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I’m not going to smell my own farts on this one, the players have all surpassed expectations. Even Torp, I felt like he could have a big year and that probably looks like 5-10 goals over 46 games… he should get 10-12 this season which just top work. Fair play to Lampard, he deserves all the...

Right so, because there’s a backlog, it’s justifiable to upend centuries of civil liberties? Using that logic, perhaps the temporary suspension of the refugee convention and withdrawal of the ECHR is justified? After all, it seems like we’ve established that we can curtail certain rights and...

Simms was also carrying injuries back then. Last season, despite BTA and Simms underperforming to historical lows in their careers, their goals in the Jan-Feb winning streak were instrumental in getting us to the playoffs. Perhaps it was copium in the summer, but this period suggested to me...

66 points is to get to 90 points is 22 wins from 29. It’s technically doable but it’s not likely imo. Without getting too carried away, they beat QPR, Sheff W, Charlton and Leicester. The manner of the last 2 wins were genuinely impressive and given the xG table, I believe that Southampton will...

I was talking about the Prem specifically and so were you up until you made the strange comment ‘why do you pretend football doesn’t exist outside the PL?’ I’m talking about ticket prices, not transfer fees/wages. Again, the relationship between the Prem clubs and FFP is driving up ticket...

For Southampton to get to 90 points, they need to average 2.27 points per game for 29 games. That’s a bit optimistic, for context, we’re tracking in 2.35 right now. Ipswich need 2.2 whereas we need to average little over 1.72.

Fuck it, 9. I can’t see us losing atm and it will come, just as it did v Wrexham…

Teams in the Championship are chasing the money in the Prem. The teams charging £35+ for tickets, have the most expensive squads in the league are towards the top of the table… they’re chasing the riches of the Premier League.

The backlog is a pretext to make the change. It’s quite ironic seeing a fundamental right outlined in our laws since the Magna Carta be taken away despite the HRA and ECHR. Forget optics, it’s just a terrible idea full stop. The ECHR is not a left v right issue just as Brexit wasn’t. Maurice...

Just out of curiosity, is the same crowd outraged at plans to leaving the ECHR as disgusted at Labour’s plans to withdraw the right of trial by jury for many crimes?

Correct and what’s stopping clubs just spending whatever they want? FFP. The role of FFP has done a few distorting things, why is it that we constantly see strange transfers of 10-20m for home grown players? It’s FFP. Back to ticket prices, because total spend under FFP is linked to revenue...

I don’t think there’ll be that much in it to be honest. Rushworth’s stats are slightly better but the margin is slight and overall, we’re much better team defensively this season compared to last. Short memories in football, Dovin was a Top 5 keeper last season and his string of performances...

In the Prem, it’s the pressure of FFP imo because what you can spend is linked to revenue and ticket sales is one of the only guaranteed revenue sources. As football finance analysts point out, in the Prem the TV deals are so large, they don’t need to sell a ticket to break even. Something else...

The Prem prices are a distortion and pushes up prices in the home end. From my selfish POV, it’ll be great paying £30 a ticket but make no mistake, it’s the home fans that’ll pick up the cost. Football is an expensive hobby, but you’ve got to cut your cloth accordingly. As a rule, I tend to not...

I’ve understood you clearly, it’s your premise that I disagree with. I’ll take the compliment though, safe travels home if you’re making your way home from Middlesborough.

Apparently he said to the BBC CWR that he may have caught it early but when it was raised to Lampard in the post-match interview, he had no idea. Hopefully it’s a better case scenario and it’s a precaution. In any case, Simms is in good form so if there going to be an ideal period where Haji...

It’s not random at all. Your points are made to show that Boro exposed us, mine is the opposite and that we defended well as part of a game plan. The stats conveniently back up my argument because we limited them to 1.05 xG and 2 shots on target. The difference here is that your views are...

In fairness, most events will charge that for less. Seeing a big name comedian will set you back £30-50 on their smaller circuit shows. Given that’s not even their best work, it’s expensive. We all shit on Sky, deservedly so at times, but it’s the TV money that’s arguably subsidised football...

That’s a bold statement from a team with 2 shots on target…

Except it didn’t, they had 1 shot on target all second half which was a 0.01 xG chance from Whittaker. They had threat, but we nullified them barring one chance that they missed. Their first shot of the half was in the 71st minute, the Conway chance on 75 minutes and a shot in 89th. By...