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They are more vocal, but if they were doing better they would sell out. Its easy to be principled about not attending when your shit!

He was returning from a broken back!

Its all swings and roundabouts though. You didn't mention the Norwich game which on any other day we would have won comfortably, and Wright could and perhaps should have scored a winner against Oxford when he hit the bar with a free shot right in front of goal. Things tend to even out over a...

If we make it to the PL does DK have any thoughts about increasing the ground capacity or is he happy to keep it as it is?

I find it hard to believe that Stoke fans behave better than our fans!

However unlikely it looks at the moment and not predicting it will definitely happen, but Charlton are a team that could easily go on a winless 10 game run and fall back into a relegation struggle.

This is true, but MR didn't really maximise the tactic like FL has done. Under MR when we used McCallum and/ or MVE to take long throws it appeared to have been decided on the hoof with little organisation around it, whereas under FL it appears the team are much more switched on to latching onto...

While you are right to urge caution, your memory is a little out of synch. We actually won 6 league games after January with our last being in March against Norwich when we were still very much in the promotion race. We then made the disastrous decision to bring in Jim Smith to 'assist' Roland...

Oxford and Sheffield Wednesday clearly look the 2 likeliest for the drop. Not sure about Norwich though as a new manager bounce could soon improve their situation. We are only just over a third into the season so so much can yet happen, and the evidence of previous year's suggests at least one...

Might need to look at it again but it looked to me like EMC connected with the ball around about knee level, and that it was nowhere near head height.

Well as far as I know its never been reported anywhere, but feel free to post a link if it has. As such, if he had applied for the Stoke job the only people that would have known would have been MR and the Stoke owner, and not some random poster on a football messageboard.

I think you've just made that up! It is amusing to find Stoke moaning about another team being effective from set pieces, given the best spell they've had in the last 50 years was built around such tactics. I imagine MR is probably also kicking himself that he didn't make the most of MVE's...

I presume you're trolling. There is no like for like player in our squad and probably not in the league either. If Grimes is missing at any point as the squad is at present, we would either change formation and play 3 centre backs, or try and play Eccles or Allen in a more defensive role.

Yes, it sounds like Saka was signed on the base of 'old fashioned' scouting rather than moneyball stats and a highlights video which people value so highly these days.

I'm not sure about that. Every transfer window you seem to post about bringing in endless new additions! That said I'm sure DK will support FL's ambitions in January, albeit I supect it will be primarily through the loan market.

It's unfair on BTA given his form before Friday but I think we should play our strongest team, and for me that doesn't include him, as I think Wrexham have shown other teams the vulnerabilities of us playing all 4 of Saka, BTA, Wright & EMC in terms of defensive shape and our control of...

Yes, agree with that. BTA doesn't have the skill or control that Rudoni has but its not really fair to compare them as BTA is a forward who we shoehorned into that position as we couldn't really leave him out given his hot form.

A lot of people criticising the tactics were those that before the game were picking a team without Sakamoto who was probably our best player last night, and is a player that helps provide shape and discipline to our team. Injuries, suspensions and form largely dictated the team we played last...

Yes, exactly. It is likely that the team will continue to change from week to week as the season progresses and suspensions, injuries, tiredness and tactical considerations come into play. Rudoni coming back won't be a simple case of displacing one particular player.

Its a bit of a Wright like call from the Man U semi final (although not so match defining). Its not exactly clear at what exact point the ball was played to EMC and I remember at the time not even being sure if it was BTA who definitely played it through to him or whether it was played back by...