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I share those concerns but won’t be arguing that our defence is now poor. We’ve had tough fixtures against good teams and for the large part, defended well. PNE had one chance all game and they took it, their chance was less clear cut than the two Haji had in the first half. If he scores one of...

He’s undeniably a good player, but I’m less sold on whether or not it’s a good fit for both parties. If he’s a DM/CM, is he starting ahead of Torp or Grimes? If not, is he happy to be a rotation option?

This seems rather contradictory to be honest. xGA is a measure of chances you do concede… I don’t really understand your point and it seems like you’re conflating defence with the defenders individually rather than the defence as a team effort. The eye test has its place. However, when you...

Would it though? He doesn’t strike me as a player that would come in and start from day one. If it’s a loan, I’m open to that but not much on a permanent because for whatever reason, he’s not trusted in the Prem.

7 points required to maintain the run rate but frankly, we’ve got to get revenge on Ipswich. It’s definitely doable at home with a relatively full strength squad. We could really do with blowing Swansea away in the first half and emptying the bench.

Can’t imagine he’d go to Stoke. They’re in free fall and it’s hard to see where they can rally back, they should beat Swansea but then they’ve got Watford, Sheff U and PNE to finish 2025. That’s tough. Meanwhile, we’re still top and odds on for automatic promotion. If he goes to Bournemouth...

What does that mean exactly? The point you make isn’t clear. If you want to make a point that there are things that data doesn’t capture, I agree with you. The difference is that the ‘eye test’ is completely subjective so if no data to backs it up, it’s almost definitely not a correct reading...

Their home form has been good all season, they have been pretty hopeless away though, 1.33 ppg so far. They’ve only played Birmingham, Boro and PNE away from home in the top half and drew one, lost two. We’ve played Millwall, Stoke, Boro, Ipswich and PNE with a record of 3-1-1. We’re in a good...

Exactly, and none of those listed have good away form. Ipswich and Southampton have 12 points away from 9 and 10 games respectively. In short, we’re in a positive place because after the New Year, we’d have got all the toughest away games out of the way so you’d expect our away form to uptick...

Yes and all those teams need to come to our place. We’ve only lost 3 games in 27 home games under Lampard. In fact, all of our ‘6 pointers’ in 2026 will be at home (including Ipswich at home on the 29th). Ipswich, Leicester, Southampton, Boro, Stoke, PNE, Millwall all need to our place.

No. If Hull weren’t willing to sell him when they were one of preseason favourites for relegation, why would they sell when they’re in the Top 6? Besides, at the sums quoted, is Hughes a player that will make an impact in the Prem? Probably not and needs a season or two. Yes, we need to get to...

Exactly, some of the concerns here are being overstated essentially because we lost 3-0 to Ipswich. I can’t imagine many teams have had a tougher away schedule than us so far. Probably WBA off the top of head who have played all the best home team away (Watford, Ipswich, Boro ourselves and...

He’s on the bench for a UCL team but he’d strike me as a ‘one for the future’ and therefore, don’t think it fits the mould. If we were to be promoted this season, we’ve got to be bold in the transfer market if we’re to have any chance of staying up.

One clean sheet since we beat Blackburn 2-0. It’s somewhat redundant because we’ve often scored 2-3. When you’re scoring as much as we are, there is a trade off. Bigger picture, in our last 8 games, only 3 have been at home where our record is better and we concede less goals. Also going under...

100% it’s the usual unnecessary and manufactured moral panic. We lost one game and drew one… Both were difficult away games against top half sides. Frankly, we were much better than PNE and mostly better than Ipswich in the first half. A full strength team at home v Ipswich and I’m confident...

That’s actually not true because we’ve conceded more goals than our xG. There have been games where we’ve conceded high xG chances but low xG goals and vice versa in attack. Thats just football. Everything you’ve said just isn’t based on any data metrics, it’s just your subjective opinion. On...

Over 20 games, to cite 2 examples demonstrates my point to be honest. In any case, Ipswich was different, we were chasing the game. The pertinent point about that game is the goal we conceded in the first half was against the run of play and soft. We situationally play a high line when we’re...

That applies to WBA, not so much the other games. Charlton, Sheff U and Norwich were all games where we conceded against the run of play. Watford and Blackburn are games we definitely should’ve conceded first, iirc both of those team big chances came from counter attacks. Overall, put into...

The difference between our defence and the Ipswich and Stoke's defence is 3 goals... Our defence is the 5th best in the league. Overall, it is solid and recent uptick in goals conceded shouldn't cause too much panic. One thing to note is that we've played less home matches than most of the...

I haven't missed a game... What about you? If you based more of your opinions on stats, perhaps you'd be more level headed and wouldn't be so hysterical at times. That's my 2 pence worth for you.