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I'm running a bit late with this post, so imagine there's an introduction here. Then scroll down to read the meat of the article. Cheers.  Goalkeeper: Ryan Schofield  A stat came out yesterday that said Schofield has made more saves from shots in the 6 yard box than any keeper in the top four divisions of English football. And he wasn't even first choice until after Christmas. It's a slightly odd stat but it does show that he's very good at reflex saves. The less instinctive side of his game is slowly coming along too and I think he's going to go from strength to strength now he's broken into the starting eleven and had a decent run iof Championship games.  https://twitter.com/playmaker_EN/status/1384516368435929092?s=19 Defence: Edmonds-Green, Keogh, Sarr, O'Brien  The big ...

When the fixtures came out my eyes immediately darted towards the Boxing Day game and I remember thinking that an away game at Barnsley was an excellent fixture and felt optimistic that fans might be allowed back in by then. So it's going to feel bitter sweet to tune into the stream on iFollow instead of making the journey to Oakwell myself. I'm glad I'll be able to watch the game but it won't be the same as being in the stands, smelling the newly gifted Lynx Africa and watching turkey sandwiches being stuffed into gobs. Obviously the world faces greater hardships than football fans not being able to watch games from inside crowded stadia but it's still sad we can't all come together to watch our team in person. Hopefully the roll out of the vaccine next year will see fans getting back in...