Holmes_and_Watson

Boasting. It's not the length of your posts...

Myth

Hen

I was really expecting him to play for Scotland, considering his ability. But Sierra Leone's gain. Good to hear he's doing well.

Good win. Despite being well ahead, they continued to work hard, making Brentford concede unforced errors right to the end. Lots of excellent performances, with JWP my MOM.

Wisdom

Pig

Globe

Get well soon Minsk. You're in our thoughts. And I should stress that those thoughts relate to your health and not to the 2 pages of knife crime comments I've just read. 😊

True. He got a little more space as we fell back. But he didn't do much with it. He's still young, so regular Swansea appearances might help his game. It was probably a good call all round for him to move on, especially as we got some pennies.

Commentary team mentioned a couple of times that it was just as well for him that we went down to 10, as Obafemi wasn't doing his defensive job when we had 11.

Bald

Are angels socially distancing? They'd be doing this in their angelic capacity, so it would be work.

Thanks for the heads up Monk.

Other than clear definitions regarding angels, pins, dancing and posting counts, this looks like it's pretty straightforward.

Yeah, I was cheering Cambridge on, when I turned into the 2nd half. The more players avoid the sportswashing monsters, the less strengthening they can do before they play us. Although, there's always the chance that influx of mercenaries would actually make them worse.

Old

Door

Ranger

I read the Hackers book last year, and it's going to be fascinating seeing more of his approach impact us. How this interacted with Ralph's playbook will be interesting as well, and hopefully both can develop well together. Although Ankersen might only be here, so he can get his mitts on our Black Box. 😊

White

I think Potter was considered to be better than results for similar reasons to Palace that you mention. Certainly from his employers, who apparently could see where the improvements were needed. Fixing them might take a bit longer. xG from a penalty is 0.76. Handily someone telly said it a few days back, but as long as I never say that, it'll be like I knew all along. 😊 Not even a top striker, playing for one of the biggest teams. Just someone who can make a difference at the level below. Although presumably, they are also looking for a bargain to sell on later too. Arguably, all these strikers are towards the top so you often get exactly the sort of level of player you already have.

Chemist

I'd read that Brighton's xG meant that they were getting into the right positions, but just couldn't convert. So, by that logic, if they had a better finisher (who could also get into the same positions), they'd be a lot higher. I'd like to think someone then did the same analysis for all the other clubs. As you say, give any club a better finisher, and oddly they'd do better. But I just read it about Brighton in isolation. So, I think it's trotted out a bit lazily about Brighton, now. Perhaps the gap was larger for Brighton than the others. Anyway, can't stop to chat. I'm finishing my "If Shane Long could finish, Saints would have won the Champions League" article for the Athletic.

Stomach