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Got the result I predicted, but disappointed with the sending off changing the game.
Wolves look a tidy side with some very skillful players, probably only the lack of experience prevented them beating us, they were the better team when behind.
 

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Just seen the attendance for the Bournemouth game, 10,300. credit to them if they can stay up with that support.
just seen the Wolves free kick/goal. Talk about pinching five yards
 

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Just seen the attendance for the Bournemouth game, 10,300. credit to them if they can stay up with that support.

Just had a look at average attendances for last season and the average for Bournemouth is just over half the next lowest.

http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-premier-league-2017-2018/1/

But I guess that when the team that finishes bottom of the league gets £100 million from TV rights alone the attendances are less important. When you look at each club having 19 home games per season 10000 fans paying £40 each (a guess at an average ticket price) works out at just over £7.5 million per year. With the league average attendance of 38000 it would be £28.8 million per year. The gap is further reduced if you take into account the additional costs for stewards/security for the larger crowds. Does the away team get a cut of gate receipts for league games or is that only for cup games as that would also reduce the difference?
 
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Just seen the attendance for the Bournemouth game, 10,300. credit to them if they can stay up with that support.
just seen the Wolves free kick/goal. Talk about pinching five yards
Tbf mate it’s one of those that, imo, if it’s your team it’s a yellow at most, if it’s the opposition it’s a straight red.
What’s more frustrating is what the red card was given for, at half time the ref said it was for denying a goal scoring opportunity, after the match he said it was serious foul play, he must of known why he gave the red card, why change his mind!!
 

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Just had a look at average attendances for last season and the average for Bournemouth is just over half the next lowest.

http://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-premier-league-2017-2018/1/

But I guess that when the team that finishes bottom of the league gets £100 million from TV rights alone the attendances are less important. When you look at each club having 19 home games per season 10000 fans paying £40 each (a guess at an average ticket price) works out at just over £7.5 million per year. With the league average attendance of 38000 it would be £28.8 million per year. The gap is further reduced if you take into account the additional costs for stewards/security for the larger crowds. Does the away team get a cut of gate receipts for league games or is that only for cup games as that would also reduce the difference?

I only pay £20 a game for my Leicester season ticket, so the average ticket price will be much less than £40. I suspect, however, that it will be greater than £40 for some clubs.
 

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Ruben Neves ................... he's one hell of a player.
I watched him a fair bit last season and, as Dan2501 said, he won't be at Wolves for too long.
He did this a few months ago,

[video=youtube_share;PxSED3F3VU8]https://youtu.be/PxSED3F3VU8[/video]
 

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Newcastle unlucky :rofl:
Chelsea looked good, :thup:


I don't think we did.

We were very fragmented in the first half, Luiz gave the ball away as usual in some very poor areas when attempting to play out from the back, and against a better side, could have been punished more.

We were much better in the second half but far from the finished article, which is understandable with players just back from the WC and some new additions along with Sarri taking the opportunity of starting and trying some fringe players mixed in.

A good ground out result, we didn't have many clear chances, but those we did we took, but Huddersfield got back behind the ball in numbers very quickly, so it was a patient approach.

Huddersfield played better than the result suggests and I think will improve more but they'll need an early result soon to keep their confidence up.

Too early to pass any judgement on any players, although the penalty was taken with huge confidence by Jorginho.

Everyone has kept going on about Loftus-Cheek, but again he came on and offered nothing, he really doesn't take the chances afforded to him when he gets the opportunity to play and impress, and Morata's frustrations are still evident, I really don't know if he's going to cut it in PL, he works hard off the ball and is an obvious talent, but that's not his main job, he needs a couple of goals to come early in this season and hopefully he will then build on that?

Pedro and Willian were solid as was Kante, who's now pushed forward a little more under Sarri, which I'm not too sure about yet.

Obviously great to get 3 points away from what could have been a banana skin as we all know how Huddersfield started last season, but there's a lot more to do so we can't let this win cloud our judgement, Arsenal next week will be a different proposition.
 
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I don't think we did.

We were very fragmented in the first half, Luiz gave the ball away as usual in some very poor areas when attempting to play out from the back, and against a better side, could have been punished more.

We were much better in the second half but far from the finished article, which is understandable with players just back from the WC and some new additions along with Sarri taking the opportunity of starting and trying some fringe players mixed in.

A good ground out result, we didn't have many clear chances, but those we did we took, but Huddersfield got back behind the ball in numbers very quickly, so it was a patient approach.

Huddersfield played better than the result suggests and I think will improve more but they'll need an early result soon to keep their confidence up.

Too early to pass any judgement on any players, although the penalty was taken with huge confidence by Jorginho.

Everyone has kept going on about Loftus-Cheek, but again he came on and offered nothing, he really doesn't take the chances afforded to him when he gets the opportunity to play and impress, and Morata's frustrations are still evident, I really don't know if he's going to cut it in PL, he works hard off the ball and is an obvious talent, but that's not his main job, he needs a couple of goals to come early in this season and hopefully he will then build on that?

Pedro and Willian were solid as was Kante, who's now pushed forward a little more under Sarri, which I'm not too sure about yet.

Obviously great to get 3 points away from what could have been a banana skin as we all know how Huddersfield started last season, but there's a lot more to do so we can't let this win cloud our judgement, Arsenal next week will be a different proposition.
I was only going on the motd highlights, :thup:
 

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Ruben Neves ................... he's one hell of a player.
I watched him a fair bit last season and, as Dan2501 said, he won't be at Wolves for too long.
He did this a few months ago,

[video=youtube_share;PxSED3F3VU8]https://youtu.be/PxSED3F3VU8[/video]

A two yard Harry Kane tap in that 👍

Joking aside, that would of won goal of the year if in the prem.
 

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Totally unreasonable to say so after only watching highlights on day one....

But, I'd be surprised if Brighton, Cardiff and Huddersfield are not in the mix staving off relegation...

I agree with the first 2, but Huddersfield played well and were very unlucky when 1 down when they hit the post, and then hit it again later. They get back in numbers but came at us frequently which against other mid table teams, I’ll think they’ll fair well against.
 
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