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roboto

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  1. The messages are searchable mainly through Reddit channels. I had a quick read yesterday and it all seems pretty tame and more embarrassing for Honry Horner than anything else. I can see some words being dropped into interviews with him to see if he "explodes" live on air πŸ˜‚
  2. Tyrone Mears. It would've been more obvious with the other fun fact about his great escape from Moor Farm πŸ™‚
  3. It's because Ramadan starts the Sunday after (during Saudi weekend) so they need to bring that one forward and the rules of F1 dictate that there is a minimum window needed between the race finishing the weekend before and the next practice session starting. So they brought Bahrain forward by a day too.
  4. Sometime in life you have to take the opportunities that come your way. If I was Dajaune I'd be trying to get back to Derby and get in the matchday squad. When he was sent out on loan we had an in form Collins and the prospect of signing another striker before the end of the Jan window, which would've left him with less opportunity and just some minutes in the u21s. However, things have panned out differently, Collins out for a while, our other strikers all injured, we've just signed Gayle up as emergency cover, but there's space for a plan B striker in the squad. Yes Barks and Sibley might do a job there, but they aren't specialist strikers. Having Gayle as the main threat and Dajaune as his back-up (also learning some tips from the former PL striker) is much more beneficial to us and him, in my opinion.
  5. I'm not sure, because there's not been much commentary about his appearances so far. However, he could provide more of an impact here than Collins, TJJ, Waghorn and Washington currently can. If he was getting more game time down there, then I'd expect us to allow him to continue with that, but getting the odd 10-15 minute cameos is something he could get here and be more useful to us short term.
  6. He’ll be so far down the list of our two fit and available strikers at the club… I think it would be better for him to be with our team, perhaps learn a bit from Dwight Gayle in training and be an impact sub when needed for us.
  7. Why didn't they let him get some dry clothes on first? πŸ˜‚
  8. It's hipster because it's been coined and stylised as 'xG' instead of 'Expected Goals' It's controversial because people think that by having this stat, that all the old stats are being discredited, which isn't the case. Give it a few more seasons and people will have moved on to moan about something else. Probably xSB (aka Expected Sin Bin minutes) where players are ranked on their their time off the pitch and how much stress it causes on their team during the season πŸ™‚
  9. You are Craig Forysth and I claim my Β£5
  10. Petition to name thread "Paul Warne Hokey Cokey: In, out, in, out, shake it all about"
  11. I'm not a massive fan of xG and certainly wouldn't rely on it as the main indicator of performance. However, you've picked 4 of the 10 EPL fixtures from the weekend. Do the other 6 correlate with these 4? Let's look... Crystal Palace 1.00 Chelsea 1.33. The result was 1-3 (xG predicted winner but was a little off with amount Chelsea scored. West Ham 1.58 Arsenal 1.92. The result was 0-6 (again xG got the winner correct but was off with the scale of the score) Liverpool 2.67 Burnley 0.67. The result was 3-1 (quite close this one) Spurs 2.25 Brighton 1.00. The result was 2-1 (spot on) Wolves 1.50 Brentford 0.91. The result was 0-2 (this one was off) Man City 2.45 Everton 1.42. The result was 2-0 (correct winner, but a bit out with Everton) I'm not sure which site you used for your xG results but the one I looked at also Fulham 1.83 Bournemouth 1.17, which was closer to the 3-1 result than your xG stats. All in all, I'm not a fan of xG and we can see that there's discrepancy between different sites listing their stats. However, it's not fair to cherry pick half of the weekends results to satisfy your argument and not include the rest of the results to at least add context or back up your findings.
  12. He has the attributes to play anywhere in the middle I think, but I don't think he has the experience or tactical knowledge to be the main DM. He is much better carrying the ball forward where he can take a few more risks without it being as dangerous as if he's just in front of the defence. With Hourihane and Bird alongside him, then he was expected to play a bit deeper and do the dirty work, but his inexperience and tendency to overplay the ball backfired a couple of times in dangerous positions. With Adams being the main sheilder and maybe a Thompson/Fornah combo in front then I think there's a good mix of tackling, passing and ball carrying options to build on. Of course, if the opportunity arises to get in players to improve the midfield then we need to do that.
  13. If Thompson can get back to his pre-season form before the end of the season then I think he will link up well with Adams and maybe bring in one more experienced midfielder to bring it all together. I still think Fornah is a decent player, just needs a run of games to let him settle.
  14. If they decide to allow the transfer then it stinks of EFL corruption when we weren't allowed to sign Kieftenbeld after he signed the wrong box. How's that for a conspiracy? Amidoingitright?
  15. Some of you fan boys need to calm down with these dirty thoughts...
  16. He was born in Greenwich, not sure how much of worn torn Gambia he has ever seen πŸ˜‰ Agree on leaving behind Cardiff though
  17. Ogwuru (Norwich) and O'Mahony (Brighton)?
  18. He said he thinks it's a new name. Fraser is just one that has come up, but not as often as others like Smith, Gregory, Clarke-Harris etc. Anyway, although he has a good goal involvement to minutes ratio at Wolves, I'm not sure an 18 year old rookie will be what we need right now.
  19. I suggested he was possibly the player Warne had seen the other week that we were all trying to guess. Seems like a good option at the moment, tall and powerful for his age, knows where the goal is too.
  20. So he'll be alright for 3 of the 4 months we have left this season? πŸ˜‰
  21. I would think the striker from a premier league club we’re waiting for might be Divin Mubama. West Ham are short on strikers, but he needs some proper game time that they can’t currently offer him.
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