Ghost of Clough

Williams was behind Brown, but Brown probably would habe fell behind in the management's pecking order if he had stayed for an extra season. Williams didn't play for the U23s until the 2nd half of 20/21, the same season Brown played in every game until he decided to move on. The year before, Brown had scored 11 and assisted 3 in 21 U18 games.

Back to back starts at CM/AM twice this season. An assist the first time and a goal the 2nd time. 4 games in a row at the end of last season in an unfamiliar 'AM' role which was more of a supporting striker role (in a 3421). Prior to that he had 2 goals the previous time he had back to back starts (2 games), and only 1 other spell of back to back starts in his best position under Warne (3 games). Back to back starts at AM once under Rosenior, NEVER under Rooney. 4 goals and 2 assists in the 6 games at AM in 19/20 under Cocu.

14:20 for his effort which hit the post

Most shots, joint most shots on target, 3rd most key passes, and best pass success out of all starters. A very good offensive game from LWB but wasn't tested much defensively on this occasion.

Post-Covid, 69 points was good enough for 9th-12th. In the years leading up to Covid, 69 could finish anywhere from 6th to 10th. This season, you're around 9th with 69 points. 4 more wins to guarantee top 6 I reckon. 7 wins will be the minimum for top 2.

Joint 3rd top goal scorer across all competitions now.

Yep. To be fair, he's only had 115 mins in the league since joining them. Almost scored 5 mins after being brought on too.

5 of their starting 11 are in their most used 11, including 3 of their back 4.

Only a young lad called Tom Huddlestone

This time next year he should be getting some first team involvement with a view to a couple of short term loans the following season

A good win against the top scoring side in the country. Our 2nd win in 3 games means we climb another 2 places in the table.

Osong went down for 2 mins after attempting to tackle. Hopefully just a jarred knee or similar. Oguntolu comes on for him.

A very good 85 minutes from Allen. McAndrew comes on for him at AM, with Fapetu moving to RW

4-2. Winger's effort deflected in off Bartley and wrong footed JThompson

Bardell involved in a strong challenge as soon as the 2nd half started, which resulted in him coming off. Only a head/neck injury so won't be out for long. DRobinson moved to RB with Hawkins on at CM. Osong now on for Moloney who had a quiet 65 minutes.

JThompson Bardell Bartley KRobinson Gill DRobinson Fornah Allen Fapetu Moloney Weston Weston with 2, Allen and fapetu with the others. Bardell, Weston and Fapetu have assists

Philosophy adaptation is discussed from 5 minutes onwards: https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2023/08/academy-catch-up-matt-hale As well as speaking about wanting a high intensity press starting with the forwards, here are a couple of quotes from Warne on how he like his teams to play: - "Our dream scenario is to get the ball wide and get crosses into the box" - "They won’t tire you out because [they] are not as fit as you."

The point is goals aren't a measure of chances being created

I remember when some Forest fans said our £1.1m rent was too low. They tend to think their stadium is better than ours too. But, £1m is too much for them and £250k is fair?

That's right

Goals scored doesn't equate to chance creation though. Shots Shots per game: 12th xG (quality of chances created): 5th 6 yard box shots: 4th Penalty area shots: 6th Open play shots: 10th Key Passes Total key passes: 6th Open play key passes: 7th At least we lead the charts for chances created from crosses and corners.

Barnsley - £4m loss last season with a wage bill of £9.3m (97% of revenue). They finished 10 points higher than us.

Wrong. Clowes is a supporter and will be on the DCFC Board 😉 I'm sure many have chosen not to read the infomation provided by the club, but the headlines are: The initial view is to meet quarterly with the DCFC Board but I imagine the regularity could be adjusted in the future. The SB will have the power to veto against key changes - colours, badge, stadium, league, etc... They will mainly discuss accounts, diversity, sponsorship values, and corporate values.

Is it not possible to do both concurrently?