If a bunch of humans were glass tanked for our entertainment we’d call it cruelty and to watch and read about what? Shock horror, families have rivalries, fall outs etc. Bizarre.
Really not bothered how Chelsea do (as long as below us - and that applies to any team). Just pleased our EPL narrative is continual improvement through the Hughton, Potter and RDZ chapters.
I have a couple of mo-jo ratings. One is emotion related to the most recent result eg 10 v Everton, defeats 6 etc. The other is the ‘heads’ view of the club, we are are on such a good long term trajectory that it’s hard not to think minimum 9.
Talent doesn’t necessarily equal success. We probably all can look back on young footballers we’ve seen in our local area who were very talented for their age but taken different paths. The most talented I’ve seen , for whatever reason, took a path of booze, parties etc but was phenomenal at...
Corner kicks are an interesting part of the game. I dont know the stats but it feels like the returns on corners has been diminishing for a while generally . It does seem ripe for innovation, creatively getting it back in to open play rather than hoofing it in to a crowded box. It’ll be brave...
I liked when he scored his first ever EPL goal, a momentous occasion and he just focused on getting the ball back to the centre spot. Said a lot about him.
RDZ really does separate the performance from the result. He has very high performance expectations.
Mitoma just needs to think more about his heading technique but what a player
Caicedo was stunning. Ferguson, wow. An Evertonian (Matt Jones) being interviewed on R5live being set up to lay in to his club and instead praises the way Brighton have gone about our business. Nice one. Shame about the clean sheet but as long as you score more than the opposition…...