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Suppose a more targeted question would be if Arsenal have ever lost to the same side four times in a season?

Maybe the Community Shield as well if you count that?

Means that the FA Cup slot for the EL would be handed to the League - 6th and 7th. Given the other 3 clubs in the semis all finish in the top 6 (Forest, City and Villa) then us and Chelsea get EL. I think anyway

How does that work?

If Villa knock out Palace in the semi final then that guarantees EL. I know it's not the competition we want to be in but if the footballing gods had offered you a trophy and EL football in August then there isn't a single Newcastle fan who wouldn't have snapped their arms off for that deal The absolute worst case scenario is shaping up to be EL - there's dozens of clubs who'd love to be in that position

What's the most you could have, in theory? 2 x league 1 x FA Cup 2 x League Cup (semis) 2 x European tie (two-legged knockout) 7... Could it be 3 in Europe with the new group system? Or are domestic sides strictly kept apart from each other in that?

Man City win tonight is very much needed. We win our home games, it’s then huge pressure on Villa needing to be faultless against Bournemouth away, Spurs home and Man Utd away. Whilst they’re all off form for different reasons, they’re games that can still be tough. Then Chelsea have Forest away final game (with Man Utd and Liverpool at home) where again they have to be faultless to over take us.

If gordon plays over Murphy then that will mean Barnes to the right wing. So I'd rather stick with Murphy and Barnes and change it if needed. If there's any of the front 3 looking in need of a rest it's probably Isak.

Tottenham and Man Utd are the two teams you want to play right now (other than Leicester and Southampton). Fortunately Fulham and Bourenmouth tend to show up against the bigger sides and their away form isn't the greatest, until recently, so they should hopefully slip up there.

I'm just surprised at a) the patience Levy has shown in him and b) how little frustration/anger there seems to be with the fans who've watched this for months. Mentioned it last night, there barely seemed more than a murmur of discontent during the game, even at 0-2 down early doors. I could easily be just expecting them to do what loads of other clubs do and bin the manager sharpish. A chairman, especially Levy, not acting quickly seems like a bit of a shock these days?

They could lose or draw to Fulham & Bournemouth(A), all depends then on what Spurs and Man Utd teams turn up too..Impossible to predict any outcomes

Yeah from that point of view it is definitely more important, but like Villa, it's one of those that if we can't win, it's just as important that we don't lose.

Chelsea is different because it's a six pointer.

Don’t get me wrong, I think the vast majority of fans expect him to go even if he wins the Europa. Your question was how he’s still in a job though, and I think the reasons I gave are why. There’s still a chance we win the Europa - just look at how well we played in both legs against Frankfurt - and I don’t think ditching Ange at this point would help that.

Won’t be much to watch like

I don't see the Brighton or Chelsea games as any different, we could win either or lose either. Chelsea might be at home, but they still have a lot of good players who could hurt us. Brighton probably less so, but I could just as easily see us winning down there as well.

Would be happy playing Leicester 37 times. Spurs can beat us for the fourth time if we were both to get into the Europa final.

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You don't understand. We had a bad weekend, so now every result for the next month is going to go against us.

Would like to see Gordon back over Murphy and play RW Also bring in Miley for Joelinton, it's only Ipswich Bring Botman on as sub at 80 mins

I look forward to the day that all this nonsense is behind us (not sure if that will ever happen though)

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A better question would probably be whether a team has beat another one 5 or more times. I've checked the big CL match ups between English clubs and non of them seem to have happened. I thought Inter might have done it to Milan two seasons ago (home and away in CL semi, supercoppa and league) but Milan won the home league fixture.

Fair point - still seems quite a rarity.

I’ll believe until results say different. The lads will be gutted as much as us after Villa. I’d expect a response on Saturday. Desperate for them to get UCL over the line, but as Eddie would say. Just focussing on the next one. One game at a time HTL