Hunt definitely not. He works best with a partner.

And because of that, we may well not opt for 451 as often as is rumoured.

Back to the topic, Simon Church has been played more and impressed more so far in pre-season. What does this mean for Shlong? Going purely on shirt numbers and intuition, which I appreciate isnt much, Im guessing that Long will start the first few games of the season to see if he's worth it. Given ...

I was almost right...he is rumoured to have out done one of the forwards in high intensity sprinting! http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2007/dec/30/sport.comment1 I think James pretty much hits the nail on the head in that article. Thanks for that, that was a surprisingly good read.

Didn't Peter Schmeichel also come out of one game with the most distance travelled, just by constantly jogging around his area, to prove a point how misleading stats can be? I dont know, but possibly! On sober reflection, I like Agent Balti's Top Trumps analogy best of all Ive read here. Stats aren...

If you're just talking goals scored/appearances, that's fine...but choose between a player that you like because of his non-scoring abilities, like Kitson, then your judgment is skewed on who is better than who. It's not Top Trumps, it's the whole package that makes up the perception of a player, a...

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Thanks. What did he get from STAR?

Free travel to Peterborough, providing he paid the 10 pound membership fee. If he decided not to take this option, a STAR member would travel free in his place. This was all presented under the banner 'Club offers Murty free travel to Peterborough'.

A couple of points: What does bringing on a striker imply by the manager? 1. It is at least neutral (if the striker replaces another striker) but with some probability, it is an attacking option. There, are after all, defenders on the bench for defensive options 2. The formation will often change to...

With our striking options limited at the moment and no sign of anything happening on the Tommy Smith front due to us annoying Watford and not wanting to beat the Sheff Utd offer how about resigning Leroy? Anticipating the negative response from HobNobbers let's consider these. A bad attitude proble...

With our striking options limited at the moment and no sign of anything happening on the Tommy Smith front due to us annoying Watford and not wanting to beat the Sheff Utd offer how about resigning Leroy? Anticipating the negative response from HobNobbers let's consider these. A bad attitude proble...

I think our priority is a striker with a header stat of 16, Determination of 17, Teamwork of 14 and a finishing of 16. I would place one of our scouts in Eastern Europe, one in Scandinavia and one entirely on Youth players. But for now, we need to replace Dillon with a coach with a 'Working with You...

In all honesty, Wolves would be a great move for Doyle. They had some prolific scorers (principally at the start of) last season and every striker would want a chance to play for a team that will create for him. And dont write their premiership chances off. They have a good young squad and seem to b...

Kevin Doyle has been linked hugely with a move to wolves for 6.5 million pounds. Would he be stupid to leave Reading for wolves taking into account wolves are most likely to be relegated again next season. I'm not saying he should stay at Reading but surely he can find a bigger and better club than...

"Hopefully I will talk with Reading and see what their plans are for me. I was disappointed we did not go up to the Premier League, but let's see." Well we were at 0-0 and looking in a good position to have a shot at heading back up before you lost your head. I can understand why you'd be...

Certainly is all if's, but's and maybe's Vision yes. I think time shows that you have to have the quality in the side/squad to last long term though. We just didn't seem willing to go down that route though. I would suggest that your suggestion of the budget being used more effectively is dependent...

I love this thread and the way that it reflects all that is irrational in football. At the onset, I would say that a large number of Watford supporters on that site, dont know their football from their arses, have a serious 'Look at me' psychology and are just a general poor man's supporter - cluele...

Because they have have twice the financial clout of anyone in the the division. That gives them a massive advantage plus they'll be the ones the majority of punters will look to back on repututation and the bookies won't want to give their money away. I understand why they'd be favourites in terms ...

I sign him and try him as a left side midfielder, he cannot possibly be worse than any of the wasters playing there this season and it would be an advantage to have decent cover at left back. He looks like he has the right attitude and, for me, this is a huge priority. Are you sure those are the be...

TBM Why didn't we keep him???

I wouldnt have thought he particularly enjoyed his stay with us.

T-Rex is one of my favourite posters, tbh. As a WUM, he's unparalled by our own feeble efforts. However, T-Rex, m8, tell you what, to help you out this year, we'll get rid of the manager, the assistant manager, the defensive coach and 9 players. Still reckon you'll come to our place and put 10 men b...

Flyingkiwi What price Burnley ending bottom next year with a record low points tally?

Burnley are better than Derby ever were.