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I think we all understood that you compared Tella's goals total from 3/4 of this season with Adams' and Armstrong's totals from the whole of their best seasons, and stopped reading at that point. 😀

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You mean, maybe we could open him up and Nathan Tella would jump out?

It's ironic that his goals will see Burnley in the Premier League next season and our lack of them, us out of it.

It's a simple fact whereas your post is just another of your emotional outbursts 😀

Nathan Tella's scoring record in the Championship is better than Adam Armstrong's by quite a big margin. Adam Armstrong scored a goal every 3.3 games in the Championship. Nathan Tella has scored a goal every 2 games there. Update: Tella's latest hat-trick means he's now averaging a goal every 2 games.

Spurs' fans love him. "Fraser Forster is my nomination for signing of the season." "Forster doesnt create anxiety for his team, thats massive. hes a better keeper than the clown lloris" "I so much prefer him to Hugo. He can actually play football and pass the ball. Couple of good saves tonight as well." ""FRASER FORSTER/Crazy Horses" chant going in the SE corner.... Especially after the penalty save!"

It must have taken a hell of a long time to turn him round.

And then there's reality. Kelvin Davis conceded 93 goals in 53 Premier League games, with only 8 clean sheets, at an average per game of 1.75

Career average goals conceded per game:Forster0.9McCarthy1.25Kelvin Davis1.28Bazunu1.43

I was at that game. It was definitely one of the more enjoyable ones. I was also at Fratton Park when we beat Pompey's first team 7-0 in the John Milkins Testimonial. That was even better.

I had a look at a Blackpool messageboard. The fight took place outside the designated away pub. Presumably, the Burnley fans who'd been told that was the designated safe pub for them to drink at would not have gone there looking for a fight. Of course, it's very sad that anyone should die in a fight between groups of football fans. The victim was a legend known to all Blackpool fans. Blackpool attack: Football fan dies after post-match brawl at pub - BBC News

If Forest beat Everton by 2 goals, we move up to 18th.

McCarthy is the worst goalkeeper we've ever had in the top flight. Bazunu may well prove to be the next worst but at least he's so young that there's still hope he might improve; McCarthy never will.

Our most vocal fans do that for themselves. Instead of forming a large group behind the goal at the home end (the Chapel), they divide themselves into 2 small groups and lurk in the corners of the away end, where they are easily drowned out by a large united group of away fans and are least likely to be seen or heard by the rest of the crowd, the players and most importantly, the referees. When there's a big away following for an FA Cup game, they disappear completely. The only reason they seemed louder in the Championship was that away teams brought far fewer fans there and so home fans filled most of the Northam. I say, 'they' because I'm an old man now but when I was younger I used to stand behind the goal and sing louder than most. When we were at the Dell, we dreamed of having a large covered home end like we now have at St Mary's, which makes it all the more galling that it isn't used. At away games our most vocal fans are forced to stand together in one large group so at least our away support is not too bad. Hopefully, the Club will put the safe standing area in the middle of the Chapel and create a proper home end. But, the fans have to play their part.

I guess if Caleta-Car had dived first when he was more firmly tapped on the back, there would have been no penalty. The lesson, as is often reiterated on Match of the Day, is that if you feel contact in the penalty area, you have to go down. It's very silly ( a bit like a Monty Python sketch) but, unfortunately, that's the way it is nowadays.

1. A. Armstrong 2. McCarthy 3. Bednarek

But the stats show he also struggled at Man City. Saints B team put 6 goals past him in his last season there before he went on loan to Rochdale, where he also struggled: Gavin Bazunu - Stats 19/20 | Transfermarkt Gavin Bazunu - Stats 20/21 | Transfermarkt

GK? We haven't really got anyone you'd trust in that position, have we? I guess Caballero appears to be the least inept of the three but maybe that's just because we haven't seen much of him.

He needs to grow into Fraser Forster fast. No normal person has his superpower to dodge shots that look certain to hit him. He's like Keanu Reeves in the Matrix.

Goalkeepers usually don't reach their peak until they are at least in their late 20s. The best ones are mostly over 30. In 10 years' time, we'll find out how good Bazunu is. Right now, he should only be used sparingly in cup games, like the one against Grimsby, to build his confidence. Meanwhile, the clean sheet king, Fraser Forster has racked up another two in the last 7 days, taking his total to well over 200.

Teams that win trophies tend to have some older players. Real Madrid have Modric, 37, Benzema, 35, Kroos, 33, Nacho, 33, Hazard, 32, Carvajal, 31, Vazquez, 31, Alaba, 30 and Courtois, 30. I've noticed this especially when a surprise team wins the FA Cup, like Saints in 1976 or Pompey in 2008. A few old pros iin your team give you an advantage if you want to win trophies.

A career record of 202 clean sheets and an average of less than a goal a game conceded would suggest otherwise.

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And this time that tw@t Nathan Jones wasn't there to stop him going for goal.