Obviously, getting back home was massive, but now that we’ve had a few seasons there, I’m curious how everyone feels it compares with Kingsmeadow. For those who go regularly, which stand do you think has the best atmosphere at the moment? And do you think there’s anything the club or fans could do to get the place even louder?
Mine was at Kingsmeadow. My uncle took me when I was about ten, and I spent the first half more interested in the burger van than the football. Then the crowd started singing and something clicked. I've been going ever since.
I still think that noise is what made me a fan, not the result. What was yours, and how long did it take you to get hooked?
Now that we've had eight league games, who looks noticeably better than they did during the opening few matches?
Could be someone who's become more confident, someone who's adapted to the system, or even a player who has simply started getting more involved.
Who stands out to you?
For those training regression models on historical player data, which provider’s xG/xA feed has yielded the lowest Mean Absolute Error (MAE) when predicting FPL attacking returns over a rolling 6-gameweek window?
What's been your biggest positive from Jackson so far, and is there anything about his tactics that's still frustrating you?
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Don't get me wrong, I love the reboot, but does anyone else feel like the Travelator has lost some of its fear factor?
The original one always looked absolutely brutal, with contenders completely gassed by the time they reached it and struggling just to stay on the belt. The BBC version seems much more manageable, with plenty of contenders getting up it without too much drama.
Maybe it's just the presentation, or modern contenders are simply better prepared, but does anyone actually know if the BBC Travelator is less steep or slower than the original?
My vote has to go to Tom Pellereau. He lost 8 of the 11 tasks he was involved in, yet still won Series 7 because Sugar saw more potential in his business ideas than his task record suggested.
Looking back, Series 7 was a proper cultural reset. You had Matt Cardle winning, One Direction forming, Cher Lloyd causing absolute chaos every week with rap-pop covers, Rebecca Ferguson’s unreal vocals, and Wagner somehow making it to Week 8.
The budget was massive, the guest performers were elite, and the judges’ desk with Simon, Cheryl, Louis and Dannii was peak drama. Rihanna and Christina Aguilera in the final feels like a different era now.
Was there any series after that which even came close, or did the show start losing something when Simon left for the US version?