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It would interesting to see the percentage of converting chances to goals compared with previous seasons. I think it becomes more obvious when you have so much possession and miss chances, but if you look teams like Man City, who have world class players and playing this way for years, they still have many games per season where they only scored one or two goals. And that's with Cherki, Doku and Haaland in their starting 11.

The second album is always the most difficult.

Sounds like Curtis Main or Ryan Bowman. I don't really consider Just to be a forward. more of an attacking midfielder. I suppose that's the modern game, though.

Same for Mbappé.

Less of an issue for me watching it from my sofa on MFC TV.

I was more concerned about Slattery in that game.

He's on a beach, lighting cigars with hundos.

Ward's key asset was his ability to read a situation and finding the right pass to either get out of trouble or start an attacking phase. If he was a midfielder doing that, I suspect there would be more concern about him leaving than for "just a keeper", as if there are more goalies that are good at passing than outfield players.

I don't think Ward's irreplaceable, but I don't underestimate what a large part he played in our success last season. We can't just wheel in another keeper and expect them to immediately play the passing game at the same level.

Sócrates was a smoker when he played for Brazil in the 1980s. And he was a medically trained, fully qualified doctor.

Absolutely. In fact I'd say elite players who are good coaches are very much the exception. Playing and teaching are two very different skill sets.

I'll take any of the above over Lionel Messi.

Ewe-phoric

Less James Joyce. More Yootha Joyce.

Must have watched that secret training video I shared with them.

I still blame the square posts for that miss.

He'll be off to Ross County then.

While not the worst I've seen, Turnbull's miss against Dundee contributed to what must be some kind of record of the shortest time between two teams missing penalties during a match.

Usually means they have a minor niggle from training and the coaching staff don't want to risk them in a training match.

To be fair, Millar had other talents. OK, one other talent, and that was kicking a ball very very hard.

I won't be worried about lack of depth unless we are having this conversation in September.

Good shout.

Yellow card for a sub-grizzly effort, even if I am old enough to get it.

I also enjoyed his advice about not just passing the ball the way your nose is pointing.

I'm looking forward to the outrage when we sign another midfielder who has just ended a miserable loan spell at one of our league rivals.