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Agreed, from relegation back in 2001, it was a state of managed decline. I fell into this category but was also at uni in those dark days. Seen Marcus Tudgay and Sam Ricketts at my local Sainsbury’s when doing my shopping (we had Morecambe away in the cup) and genuinely couldn't care. In...

In the stadium... The poster on their forum based in Houston obviously wasn't one of those fans. For context, they have 1.5m followers on IG so have plenty of tourist fans/followers out there. Edit: there's an embarrassing amount of Americans that don't realise that Britain is comprised of 4...

In fairness, these newer fans would have never experienced the intensity of the rivalries with Chester, Cardiff and Swansea. They don't get the geography and history of their newly adopted club. The fan culture in the USA is v different too and the closest thing their have to the intensity of...

Do you acknowledge that there could be a problem at all, out of curiosity?

Very important point on Grimes. His durability is elite, he’s missed about 10 to 15 league games since our league 2 days. I’m just going off appearances so there are games he may have just been rested rather than injured. With Sheaf, I worry we ran him into the ground because he basically...

The cases against him were civil, not criminal, so no. We also don’t have elected DAs which, in this context, stood on platforms to prosecute him. Our judiciary is not outwardly politicised as it is in the USA.

Yep, ignoring the problem for too long has fuelled v dark opinions underneath legitimate concerns. The other day I was driving somewhere and BBC R2 did the headlines and it was ‘x’ asylum seeker commits a violent crime, something about world affairs and then ‘y’ asylum seeker commits a violent...

When the time comes, I imagine Wrexham fans will feel how we did when we sacked Robins. Parkinson has took them from the NL to this point. That loyalty to Parkinson from the owners and fans could well be a source of regret come end of the season. They’ve spent a lot of money on the players of...

Betting markets is one of the most data driven industries. How do you even go about setting odds before anyone places money on an outcome? There will be an element of customer led odds setting because betting markets need to protect themselves and prices need to correct themselves. I suspect a...

Hahaha you sausage! In all seriousness, the betting markets will be well aware of the data and build this into their pricing model. The reason Ipswich are still second favourites is because the underlying data suggests they’re in a false position and favour McKenna to turn things around...

£6.5m to play around with in January is appealing. We probably should have cashed out on Sheaf in the summer of 2024 but if he’s struggling with injuries/niggles, take what you can and move on. Parkinson’s quote on Sheaf’s latest injury was concerning, he more or less said he felt something go...

@Bugsy in short, @shmmeee did a Gemini summary of teams who were top of the Championship after 12 games. 15/20 were promoted automatically. Last season, Sunderland were the first team to be top after 12 games and go up via the playoffs. As a percentage, that’s 76.2% of teams top after 12 games...

I hope they get relegated. Dislike Welsh clubs in the EFL as a whole, but their arrogance makes them unbearable to be honest. Hoping Blues and Wrexham get a bloody nose and banished to shadow realm (L1).

Agreed. For some reason I’m anxious about this one. Wrexham’s home form has been average, they’ve got a 3 game week and our away form has been flawless… Naturally, this is where we drop points. If we 7-9 points before the international break, I’ll be fully convinced we’re going up...

This is great Shmmeee. Probably worth adding Sunderland are the only team to get promoted via playoffs when leading the table after 12 games. I imagine after 20 games this must go up to 85-95% eyeballing it. Reckon you could model that please? I’d do it myself but you’ve laid the ground work...

I think we’ll go to 3-4-3 for this one. Away from home in particular this season, we’ve shifted to a counter attacking team. Possibly, match our rapid front 3 with their slow back 3. It’s a complete 180 from last season where we were happy to pass side to side whilst teams put 10 men behind...

No one rates him on this forum… @Sky Blue Goblin 😂

6k if the lost ST is a concession.

If your last sentence was true, how did the bond markets bring down Liz Truss? You’ve also not accounted for a) Poland’s significant increases in welfare spending in recent years (as opposed to historical levels) b) Poland’s debt to GDP ratio and c) Poland’s growth is c. 3% pa. When the UK...

Which is what you’d expect from a middle-income country… What’s got the bond markets skittish about France and the UKs debt to GDP is the proportions of that debt that’s going on welfare. Poland are driving their rearmament program. So it’s like a bank looking at two individuals who are (for...