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I think now this game suits Simms more than Wright

Terrible challenge - straight red all day long

Put it this way if it was given against us I wouldn't be happy. I still don't think there is enough in it to make it a penalty.

About the goal, a great header but a lovely ball dinked in by Eccles.

I think you will find his is.

Great goal and build up

He is given the freedom to roam. But someone else needs to move across if he does.

Not a pen just two players battling for the ball

The problem was EMC looking over his shoulder and them stepping across. It one that can go either way but can see why ref gave it against EMC

What was Rudoni doing there, got into a tight pickle

MVE no need for the extra touch

To whoever called me a pessimist the other day, I think you will find the real ones has surfaced in the last hour. Nothing like writing your team off before they have kicked all ball. So many bedwetters.

We do if enough people buy it.

I like the third kit this year.

I agree Tempo is key. Grimes has made a big difference in this. Not only are his passes accurate and well weighted he is happy to receive the ball back in tight spaces. It gives players like Dasilva an out if they are closed down rather than go all the way back to the keeper.

There are ordinary people caught up in non-playing staff not being paid (if true). Football rivalry is one thing but that is nothing to celebrate.

It’s percentages. Keepers between the penalty area and halfway line. It allows an extra man to push up. They field a lot of counter attacks but occasionally get chipped and concede a goal. I don’t agree with all modern tactics and like you see it as fashion copying top teams. But when we...

I don't think it helps them score from a set piece. But I do think it helps them box you in and maybe score off the third or fourth phase. That's the thing about formations and tactics - every coin has two sides. For every positive there is always a weakness that can be exploited.

My take is it is all about penalty area congestion. It's why when defending the counter we defend by retreating into the penalty area rather than press the wide ball. It is not just us as it seems the coaching norm these days - defend narrow. Goalkeepers coming up for corners is another bug...

I am aware of that. But the first half of the season has been so good it will be hard to better it. I am not predicting us to implode.