If there was a brand new film out that your loved ones wanted to go and watch, would you enjoy travelling to the cinema if this was the review?
For the first half of the film, the cast just sit about in the main characters garden explaining who they are and how their character will impact the plot. Then everything happens for the next fifteen minutes which is very entertaining. Then the plot stops again and everyone sits around congratulating one another until the end of the film.
Yes, having the plot explained may well help that 15 minutes be extra enjoyable but it still doesn't make it a worthwhile visit to the cinema. It's the sort of film you'd maybe wait to see on a streaming service where you could forward through the boring stuff.
Not all our games are like this but a lot of the home games are. It's two hours at the stadium for 15 minutes of entertainment.
I do recognise that this is a Championship thing. We'll never get away with doing this in the PL.
I just wish I had a remote control in the Kop so I could save myself a lot of time. I reckon I'd get the gist of the first half of almost all our home games at about 6 times the actual speed.