Much better would be to say. "We have been surprised by the UK economy's weakness. We expect most of this to dissipate in 2025 and growth thereafter to be stronger than we previously thought. That improvement will not fully recover the lost output we have experienced, but the differences are small"

Not far off this today - Gooch still looking a level below for me. You were right in your post about the left side!

I’m not sure how we fit Gallagher in with Cannon in our available team - we haven’t got enough wingers. Also crying out for Stephens but he’d only trained twice before Sunderland! So probs stay as is, maybe with Bocat not Gooch?

Spot on, which seems to suggest a lack of experience at the very top. John Coates may never have been good enough to do this job and seems to have rotted the core of the club ever since..?

Gutted! The system did seem better this year despite the disappointment