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Whilst these numbers are bad, we have had some glaring misses from set pieces this year. Free headers sailing over the bar for the majority and a couple of good saves. Weirdly, under Hyypia we seemed to be decent at them. Regardless, I know who I would rather have in charge.

If you're interested, some of us get together over here to watch games occasionally. 2 of us in Utrecht, a few in Deventer and one in Nijmegen.

Any Dutch teams are great here, Belgium is also doable. I don't even want to imagine the binfest for tickets if we play Ajax.

Some dates for everyone's diaries after the draw: Matchday 1 21 September 2023 Matchday 2 5 October 2023 Matchday 3 26 October 2023 Matchday 4 9 November 2023 Matchday 5 30 November 2023 Matchday 6 14 December 2023

Draw is on the 1st September for the group stage.

Whilst a Dutch game would be class, away ends here are not big so the binfest would be huge. I'd love Milan and 2 Eastern European games. Cheap beer, more chances of tickets and places I'd never normally travel to.

Propper probably would've excelled in this De Zerbi team.

A lot of it is younger people and it's being blamed on corona. The Dutch equivalent of the BBC wrote an article on it: https://nos.nl/artikel/2467871-voetbalhooligans-zijn-steeds-jonger-wat-zit-daarachter Where the clubs also worked with the hooligans (for example at FC Utrecht they have the...

How often has he played left back? Last season on transfermarkt shows me he played there twice last season. Once for 37 minutes in the opening game and the other in a 5-1 defeat to Fulham where he picked up a yellow. This season he played 11 minutes against Leeds at home. Just because he...

I think the issue with that is he is our only left back. At least Veltman and Lamptey can kinda fall back on Gross/Caicedo. Pervis has absolutely no one behind him and this has to be a priority in the summer.

See, there is absolutely is only eyewitness accounts from a few AZ fans who were offered to go to the away end to stop the trouble but they refused. Nothing physical happened at all. https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/318857/honderden-az-supporters-in-londen-in-gevaar-tribunes-leeggehaald This...

It's a shame about Veltman. Mentioned on Dutch TV a few weeks ago he hoped to be back for Arsenal but now I wonder if he'll play again at all this season,

A data driven club like our own will absolutely look at xG. I'm more than sure it'll be one of the drivers behind Tony Blooms Starlizard. When you look at it compared to league positions there tends to only be a few outliers, hence why it's becoming mainstream. Wenger was using xG in the...

Out of curiosity, do you think clubs don't look at xG at all?

It'll be really interesting to see how well Leicester hold out for £60m. They're in real trouble financially and teams will know this meaning the longer that they don't sell towards the end of the window the more desperate they'll be. The video below explains their situation on how well and...

Not to mention it was rearranged too. I know of a few people who were looking at going (including myself) but the new date is just impossible at such short notice.

Rumours flying about either Hodgson staying on for another year or bringing in Potter. I'm not even sure I'd be angry at Potter for going to Palace, especially considering his record in the Palace v Albion games. Could be an easy 6 points year on year.

It's not literal pal. I doubt anyone is singing Palace songs whilst wearing a Zaha shirt if they're playing a team where them winning would be for our own benefit.

Vitally important that the women stay in the SL, especially with all the talk of it potentially being a closed shop. The new manager seems to be getting something out of the girls so let's hope it stays that way.

I'd say Southampton are down now barring a miracle. Leeds have it tough: Newcastle (h) West Ham (a) and Tottenham (h). The two home games could be crucial for them, West Ham are safe now so could potentially be something for them. Leicester have it also quite tough with Fulham (a), Liverpool...