They talk about us as ‘paranoid’ as a fanbase. They say that we’re so vocal and that we are the most conspiracy-driven collective of supporters. We’re apparently the loudest when it comes to believing that we have it worse than any other team. But isn’t that any wonder then, that when you get the likes of the mainstream media who use us as a test case for the extreme views? Your likes of Jamie O’Hara, or yesterday I unfortunately saw a clip of Jeff Stelling talking about how we are so boring to watch. Apparently we don’t play enough open and expansive football and that’s the cause behind it, citing the current situation with Arsenal and the fact we’re currently 14th in open play goals scored. Here’s the table if you want to have a look. I must confess this is the first time I’ve see this table and certainly the first time the media have been using it with such gusto, but perhaps it has been around for quite some time and Football365 certainly have the data there to evidence the fact it has been there for a while.

Whether it’s been trotted out or not remains to...