Lorenzos Only Goal

Many things make a good ground for me, modern grounds need to be clean with good facilities and not a soulless bowl. But then Port Vale for example is a tatty ground but full of character. Good atmosphere, history etc. So it depends for me.

Love the boy, he was amazing for us, remember the praise he got from pep.

He is ours, we loaned him back to Derby

Haydon Roberts has been outstanding in some games. He's got an eye for turning defensive play into offensive play which is a massive asset. And he's got a wicked pass on him. He really makes me want us to play a back three so we can accommodate all our decent CB. But I also like a good back four setup as well. I think Naismith can push into midfield but he's got frustrating availability. He's got so many good attacking attributes, but he's fragile now which is unlucky.

The other thing I would add is our recruitment has been good in bringing in decent players, what we also have is a bunch of raw players with plenty of potential that are in or around the first team that the academy is developing combined with a couple of development punts Stokes and Murphy. So we don't need nearly there signings blocking their pathway, they need to stand out and lift the side.

I think you have to be more brutal, He's not stood out. He's done ok, but he's not a marked improvement. Given that he's likely to command a high wage and a significant fee. It should be a no!

Aww goodie, more skewed income to the big boys who've dropped from the premier league. Stupid IMHO.

I'm glad you lot can't stand stoke as much as me would be delighted if that happened.

**** me sideways, you keep banging on about equitable yet you in this very post compare the premier league with the championship. 0.85 points per game would have got you relegated 10 out of the last 10 seasons from the championship. You call people out for one thing then do it yourself.

Look you've clearly called into question someone's assertion that over certain 14 games that it was relegation form. It clearly was 0.85 points per game is a pretty big cause for concern. You've then conflated that with the notion of bookies form guides which I provided you link for that explains they're way more random than that, so an actual window of a 14 game run is appalling as it's more than 1/4 of a season, it ended our playoff hopes and allowed a fair few teams to leapfrog us. Yet your obsessed with calling someone a liar because you think the bookies view on form is best, right?

Now I think you're just gaslighting people.

FML it is a proposition, "for example," Now I know what I'm dealing with, just an argumentative individual that doesn't read posts properly.

I'm fine with people using 14 games as a sample size and being worried about it. It's statically significant especially when the return is 0.85 PPG. When you talk about the recent uptick in form the previous it's far more probable that you're following a 1.2 PPG path than 2.2 PPG using a window of 18 vs 6. You then compound that with performances if you think Cardiff for example was great or Okay then you're very much at odds with opinion and then combine that with results people are rightly worried. The win and manor of the win is greatly appreciated but it's meaningless now, based on our season being toast.

The truth is, bookies build form tables on 6 results be made there is a large error margin baked in, and people get suckered in and they make money. The truth is this is called a "hot hand fallacy" and invariably is more psychology than statistics. https://medium.com/@deepgreenanalytics/the-illusion-of-form-an-empirical-analysis-of-the-premier-league-930299eaa92a

Yeah when you win the last 6 games of the season and get relegated because you averages 0.6 PPG for the preceding 38 games. I expect you to suitably outraged. People have been rightly concerned that until recently our form has been awful proper shit, 0.85 ppg from Christmas until Easter left a lot of fans with a very bitter taste. A few wins barely changes the fact our form since Christmas puts us in a bad place next year if it were to carry over.