Reminds me of the reported conversation between Spielberg and John Williams concerning the music score for Schindler’s List:
Williams: “You need a better composer than I am for this film." Spielberg responded, "I know. But they're all dead!"
They probably have. It is symptomatic of the instant gratification that is embedded in the sport; everyone wants instant decisions and actions that work. The sugar rush lasts a few minutes then 'its oh shit, that didn't work better try something else'.
Emotion quickly becomes the master of the...
The table omits that Brighton were 19th in GS with 17 in second half; only Everton (16) scored fewer. And 9 of those were in 2 games, so 8 in other 17 games. And 2 were OGs.
Good work that supports my anecdotal notion that we are fine against better teams but a problem in most seasons is more that we fail to take enough points against relegated teams (except in 22/23). This season was only 9 points against arguably the worst bottom 3 there has been. Have you done...
Silly thread that plays up to current emotion and ranks people facing very different circumstances. If any of them had had Caicedo and Mac they would get over 100 votes. RDZ was just lucky he did (and got fewer ppg than GP did in his 14 games with them both).
I voted for SH safe in knowledge...