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He was a decent player. Been absolutely destroyed by injuries & fitness issues now though sadly.

Agree. I have always said I don't particularly rate Southgate tactically. I totally get what he's trying to achieve but he often gets the balance all wrong.

Probably some truth to that but I can see why. If you look at teams that win major international tournaments in recent years they are nearly always built on strong defences, we don't have that so he tries to shore it up by the tactics & personnel he implements. Playing Phillips with Rice...

Did you see the Leicester v Brighton game? Brighton targeted him & he just constantly coughed up possession & dawdled around making no attempt to retrieve the situation. Ended up being bellowed at by his teammates. Every player can have off days but that's certainly not the way to play...

It's bizarre, people just have a preconception about certain players then try & make it fit despite all the evidence being to the contrary. 48% of all our Attacks last night were down Bidwell's side. His Heatmap shows majority of his touches were in the final third. His average position has...

3 shots on target for Birmingham last night & scored them all. All good chances too. WBA have a habit like us of giving up gifts at the moment.

He averaged around 53% of Aerial Duels Won last season & is at 55% in this. Worth noting though that is a higher % of Aerial Duels than all of Rose, Panzo & even Hyam so far this season. Only Fadz has a better % but from far less Duels. He also wins far more Ground Duels than all of the...

I'm certain Nathan Jones will

On about the 6th replay yes it certainly looked it. Even the Luton commentator (who was about as one sided as I've heard) said it was impossible to tell on the first 4 angles he'd seen of it but then changed his tune to "blatant, stonewall having seen it from behind the goal"... I'm not sure...

Hamer is an infinitely better player when he just does the simple stuff properly.

Got them well on the ropes now so fully expect us to drop them another gift.

Onyedinma should be off now.

How thick is Onyedinma!? 🤦🏼‍♂️ Probably concussed. The irony of fans chanting "You don't know what you're doing" to the ref who has called it spot on as well. Not the brightest.

Going forward we look great. Gyok could have a hat-trick. Problem is we're always liable to give gifts away at the back.

It's a surprisingly complex system. They use sequencing to avoid teams playing a run of home games or away games to ensure its fair/consistent across the board. Reversing fixtures would obviously screw that up.

Agree with most of that except the bit in bold. TAA isn't out of sorts imo, he's just a dreadful defender & teams are finally finding ways to target him. Losing Mané was a big blow too. What has Klopp blamed tonight? Pitch? Weather? Ball?

10-14 points means they qualify for appeal. Given Rente only missed out due to timing when he'd have sailed through just weeks earlier it's a massive grey area. I'd be intrigued to know the reasoning granting Costa's but not Rente, Kluivert or others. Another player missed out by 48hrs & yet...

Perhaps he could have invested in the club rather than spending it in brothels?

Yes, just seen that! On the face of it it's a sensible decision but got to be massive questions now about others that have been rejected. Particularly Fulham with Kluivert.