Tidy 3 today from a 5 greys start.
Wordle 224 3/6*
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Average 3.77 from 35 games. Current streak 15. Two fails.
Of course, that assumes willing buyer and willing seller (and willing player). If BDB is "worth" more to us than the formula suggests (form, understanding the system, versatility, continuity, good egg in the changing room, difficulty to replace etc) then the formula fails.
Went right off piste today and ditched my usual vowel-filled starter word and went a different route. By pure luck I got the word, bar the first letter. Two options, guessed right. A very very rare 2 for me today.
Off to buy a lottery ticket.
Hypothetical
Player A (or B!) is happy at his club with no intention of moving at all. Playing well but not a nailed on starter. Getting ok money but never going to command the big bucks. His agent flirts with Saudi FC "just to see if they're looking for a player in his position?". Local lad...
According to the papers this morning, Newcastle have been connected to 198 (now more I guess) since they took over. There's a great piece in the times (paywall) explaining why it is such chaos. Most enjoyable.
Someone a couple of days ago asked me why I have the game set to Hard Mode. This is why. I totally get why HalfaSeatOn as done this, but once you've understood how Wordle works, I want it to be as challenging as it can be.
PS "a bit rushed" is almost exclusively the reason why I don't have a...
Not sure you are totally right here. Some of those 1 point games were against Bottom 10 sides away from home. And we've done well.
Our issue with bottom sides is not as marked as it was last season, but it is still an issue at The Amex, where (even really good) teams really do park the bus and...
I think that's last seasons issue you are illustrating. I don't recognise what you describe in the numbers this year. We're very slightly under-performing against Bottom 10, and significantly over-performing against top 10 sides.
Feb looks crucial. Keep up this form against teams we should be taking points off, and we're looking at an amazing season. Fail to win those and the tracker slides quickly back to parity. No reason to assume we won't get points, but it does look an important period.