya kagumi ini, kebanyakan menggemari sepak bola.

Zen RS, inspirasi saya membuat tumblr, pendiri panditfootball ini, merupakan direktur konten dan pemimpin redaksi Narasi TV, yang kontennya fenomenal, dengan foundernya yang juga fenomenal, Najwa Shihab.

https://kurangpiknik.tumblr.com/post/616806351953346560/menjelang-berakhirnya-pasar-malam

Pangeran Siahaan, sang founder box2box, yang pundit sepak bola, juga pemenang presenter olahraga terbaik Asia ini, sekarang merupakan founder dari Asumsi.co

https://asumsi.co/post/tidak-ada-media-yang-benar-benar-netral

Pada akhirnya, saya selalu mengimpikan, nama saya bisa mencapai level orang-orang ini. Zen RS atau Pange, terserah yang mana. Mungkin jalan yang baik juga berawal dari menulis sepak bola, tapi pilihan kembali ke saya untuk berawal dari mana.

Menjawab pertanyaan karier di atas, walau saya sangat jarang menulis, dan tak punya karya. Saya yakin proses membaca saya adalah salah satu jalan maju mencari gaya kepenulisan, menenggak referensi demi referensi, untuk bisa setara dengan mereka. Kalau disuruh perkenalan, dan menyebutkan hobi, percayalah, hobi membaca saya itu benar, dan bukan untuk terlihat positif saja di mata dosen, senior, atau guru.

Saya sering membayangkan nanti, saya hanya sekadar menjadi penulis sembari mengajar. Sementara teman-teman saya duduk sebagai pegawai negeri atau bersenang-senang serta berpusing ria dengan karier yang melesat di industri kimia, menikmati sarapan lobi-lobi setiap pagi.

Di sinilah saya, dari 7 tipe landasan kekuasaan yang saya pelajari di psikologi, saya tak memiliki satupun diantaranya.

Terakhir, apa saya sudah berusaha keras untuk mencapai karier saya?

Bahkan untuk taraf berusaha ringan mungkin juga belum.

Mhhxsk.

[footballghana]

FEATURE: Young Nigerian dominating Latvian football

At just 19 years old, Tolu Arokodare has been one of the best players in the Latvian Vrsliga since joining Valmiera, named after the city that has a population of just 25,000.

He was one of three young Nigerians to join the Latvian side from Lagos-based non-league side Box2Box. Arokodare helped Valmiera finish fourth in the league.

The centre-forward is 1.91 metres tall, posing a threat to defenders aerially. His technical play, however, is also superb as evidenced in the video below.

How much longer will he stay at Valmiera? Continue reading to see what Sithembiso Romeo has to say.

THE HAPPENINGS

Valmiera has been clouded by scandals, with the negative press starting during the COVID-19 pandemic, where the Latvian Football Federation Congress [LFFC] requested the suspension of Uldis Pūcītis [vice president] and Tamaz Pertia [head coach] for violations of the rules.

However, the big issue now is the situation regarding Tolu Arokodare, who refused to take part in the game against Liepāja. An act which is considered as a protest against the fact that the club does not want to release him.

“I had an offer from Anderlecht, the acceptance of which would break the record of Latvian football transfers. However, the club blocked the transfer, saying that I was not for sale and that Anderlecht should no longer contact me,” Arokodare is quoted on Sportsacentrs.com

The 19-year-old striker who is valued at €225,000 by Transfermarkt has been linked with moves to Belgian giants Anderlecht, Czech champions Sparta Prague as well as clubs in Germany and France.

“I want to leave Latvia because Anderlecht is a good club, there is a good league in Belgium, and it would be a good next step in my career. It would also be beneficial for Valmiera,” the Nigerian explained.

The Nigerian has played in Latvia for two seasons and he seems to have played his last for the club as he is eager to join the Belgian giants. The player hasn’t been docile.

“After discussion with my agent Jean Gerard, I offered the president of Valmiera the following option: I would stay until the end of the season unless he agree to fix the amount now, and I would move to Anderlecht in January [2021].

“However he does not want to agree with that either. I don’t understand that – it’s very funny and unfair,” Arokodare concluded

THE CLUB’S POSITION

Valmiera have emphasized that the transfer of the 19-year-old Nigerian to Anderlecht is not in their best interest, because there are more than 10 clubs interested in the player.

Anderlecht are reportedly ready to pay €1.15-millon. This won’t be a record for Latvian football transfers as earlier reported as Andregj Rubins and Maris Verpakovskis, once earned Skonto Riga over €2-million.

The highest fees in recent times have been recorded by Ventspils who sold Nigerian Adeleki Akinjemi to Norway last year for approximately €700k.

The case of Akinjemi was also scandalous as well, the club even announced the player had been kidnapped, though it turned out he disappeared on the recommendation of his agents.

Valmiera, are eager to keep Arokodare so he could help them in the Europa League qualifiers, with the game against Poznan Lech next week, and hopefully mount an unlikely title charge.

Arokodare is firing this season at the Latvian Championship, with 14 goals in 14 games [9 in the last 4].

WHAT NEXT?

Valmiera were held to a 1-1 draw against Liepāja in his absence but the club is in fairly stable in third position despite various absences.

“We talked to Tolu, and it seems to me that there is progress, he slowly realise that this is not the way out,” the club’s vice-president Pūcītis said.

“Hopefully we will reach an agreement. It must be understood that you signed a long term contract and you must respect it. To move elsewhere, the club’s must first agreed which each other and only then the player with the club.

“We believe that the deal could much more be successful for us and Tolu later. It is very likely that it will be after this season,” he added.

“Tolu is an important Player for our club and is currently in the middle of the season, he is doing well and is not so easy to replace right away. We are convinced that Europa League can show itself on the right side and then there could be more offers.

“We will see if our decision turns out to be right or wrong. I don’t want to comment publicly on the transition amount. We do not aim to fix the Latvian transfer record, but we will be happy if that is the case.” He concluded.

It seems like Arokodare will remain in Latvian Championship until the end of the season with his club holding the right on paper to make the best decision going forward.

source: https://footballghana.com/

[kicka11]

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What with Scotland being very Scottish tonight, here’s a chance to enjoy Chris Iwelumo defying physics. http://pic.twitter.com/bgM5ZS77d6

— Box2Box Football (@_box2box) October 8, 2017