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My hope is that we'll remain unbeaten going into the international break. Gut instinct is that we'll lose one between them, probably Sheff U or Stoke but I won't discount Wrexham. Come Jan, I expect us to be proactive in the transfer market because if now isn't the right time to 'go for it'...

A lot of the early comments were harsh, especially v Oxford where it's easy to criticise a wall being in the 'wrong' place after a team scores from it. As Wayne Bridge found out... 😂

For Walsall they lost a key loan player and stuff like this happens lower down the EFL pyramid. With us, the only thing that could hold us back is injuries. We're already managing Haji and EMC's minutes because they rarely finish games and come off the same time most games - recent results have...

Lampard's most successful team as a player was under Mourinho when they went around 1,000 minutes without conceding. When you got past Gallas, Terry, Carvalho and Ferreria - you had to beat Cech in goal. All top teams need good goalkeepers because the opposition will fashion chances no matter...

Starting to see why we bid £5.5m for him in the summer! We definitely should've conceded more goals this season and Rushworth has been a big reason for that.

EMC and Sakamoto positionally are similar, they both start wide and cut in to their stronger foot. See Sakamoto's assist yesterday, and for his goal was in a central position. Heat maps of both players confirms this (season)...

The formation when we play BTA and Haji is 4-4-2. When Rudoni plays, it is a distinctively different shape. It really isn’t ridiculous to suggest keeping our two top scorers centrally and BTA not only our top scorer now, but also 3 goals shy of Rudoni’s goal tally for last season. Add onto...

When I see comments like that, it smacks of rose tinted glasses. You see the same faces at most away days so struggle to believe the support has changed materially, imo.

I thought Pompey away was a more atmospheric support than I’ve been too for a while. Tense games can often lead to tense crowds and I can be quiet when it gets like that.

It’s true he’s scored a few goals playing RW/LW but as a player, he makes all his big plays in central positions. I could wrong here, most of his goals playing wide comes from the right rather than the left. If that is the case, the solution isn’t as straightforward as putting BTA at LW...

We over performed our xG and Watford underperformed theirs. Both teams created 3 ‘big chances’ and both teams scored 1 albeit one of those high xG chances was the penalty, which from my angle looked like a good save from Rushworth. The game defining moment was Watford missing that early 1v1 and...

Nah, BTA and Haji need to remain central if they keep up their form. BTA is getting most of goals playing centrally. If anything, there’s a more compelling case to play 5-3-2.

Thought the second half was garbage. All things considered, 3-0 up and a 11 v 10 men, the game was effectively over. Looking at Watford’s xG v ours paints the picture that we were v lucky. 3-1 was not a fair reflection of how the game actually went. Take the 3 points and learn from the game...

We've had the better of Watford in recent seasons and their away form is poor. It is really a game we need to win to keep up the pressure on the chasing pack. 2-1 and 3 points!

I don’t think you’re an open border zealot. What I would say is that you’re quite clearly uncomfortable drawing a line on what you’d control. In the interests of open conversation, what would you manage? For example, I think it’s reasonable to expect: - high earner of above £35-40k+ per annum...

I don’t blame immigrants at all. It’s the British governments fault for not controlling borders. There's a reason Macron called Britain 'El Dorado' for illegal migrants. In major UK cities, such as London, social housing is disproportionately made up foreign-born people...

They’re not because GDP per capita has steadily declined in line with mass migration. Again, the evidence of its impact on social housing, house and rental price increases… The British state under Labour and Conservative governments have proven that it cannot build enough houses to keep up with...

The problem for your worldview is that voters have come to link declining public service provisions and living standards with the advent of mass immigration. In cities like London, Birmingham and Manchester, social housing, for example, 45-60% (depending on which city + area) is taken up by...

Fundamentalists of any religion are not 'chill'. The issue is that there's exponentially more fundamentalists in the ME and North Africa than Western Europe. One of the reasons for that is the enlightenment prioritises the scientific method, promotes democracy, individual liberties and most...

The strikers are sorted. The options are there to change the profile or go 2 upfront. To sound like a broken record, the flexibility options for the players behind the forwards are seriously lacking. If Plan A doesn't work, we actually don't look being able to change games. From my POV, Hull...