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With respect, the reason people probably don’t interact with you is because there’s nothing anyone can say to change your mind so there’s not much point in going back and forth. I’ve not reviewed your sample size, iirc the jist of it is PPG with and without Sheaf. Is the average league position...

I’m at 1420 and didn’t get a ST in 22/23 with only a few games that season, probably 50-odd points. So I’ve built my points up v quickly and the only away games I’ve missed since 2024 is Plymouth and Burnley midweek. Next season I want to get the 100% attendance rate. I’ll fall a little bit...

You brought up Sheaf. I asked a simple question whether or not the same applies to Haji Wright. He’s missed 21 games for us and we’ve won 10 of them. Our PPG without Haji Wright is 1.9 which is just shy of automatic promotion form. Which to me, is a reasonable question to ask.

It wasn’t an argument, I was playing devil’s advocate. Of course we’re a better team with Haji than BTA. If the argument is ‘we’ve won 9 out of 10’ is a stick to hit Sheaf with, then the logical next step is to apply that equally then I’d expect you to pass a comment on Haji too. Your dislike...

Without digging through this seasons results, I’m pretty certain we’ve won more games with Simms and BTA in the team than Haji. If we’re using that logic, then Haji isn’t our best forward player. Football is a team game, I highly doubt that Sheaf would make that big a difference. If he did...

We also won the same amount of games without Haji Wright, are we a better team without him too?

That’s very convenient… 😂👀

I was interested in being awarded a penalty rather than a penalty and a card. At 3-0, the game is wrapped up.

If anyone needs a ticket, I’ll have a spare for this one.

They were probably smelling each other’s farts telling each other how great they all are. Football referees can learn a lot of lessons from rugby referees. They might not get all the calls correct, but there’s a clear, rational decision making process and they’re not so reliant on VAR to make...

This. Something that is underrated about Simms is that he’s great at defending set pieces too. We’d took off EMC, Torp, Eccles, MVE and Simms for Allen, Sheaf, BTA, Lati and Haji. We lost a lot of height and probably shouldn’t be that surprised we conceded a set piece.

It tells me he’s not a good referee. I can’t get my head around it because if Stoke’s keeper doesn’t stick his leg out, EMC has an open goal to score. What is his criteria for a penalty?! So for all the people quoting xG in the assessment of the game, things like EMC being fouled and their...

Was the referee yesterday from the Prem? If so, it explains a lot because they’re so reliant on VAR to make any difficult decisions on their behalf.

That’s right and it puzzled me tbh. In fairness, BTA joined the box as a second striker whenever he could. For Thomas’ winner, Haji forces their defender into a poor clearance which BTA probably doesn’t force so the plan worked out eventually. They’re being very cautious with Sheaf too which...

Anyone know how many we’ve sold? I’m assuming I’ll be good for 12pm.

The calculation was probably that there was 42 minutes left of the game and they didn’t plan to play Haji for that long as part of his rehab.

It was a flat 3 with Eccles being the most advanced in the defensive shape where he would join the line with Simms to make a 4-4-2 shape. Lampard was complimentary of the midfield (including Eccles) in his post-match comments. If Torp can hit form, there’s a compelling case to play a 4-3-3...

Simms deserves credit for Torp’s first goal. Firstly, Torp’s man completely loses him, but the nearest defender to him was marking Simms and when their defender sees the danger, Simms blocks him off. It was probably the difference between Torp having an uncontested header versus a contested one.

If you mean beating defenders in the air from the hold ball, probably not because the refereeing clearly favours the defender. The way we play, the striker doesn’t get much of the ball in the buildup play and he’s just expected to get in the box which he does well and has scored quite a few...

I don’t think it was worthy of a penalty and a red card because of the double jeopardy law. When Lampard said ‘it’s a foul anywhere else on the pitch’, it’s a fair comment to make and in my mind, a clear penalty. The most egregious thing was missing the offside for their 2nd goal because that...