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I said this last season, there was the possibility that his run of form was just a flash in the pan. When a player has a ridiculously high shot conversion rate and a lot higher xG than their output (on single digit goals), it’s typically an anomaly. EMC as soon as he came on, was sprinting...

Combined, I don’t think Haji and EMC have 90m between them at RW. Let alone under Lampard. Thats not an informed decision. Ironically, Rudoni has probably had more game time at RW than EMC this season… 😂 Why you wouldn’t at least try that trio for a few games is beyond me. Lampard will almost...

EMCs stats is for 2024-25 Championship only. FBRef only provides a summary for L1 and below as far as I can tell. Whereas Sakamoto’s stats are from 23/24 also, which skews the numbers in Sakamoto’s favour because he had a better 23/24 than 24/25. I like Sakamoto as a player, he’s a solid...

The stats just don’t back that up at all. In reality, he struggled to take players on. Compare EMC to Sakamoto below: Sakamoto - Tatsuhiro Sakamoto Scouting Report for Last 365 Days Men's Next 14 Competitions | FBref.com EMC - Ephron Mason-Clark Scouting Report for Last 365 Days Men's Next 14...

You’re right, but their form has tailed off a bit. After last night it’s 3 losses in 5 and they have -6 goal difference On form, Millwall and our old mates PNE are doing well atm and we have next at home. They’re probably the outside bets atm.

From February onwards we struggled to win games in the league outside of the bottom half teams. We were in the playoffs before Norwich away and we fell off after losing to them, WBA and PNE in quick succession. Every ‘6 pointer’ we played in 2024, we lost. At the time, many people were...

Either player would be better than Sakamoto. I don’t really understand why he’s still that highly regarded. Good rotation option and important role player. He isn’t a key player.

A front 4 of EMC, Wright, Simms and Rudoni… who’s stopping us finishing in the playoffs?

That’s why you deal with what’s in front of you rather than looking at historic averages. It was pretty clear in 22/23 that the points table was going to be lower than usual. This season, WBA will sacrifice consistency under Mowbray (versus Corberan) and Balckburn are on a downward trajectory...

It’s more or less a level playing field now and with key players returning, I don’t think this is a flash in the pan for us. There’s every reason to be optimistic that we’ll go from strength to strength and finish 5th or 6th.

Well, his views on Lampard aren’t exactly a secret and this run of form was destroyed that worldview. The meltdown post-Norwich summed it up.

Sorry Otis, that is such a dumb outlook! 😂

Simms played well yesterday, he got in behind the defence and put in a couple of good balls in the box. Unfortunately, no one was following up in the box which is what you’d expect if we had EMC, Wright and Rudoni playing as an AM.

Agreed, the end point will be 4-3-3 / 4-2-3-1 for the things you outline. 5-3-2 is the way to go for the next game, imo. BTA was probably rested because he’d have played 3 games in 6 days. EMC will be an ace from the bench for the next 2-3 weeks as he gets his match fitness back up. I don’t...

I overheard a commotion and was not surprised to see the usual suspects in and around it! 😂

He’s finally unearthing the huge potential in the team. Now we’ve had a good run, the expectation will now be to make the playoffs, especially now we don’t have to worry about the FA Cup as we did last season.

This only my opinion, Sheaf below par form was down to his injury and, frankly, the poor tactical setup that was responsible for multiple players underperforming.

The next 6 are all winnable games imo. For the most difficult games, we have home advantage. If we beat PNE at home I will certainly believe that a date is on our side. Sheffield Wednesday is a big litmus test because Hillsborough is a tough place to go.

Whilst Sheaf is a Coventry City player, he will be a starter. As it happens, Grimes and Sheaf will complement one another. Sheaf is better defensively and Grimes has a better range of passing. It’ll almost like getting the band back together (Sheaf + Hamer).

Yep, agreed and imo, this because our passing lanes were too lateral. We were back in the habit of passing side-to-side without penetrating a defensive shape. The 4-2-3-1 shape liberated about 2-3 players on the pitch when that tactical change was made.