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Myth. Premier League pitches have been standardised this season. We've been told to shorten our pitch and narrow it to a set length and width, and the grass has to be cut to 22mm and no longer.

That we were poor and thoroughly deserved the points underlines just how awful Newcastle were as an attacking force. They seem to be a side who get organised defensively, but then don't do any work in the week on actually scoring goals, relying on in...

Liability above the Championship. Banned far too often for completely stupid things. It's not like he's mistimed a tackle when on a booking - none of his red cards are ever for something that are just part and parcel of playing in the centre of...

And I wasn't at the match. Could have got a stream, but I'm superstitious and didn't want to curse them. Sounds like, 43 million dives by Zaha aside, he handled the game pretty well.

Hello, peasants. (Taking what may be the only opportunity of my life to lord it over EVERY CLUB IN ENGLAND).

Bastard Burnley. We were top until they scored twice

Doesn't matter which direction the ball is going in - just matters that he's nearer to the ball than the second-last opponent. Common misconception.

Rotherham at home. I'll happily take that, with a rotated side.

We'll surprise a few this season. Not going to say we'll escape the drop - I'm anticipating we will go down, but we've looked good in patches in pre-season against good teams. Against 4 top flight sides, we've won 1, drawn 2 and l...

Far, far too good for League One. He was a productive winger in the Championship, 17 goals and 20-odd assists in 98 games for us - mostly in a struggling side. Never really in the reckoning last season - VLP and Kachunga were just too consistent and too g...

Very good performance which should have come with a win this afternoon v Torino. 2-2 in the end against the Italian equivalent of Everton, dominating the second half. But for an errant last-minute shot from Depoitre, we'd have come away from our last...

I'm a bit concerned with the number of injuries we've had in pre-season. Smith and Hefele have only just come back from injury. Hogg is out of the start of the season. Cranie is out for several weeks. Others have had knocks and come back. I have...

Lost 2-1 to Udinese, who were masters of the dark arts. Very good at conning free-kicks out of the referee and tactical fouls he didn't notice. For that reason alone it's a worthwhile workout - we need to know how to deal with teams who do that...

Our away kits are superb. Brilliant to see the classic electric hoops make a return after 25 years and the navy and pink pinstripes effort is also great. Much better than the home shirt, which, although it's grown on me, isn't anywhere near as g...

Makes sense to me. It means that with 3 weeks to go the whole squad has got a full 90 minutes under its belt, which is more important than any result. That we beat decent sides is another bonus, particularly given how makeshift our defence was v Girona -...

Three friendlies in a day for us, two for the first team. The U23s beat Curzon Ashton, and the first team beat both Girona (of La Liga) and Barnsley, all 1-0. Still plenty of players to come back, too - Smith, Hefele, Stankovic, Malone, Mooy, and Wells we...

He was played through very well by Jack Payne. Shame he plays for us Pre-season going well so far, other than a worrying number of players not featuring. Wins against Accrington and Bury, defeat to Sandhausen, but it's all about the fitness at t...

Oscar Gobern! Blast from the past. Last spotted getting released to QPR for a year before doing his ACL on loan at Chesterfield. Novak would be a good one for you. Only really stalled properly last season - proven League One pedigree, bangs in 15 goals...

Signing Lee Novak apparently. Gigg Lane really is turning into a retirement home for our 2012 promotion side - and they'll probably turn us over on Sunday

Wagner turned Van La Parra into one of the most dangerous and hardworking wingers in the division - if he can do that with VLP, he can do it with anyone. Ince has more end product even without Wagner's input. He is only 25, and his Championship reco...

Abraham will, if given the service. He's a good player, that lad. Signings! We're up to 8. Kachunga signed permanently (£1.1m from Ingolstadt), Laurent Depoitre (£3.5m from Porto), Aaron Mooy (£8m from Manchester City), Jonas...

Bet he doesn't play 15 games next season. Completely past it.

The problem with the shirt is the stripes. Why are they all circle-fuzzed on the body, but not the sleeves? Why do they have to be circle-fuzzed at all, other than some ego at Puma thinking he knows best when he's less intelligent than a breeze bloc...

I would post ours. I'll let someone else do it. Suffice to say, it's absolutely crap.

That's Dean giving the further £26. We provide £99, Dean tops it up to £125. Looks like we've got a striker. Laurent Depoitre from Porto. They signed him for €6m just last summer, though it's not really worked out f...

Yet to decide where my refund will be going. I don't want the cash back, but I'll still be a bit strapped for cash with moving, so tempted to take the retail option and invest in this season's shirt. That said, the Town Foundation is a bril...

