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The real question, is does Kane need to move if he wants to see titles…

Totally agree in the sense I would too, and as a Huddersfield fan given league position and the timing of it, I would be fuming. It is ball to hand, and then it’s a debate about is the arm in an unnatural position, which is very marginal. Having said all that, I would be also fuming at the current laws which seem a mess, are too harsh in my view, and come down to very fine line subjective interpretation. It’s a call that is most likely not overturned by VAR whatever way the ref calls it as a clear and obvious error. Unlucky to get given and equally unlucky if not given on us, as it seems a bit of a coin toss on these kind of ones at the moment.

Interesting analysis. A good mix over the 12 games of teams sprinkled throughout the league. As you say, dangerous to rely on xG to say ‘this is what the result of any one game should have been’, but it does provide an indicator over a decent period. Although some are marginal, is interesting that in only 3 out of 12 do we have a positive xG. Also it does confirm a nagging doubt in the back of my mind when our current very good position in the recent form table gets highlighted that it is not really matching what I am seeing in the round. It’s not that we are bad recently as such, but that we are not either in a really purple patch of form where we are looking like we are great. Reminds me of those runs we would get under LJ were results were good for half a dozen games or so, but the evidence of my own eyes was that we were getting the rub of the green a little, and that sooner or later we would revert to our mean, which generally we did.

Going to be a gutter of gutters for their fans.

Always felt this was likely today. The issue is not so much we got beat by a team that wanted it more, it’s that we are making a habit of losing these types of matches 0-1 and looking awful doing it. Ho hum. Deserved by them… …or maybe a late penalty, :laugh:…

Kind of what many of us half expected really. Still disappointing we could not push on with the way we played.

Annoying really, cannot begrudge them it, we never really got going.

Huddersfield finishing pretty strongly and carving out some chances now. edit, 0-1

Bleh, Stoke level.

Bleh. Been better this half, in the sense we are getting closer to average. We are creating more, in the sense we have managed a few shots. Still poor overall, but still there to be won…or lost.

We are a goal away from 11th! Don’t anyone dare say there is nothing on this game…

Clean sheet with a scratch back line. All I have got! Dull as ditchwater.

Back to the performances of a couple of months back. Other side better without creating that much, excuse of a rather make shift back line has some weight, but we are non existent as an attacking entity, and it’s bloody dull.

Looks a bit like us going through the motions a bit against a team more up for it. Boro one up at Ipswich..

James getting on well with the ref.

And now, the turd that will not flush, Birmingham. QPR a goal down.

Both carrying knocks confirmed, and no need to risk them I guess.

Expecting this to be gritty and hard fought, but then I expected that Wednesday.

Leeds beaten at home by Blackburn, who midweek looked simply awful.

9 subs. Allowing for the injury, not taking many risks with that line up.

Blackburn 0-0 at half time at Leeds. Defending much better than we saw. Still feels a matter of time, but I thought that yesterday with Plymouth.

Quick look back and I make it 10 points from their last 10. However you slice it, that is dreadful. Still in their own hands, but only just now.

Huge result for Plymouth. Might just be enough. I do wonder with the top three dropping points whether Southampton raise a renewed look at the table? Look a mile behind, ten behind Leicester, but two games in hand and still have to play them. Still in their hands, but now no margin for error left.

If a goal ever qualifies as against the run of play, it’s that one. Still funny mind.

We know we are, we’re sure we are, we’re 12th place till we die…