Gurney

No statistic in isolation tells the whole story, but in terms of being indicative of how good a team is performing in the grand scale of things, xG is amongst the best.

I think, without exception, all of these left for less than we would have liked as a direct result of COVID & the financial implications. Without it, most likely we would have gotten decent fees for or kept each of them.

Looking at the list pre-season friendlies we have lined up... Newport, Oxford, Exeter, Cheltenham & Portsmouth. Now I know that friendlies themselves don't mean much, if anything at all, but is anyone at least slightly concerned that we aren't testing ourselves against any opposition higher than League One? Thrashing Swindon is all well & good, but, frankly, they were dreadful, so other than a bit of a run out, is it doing much to get the players ready for the level of intensity of the Championship?