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Thread | Football Focus
at 12:44 19 Oct 2024
Games coming thick and fast according to our Mark! |
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Thread | Fixtures compared
at 12:21 1 Oct 2024
https://theanalyst.com/2024/09/premier-league-fixtures-upcoming-difficulty-octob
Above is an article comparing the difficulty of PL teams' fixtures over the first 5 games and 'next' 5 games, alongside how they've fared (we've all now played our first game of the second batch). Opta created its own global team ranking system a while ago, assigning a 'power score' or difficulty rating (0-100) to every decent team in decent leagues around the world. Below are the current 'scores' for PL teams:
(we overtook Leicester at the weekend and are now the 139th most powerful team in the world 😃)
Villa's difficulty rating was very close to the average we've faced so far, while Wolves faced a sterner test in Liverpool, joining us in an equally tough first six fixtures. Pleasing to know that we've had a significantly uglier set of fixtures than the other four teams currently below us in the table. Our next 10 games are now much kinder on paper than the 10 that follow.
Next 10: West Ham, Everton, Brentford, Leicester, Tottenham, Man Utd, Forest, Palace, Bournemouth, Wolves.
The 10 afterwards: Newcastle, Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, Brighton, Man City, Liverpool, Southampton, Villa, Tottenham.
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Thread | Szmodics down the middle
at 14:06 27 Sep 2024
When we signed Sammie I was confident he'd line on up on the left, like Broadhead does. Davis offering the width, Sammie playing narrower and often finding himself central. Opposition have had the measure of Omari for large parts of games so far, I'd agree with that, but he is still our best equipped to play through the middle IMO. Sammie has also received plenty of opportunities to score from his current position.
Is the desire to switch him to the centre and Omari to the right because people feel Sammie is better equipped to play here, or because people feel Omari's talent is better suited to the right, or both? |
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Thread | How many arrivals will we finish with this summer?
at 12:16 25 Aug 2024
Dara O'Shea sounded the "TWTD understands" horn yesterday evening, which would take us to 11.
Will Broja get over the line? Will we be able to sign an alternative in time if his paperwork just refuses to play ball? Will a keeper come in to allow Slicker to develop his game elsewhere? Is there a wildcard late swoop in the tea leaves? More than one? Or will transfer deadline day instead see Ashton leading team-building exercises at Go Ape?
Place your bets. Extra points for correct number and correct player positions.
*TWTD confirms Dara's signing at 12:13! [Post edited 25 Aug 2024 12:17]
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Thread | Hope our Wes is okay
at 10:52 30 Jul 2024
Guessing it's too soon for an update.
He's taken a lot of knocks over the past 12 months. |
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Thread | Studio boys impressed!
at 17:48 6 Jul 2024
More Kobbie and Saka, less of the others my suggestion for 2nd half.  |
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Thread | Early relegation odds
at 15:37 23 May 2024
Not as pessimistic as I thought they'd be. We are between 8/11 and 10/11 from what I've seen.
Leicester are as short as 4/9, which must mean they're hopeful of a decent points deduction. Everton are the same odds as us with some firms, in preparation for possible administration and the points deduction that would entail. Man City's trial is expected to conclude in the autumn, so they are just above Brighton and Chelsea with early odds of 25/1. Slim chance of City receiving their just desserts then, even if they'd be 1000/1 in normal circumstances. I was hoping to see the Weakest Link Goodbye banner back on duty. |
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Thread | Huddersfield tickets thought: if/when "sold out"
at 15:47 19 Apr 2024
Hull away sold out at 10+ points, so returned tickets are only available to those with 10+ points. Coventry away sold out at 15+, so only this group may purchase returned Coventry tickets.
If Huddersfield sells out at a higher priority tier, I wonder if the same restriction will be implemented.
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Thread | Two reasons to remain calm.
at 22:21 12 Apr 2024
1) Leicester stay in control of the title and remind me of us in our middle period last season. Daka's chances tonight and Vardy's against Bristol City were as good or better than those we've created in the same time period. It's when you stop creating sitters that you really need to worry, as a similar saying goes. They've lost some belief and all their fear factor, however, which is superb so late in the season.
2) We know what happened against Watford, when we were significantly more fancied to win than we are tomorrow (by the outside world at least, if not Town fans). Boro are in good form, have beaten the top sides and were pre-season favourites bar the big 3.
No downplaying how massive tomorrow could be for us, but it would be a mistake to arrive at the ground expectantly. Bold performance needed off the pitch too (sad to be missing it)! |
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Thread | Champ Team of the Year
at 16:23 12 Apr 2024
Hladky is being edged out by John Ruddy of all people(!!), if I'm right in believing Sky outsources this to WhoScored.com. Our man is 0.02 rating points behind.
