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Indeed, and we've been there, haven't we? Away to a middling Premier League side is about as bad as it gets for a lower division side. You don't get the excitement of going to one of the big boys and visiting an iconic stadium, but you'll almost certainly take a sound beating.

Of course that’s the only thing that matters. But we were discussing whether teams had “worked us out”. So ignore xG. I say nothing about recent games suggests we have been worked out, although teams have tried. In each game we have been the better side and created the better chances. Of...

I know xG is a bit Marmite, but I only use it in this instance to try to highlight that despite teams learning about how we play and trying to counter it - generally sitting off a bit and not pressing us as we clearly want - we are still getting through sides, breaking them down and creating...

I'm not sure I agree with that. In all three of those Premier League games we created a hatful of chances - we just didn't score them. Depending on which model you use, we were close to an xG of 3 each time. Being "worked out" doesn't involve letting a side create a lot and then hoping they...

The good news is it doesn't matter one jot what any Albion fan thinks, says or does ahead of the Grimsby game - it will have literally no impact on the outcome. People can try to tempt fate all they like - fate isn't watching, listening and can't be tempted. Ever. The only thing that matters...

You lost me at "they beat an average EPL side"