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Fuck it, 9. I can’t see us losing atm and it will come, just as it did v Wrexham…

Teams in the Championship are chasing the money in the Prem. The teams charging £35+ for tickets, have the most expensive squads in the league are towards the top of the table… they’re chasing the riches of the Premier League.

The backlog is a pretext to make the change. It’s quite ironic seeing a fundamental right outlined in our laws since the Magna Carta be taken away despite the HRA and ECHR. Forget optics, it’s just a terrible idea full stop. The ECHR is not a left v right issue just as Brexit wasn’t. Maurice...

Just out of curiosity, is the same crowd outraged at plans to leaving the ECHR as disgusted at Labour’s plans to withdraw the right of trial by jury for many crimes?

Correct and what’s stopping clubs just spending whatever they want? FFP. The role of FFP has done a few distorting things, why is it that we constantly see strange transfers of 10-20m for home grown players? It’s FFP. Back to ticket prices, because total spend under FFP is linked to revenue...

I don’t think there’ll be that much in it to be honest. Rushworth’s stats are slightly better but the margin is slight and overall, we’re much better team defensively this season compared to last. Short memories in football, Dovin was a Top 5 keeper last season and his string of performances...

In the Prem, it’s the pressure of FFP imo because what you can spend is linked to revenue and ticket sales is one of the only guaranteed revenue sources. As football finance analysts point out, in the Prem the TV deals are so large, they don’t need to sell a ticket to break even. Something else...

The Prem prices are a distortion and pushes up prices in the home end. From my selfish POV, it’ll be great paying £30 a ticket but make no mistake, it’s the home fans that’ll pick up the cost. Football is an expensive hobby, but you’ve got to cut your cloth accordingly. As a rule, I tend to not...

I’ve understood you clearly, it’s your premise that I disagree with. I’ll take the compliment though, safe travels home if you’re making your way home from Middlesborough.

Apparently he said to the BBC CWR that he may have caught it early but when it was raised to Lampard in the post-match interview, he had no idea. Hopefully it’s a better case scenario and it’s a precaution. In any case, Simms is in good form so if there going to be an ideal period where Haji...

It’s not random at all. Your points are made to show that Boro exposed us, mine is the opposite and that we defended well as part of a game plan. The stats conveniently back up my argument because we limited them to 1.05 xG and 2 shots on target. The difference here is that your views are...

In fairness, most events will charge that for less. Seeing a big name comedian will set you back £30-50 on their smaller circuit shows. Given that’s not even their best work, it’s expensive. We all shit on Sky, deservedly so at times, but it’s the TV money that’s arguably subsidised football...

That’s a bold statement from a team with 2 shots on target…

Except it didn’t, they had 1 shot on target all second half which was a 0.01 xG chance from Whittaker. They had threat, but we nullified them barring one chance that they missed. Their first shot of the half was in the 71st minute, the Conway chance on 75 minutes and a shot in 89th. By...

Depends. Both those teams create a lot of xG but both of them are tracking below this. Equally, if those teams leave themselves exposed, we’ll score goals. These teams have good underlying data metrics but our way form is better than both their home records. I take games as they are, we’ve...

We had a plan and we hit Boro consistently on the counter attack. We were open in the defensive transitions at times and needlessly put pressure on ourselves in possessions. Overall, the plan was executed well and we created the better chances and deservedly won the game. Lampard and his team...

We could, but that assumes we Charlton and Bristol City. The fixtures after the November international break are a gauntlet and so far, so good. Conceding 4 goals is a slight worry atm.

Exactly, this is why I think if we’re going to crumble and fuck this up, it’ll be in December. We lost away to Ipswich, Southampton, PNE and Birmingham in 23/24 a repeat of that would be damaging. I think we’ll get 8 points from those games an that’s being slightly optimistic.

All those things were true, but nothing materialised into a meaningful chance. We ended the game with a lot more shots and xG which tells you we had our own moments and deserved to win the game. The own goal was an unforced error so it was gift that they drew level. Boro were the only other...

What will people say if we go and beat Ipswich at Portman Road? The last time we won there, we were odds on to win L1 (before curtailment).