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PSA: My brother has 900+ points and rarely goes to away games. If anyone wants me to grab a ticket on their behalf, let me know and I’ll see what I can do. He used to be able to do more when he played rugby games on Sundays so will probably be his last year as a STH for a few seasons.

Infantino’s response was an emotive reflex to a situation that’s terrible. Logistically, is abandoning and forfeiting matches a good solution? I’d probably say not. When these incidents happen, they need to be investigated. What would happen if a wrong decision was made? Is that what the...

Safe standing in singer’s corner just makes sense.

We could offer a contract that’s 50-60k p/w hypothetically. If a Premiership team offers the same, COH would still go to that team because he just wants to play in the Prem. Players aren’t solely driven by the money. They want to be tested at the highest levels. Just look at some of the players...

A pretty even game than when all said and done. 0.9 xG for that one goal boosts that metric. It is interesting that the xG shows we sat back after their goal. xG doesn’t but there’s a metric called ‘expected threat’ xT which does measure this. That does account for when teams are creating...

When COH wasn’t interested in signing a new contract and wanted to focus on rehab? COH isn’t stupid, why tie yourself into an extended contract when all he had to do was hit form when he recovered from his injury? Apparently he was If he had 12 months left on his deal, then he may have signed...

Do you repent your sins sir? 😂

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!