They will. Barnsley have been superbly run in the last couple of years and seem to have a cracking scouting network. If they pick up a few more bargains, they'll be top half this season - I know they struggled at the back end of last season, but tha...

Almost like it was planned, much like us being at Palace - the same as the last game we had in the First Division in 1972 Got to say, I'm a little concerned we haven't confirmed any signings yet, but with that said it looks like some are on t...

It hasn't yet sunk in. It's incredible. I hoped for top half at the start of the season, but this is beyond my wildest dreams. Next season is one to savour regardless of what happens, but I think we'll give it a real go. I'm expecting...

Different game. Two mentally tough sides, written off so many times by people in the media (not so much by other fans - though having predicted Reading for a battle against the drop I'll look very silly if they go up at our expense now), two clear fo...

Hey, Fernando: karma. Jesus. Football. Bring on Reading.

Took Forestieri all of 56 seconds to dive for the first time. Never in our area, though, because they simply never got anywhere near our area. Pleased with today's performance - just lacked a goal. They kept shape and were difficult to break down, bu...

No pressure today. Been in poor form after a great season - nobody expected us to be here, and all the pressure falls onto Sheffield Wednesday. We might lose, but at the end of the day this is a real free hit at the Premier League. If we don't do it,...

Not sure it's that much of a blow. Victim of his own terrible decision making today - never knows when to come out of his box or not. Dallies, doesn't get there, sticks a hand out, gets sent off. Also victim of us playing at less than 50% - so...

Gentlemen, we can agree the FL has got its priorities all wrong - nothing new there, then. For what it's worth, I hope Blackburn do stay up ahead of Birmingham and Nottingham Forest. I'm already looking forward to the play-offs, making a raft of...

Rumour has it that the EFL is meeting tomorrow especially to discuss our 10 changes to make up a rule and fine us. Much as I didn't like us doing it, most people will see the sense behind us doing it and will disagree with any League involvement - es...

On one hand, I know. Most people in football would do the same in the circumstances. It may even have worked for us as fringe players wanted to prove a point - but apparently not. One or two of them will be going. Hudson and Whitehead will probably be re...

Losing 2-0 to 10 men with a whimper tells us an awful lot about those squad players called upon today. I'm really sorry for Blackburn and Forest, to be honest, although most fans will understand that we've done it to protect our first XI in what...

Sorry to Blackburn. I don't like us making 10 changes any more than you do, believe me. I know why we've done it, but I don't like it. Time for Hudson to go, mind. I'm convinced losing regular football has accelerated his decline, and...

That won't happen. Wrongdoing will be so far in the past by the time footballing authorities handle it, I think we can safely say that no points will be deducted, as it would disrupt the integrity of the competition. This will take 18 months to 2 ye...

The less rest thing won't matter. Can't imagine Birmingham will be able to lay a glove on us fitness wise. More to the point is that we now have two free hits before the end of the season. We're in the play-offs. We can make sure players a...

Fulham are the best team in this division on their day. First time I've seen a team try to take us on at our own game and beat us. The football they play is glorious - the pace of movement and passing is simply wonderful. I'd pay to watch them....

Apologies for that football match. Worst performance of the season. Still grabbed a point, mind, and I won't apologise for that. One win and we're just about there. Beat Fulham on Saturday and that will do it. The least we deserve for the season...

Thoroughly bizarre end to the game on Friday. After we'd not played particularly well but failed to kill off a resilent Preston side, we got awarded a penalty for a mystery altercation in the 93rd minute. Preston were furious. Mooy missed but Quaner...

Been away for a few days since the Forest game. Got lucky to only lose by 2. Forest were very organised, played well, we just didn't match them. We've been very inconsistent without Brown and Palmer - we need them back, and soon, to make sure of...

Congratulations, you've met Keith Stroud. The man is an absolute idiot. Arrogant and stupid. You're better off having a house brick referee.

He misses the ball by less than a foot. Time between the header and contact is less than 1/10th of a second. No raised arm. Contact between Turner's head and Whitehead's back, with Whitehead looking to avoid that contact after he'd realise...

Right, long rant coming. Preface it with the fact we didn't break them down or do enough to win. Why was Ben Turner playing? He got a 5-match ban yesterday, so why the fuck is he allowed special dispensation to play against us? He's not been on...

Concede 3 goals by failing to clear your lines on multiple occasions is surely the answer. I saw the highlights and they just collectively panicked.

1. Kachunga signed on a permanent. £1.1m. In this inflated transfer market, that's a bargain, especially when Villa are spending £12m on Ross McCormack only to farm him out on loan. 2. Season cards £199 3. Brown injured - hence...