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But he didn’t make his body bigger…would’ve hit him in the face instead. As cricketer Brian Close once said having been hit (pre-helmet days) on the head fielding at silly mid-off…where the ball ricocheted back to the bowler for a catch. interviewer - what would’ve happened if the ball had struck you on the temple? Close - he’d have been caught at cover instead ???

Yessssss, finally a manager turns down a PL / bigger team.

Sorry, Blackburn 2021

Was also the last time Max kept a clean sheet!

Both Ince and Richardson had caretaker spells, so would be longer if I included them. Question: should I change Nige’s start date? Was he really caretaker or classed at short-term / temporary?

Just imagine post-match ones too.

I guess that’s a different question and answer. I’ve often said I see him handing over the reins / reigns / rains and someone else being the one to take us up.

Alex Scott played right, so more links with Zak per se. Alex was quietly efficient last night, very disciplined. I’d describe it as a mature performance for the team.

Save on the congestion charge too!

Here speaketh someone with experience of the professional game. ??? Nice one Mr P. This was exactly my response to a recent FBC pod where they were asked would they trust Nige to spend the Scott and Semenyo money. The pod response was pretty much no. My response was pretty much identical to yours.

Some charts from last night: Matty James - who he passes to / gets passes from and his actual passes. Same format for Joe Williams: Max’s kicking… Big Rob’s aerial duels, the target of Max’s kicks, but 10 yards infield as opposed to Saturday: All our aerial duels, grouped into 3 main areas: West Brom’s crosses….mainly from wide / outside of the box. …and here’s ours v Cov (h)

Robins fan was Craig Allen, used to be in my cubs football team. My dad refereed a game once and Craig was ever so short, shorts touched his boots! my dad asked him to move off the pitch so we could start the game, he said “but, but I’m playing Mr F”. ???

Urghhhhh, sounds awful. If it isn’t psycho killer I ain’t singing it ???

This was the season to NOT go for it….this season ends the cycle for FFP where we have our worst compliance position. And we haven’t gone for it for that exact reason. 3 free transfers plus one for small compensation. Not one team recruited less than us (Cov / Norwich 4 each too).

Agree, and as you say, need to see this over a longer stretch of games. Will it mean we lose a bit of attacking fluidity for example? We don’t know yet. As I often say, no magic formation, strengths and weaknesses in every one.

Our philosophies are aligned. Jay looked hungry.

What was it?

current table with points in last 5 games added. 5 teams with 10 points plus, 1 team with 3 points. Only 2 teams unbeaten, not one team without a win.

Yep, I understand you now…ta.

I disagree with so much of the above Joe, comments in line, but it’s all about opinions. Black diamond = suspended / blue triangle = injured / light blue half-circle = ill / personal 5 players have started every league match available to them (red highlight) 2 players all bar one (orange highlight). For me, it really shows anything but “chop and change”. ?? If I were manager I’m sure I’d have freshened up more than Nige has, so the fact that he hasn’t shows a consistent approach to me.

Agree. They aren’t as good as a normal PL Parachute Club, but they have good players, as you and others have mentioned. I said pre-game it wasn’t as strong as they could be, but still a challenge. The last thing you want to give a team low in the table at home is an early goal. Was our undoing against Brum. I might be misreading your comments in bold above, but we pretty much did most / all of those things, e.g. control, etc in the first half. It wasn’t a smash and grab. We could’ve scored as early as the 2nd minute as we created two good situations, Semenyo, then Wells. Still trying to work out how Wells didn’t get a shot off ??? Although I think we were pushed back rather than sat back second half, in many respects that’s what a 2-0 lead affords you. It’s bloody rate for us to have that luxury. Blackburn was a bit different because we played well almost all 90, and 4-1 / 5-1 would’ve been very just. See above. Disagree, looks like others responded ahead of me, so won’t add to their comments.

Last night’s 13 corners is an exception. Generally there aren’t more than 10 for both teams.

When I saw him whistle, I thought he’d given a penalty…not that I thought it was though. The replay, I would argue should’ve been a red card, he jumped into it. Could’ve been v.nasty for Klose.