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Not least when they seem to be trying to emulate them!

I have a feeling that Eccles will play in the 10.

No fun allowed in here I’m afraid.

I heard the other day that they’re not signatories of the ICC so don’t recognise its legitimacy. Which seems bonkers considering their role in the world.

And that’s setting aside that Uber drivers are without doubt the worst drivers on the road.

You can’t really use it in isolated game situations IMO. Much better to look at the overall xG difference to judge whether a side is creating lots of chances or conceding lots of chances.

NigeCoin coming soon.

Said before, introduce an ‘umpires call’ equivalent. Stop pretending the tech is infallible and revert to the on-field decision when it’s marginal. Obviously you’d then have to define ‘marginal’.

Regardless of the fact that’s not really linked to anything, the answer is not to kick everyone out, whether here legitimately or not, it’s to police it properly!

It’s not entirely related but here’s a quote I found on why teams don’t have players on posts any more, which kind of covers the same aspect.

There’s clearly a bank of data suggesting that having everyone back for corners reduces the chance of conceding, but that almost becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy as all teams do it so your data pool for other approaches shrinks.

My gut feel is that after 75 minutes the result should stand, but only in instances where the abandonment is due to conditions. If it were protests, etc then you either replay or it’s forfeited.

Blackpool v Huddersfield. Granted the score was 0-0 at the time but there was never a replay of it.

Also the fact they seem to be responsible for set pieces which haven’t exactly gone to plan for a while.

2 reasons: - Haji can play that left-sided role as effectively as EMC in my opinion. - It would have given us a genuine chance at a succession plan. I just feel Kone was underpriced when you compare to the type of winger we’d be paying out for. RW and ST would have been my ideal.

Performances clearly light years ahead of our start last season. I said after the Cardiff game (Lampard’s first) that I thought this is the style he wanted. Squad a little thin to be playing high-pressing football consistently though so there is a risk it drops off.

Fair point, I’ll ring MI6 and let them know.

Or a winger and striker. Still a bit miffed we didn’t make a play for Richard Kone.

Someone (think it was @HuckerbyDublinWhelan) floated the idea that he lacks concentration. Looked back and when he was at Swansea he was facing an average of 5 shots per match - until today that was 2 per match with us. It’s a slightly different skillset dependent on how busy you are and my gut...

Why could he not get it going last season at Luton in your view?