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The best strikers will average around 1 in 3 games perhaps a little more. Dalglish had a 0.4 ratio for example. They all have slumps in confidence and periods where the team isn't playing well around them that balance the odd hat trick and the more lucky spells. xG, I guess, averages all of that...

The xG table is interesting Haji's xG is 10.1 he has 8 Armstrong 13.8 and he has 11 Haji isn't out of step with the other top players at all and it does tend to support the argument that we are not creating very much (which is actually pretty obvious really.) Clearly he should have had two or...

The PL? We've almost forgotten what our playing style is at the moment, certainly style is the wrong word!

I think teams have learnt to attack our ropey defence recently. They were getting a bit of free ride earlier in the season

I know but we don't have the depth at the moment. Players get injured when they're fatigued too.

Play the kids at Stoke and regroup. Simples ;)

The goal aside he had a poor game. He just doesn't play football well enough

Three pretty bad goals to concede there and Vera beaten at his neat post pretty badly sums it up. Woeful kicking errors early on too. Need to regroup now. Ipswich should have to play their match in hand on the back of three games on the trot - ha ha!

Soft enough for the ref. Good that it's an early start

If you're a back up player you have to make an impact. I don't see that. I was saying that he should be fresh and eager.

but only 1 in his last 7 Sky are saying and that was the gift against Charlton. I don't see Birmingham giving MVE a free cross so early in the game so we have to be creating a lot more

Only got 1 in his last 7. He'll want to take his opportunity

he's hardly stretched himself all season he should be raring to go

Only Dasilva and Simmo are going to be fresh really. Let's hope jds can make a start on repaying the 5 points he owes us!

Spurs at home 1990 I think it was. 2-0 Two lovely goals, from Gally at the far post and another great finish from Gynn.

He got one yesterday from the free cross playing in Haji's position. He was unremarkable for the rest of the game and in his two previous starts. I like the lad but he's a carthorse next to Haji, I'm afraid. I remember last season too in forty odd starts - seems some do not but I do not want us...

12 goals in half a season with four months out is pretty good going by any standards, don't forget the he got hurt early preseason in the "friendly" and missed most of that too. I don't know what expectations you have?

Usually on the left of a two though and with a back 5, not stuck out on the wing where he can't provide enough defensive cover either.

If he'd got two or three of the penalty shouts that should have been given recently we wouldn't even be having the discussion! We don't have anyone else who's scored at the WC finals and we're not going to get one to replace him...

Yes it's nonsense. The Sky commentator picked up on his strong work rate against Ipswich and made special mention of it. Haji needs service from midfield around the box and from the wings. Without Torp on his game we always struggle to do that, going back to last season. He was playing on half...