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Going to ground when you believe you've been fouled isn't "cheating", if my understanding of the rules of the game are correct. Whereas going down when you know you haven't been fouled is. Its that simple, isn't it? We've all seen scenarios where a player has been clearly fouled but managed to stay upright and the foul then isn't given. These days, it's almost imperitive that a player goes to ground when he's been fouled to ensure the referee gives the free kick / penalty...

Players are allowed to "to down easily" if they feel they have been genuinely fouled, ergo referees should treat each "going down easily" case on its own merits rather than resorting to blanket decisions just because a given player has "gone down easily" on previous occasions where no foul has been committed. In other words, we need referees who are astute enough to make the decision based on whether it's a foul or not in the first place, rather than how easily the player went down... Any referee that bases their decision on a player's reputation, rather than the specific situation in front of him, isn't doing their job properly...

West Brom (current leaders) aren't going to get automatic promotion... Whilst in catch up mode, we just need to keep auto-promotion rivals West Ham, Wolves and Middlesbrough within striking distance, which we are. That said, of course a win on Saturday will be vital to consolidate our strong position...

Have you not noticed that it's Whitey Grandad's job to play the contraian for every single refereeing decision in our matches in order to stoke up debate...? And, fair play to him, he's very good at it, in my humble opinion...

You sit in front of @Baird of the land? Small world! #chill..itsjustbanter #nooffenceintended

Great post-match interview with Azaz... Worth a listen 👍🏻 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0p8mp07

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Yeah, fair point 👍🏻

JWP, Downes and Jander are all capable of transitioning into attacking midfielders when we're on the attack though? Just needs one of them to hold the No.6 role when we're in the ascendency, with the other two slotting into a more advanced No.8 position, and visa versa when we're needing to defend...?

He'll be delighted you've taken his bait though...

Oh yes he is! #pantomimeseasonarrivedearly 🙂

Peretz Bree - Wood or Abbott - Schlot - Manning JWP - Downes - Jander Azaz - Scienza Larin Our best 11 players... That would work, wouldn't it...?

"Let it go" FFS!

Nope (not too early)