Funnily, big man Moore would be our #1 in the team, if it wasn't for the rule on minimum appearances. He is rated 7th in the league, with 1st-3rd filled by PL players who made one Championship appearance before their transfers. He's head & shoulders above Armstrong and 0.22 rating points above Sargent (who also currently misses out due to lack of games). He's even 0.01 points above Leicester's stately home!
Leif is a shoo-in for LB and the others have too much to do now, with Sam and Burge our nearly men. [Post edited 12 Apr 2024 16:25]
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Thread | 22/23 accounts, including L1/CH clubs
at 16:43 23 Mar 2024
First and foremost, P&S loss:
21/22 £6.3M
22/23 £12.4M
No cause for celebration but thankfully below the £13M "annual loss limit", which in practice becomes £39M over 3 seasons (rolling). The full P&S loss "allowance" for 23/24 is therefore £20.3M, although anything above £13M would reduce permitted losses in future Championship seasons, should we remain here.
Comparison with L1 rivals, 22/23 accounts:
Club: Turnover / Wages
Ipswich: £21.8M / £19.8M*
Derby: £20.4M / £15.3M
Wednesday: £19.3M / £14.0M*
Plymouth: £14.7M / £9.1M*
Barnsley: £9.3M / £8.3M
(Bolton, Peterborough and Portsmouth not yet available)
Championship clubs, 22/23 accounts:
Club: Turnover / Wages
Norwich: £75.6M / £56.4M
Watford: £66.2M / £48.7M
Sheff Utd: £64.3M / £48.6M*
Bristol: £36.6M / £36.0M
Stoke: £31.2M / £30.1M
M'boro: £28.6M / £29.6M
QPR: £23.3M / £25.4M
Ipswich: £21.8M / £19.8M
Coventry: £20.4M / £18.5M
Luton: £18.4M / £27.6M*
Hull: £18.1M / £23.7M
Preston: £15.6M / £21.6M
Wigan: £15.9M / £23.2M
Rotherham: £15.7M / £10.3M
(Others not yet available)
Broadcasting revenue, selected clubs, 22/23:
Norwich £48.6M (Sky 15 times)
Watford £48.3M (Sky 12 times)
Luton £10.1M (Sky 10 times + PO F)
Middlesbrough £9.8M (Sky 12 times + PO SF)
Bristol City £8.9M (Sky 4 times)
Ipswich £3.9M
The importance of parachute payments. Note that TV selection amounts to a useful but small proportion of overall broadcasting income, with most of it shared equally among clubs. We may expect to earn £6.0-7.5M more this season.
Commercial revenue, selected clubs, 22/23:
Bristol City £21.4M
Norwich £17.0M
Stoke £16.9M
Luton £10.1M
Middlesbrough £10.0M
QPR £8.7M
Ipswich £5.4M
Coventry £4.2M
Hull £3.9M
Preston £3.0M
This is where some clubs do so much better than others.
Gate receipts, selected clubs, 22/23:
Norwich £10.0M (26.5K)
Middlesbrough £8.8M (26.0K)
Ipswich £8.0M (26.2K)
Coventry £7.1M (20.0K)
Stoke £5.1M (20.6K)
Preston £3.9M (15.9K)
We currently average 28.8K and prices have increased, in addition to membership sales.
*Promotion bonuses likely included in wage bills.
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Thread | Ooh no. 16
at 17:46 29 Jan 2024
No. 9 still up for grabs  🥕
Unless we're respectfully leaving it vacant what with Freddie's loan and George's roboleg? |
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Thread | Goals scored without Hirst this season..
at 16:01 12 Jan 2024
3 against Leeds (loss - good performance)
3 against Cardiff (from loss to win)
2 against Birmingham (from loss to draw)
1 against Wednesday (win)
1 against Huddersfield (from loss to draw)
1 against Stoke (kept win)
1 against Blackburn (from draw to win)
1 against Watford (from draw to win)
1 against Rotherham (kept draw)
1 against Plymouth (kept win)
1 against Preston (kept win)
1 against Leicester (from loss to draw)
(3 against Wolves (great win))
Sorry for the lack of order and if I've forgotten any, but that's a decent amount of goals considering Hirst has played two-thirds of league minutes this season (1624 minutes ÷ 26 games = 62 minutes per game, averaged out).
In fact, if we overlook Hirst's contribution in tiring out opposition defences and probably skirt around stoppage time, we've scored marginally more goals with him off the pitch than on it (31 goals in Hirst's 62 minutes, 17 goals in the remaining 28 minutes + stoppage time).
We're desperate for strikers and this is far from an "everything is fine" post, but it's worth us remembering the above in light of McKenna's request that we back the strikers we have. I'm confident we're capable of scoring a couple against Sunderland, providing we don't try to turn a home game into an away one with the atmosphere we create. I was going to add this to MaySixth's thread but it became quite long. [Post edited 12 Jan 2024 16:37]
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