Aside from the 11 defeats.
Home games last season against Southampton, Norwich and Hull.
All three played us off the park. Hull had 10 men. Norwich went down.
But we won them all.
Imagine where we'd be if we lost them. The posession stats from today and the Saints last season are almost identical.
But last season we got very lucky, make no bones about it. We had the likes of Matty Taylor running himself into the ground and hurling himself into blocks.
He's not that good a player, but Sam likes players like him. And he hasn't got a clue what to do with the talent bestowed upon him. Today it rubbed off on the players, although I agree that they should have the cojones to be self-motivated.
There is no plan B and under Allardyce there never has been. It's score then defend. It always has been, even in the Championship apart from a couple of notable occasions. It's what he does and it's as past it's sell-by date as the furry bit of cheese at the back of your fridge.
I reckon he's