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You'd imagine that it would only be a matter of time before we get relegated again.

"and I did an expected goal last week in training. Go easy on me, I've got to get home for my reality TV show episode"

"Yorath beasted us in training with an old-school regime of hill running and intense stamina sessions, all designed to see how far he could push us and what we were made of. We ran up and down terraces, up hill and down dale, always to the point of exhaustion. He was pushing us to the limits. Trust me, sports science was the last thing Taff had in mind but to me his methods were spot on. Modern-day football is full of sports scientists and statistical experts, but I have yet to see an energy drink or a Prozone reading that helps you win a 50–50 challenge. Taff was spot on with his methods and I had no problem with his approach because, when the pain kicks in, you discover who has the courage and strength to kick on and who is lacking in those qualities. There is definitely a place for that kind of training and it was an intelligent way to suss out the squad in the first few weeks. One day he made us do ten hill runs and, by the ninth, we were at the point of dropping, but at least we could see an end to it. ‘Right,’ he said when we had completed the tenth, ‘I want another three’. There were one or two who couldn’t hack it while others tried manfully but were by now out on their feet. It was his way of figuring out who would be able to dig deep in the battles to come and those who would fold when the going got tough." Andy Morrison, the good, the mad and the ugly. Really good read. How would our lads get on with that training right now?

Whether it was defined as a big chance demonstrates that this is a subjective measure. To me, mowbray telling our players to keep passing it backwards, and getting Armstrong to shoot on sight shows that he is trying to game the system, ie keep his job. I'm not totally familiar with opta stats, perhaps they can be of some use as part of an overall toolbox, but certainly not the be-all and end-all of football management. I never saw a stats table score a goal, or go on for a fifty fifty on a wet windy cold night in Doncaster in the last minute of a game you're losing.

It's a statistic created by opta. EXPECTED GOALS (XG) EXPECTED GOALS (XG) MEASURES THE QUALITY OF A SHOT BASED ON SEVERAL VARIABLES SUCH AS ASSIST TYPE, SHOT ANGLE AND DISTANCE FROM GOAL, WHETHER IT WAS A HEADED SHOT AND WHETHER IT WAS DEFINED AS A BIG CHANCE. ADDING UP A PLAYER OR TEAM’S EXPECTED GOALS CAN GIVE US AN INDICATION OF HOW MANY GOALS A PLAYER OR TEAM SHOULD HAVE SCORED ON AVERAGE, GIVEN THE SHOTS THEY HAVE TAKEN

Speak for yourself, chum!

Well give them time, it's only been ten years and counting so far. 🤔

Still doesn't understand it too well though, otherwise why is Moggadonnasaurus Rex still here? Nice guys, nothing. Not interested. Clearly venkys are idiots, they're employing a business model that doesn't work, they take to long to reach decisions and when they do, they're the wrong ones. I don't care how much money they have. It doesn't buy Class, and it can't change the terminally stupid into smart operators. They're a pox, the lot of them. I hope their haemarrhoids get infected with blood-sucking fleas and I hope their nuts drop off and roll down the drain. The only thing they'll get right is putting the club up for sale, otherwise we're dying a slow death

I'm convinced we're done for unless mowbray goes. We don't recover from going a goal down, so we can take it as read that week lose this one. In absolutely amazed he's still in the job

He's also a sealion as well, "I'm just trying to understand, please help me to understand, why you might think that Tony mowbray is a useless balloon". "interesting answers so far, but they haven't quite answered the question"

Perhaps mummy and daddy didn't give him enough attention when he was younger

Venky Venky is still confused by whether the chicken came first or the egg

Great day to be a rover. Let's have it completely clear, this is down to certain fans really pushing against it all the way, doing sterling work and ensuring the best interests of the club were safe guarded. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude. Now, it's my birthday tomorrow. Is it too much to ask that Tony and Co get binned tomorrow. We have suffered long enough. Really suffered. Time for talentless parasites like Waggott to get out of this club and go somewhere more befitting of their skills. Like stacking shelves at Tesco

Tie yourself to him first

Yep, there's clearly a lot of time and effort gone into producing something that we can all get behind for the good of the club. Thanks, Simon for putting your head above the parapet and doing something for the community 👍

Hey, we all make mistakes. Don't get yourself down about it. You got yourself back on track and it takes the bigger man/lady to do that. It'll all be forgotten about tomorrow.

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🤣 He only had to refuse to go out to India and lick their boots and that would be him gone

One F in Franco baresi

Maybe time to start our own newspaper

He had to take venus with him if he does go. We need both poison pills out. And then hopefully Waggott walks to, like he promised if St Tony got booted

What was the Crack last time, we had to beat Brentford away (and did) and results elsewhere had to go our way (and didn't)? I have no idea how we beat Brentford, when they're so far ahead of us 🤷‍♂️ Four years totally wasted

Unity is essential, I agree there. Waggott and Co must be ribbing their hands with glee every time there's discord amongst the fans. It absolutely plays into their hands

Yes, so much time had been wasted. And money. But it's never been any different under venkys tbh. They just don't have a bloody clue what they're doing. I'm only seventeen, I look like I'm ninety six.

I honestly don't know how much more of this I can endure. It's my birthday next Saturday. I have this dread fear in my guts, that Moggadon will still be here