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1 minute ago, CosbehFox said:

Weaker opposition in the Championship that year IMO. Didn't have to compete with Leeds for example. Spoke volumes the playoff final was Coventry v Luton. 

Exactly the same teams apart from Southampton and Leeds. We beat Southampton twice, so that doesn't explain the points difference 

3 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

I suggest the fire stick might be more effective as a stopper.

You ought to have been a doctor.

1 hour ago, Izzy said:

I'll be watching with my lad in our Leicester shirts at the sports bar, Centre Parcs Woburn. 

 

Doubt there will be Many other Leicester or Forest in there (probably a few at Centre Parcs Sherwood Forest)

I'm in Morocco atm but I've got the tom tits. It'll either be a sports bar on my fire stick in the room.

13 hours ago, lcfcbluearmy said:

What evidence? 

Burnley are not us don't have our players

 

And yet they won the Championship by quite a few more points than us. 

Did they have better players than us or is Kompany a better manager than Enzo?

Most of Ric flairs tips for superstardom from the youth team tbh.

Does this mean we're the most lovable team in the region?

Has Sensi played a game since we didn't sign him?

Surely 140 years ago, virtually nobody in this country would have drank lager? A nice pale ale would be more historically accurate.

14 minutes ago, Mike the Metal Ed said:

I don't. I can't see the future else I'd be very rich.

 

But even his fans on here can only point to "the goal is to stay up this season" and thinking nothing beyond that.

 

I just don't see any semblance of a long term plan from the manager or anyone above him. If there is one feel free to explain it, I'm very open minded.

Staying up is the most important thing, but that doesn't mean he isn't building for the future. He's had 1 transfer window with the threat of a points deduction that's supposedly put some players off. Give the bloke a chance

1 hour ago, Mike the Metal Ed said:

 

 

Cooper still won't build a solid foundation here no matter how much we will it that it he could. 

How do you know that after 8 games? 

7 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

Almost like there's a balance between going "gung ho attack" and the current ultra defensive set up...

 

No-one is asking for us to play like Keegans newcastle, but anyone denying that Coopers tendency to go ultra negative is a problem for us is, tbqh, demonstrating a severe lack of understanding of the tactical side of football. We blew a 2-0 lead v Palace, but for a disallowed goal we'd have blown a lead at home to bournemouth. The reason why is because Coopers response to any sort of lead is "just defend it lads". Problem is, you can't "just defend it" - if you show no intent to stretch the game, to pose a counter threat, then teams can pour forward without any concern, and so you concede a hell of a lot of shot volume (only brentford are allowing more shots per game, and they've already played man city, Spurs, Liverpool and man utd away), and territory (so the shots are from better positions, only spurs average shot faced distance is shorter than ours, and they've allowed half as many shots as we have), which tends to lead to a very leaky defence.

Now, in fairness, we've conceded less than 6 otther teams, but our xGA is the worst in the division, and it's a combination of Hermansen being a top keeper and some questionable finishing from opposing forwards thats stopped that being reflected in the actual numbers.

 

Coopers steadfast refusal to attack is going to result in dropped points, not just in failure to get back into games but also in failure to see out leads, because the best way to defend a lead is to pose enough of an attacking threat that the opponents are too wary to go "gung-ho".

Ultra negative, except for all the goals we've scored.

Just admit it,   he's not as bad as you'd hoped and we're doing better than expected . Try to enjoy it.

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22 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

2 times isn’t it?

 

Beat them twice last season but lost both times against them in the relegation season

Sorry,you're correct. I misread a post higher up.

The point stands though, they don't always win.

1 hour ago, bovril said:

Southampton always win sadly

Apart from the last 4 times we've played them.

32 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

you remember wrongly. our underlying data that season had us as the second best attacking side, giving up slightly more chances (8th for xGA) and an expected points that was 4th in the division, just marginally below man city and spurs, and a couple of points behind arsenal. we were rarely outplayed and won because we had a top performing keeper.

 

 

after 7 games, in which we've played only one of the likely top 4 (Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City and Chelsea) while all of our likely relegation rivals except Southampton have played at least 2. It can change massively and the sensible money is on it changing to match the underlying data, not on the underlying data suddenly improving to match the points haul.

In other words, you'll make the data fit  the theory.

17 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

that's not what underlying data means. the underlying data is that both attacking and defensively, we're one of the two worst sides in the division, relying on moments of magic from forwards and a keeper playing out of his skin. that is not sustainable 

The points won data says we'll stay up.

All that can change of course, as could your data. Which kinda proves that trying to prove were scientifically destined to go down is bollox.

30 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

people do understand that, the question is whether he can achieve that, and all the underlying data says he cannot 

We're 15th, the underlying data atm is that there are 5 teams worse than us. That's enough to stay up.

1 hour ago, Richmondfox said:

I don’t take much value in who Cooper rates.  
 

 

He says the same about you.

2 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

That’s especially because Alves did not go out on loan. While many of his peers, like Ben Nelson, Sammy Braybrooke, and Chris Popov, headed out for senior experience, Alves stayed put, with Cooper suggesting City were not willing to let him go to the wrong club.

 

“He’s part of what we’re doing,” Cooper said. “It’s on everybody to play their way into the right side of decisions. We really like Will. He’s a good young player.

 

"We have a strong programme for him. It might have included a loan for him, but if it did, it had to be right for him. I’d rather him stay with us than go on a loan that I didn’t think would be right for him. We’ll continue to work with him, and he can work himself into the right side of decisions. It’s the same for everybody.”

So does Cooper rate him or not?