ExiledAjax

The thread OP asks if we're happy with Pearson. My answer is yes, because he's taken us from dire to average. When I say we are "average" I mean the whole squad, over the course of 11 games. If you pick out individual players then of course some are performing above average and others aren't. Take that as a whole...and we're mediocre. I like stats, but you brought them into this particular conversation so I'll add a few more. One clean sheet in 11 games. Average shots allowed: 14. QPR shots on target against us? 11. These numbers are just as bad as any positives that you put on the table are good, including your (debatable) claim that "We consistently create enough chances to score 2-3". Therefore, and again I want to be clear that I am assessing the team as a whole, we are average. Some bits good, some bad. If you want to interpret my "standards" as expecting a top Premier league style team...well that's the fault of your interpretation rather than my statements.

Competitive is a good word if you want to use one that's more positive than 'average'. Like it.

And against Millwall in mid-week we had 11 shots with just 1 on target, and we lost. That does not mean we are bad, just as yesterday doesn't mean we're a winning machine. We can all pluck a statistic out of the air if we want. We're average, we're inconsistent, we're developing. That's OK. Average is not bad, inconsistent means we'll win about as much as we lose, and development is a positive thing. Honestly, maybe the following helps. I'd say at the moment we are about a 6 out of 10...but the fact that Pearson has got us to that level means he probably gets an overall 9 out of 10. Whilst as a squad we're average, he's been well above average in order to achieve that. Does that make sense? I'd also say that at this early stage I'm not too concerned about league position or how many points off the playoffs we are. It's the least important indicator of ability right now. Goal difference is a better aspect, and we've got +1 after 11 games...which is distinctly average.

We're a distinctly average team. That's a huge improvement on last season. Going in the right direction though so after being cold on his appointment I'm happy with the job he's done so far this season. Hopefully he can take us on to the next level as well.

Cheers mate, my thoughts above. Finally, if anyone reading this thread thinks they or a family member or friend might be colourblind, I suggest reading this website https://www.colourblindawareness.org/. You could also speak to an optometrist who can help you with the (quite fun) Ishihara test.

Didn't Short sell Sunderland a few years ago?

I googled around a bit and found this article about last season's Liverpool v Man Utd game. There was a pretty terrible kit blend going on in this game where Liverpool wore red and Utd wore what is apparently very dark green, but that looks black to me and to most other colourblind people. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/12192651/liverpool-vs-manchester-united-colour-blind-fans-angry-as-they-struggle-to-tell-kits-apart In the article there is an explanation as to how teams in the Prem choose kits. Now this may be Prem only, and may not extend to the EFL, but it's interesting to see what goes into the decision. Relevant sections quoted and my bold additions: Sources have told Sky Sports News that the Premier League uses online software to ensure that the kits selected for both teams in all fixtures are identifiably different colours and that they have worked with developers to build a tool which identifies the best kit combinations for individuals that are colour blind. While Albany-Ward [Kathryn Albany-Ward, CEO of Colour Blind Awareness] acknowledges that and has seen the software for herself, she points out that Premier League clubs are not forced to follow the kit guidelines they receive. "The procedure as I understand it is that the clubs submit the kits they want to wear 10 days in advance and the Premier League will run the software," she said. "Then they will give them feedback, not just on the kit clash for the two sets of outfield players, but they will look at the goalkeeper kits and whether or not there might be a clash with the match officials. "They then go back to the clubs and tell them the information the software has given them. "Whichever 20 clubs are in the Premier League during the season are the Premier League and if the clubs themselves decide they want to override what the [Premier League] administrators tell them, they do." Apparently in this game Utd were told that the dark green/black kit would be bad...so they changed the socks and went with it anyway. *****.

It is worse on TV. Especially a night game. However, yeh I've had issues watching live, and also when playing. Colour is colour at the end of the day.

Yeh, of course they do. Just a poor attempt at a joke.

Jon Lansdown will be watching the Peterbrough game from home? Presumably the Bermuda pad given the game is away and not on Sky...or does Jon fly VPN Airways as well perhaps?

Pretty poor when WBA have this as a third kit:

So the Laws of the Game published by the FA requires only that: The two teams must wear colours that distinguish them from each other and the match officials; and Each goalkeeper must wear colours that are distinguishable from the other players and the match officials; and If the two goalkeepers’ shirts are the same colour and neither has another shirt, the referee allows the match to be played. That's it. I believe it is then up to the teams to decide what kit they will wear, and for referees to then approve prior to the game that the two kits comply with the above. Referees might have some further guidance, but ultimately if team A turns up with Red, and team B turns up with Green...what can they really do. I believe most teams take two kits to games, but I suspect this isn't always the case. Of course there was a famous case involving Mansfield and some other club in 2014 where a spare kit was used...but I don't think that was to do with the colours. I also remember Man Utd changing kit at half time back in the 90's - I think that was a case of players struggling to distinguish each other. There is some small precedent there. On last night's game, honestly I understand that to 'normal' sighted people Red v Dark Blue is fine. I suspect down on the ground it was better than it was on TV as well. However, I agree with you that when the long camera shot was used, on a fairly low resolution stream like RobinsTV, under floodlights, well it was tricky to distinguish people. For me it wasn't as bad as the Celtic friendly or the Boro game in the summer, but it wasn't comfortable. To be fair to Scotty and the club - if no one raises the issue to them then I wouldn't expect them to think of it independently. As I said, the SC&T told me today that the club have noted my email and will take the FA guidance under consideration when designing future kits. I then listened to the @3 Peaps In A PodCast episode with JL, and he said that 2022/23's kits have been signed off a few weeks ago, so I suspect the first kits we would see that have expressly had regard to the guidance will be for 2023/24. However, I hope that doesn't stop us working with our remaining opponents this season to try and minimise these kit blends in our remaining fixtures. Hearing from others on this thread is useful btw as it means that if we approach the Club about this we have a record showing that this isn't just a tiny fraction of the fanbase.

An update. After the Boro v City game in the summer I emailed the Club/SLO/SC&T to ask if they (and Hummel) would take the FA/FIFA guidelines - linked in the quoted post below - into consideration when designing next seasons kits, and if possible, when deciding what kit to wear in each match. The SC&T (I think @Blagdon red perhaps?) brought this to the clubs attention in one of their recent Zoom meetings. I have been told that although it was the final item on a very lengthy agenda, Richard Gould and the others said that yes, they would consider the guidance and take it into consideration. This is great news. As a club we already have three traditional distinctive kits - Red/White home, White/Black away, and Purple/Green third. With those three colour palettes to choose from we really should be able to have a kit clash that works for everyone in every game we play. We will see what we get in in the spring, but I am hopeful we won't have too many repeats of the Celtic friendly, the Boro game, or even to a lesser extent last night's match with Millwall. @Leveller @Tinmans Love Child @Slacker

This game has been an average force meeting a mediocre object.

Neither the club nor RobinsTV have said why COD replaced Wells. Guess it'll be question put to Fleming post match.

Wells is not on the bench.

And there you go.

I'm an optimist tonight.

Apparently replaced Wells on the bench moments before KO. No explanation why.

This game. Honestly. Just one little piece of competence will decide this.

Oh ffs lads. At least shoot when you go through like that.

I hope we're all enjoying the RobinsTV mics picking up the mother and child discussing toilet breaks and the like.

Neither do the floodlights - night games are always worse I find. After we played Boro (Black v Red in a night game) I emailed the club and SC&T to see if they'd take UEFA's colourblind kit guidance into consideration when choosing next season's away/third kits. I've been told it's been brought to the clubs attention.