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FFP having unintended consequences. As many financial analysts point out, teams don’t need to sell match day tickets at all to break even… so why are prices so high and raising? 1) the away price cap 2) the balance sheet for FFP Well intentioned, but FFP is not fit for purpose.

Ballard is doing alright in the Prem, you’d be surprised at how many players could make the jump up. We’ll be changing the tactical setup and that may suit certain players. For all the praise Grimes gets, he’s a player who could potentially struggle a lot in the Prem. It’s been obvious for...

The best thing for us this season is a good FA Cup draw v a big Prem team and bow out quickly. I’m optimistic about Feb, 3 home games against teams we have good records against and unless WBA and Sheff U turn things around, we should get points from. Thinking ahead to rounding off Nov, we have...

Interesting. The table looked much tighter last season with the profile of teams in and around the Top 4. Ipswich will emerge as the main contender again and we’ll know by Dec 30th exactly how we stack up against them. With Edwards going to Wolves, I don’t see how Boro continue their form...

@shmmeee did something on this. A team top after 20 games has a c. 85% chance of getting promoted automatically. The number after 15 games is still 65% or thereabouts. A lot can happen but we’ve played a lot of teams who are currently in the top half (6/12, 3/5 top 6) and have beaten teams like...

My prediction: WBA - 3 Boro - 3 Charlton - 1 Ipswich - 1 PNE - 3 Wishful thinking on my part to back a win at Deepdale (cursed place), right now I’m backing us to beat anyone and everyone in this division.

Is that official? He's back on the grass now so my assumption is that he and EMC will be cleared to take part v WBA. Which is a big, big game because it's one of the 'easier' games we have between now and Xmas.

I'd like to see this image on one of the many stickers you see dotted around the ground v WBA. 'fight and win'

Not necessarily because there have been games where they've both thrived. Different tools for different jobs and think Simms would be better suited in a 2 man strike partnership where games are expected to be tighter. There's a lot of tough away days upcoming where it makes sense to start him...

4-2-3-1 is needed imo, we are starting to miss Rudoni because and both BTA’s red hot form is cooling down. Frankly, I’d start Simms v WBA and he deserves a crack of the whip after a strong performance v Pompey and getting an assist yesterday. It’s a difficult ask because Haji and BTA teamed up...

22 points from 11 is a big ask, but it’s doable. Under Lampard, the CBS has been a fortress so 3-1-1 gets us 10 points, then there is 12 points from 24 available to make 22, something like 4-0-2. As you point out, it’s only 16 points to maintain the 2 point PPG so a 1-3-2 away form gives us 16...

Our fixtures from here until the Jan 4th is a gauntlet, particularly our away fixtures where we play teams that are very strong at home. WBA (H) - 15th in away form Boro (A) - 4th in home form (unbeaten) Charlton (H) - 13th in away form Ipswich (A) - 6th in home form PNE (A) - 3rd in home form...

To further your point, Simms got the flick on for EMC’s goal.

I’d argue that Lampard’s transition was eased by King’s forum. As the leader of the football club, he needed to set the record straight because there were people outwardly claiming Robins was undermined by the likes of Austin and Dr Roberts. The atmosphere at Sunderland away was down right...

Going into Jan, there should only be two types of signing that need to be considered: - loans that help us ‘win now’ e.g. Moore to Ipswich 23/24 - Players who will start for us if we get promoted e.g. Le Fe for Sunderland Signing ‘cover’ players is simply insufficient for our needs as a club...

No, that wouldn’t have sufficed imo. The sacking was unbelievably unpopular and therefore, needed to communication to justify his decision publicly. Not everyone felt the same, but generally people understood the decision. Ultimately, King’s strategies have been completely vindicated.

The consensus among Stoke fans was that we the better side and the best they’ve played this season. Particularly in the first half, second half Stoke edged it slightly. I’m used to thinking Robins calls games fairly and on this occasion felt he was clouded in his judgment. There probably is a...

Seconded. In games we generate low xG, Haji gets a lot of stick. It’s fair to say BTA and Sakamoto were largely anonymous too. EMC takes the plaudits for the goal but felt he was our brightest spark Whilst he didn’t have a good game, he was better than BTA who was largely anonymous. It was a...

He’s definitely badly concussed there, eyes are all over the place and looks drunk. Top goal, thought EMC played well too yesterday.

Not even because we’re in competition with Ipswich, I hope Blackburn get justice for their postponed game. At home, however, Blackburn have been awful, 1-1-5 is their form.