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The data doesn’t take into account the defence in front of you or the style of play that leaves you exposed. That’s my point. I don’t think any keeper outside of Allison or Ederson looks good in this system.

I agree with everything you’ve said.

Yeh, fair point. I didn’t go to that game so it doesn’t stick out, but that was a howler.

Data’s lovely and all, but there are always anomalies. For example, he was supposed to only concede 1.5 goals against Leicester, apparently, yet I don’t think anyone watching either of their goals thought he should’ve saved them. Furthermore, against Palace he’s statistically only supposed to...

I agree. And it requires a keeper with a very specific skill set to play that role. Also, you’re not going to be making as many typical saves as a keeper that plays behind a deeper lying defence would. Incidentally, I actually think Steele’s skill set would better suit this side, which says...

I wasn’t commenting on your last paragraph, and quite frankly it’s the club’s model whether we like it or not. Personally, I’d like to see us keep our best players to try and challenge more regularly higher up, but that’s unlikely to happen so what can we do. As to your first point, he has made...

I think there’s only probably two keepers in the league that would look good behind our system, and both of them are miles out of our price range.

Two things - 1) I think “really disappointing” is incredibly harsh given he’s not playing behind a consistent defence and hasn’t all season; and, 2) you’ve named keepers who all play for sides that play totally different tactical systems to us, none of which expose their keeper nearly as much...

I’m pretty sure you’ve totally missed my point.

They require no further explanation, but there’s an 88 page document… I love how pompous the law is.

My money’s on Graeme Dott to be the first of the current players to go to jail. What are the odds?

That’s nonsense - I praise players when they play well and highlight when players haven’t played well, in my opinion - this is a football forum after all. No players are perfect, and pointing out when someone doesn’t play well is fair. I’ve given Veltman a ton of praise over his time with us, I...

You disagree that that’s why he’s injured? Or that you’re his dad?

6-9 would be a phenomenal return. I expect 2-3.

Would explain why he’s been injured so much. The difference is, I rate him, but you defend him like he’s a long lost son who’s immune to criticism. It’s sweet really.

Are you his dad?

I’m not going to get into a disagreement about it. We have different opinions, and that’s okay 👍 But we both agree the lack of noise is a problem, and like you I hope moving the away fans from the South will help.

In our recent run of good results, Veltman played in 2 of the 6 wins. Equally, he played in the 1-0 loss to Everton, and the 7-0 loss to Forest. He’s an important member of the team, but he doesn’t make us invincible, and he’s had our best defender next to him for most of his performances, as...

Totally agree. The problem is we have 10 players who want to play that role and they can’t all play.

He’s also being asked to play this inverted full back/wing back role… and the guy in front of him keeps switching, so he’s probably not sure whether he’s reverting to a 5 at the back when we defend or staying in the four. He probably is knackered, but he’s probably just confused about what he’s...