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But the question was, was Potter better than RDZ for xG - the answer is no. Potter was good for sure, he did a very good job with us. He left in a rubbish way. Those things coexist. Could he have done what RDZ did? I don’t think so. We were statistically the second best attacking side in 22/23...

Fine, let’s look in context. Because as you say it’s important. I think we’d all agree that there wasn’t a huge amount of difference between the squads in Potter’s last season, and RDZ’s first season. 21/22 (Potter) - 46.2xG with actual goals scored 42. So -4.2 goals. 22/23 (RDZ) - 73.3xG...

Nowhere near on the xG. RDZ’s xG (2 seasons) = 129xG or 64.5xG per season. Potter’s xG (3 seasons) = 142xG or 47.3xG per season. De Zerbi’s style was so much more attacking than Potter’s that had he not had the weird run in March/April where we went off the boil he’d have likely equalled...

In most cases kit manufacturers (Nike) retain 80-90% of the total resale value of replica kit. There may be a deal in place to launch the new shirt ahead of the tour and for there to be a more even split of the Japanese market between club and Nike. In short, it's super complicated.

This is an important part but I also think there is a massive misunderstanding of football interest in Japan here. When I was out there, in a pre-Mitoma at Brighton world, I couldn't believe how knowledgeable and engaged Japanese people were not only with the Premier League itself, but wider...

If we've become averse to spending money on first team ready players (as reported), then I just can't see us spending upwards of £40m on either KDH or Matt O'Riley. It may be the case that Leicester need to sell before 30 June for PSR purposes, but unless that happens we ain't getting these...

You are way more optimistic than me. Gallardo has always been my number one choice (if only for the fact he has the biggest bollocks on a statue to ever exist) but I just feel that instead of Gallardo, or Amorim, or Sérgio Conceição, we have decided we want a less explosive character, someone...

All of this. More so, it completely changes the financial idea of the club. £19.8m in League One (all staff - latest accounts). Word is that McKenna will be earning above £5m per season. Even if their current wage bill doubled, one man taking an eighth of it is slightly mad. At the same time...

"After promotion to the top flight, Ipswich have displayed their ambition to stay up by offering McKenna a contract that will make him one of the highest-paid managers in England." Jacob Steinberg in the Guardian. Widely reported that he's going to be somewhere around the fifth highest paid...

To the hearing of De Zerbi, anyone with a wider interest in European football had heard of Roberto De Zerbi and his Sassuolo side. The Italy squad having three Sassuolo players (Locatelli, Berardi, Raspadori) regularly getting minutes at Euro 2020, whilst the rest of the squad was almost...

I think it's quite funny that people are now painting his decision to stay as great for the game and one of loyalty to Ipswich. He's going to better paid than both Marco Silva and Eddie Howe ffs. He'll be on almost 5 times as much as RDZ was by all accounts... Kieran McKenna will only really...

I'm not sure there is any evidence of this at all. Ben White's issues are well reported to be between himself and the management personnel. At least from the impression social media interactions give, Dunky is very popular with players in the squad. Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham regularly...

I know he's an ugly bugger but why on earth would you be against a manager with a proven track record, who is not only known to be able to steady the ship at a club but exceed expectations whilst doing so. And why would you want Potter over that? 3rd top scorers in the Championship, 2nd best...

Our Roberto spoke next to no English when he arrived.

This really. We can't compete with Ipswich for the amount they are going to pay their manager (more than £5m per season/£100k pw) so how on earth could we compete elsewhere. We should be going for a name like Amorim or Schmidt or Marco Rose at this point. Someone with serious European weight...