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Yes. We’d be a better outfit with him in the team. Overall, we had to sell Gyokeres and Hamer to build a better team and we have. In preseason I said something along the lines that the loss Hamer and Gyokeres could be beneficial in the long term.

We’ve just signed a player with similarities to Hamer (according to MR) so it’s not all that different. We built our team and the style of play based on Hamer being with us until Jan before the fait accompli given by his agent. MR and his team are all about continuous improvement. CM is one of...

Statistically, there are similarities in the way they approach the game. MR is a shrewd man manager, he’s not going to say Torp is Hamer 2.0 because there will be all sorts of expectations piled on him.

I’m sure Robins would disagree with that. Signing Victor Torp shows we’re looking for different attributes to Eccles and Sheaf in the first place. The bottom line is this: Hamer is a better player than Sheaf, Eccles and even COH.

Did you watch us at all last season? I believe the answer is there. Even this season, Hamer played v Leicester and Wimbledon. Both games he went off after 60-odd minutes and we dropped off soon after.

Likewise, Sheff Wednesday’s xG would be skewed by their goal. It was a goal mouth scramble where 2 close range shots were saved/blocked before the goal. Aside from that, they didn’t really create much. Neither did we - it was a pretty scrappy away win.

Obviously. If you’re a football manager and you set up your tactics, you need to use lots of data to establish if performance is where it needs to be. We were underperforming on xG earlier in the season which would’ve suggested our tactics didn’t require any root and branch changes. So MR could...

That’s down to what exactly? Using that logic, we’re a better team with Simms/Godden upfront than Gyokeres. Which I’m sure we can both agree is simply not true. We’ve changed formation and improved our team across the board. Had we kept Hamer, he’d be the first name on the team sheet and we’d...

Would this team be better if Hamer was in it, yes or no? For me, the answer is absolutely yes. We miss his goals, assists and defensive contributions - he was box office. Eccles and Sheaf have stepped up this season, credit to them. But, neither of them are performing close to Hamer last...

Ambitious target indeed. If his agent is offering him around like that after a bid was accepted, the player probably wasn’t interested.

It’s precisely because it’s internet speak why it gets personal on here at times. Imagine some of these exchanges in real life? 😂

It was gamesmanship, for sure… Had Sunderland won it would’ve been a different story but they didn’t and it was their own fault. Broadcast in the stadium or not, both teams would’ve found out the final score one way or another. As both teams needed a draw, it suited both Bristol and ourselves...

I regret getting an early 8:30 train. It’s been a shit week personally for me so 3 points would be nice!

Godden put in a good shift to be fair, he pressed Leicester City and alongside the midfield, made them uncomfortable at times. I fancy Palmer for a goal today, I think he’s looked good in recent games. Personally, I’d probably start Simms but as you say, he looked good out wide so perhaps keep...

Where do you think that team would end up in the table if they averaged 2.25 goals a game and expected to concede 0.04? They would probably be comfortably league leaders. Again, xG is a performance indicator in the longer term. Likewise, if you’re a manager, even if you win 1-0 away with an xG...

Co’mon now, they missed one big opportunity. We had a pretty big opportunity missed ourselves at 0-0.

Deeney just had the angst of someone out of their depth and lashed out at the people around him. How does a manager get a 4 match ban for verbal abuse? If you he said what he said about Dabo publicly, it makes you think how he spoke to his players behind closed doors. It doesn’t paint a pretty...

People like the guy in that video who slate xG just misunderstand what it is. In of its self, it isn’t important. However, it’s a key performance indicator. It is rarely the case that a team will be low on defensive xG and high on attacking xG and be lower down the table. At the start of the...

3rd or 4th. I imagine we’d mean us taking points off Ipswich, Southampton and Leeds in the given scenario. We play two of those teams at home too…

Bullet points are you friend here😂