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Things he did well: His presence changed Preston's defensive approach.. More than it changed our attacking one. They thought we'd brought on a target man. We continued to break ourselves against two banks of defenders. Whether that was long range shots they were happy to block, or us failing to pass through them. Mubama gave us a little more room, as Preston were having to watch him, as he was often the only player of our in the box. That led to a couple of Azaz efforts nearly having him on the end of them. That he wasn't, looked to be down to his sharpness and awareness as a finisher. He took up the standard positions in the box. While we should have looked to use that a lot more, he also has to be aware he's not going to get many chances. And those could be from rebounds. He has to be right on it, for the ones he gets. And yesterday, he wasn't. Whataboutery says:Neither were anyone else.

His non appearance in squads is to minimise the bonuses on top of that. Yeah, no doubt all parties keen for a solution on that one. I thought West Ham would be above us. They've had a conveyor belt of players that I thought were high earners. I thought that would be more wasteful, and stack up. Quite the level bump from the pack to the wages of Burnley, West Ham, Wolves and ourselves.

You've not seen Dana W White cage fighting. Still works. 🙂

The reason Match of the Day now comes with a viewer warning, since Turkish became a pundit. 🙂

Last year's Norwich kit looked like there were 11 gaping wounds running around the park in need of urgent medical assistance.

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Messi wins the MLS Golden Boot a second season, with the Beeb saying "Messi becomes only the sixth player to land the award twice, joining a list that includes former Charlton Athletic and Southampton striker Bradley Wright-Phillips." Will Messi retire having now reached the pinnacle of matching BWP?

Caught the second half. Despite nearly all the possession, we didn't overly trouble them. They were happy to block all the long range shots. Noticeably, we had ery few, if a y players in the box. So, that ruled out wide delivery. They could just camp in there and look to stop passes in behind. It changed for the better when Mubama came on. Suddenly, their defence had a different threat to deal with. A little more space appeared. Unfortunately Mubama was positionally off the mark. At least two attempt from Azaz nearly reached him, and he should really have been there. Sure, we rarely used him as a target. But he has to learn to make the most of few opportunities. At least to trouble their keeper. But he got near getting on the end of something. The rest failed to break down that defence. A frustrating result, after all the hard work that goes into it. And a result champions find a way to get.

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Where the FAB will be asked "Who is pulling your strings?"

Never you mind who we, I mean they, are, egg. 🙂

Gain Big Gain: THB, Shea, Lavia Gain: Edozie Loss: Mubama(has time to see that change), Baz (just never improved the rest of his game around the passing) Larger Loss: Larios (£6m never looked likely, but did get injured too)

Perhaps the Democrats, after the expected period of bragging and posturing, spend less time talking about how horrible Trump is, and more time learning from their own errors to position themselves for the next election. I wonder how free Republicans now feel they are to speak out against the wrath of Trump not endorsing them.

Radio said that he blamed all of his candidates for the results. After saying quite a lot that it was really an endorsement of him. Accepting result, but not any responsibility for it. 🙂

I saw where they were in the table. On the Beeb, there's an interview from their previous game. "If [the players] can't change, something will change. We can't go another week without a point." In the context of the interview, he was basically saying he was under pressure to deliver that change, or he's for the chop. They lost again.