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It would have been better if he had gone missing for the penalty.

Are you sure that’s what the rules say?

Does the rule say a penalty (or direct free kick anywhere on the pitch come to think of it) should not be given just because the player has lost control before the offence is committed? I didn’t think it did. Wildsmith deliberately lifted his leg to impede the forward. Stonewall penalty for me.

I don’t think the ref had any choice. Wildsmith stuck his foot out to bring the player down. The ball was running away but I’m not sure that matters.

WTF was Wildsmith thinking?

Did you re-enact Oliver’s dance right at the end for her?😀

If we can do to Oxford and Peterborough what we did to Barnsley then I’m right with you. Until then, whilst delighted and encouraged by our current run of results, I’m not getting too carried away. COYR

If I was a betting man then I’d bet against it. I think he’s realised that owning a football club (and making a noticeable success of it rather than just pottering along in the lower leagues) is an expensive business that he won’t want to venture into again.

Must be a slow news day for Maguire.

Not a criticism of Barks (although he missed a few chances to add to our lead, he did play a big part in the goal) but I wouldn’t say he “won us the game”. Surely, if we’re going to single out an individual player for that accolade (I don’t think we should by the way, it was an all round team performance) it should be Cashin for his great defensive performance or, better still, Nelson for his usual excellent defensive performance AND actually scoring the goal.

I don’t get your comment about luck rather than judgement. Surely we are where we deserve to be. If you’re saying that we’re only 4th due to some lucky results, well what if we continue to get “lucky” results and find ourselves in the top 2? Why would you revisit your opinion? As for bottlers, I don’t think dropping points over the next two games would define us as such. It depends on how we perform over the remainder of the season and, in particular, towards the very end (a la last season).

I see you couldn’t resist but the grammar police were probably leaving the error to the spelling police. 😀

A lot easier said than done if we’re going to sign the sort of player we need rather than just a name to fill the squad.

The fouls aren't "spoiling" the game. The bookings haven't had a negative impact on the game yet although there are several players that need to tread carefully.

To be fair, I reckon they've all probably been justified. Not sure about yours though.😀

Not sure this game will end without a red card (or two).

I really don’t think you’re trying hard enough. 😀

You’ve got legs haven’t you? Walk it you half fan. 😀 #bemoreB4

Very true but I’m sure Sheffield Wednesday fans would take it right now over a relegation battle after last season’s euphoria.

I disagree. I reckon he’d fit right in on this forum 😀

Now I’m confused. I thought Xg related to incidents (I.e. goal scoring opportunities and the quality of those opportunities) that actually occurred during the game, and therefore a kind of post match analysis rather than any sort of pre match prediction. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Shows how much I know.

They were probably pink before he had his way.

Some of us aren’t allowing ourselves to get too carried away but that doesn’t mean we “won’t be happy until we’ve won league 1”. I’m very pleased with where we’re sitting right now and will begin to really believe if results go our way tomorrow and we pick up a decent number of points over our next three games. COYR.

It astonishes me that some people suddenly think we’re going to boss this league for the remainder of the season. We might well do and, of course, I hope we do but we haven’t managed to up until now and whilst we’re on a good run of results I don’t think anyone would say we’ve turned the corner in terms of performances. At least 7 points from the next three games (obviously the ideal would be wins against Peterborough and Oxford) and a decent transfer window (with incoming and retaining key players) and I’ll be getting my boarding pass (even if it does have to be checked 3 or 4 times for every game 😀) for Automatic Promotion Airlines.