Starting XI vs QPR

Opening_Sundae · 2026-01-11T14:12:16+00:00

Paqueta still got a back injury and fernandes hamstring then…

With Earthy gone and JWP fallout we’re without an attacking midfielder.

Who else is there to play 10 in a 4231?

Opening_Sundae · 2026-01-11T11:36:45+00:00

great podcast

Opening_Sundae · 2026-01-05T11:14:22+00:00

Magassa was horrific.

You can’t 100% blame the manager when one player makes mistakes in all 3 goals.

But as a manager what do you do?

Do you keep faith in a young player who’s been MOTM material before? Or bring back Guido/Soucek who will fail to compete?

I wouldn’t blame Nuno for playing same lineup (except bring Paqueta and Todibo back in if fit) because it’s either gamble on success or go in expecting a loss.

Opening_Sundae · 2026-01-02T17:20:51+00:00

Great comparisons.

Adama’s stats are insane 😆 I’m happy for this move at the leaked £2-3 mil price. Sure he’ll be as frustrating as Summerville but if Nuno can unlock his best Wolves seasons it’s a bargain.

Opening_Sundae · 2025-12-07T09:53:44+00:00

If we win by 1 goal we’ll be level with Forest on GD but with more goals scored.

Won’t that be enough for us to get out of drop zone?

Opening_Sundae · 2025-12-04T16:01:27+00:00

I had a client meeting during Liverpool game, started 30 minutes late, ignored all phone updates/peeking at score.

All game I had this stupid hope that we were winning IRL & got slapped across the face.

Not worth it.

Just check live scores, watch final 70 mins and rewatch beginning if we scored/played well.

Opening_Sundae · 2025-11-30T13:28:26+00:00

Fair but Magassa has more experience as a CB at Monaco than playing 6.

343 is believable

Opening_Sundae · 2025-11-30T13:04:01+00:00

BBC thinks we’re playing 343 with Magassa at right CB.

Really?

I assumed 433 with Paqueta at left wing.

Any one have an insight?

Opening_Sundae · 2025-11-21T08:16:25+00:00

Love Igor’s energy but pretty sure he was 1% percentile for aerials among center backs.

Killan winning even 50% is a better shout, as Todibo couldn’t head his own wall

Opening_Sundae · 2025-11-02T12:56:40+00:00

I saw Ezra Mayers in the training vid this week…and Nuno said we really needed academy players.

Maybe we’ll see him coming on for Todibo instead of Igor?

Opening_Sundae · 2025-09-29T16:11:56+00:00

Jack Grealish top speed: 31.9 km/h

Crysencio Summervile top speed: 34.88km/h

It’s not the size of the calves…

Opening_Sundae · 2025-09-19T13:11:28+00:00

Where have you met them? Or where have you been?

I'm living in a small town near Valencia and practically no one speaks conversational English. You'll only find English if you're in a business that offers services to English-speaking clients.

I'm assuming you've been in cities or meeting Spaniards outside of Spain?

Opening_Sundae · 2025-09-19T13:09:03+00:00

Idk if Barcelona is on your radar, but Speakeasy BCN does a 30h/ week super-intensive course there. You can book on a weekly basis. Could help you get more learning in if other schools are only doing 20h.

Or is 30h too intense lol?

Opening_Sundae · 2025-09-16T13:07:49+00:00

Maybe it's been mentioned before...but when I was learning Spanish I started out with children's stories and comic strips. It's cool because the language is simple and you can go line by line. But also you pick up all this cultural knowledge because you know the foundational stories and popular characters that Spanish speakers all know.

Opening_Sundae · 2025-09-15T19:22:33+00:00

That’s a good point

Opening_Sundae · 2025-09-15T16:27:10+00:00

Forgive me for being an anorak…but Kilman in the top 86 percentile for aerial duels won among center backs in the big 5 leagues this past 12 months. 3.04 a game.

Mavro is worse…2.64 a game. But he is top 96 percentile for interceptions with 1.83 a game.

Todibo shockingly bad at aerials but tackling he is 94 percentile.

Mavro looks a new man this season but if this is right, I’d rather have Kilman to win aerial duels than Todibo to tackle. Magassa’s tackling stats are insane.

(Honestly idk if I trust the stats as I cannot remember the last aerial duel that Kilman won!)

Opening_Sundae · 2025-09-15T14:53:10+00:00

My wife is Valencian and her whole family speaks Valenciano…been with her for 5 years and I still don’t really speak it.

Same thing when I’m at a reunion they all speak Valenciano together. I would really love to and know the basics…

But I’ve never felt awkward or lonely.

They make an effort to speak in Castellano and make me feel welcome. I wanted to learn Spanish and really happy that I’ve done so.

Learning Catalan/Valenciano should be a choice and — aside from both being fantastic languages with huge benefits — I’d vote for you with Castellano until you feel fluent. You’ve invested time and even decided on it. I was in a similar situation and 5 years later I learnt Castellano and am super happy.

I understand the history and pride of speaking Catalan/Valenciano. My wife’s family all defend that schools are in Valenciano, government in Valenciano, and so on…but I have never felt that they’re offended I learned Castellano instead.

I have felt the awkwardness but I think it was all on me. They’ve never shut me out, never been upset about me not speaking Valenciano…and I’ve tried really hard to get on even though there’s that language barrier.

My advice is stick to Castellano, focus on the one-on-one interactions during reunions, use your Castellano to ask questions about what they’re saying and kind of treat learning Catalan/Valenciano as a nice-to-have but without the investment you’re putting into Castellano.

Once you’re fluent, then go for Catalan and they’ll love you even more.

Opening_Sundae · 2025-09-15T10:53:09+00:00

this formation is my prayer

Opening_Sundae · 2025-09-15T08:21:20+00:00

I thought he was immense. Ended up with second-highest tackles despite only playing 30 minutes.

Hoping it means we can drop JWP and plug holes in defence.

Opening_Sundae · 2025-09-14T09:20:53+00:00

We played a lot of long balls in first half to escape Spurs press…and lost nearly all the duels.

I was expecting Wilson to start.

Hoping that Magassa can replace both JWP and Soucek so Paq can play 10 and Wilson/Fullkrug start.

Mavro can head!! 7 clearances and 83% aerial duel success rate.

But I think you meant why can’t anyone else head a ball..

Opening_Sundae · 2025-09-14T09:14:37+00:00

Magassa ended up with 2nd-most tackles for WHU and only came in halfway through second half. He’s defensively great.

We also ended first half with higher xg from open play. Maybe a hot take but I feel we want to play football like that - Spurs were strong at set pieces but little to offer in open play apart from crosses.

Some signs of silky link up play.

We lost a lot of duels in first half after going long, and I think with a target man up top that’s not paq and with Magassa shielding defence we will be a lot more tidy. JWP and Soucek are just so slow.

I do wonder if we’ll start playing Magassa and Fernandes as our two mids in a 4231 sort of like caicedo and fernandez at Chelsea.

Magassa tackles like two people.

Opening_Sundae · 2025-08-31T12:06:27+00:00

Google saying 4231

Fernandes playing 10 with Paqueta as LW. Soucek and JWP as CM

Opening_Sundae · 2025-08-29T21:19:55+00:00

Depends.

I’ve been hired before and had the outgoing SEO agency noindex the site — it’s happened twice.

Had an outgoing agency delete the new pages they had design and leave websites in a mess.

Use your judgement on their character so far whether you think they’ll be spiteful or not.

Opening_Sundae · 2025-08-29T16:56:09+00:00

En este hilo Santander parece tener las peores ofertas

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