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Personally, I’m looking forward to next season when we’re the Premier League underdog and our atmosphere will be praised more than our performances 😉😅

Success is predominantly underpinned by a strong management / coaching team, and a prudent / canny owner (or a rich one). If those foundational elements are right, then it ultimately enables the team to invest in the playing squad over time and improve performances (within a particular system)...

100% - “Yeah, hi ‘lads’ 🙄 - no, I’m not telling you the team news. Nah, afraid I’m still not commenting on potential transfers. Christine is still doing pigs in blankets, yeah. Yeah, I did used to play football a bit. Cheers. See you next week. Merry Christmas.” *Eye Roll*

The only thing I learned from that interview is that Frank clearly feels that Andy Turner is a twat.

Think he must have already been giving him classes: Ellis, remarkably, won numerous headers / flick ons through October! He was like a different player.

Considering Vik went for £17.5m (initially), any bid of +£25m and I imagine Doug will even throw in a 50th Anniversary Shirt (#1/1975) for free. Haji is a good Championship striker, but he isn’t even close to Gyokeres’ and is wildly inconsistent.

That was class - there was another one out to EMC in the second half, which totally cut them in two, we played about 6 one-time passes in succession. By far the best passage of build up play.

There were a few first time balls that were filthy. Dare I say Hamer-esque…

One thing I noticed today is that EMC looks like he’s dropped some weight, and his fitness levels are therefore better too. When he first came, he looked heavy legged - he had great upper body strength, but struggled to beat his man for pace - the coaching team have clearly got him to a much...

Think these are spot on. Would maybe give Bobby 7.5 for his covering tackles; bailed us out a few times when they threatened to break, and it was his header that led to the goal. MVE must still be recovering from his illness. A week of rest will do them all good.

Referee was fine today. Linesman was abysmal though.

Rudoni has been abysmal. His return has changed our style of play, and not in a good way atm.

What a ball that was from Saka.

Depth of the squad is starting to be a real concern; at least Rudi is (almost) back, but definitely a worry for the busy weeks ahead.

That was absolutely Premier League filth from Grimes 😍

Thierry Henry seems to have borrowed Simms’ shirt 😂

Decent. Couple of small tweaks to help the rhythm… Last Christmas we brought in Lampard And the very next May, We nearly went all the way. This year, to save us from tears We're going to go up as Champions.

Ma-tty Grimes Your our Captain We’d be lost without you… 🎶 Ma-tty Grimes etc.

Think we’ll be unchanged; Rudoni and Asante on slightly earlier to freshen things up when needed.

Most telling moment for me - beyond his obvious game impact - was when JDS went to take a quick throw, about 3 minutes from time, and Grimes signalled him to slow down and think… The leader that we’ve been missing since Fadz left; constantly talking and coaching others through the game.