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Scoring

Cripes.

Birmingham back on top

Wout Faes identifies as an 8.

Nooo! Surely not Durable Dennis!

Leeds outshot on target 5-2 by 10 man Huddersfield.

That red could do a lot for Leeds' goal differential.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

I read Enzo’s press statements. I took note of his mate Balague’s comments on BSLB. And I watch the games. So I firmly believe that Enzo will demand the club replace players not suited to his style of football. And based on his small sample (two games) against PL clubs, I believe Stolarcyzk is one of those not suited, at the level required. Which doesn’t make him a bad keeper. My wild guess, he’s at least Championship starter quality. It just makes me think he can’t be our keeper. I now rest my case. For whatever it’s worth.

That's part of my point ... BEFORE Enzo arrived. I can only base this on Bournemouth (and Liverpool) because Enzo hasn’t played him against other sides comparable to what we will likely face next year. Bournemouth had as much of the ball as we did. That had a lot to do with Stolarczyk. Usually hoofing it when facing pressure; and going long with too many hopeful balls when he wasn’t. The ball was coming right back at us after the majority of those. That is NOT Enzoball. And we’ll be clearing the decks of guys who can’t or won’t play it. Maybe that would have been different if he had our top XI to pass to? Maybe. Granted, we’ll have higher priorities than replacing our #2 keeper. But it’s hard to see him getting action in the Prem.

No need to convince themselves, it's surely true. Recent reports have confirmed that the Glazers preferred making the CL knockouts to actually winning it, because bonuses paid would have exceeded the extra prize money. If Levy and Lewis were any different, they'd have taken an occasional trading loss in a transfer window when their chances of a trophy were high. They preferred to pinch pennies on everything except the Toilet Bowl.

If they don't have the spine to levy a second points deduction, the least the Premier League could do to Everton is force them to retain Rooney as manager for a full season. That would finally flush the turd.

22% is not going to cut it at the next level

Commands his box and makes good saves. He has value. Bournemouth, though, he was constantly hoofing it long instead of even thinking about playing it out against pressure. Which is sometimes the right choice. The problem is, it’s his default setting, while being the last thing the manager wants. We’ll sell him to a Champ or L1 club this summer.

Europa League groups.

At least one ...

Once you get to the FA Cup quarters you’ve got to go for it. With the number of midweek matches, Enzo is going to have to rotate players more than he likes … but balancing the league and cup, not favoring the former. It is more of a distraction for us than for Chelsea though. We are playing for a league title and promotion. The Cup is all they’ve got to play for. Their only route into Europe in a lower-midtable season. Poch will start their best against us and rotate in the league. 10th or 12th place, who cares?

"we can gather round singing to support the team, not only from the back few rows from SK1 but also the front near the vomitory." Help an American out out with vomitory please. Is this where the Chang gets recycled, or something else entirely?

What's up with Harvey Barnes? Two great chances and a pen he's missed.

No crisis of confidence here. So it would be lovely to stop hearing about it.

Turkish Delight!

Well, at least we are gifted another 30 minutes of Cup football.

Not much in it so far

I'm on it, no worries..