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Matthews era was one of heavy, poorer quality pitches, heavier kit, heavier ball and a much more physically robust style of play. Sports science was in its infancy and training techniques concentrated on mastering basics. The game was totally attack minded and offered far more spectator...

The club will never admit it but I think you will find that BZ has had a degenerative injury problem for some time. Hence his previous recent clubs have also wrapped him up ' in cotton wool ' and not overstretched him, getting the maximum possible out of him, over a season. It is no different to...

They were well organised and got men back very quickly. We didn't move the ball quickly enough and had to play most of the second half in front of them.

October is the month when the division starts to settle down. Players signed in the transfer window have had a few games to ' bed-in ' and teams are starting to work each other out. Early suspensions and injuries kick-in and squads are tested for the first time. We are following this pattern...

When FourFourTwo went to press they already knew that Bakary Sako ( Wolves best player ) had gone. The subsequent loss of Dicko was a big blow, that the magazine couldn't have foreseen but they seemed to pin all their hopes on Afobe and Jed Wallace ( in from Pompey ) They go on to say that..."...

In terms of violent behaviour abroad, Leeds and Liverpool were far and away the worst offenders. This was mainly down to their success ( playing in Europe most seasons ) and mass popular support. The European Cup Final between Leeds and Bayern Munich ( 10 years before Heysel ) was a disgrace...

Its all about opinions and I don't think 442 thought enough about it. Hughton and Clarke are good managers and it was obvious both would strengthen and improve. To put Reading at 18th and us at 23rd is, frankly, ridiculous.

I disagree. They are clearly way off the mark with quite a number of predictions. They have basically taken last years bottom half and reproduced it, with a little bit of juggling.

Maybe not but they did finish 10th the season before. Then a big injection of capital, some decent signings, momentum and bingo. ( Sounds vaguely familiar? )

.....if you think there is a chance of us finishing 23rd, I'll have a lot of money on you being wrong.

Ok...I admit its still early but it is over 1/6th in already and I think it is safe to say that some of those predictions are going to be well off the mark..... a) Wolves won't make top 6 let alone win it. b) Bristol City haven't a prayer of 7th place.....bottom 7 guaranteed. c) Brentford and...

.....I reproduce their predicted Championship table for 2015-16. 1) Wolves 2) Derby 3) Middsboro 4) Ipswich 5) Burnley 6) Birmingham 7) Bristol City 8) Hull 9) Brentford 10) Forest 11) Preston 12) Sheff Wed........ 13) Blackburn 14) QPR 15) Huddersfield......( 16th ) 16) Charlton............(...

Exactly. If you use 5 as the average then a lot of players would get 3's ( poor ) and 4's ( below average ) and those type of marks are clearly too low. Conversely, a mark of 6 would be deemed good and it would be difficult to give anyone a 9 ( unless it was scoring five goals in a Champions...

I don't think the training pitches would have made any difference. All of Buckley's injuries are because of his own physiology. He is a tall man for a winger and relies on bursts of speed over 30-40 yards, pushing past the defender and running onto the ball. He stays too upright and tends to...

Exactly. People work themselves into positions of authority in order to carry out their perverted pleasures, knowing that their seniority, their position, their power will protect them. The Establishment is there to protect its members. The perverted have prospered in politics, in judiciary, in...

Its all about opinions. There are posters on here calling it a poor performance yet giving players marks of 7..7.5..and 8.

No...you start ( as ' One Teddy Maybank ' rightly says ) from a base point of average..i.e.. 6. It is from there that you mark up or down. You have to rate a goalkeeper. It is not just about making saves. Its about dealing with crosses/balls in. Its about distribution. Its about managing his...

So five players rated as very good. Thats nearly half the team. Don't think the overall team performance reflected that.

Eight players rated above average....very generous.

Six players rated above average....generous.