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It’s part of the reason I previously spoke about Callum Styles, and I think if we were to commit to it then maybe Rudoni could play the role as well. 433 on the ball, 442 off the ball.

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I think the only way something like that would work is playing a 442 out of possession but with the ‘wingers’ coming inside to form a 4222 when on the ball, a bit like how we used Shipley and Bayliss in the latter stages of the L2 season. Still far from ideal as whilst Rudoni could reasonably...

Going to drift into the realms of conspiracy theory slightly here - we never advertised for an ‘Assistant Manager’, I think it was termed ‘Head of Coaching’. To me, that’s a Head Coach. Is the reason we didn’t proceed with this appointment due to the fact that their remit would significantly...

If we get to the end of the season with Robins I think Guardiola is out of contract.

Had a bit of a look last week after the Swansea game and I’d be going for Eirik Horneland. Currently manages Brann in Norway, took them from division 2 to 2nd in the top division in 3 years. Plays the same type of formation we like to play but far better ball retention and very aggressive press...

I’d imagine it’s denial of space in the first phase and then drawing as many opponents up the pitch as possible to give a counter opportunity. I don’t think it plays out that way, certainly not for us!

Said on another thread, and it would be mental, but if you left 7 up for corners it could theoretically mean the opposition have only one man in the box to attack the corner. Probably wouldn’t play out like that and I wouldn’t suggest sticking all 7 on the halfway line, but it’d be funny as...

It’s like the world of journalism has only just discovered the register of interests. There’s literally no story around any of this.

I’m finding this whole episode baffling. Beth Rigby trying to set up the old “do you know how it looks? Most people would want private facilities for their children to study for GCSEs.” Most people weren’t vying to be Prime Minister. Most people didn’t have journalists camped outside their...

On point 2, I’m currently reading about the style of Eirik Horneland, manager of Brann.

It’s a difficult one - what he’s done here has been sensational but we are seeing the same mistakes repeated again and again. Tactically I’m not convinced he’s ever really been up to scratch, given our successes have only ever come from enforced system changes. What he’s been able to do is...

For fuck’s sake. I want Arsenal to win this but this whole thing is fucking ridiculous. Especially given the ball didn’t even go out of play then. 7 mins is baffling. Stick 10 on that.

She’s a mean woman. Fuckin LOL

On the rare occasions I’ve not had seats next to others in the group I’ll wait until 5 mins after kick off and if there’s an empty seat near/next to them I’ll move to it. Only incident I’ve ever been involved in was Brighton away in the FA Cup - there were 6 of us all with tickets together and...

I do think Bassette’s work rate brought the best out of Rudoni. In many league matches so far, Rudoni seems hesitant to press aggressively as Simms doesn’t have the same tenacity and there will always be an out-ball. On a few occasions last night, Bassette instigated the press then Rudoni went...

Was it more noticeable last night because he wore red boots?

Tend to agree. It works on the assumption that no other team has had ‘outlier’ halves.

Just gone off data I can access but if you stripped them out and then brought back up to 5 games on an ‘average’ basis we’d be 10th. XG of 4.13 vs XGA of 3.18.

12 goals 5 assists in 9 games though.