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I discussed with someone at the Newcastle home game. They had seen some University study or some such, that analysed a huge amount of data in looking at performance for one manager, then the performance data for a replacement, and the uplift on average from a managerial change was quantified as...

When you look at it like that it is astounding, and to think Leicester only won it 3 years ago with 23 wins. Interesting to know how the possession stats relate to say La Liga or the Bundesliga (not expecting you to hunt these out). Whether the game as a whole is evolving in similar ways, or...

I keep going back to that season when people harp on this being the worse they remember. Perhaps they were asleep through 14/15!?

Wow, interesting stats. I wonder how big a factor to that is the quality of the pitches throughout the season. 24hr infra-lighting, hybrid grass weaves and mixes have made playing football far easier for top quality players.

I do agree with you, but it's not really all that different to how it was really in a lot of ways. Since 1992 there have been 6 different winners of the PL. The preceding 30 years of the football league there were 8 different winners. No one has retained the trophy for nearly a decade. Our top...

Hasenhüttl's record: P21 W8 D5 L8 Hughton's record (from start of season): P21 W7 D5 L9 I'm not going to denigrate what Hasenhüttl has done, their form has been 3 points better than ours from the start of the season, and they've had some much improved performances, but our first half of the...

We had 2 poor seasons in the Championship though. The Garcia season wasn't easy on the eye by any stretch, and obviously the season after that was more dire than this one – at least we had a decent first half of this season and a cup run. Even the 2 Poyet seasons should have achieved more than...

I love posting this link...

How do you know it will drop? Newcastle after the halfway mark were 7 points below us, scored 7 less goals. They signed a single player that completely transformed them. Sometimes it is that simple. Managers take the credit for these transformations and happily look like miracle workers, but...

I thought you'd voted with your feet for the birthday shirt? You can't double protest!

One thing is for certain, he did what any good pro should do if they feel aggrieved at being left out.

Didn’t we finish 15th?

What will be interesting is whether there is a bit of a revolution behind the scenes in terms of recruitment, scouting and talent identification with Dan Ashworth in place. We'll also see whether another year on any of the development players are genuinely ready to come through, rather than fans...