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Just not as a 2. Positionally I think Eccles struggles slightly in a 2 as he pushes up quite aggressively and left us exposed to counter attacks quite a few times. With 3 in the middle now I can see him going from strength to strength.

CM absolutely the priority. Beyond that maybe a winger if 433 is here to stay. Then it’s dependent on whether we have any leave. I’ve got a feeling that some players’ days are numbered: Fadz, Kelly, Palmer.

FotMob.

Looking back at his underlying stats, it seems that Wright has never been a prolific finisher. His xG generally speaking has been higher than his xGOT. By the looks of it, this isn’t true for many of the division’s top strikers. Significant downward swing so far this season, by far the most...

My concern was that flipping to a back 4 would bring about a loss of attacking impetus from the full backs. How wrong I was. Bidwell fantastic yesterday, MvE v good as well.

At right wing. Jack Cork, another to have a successful career at CM in the Premier League also got stuck at right wing. We don’t half make it difficult for ourselves!

Angel Gomes!

Can’t remember the company name but they were promoting ‘Black November’ on TV the other day. Grow up.

In fairness I think it feels intrusive at first, but I’ve got used to it now.

It’s a shame it’ll likely come too late in the day but I wouldn’t be averse to seeing Rico Lewis in centre midfield with Rice. Whilst it isn’t his de-facto position he ends up there more often than not when on the pitch. A left field should would be Angel Gomes. Loved watching him in the U21s...

That Sebastian Nanasi has come up on my radar when passing time.

Seem to recall a few people on here mentioning it over the course of time, any recommendations? Got a white pair of Tommy Hilfiger trainers that are a bit beaten up now and could do with a refresh.

Can see why Doug King took over now. 4D chess material.

I’m still getting a banner advert at the bottom of my screen on most threads.

Nick’s sold out to the Coventry Telegraph.

Diamond, which is essentially what you’re suggesting, could be interesting. Pivots to a back 3 when required. My preference would still be to play 2 AMs and 1 striker, but don’t know if I’ve ever seen a system like that in action. A 41221 without wingers.

Beat his man on a few occasions on Saturday. Agreed that he can’t cross and it’s a waste of his skillset. We need to get the ball in front of Simms in the box.

Don’t think you’re quite understanding the data. If you shot from the halfway line then it would still generate an xG, likely 0.01 i.e you’d score 1 in 100 (I think it just rounds to 2 decimal places as I think you could try that 100,000 times and maybe one comes off). If you’re on the line with...

That was my hunch as well, thinking our xG might be inflated due to the number of long shots we take. Our xG per shot is 0.1, same as Ipswich and marginally behind Leicester (0.11).

But we’ve drawn the most in the league. Conceding just 2 less (0.125 per game) and scoring 2 more (again, 0.125 per game) would see us in 5th.