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Ah those late autumnal days when we all thought we’d score 3+ goals a game and average 2 points per game forever.

Also, ‘The Morley Factor’, yikes.

On his row yes. It really helps his PPG value that he missed the first 2 matches.

On the PPG graph as the top red is 0-1, orange 1-2 and green 2+. The divisions aren't perfectly matching the values, but close enough to be representative.

What a brilliantly eloquent post.

Professional writer?

Being ITK about the training ground obviously less contentious than bring in the know about other stuff.

I think my post on the Dodds discussion thread makes my credentials perfectly clear.

'Put all the attacking players on and just Sonny Bradley at the back and tell them to just keep bombing forwards.

Ten 9-7 wins will do.'

My advice would be the same as Armando Iannucci shouting at the TV.

'You've got 22 legs. Use them'

Don’t you just love to see a family squabble being played out on the Gasroom! “Small sample” @Twizz ! Brilliant.

I’m starting to feel more optimistic again after catching up with this thread. And Tuesday evening (eventually) helped to improve the mood.

Don’t think many of us expected to be saying it but the second half at St Andrews and the last 25 minutes at the New York Stadium demonstrated that, currently, the three centre back formation looks very promising.

I would keep Jack Grimmer in as the right sided centre back (and skipper) with Pattenden or the impressive Kodua at right wingback. Fred on the left.

I’d love to see Franco back in his rightful place.

With three at the back you have to be really clever moving round, Wide Centre backs need to push forward and wingbacks be like wingers as much as possible in possession.

We seem to get sucked really easily into actually being 5 at the back and midfielders covering and passing backwards and no free runners. The occasional ball over the top was all we had.

I wouldn't be sad to see it disappear again altogether, Low could do with a rest, but if we do play it we need two out and out strikers and proper attacking wingbacks, hope Back and Jasper haven't disappeared after promising outings.

Peterborough win (obviously) and either a draw or a Stockport win in the other one

I wander around the local clubs each season and don’t really have a favourite.

Chalfont was the first non-league ground I visited to watch a senior men’s game, back in 2002. Scott Davies’ dad, Kevin, was part of a side that lost 3-0 to Hemel in an FAC qualifying round fixture. I admired the work done by Danny Edwards to get the Saints to Step 4, while nurturing talents that would later play in the EFL, such as Jerome Okimo and Charlie Strutton (RIP). It’s sad that they can only muster 30-40 fans these days and have always struggled for support.

Otherwise, I have a soft spot for Holmer Green as my son plays for the juniors and I’ve been to see the first team a few times. There’s also now the Keith Scott connection. It’s a great community club and like Penn, you get the lovely transition to the cricket season in the summer, as well as a wider offering of sports.

Flackwell is another good day out and feels like a ‘proper’ non-league experience in terms of size of fan base and atmosphere. Chesham is also great in that regard.

Ultimately, while WWFC is definitely top of the county food chain, I wish for all our local sides to be successful and hope we continue to develop mutually beneficial partnerships at grassroots level. The area is a hotbed for scouts from near and far and I want talented youngsters to be with us! Some of my son’s team are training/playing for WWFC teams but other local children I know of get poached by the likes of Oxford United and even Oxford City. Keep ‘em away!