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The only spanner in the works is Ipswich being on the Saturday beforehand. Two long away days consecutively is knackering. I’ll be going to PNE but not yet decided if I’m taking any time off for it just yet.

A win at Deepdale will truly be a ‘where were you’ moment…

Does anyone else feel like this is a repeat of the 19/20 league winning season? The season it felt like we’d beat everyone home and away after we got going. WBA and Boro are two tough teams but I just think we’ll beat them both. In fact, to run the risk of being called delusional, this is the...

Dived on the ball after a slight spill iirc, but I’m yet to rewatch the highlights!

That’s a valid concern it’s fair to say most, if not all Prem-Champ clubs are too big to fail. The clubs most likely to fail are teams in L1 and below where FFP is largely out of scope. FFP won’t stop clubs going bust, at best it’s a road bump. What has done is ring fence the financial...

I’m the opposite, let things be the Wild West again. If Newcastle want to spend £1bn in a single window, let them crack on. All it’s done is consolidate the Top 4-6 teams and Man City have got there and essentially pulled the ladder up. Salary caps would most likely see clubs give out huge...

That almost definitely isn’t true because legal action against King would’ve been taken. People haven’t lost trust in King at all, his employees like Dr Roberts and Austin got dogs abuse online that King called out publicly. Frankly, most fans just didn’t want or couldn’t accept that things...

FFP having unintended consequences. As many financial analysts point out, teams don’t need to sell match day tickets at all to break even… so why are prices so high and raising? 1) the away price cap 2) the balance sheet for FFP Well intentioned, but FFP is not fit for purpose.

Ballard is doing alright in the Prem, you’d be surprised at how many players could make the jump up. We’ll be changing the tactical setup and that may suit certain players. For all the praise Grimes gets, he’s a player who could potentially struggle a lot in the Prem. It’s been obvious for...

The best thing for us this season is a good FA Cup draw v a big Prem team and bow out quickly. I’m optimistic about Feb, 3 home games against teams we have good records against and unless WBA and Sheff U turn things around, we should get points from. Thinking ahead to rounding off Nov, we have...

Interesting. The table looked much tighter last season with the profile of teams in and around the Top 4. Ipswich will emerge as the main contender again and we’ll know by Dec 30th exactly how we stack up against them. With Edwards going to Wolves, I don’t see how Boro continue their form...

@shmmeee did something on this. A team top after 20 games has a c. 85% chance of getting promoted automatically. The number after 15 games is still 65% or thereabouts. A lot can happen but we’ve played a lot of teams who are currently in the top half (6/12, 3/5 top 6) and have beaten teams like...

My prediction: WBA - 3 Boro - 3 Charlton - 1 Ipswich - 1 PNE - 3 Wishful thinking on my part to back a win at Deepdale (cursed place), right now I’m backing us to beat anyone and everyone in this division.

Is that official? He's back on the grass now so my assumption is that he and EMC will be cleared to take part v WBA. Which is a big, big game because it's one of the 'easier' games we have between now and Xmas.

I'd like to see this image on one of the many stickers you see dotted around the ground v WBA. 'fight and win'

Not necessarily because there have been games where they've both thrived. Different tools for different jobs and think Simms would be better suited in a 2 man strike partnership where games are expected to be tighter. There's a lot of tough away days upcoming where it makes sense to start him...

4-2-3-1 is needed imo, we are starting to miss Rudoni because and both BTA’s red hot form is cooling down. Frankly, I’d start Simms v WBA and he deserves a crack of the whip after a strong performance v Pompey and getting an assist yesterday. It’s a difficult ask because Haji and BTA teamed up...

22 points from 11 is a big ask, but it’s doable. Under Lampard, the CBS has been a fortress so 3-1-1 gets us 10 points, then there is 12 points from 24 available to make 22, something like 4-0-2. As you point out, it’s only 16 points to maintain the 2 point PPG so a 1-3-2 away form gives us 16...

Our fixtures from here until the Jan 4th is a gauntlet, particularly our away fixtures where we play teams that are very strong at home. WBA (H) - 15th in away form Boro (A) - 4th in home form (unbeaten) Charlton (H) - 13th in away form Ipswich (A) - 6th in home form PNE (A) - 3rd in home form...

To further your point, Simms got the flick on for EMC’s goal.