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If City beat Villa we could be five clear [City wins] I'm still worried Villa will win the rest and can't see Forest losing, but if we just take care of what we need to do we'll be fine. [Beat Ipswich 3-0] Now that Villa and Forest are out of the cup they have no distractions and Liverpool winning the title means they are now terrible [Forest lose to Brentford] Man United and Spurs and Palace and the Amex and everything is bad ----------------- You all are going to drive yourselves mad. The most relevant fact is since mid-December (i.e. The Rise of Tonali), which is the equivalent of half a season as of now, we are the second best team in the country and we beat the only one better in a cup final.

@Shadow Puppets any idea on the socks colour / style?

Yeah best thing to do if you are that way inclined is lay us on Betfair in the top 5 market.

I always thought the attitude thing came from when people thought he was getting above his station for trying to feed kids. Like how dare a young lad from Manchester criticise people in power etc. Is it actually real?

Officially there was only a couple thousand more, undiscernable to the naked eye, than the Millwall game but it felt at the time and looks when you look back at it very different to that. Best atmosphere I'd experienced by that point, part of which was how heaving it all felt.

No doubt Eddie and the boys will be focused and trying to achieve maximum points

Win the last 4 and I think we finish 2nd. Would take some effort but what a statement it'd be for next season in terms of enticing players, and showing Isak, Tonali, etc that we can give them the accolades they chase. Would likely be relying on Arsenal getting to the CL Final to take their eyes off the league though.

Two things here. First is if Man City win the Cup, they are favourites, seventh gets Europa League. This means there's very little chance, my guess would be less than one in one hundred, we don't get at least Europa League. Which as Man U and Spurs are suggesting, is probably easier than to progress in than used to be and offers a way into the CL for the winner. Note that I want and expect CL, us collapsing under Eddie Howe would be very uncharacteristic. I am only bringing this up to soothe any last minute nerves from the players and fanbase. We won't be in the Conference League next season. We'll be in one of the two better competitions. Secondly, us being basically nailed on for top 7 means eighth will get Europe. Man City and Villa both have to play both Bournemouth and Fulham who are in contention for eighth. We have to play Brighton, who are the same. Anyone saying VIlla have easy fixtures is saying teams in genuine European contention are easy opposition.

This made me laugh a lot more than it should have done.

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Average player. Can be hard to play against when he's on a good day due to his pace. But no work ethic and a bad attitude on and off the pitch. All of the leaks have stopped since he's left and all. It was clearly him and his brother all along. Horrible influence. I'd be shocked if he ever played for us again. I was devastated by his injury simply because it's going to make it harder to sell him.

(On the grounds anyone has escaped "goatse", I should add that googling that at work is the fastest way you've got to immediately terminating your employment.)

I can't see past the unintentional Goatse.

It could play out differently though. Palace will want to continue their momentum (the cup final is a way off yet). You don’t want to be going into a final off the back of bad results. We beat West Ham going into the Carabao cup and I think that was huge compared to our poor form going into the Man U final. forest were really bad against Brentford and Everton. Also, at least with Man U, Amorim can’t just keep losing games indefinitely. They also have the benefit of having an opposition player sent off against them every week and Villa never, ever, ever win at Old Trafford regardless of the circumstances. So I can see a world where Villa and Forest drop a good few more points yet. that said, probably just best focus on doing the biz against Brighton.

Feel like his attitude has been demonstrated multiple times on the pitch for all to see. @Froggy usually backs their players to the hilt and he can't wait to be rid of him officially.

Sounds like a great plan 😊🤩

Usually in a two option outcome, in this case yes or no, if something was 1/8 (odds on) the other option would be around 5/1 (odds against). Mind, not many traditional bookies, bar Paddy Power, seem to offer top 5 odds, most seem to still just be doing top 4 odds, so it will be very tough outside of betting exchanges, to be able to get direct odds for Newcastle 'not to finish in the top 5'. In terms of traditional bookies, as others point out, you can't really hedge bets, because you could put £100 on Forest to make the top 5 at 4/5 and it could still be Newcastle and Forest finishing 6th and 7th, and you've wasted £100 and haven't even got the 'emotional' outcome in place of Newcastle securing their place. If someone was offering 9/2 or 5/1 for Newcastle to finish outside the top 5, which seems to be what they would be if someone was offering, then I'd definitely be putting money on because it feels really close, and Sunday is a huge match.

You just know he has 2 old mattresses piled on top of each other in the front garden instead of a trampoline for the kids. He also sets fire to old shite every night annoying the fuck out every other poor bastard who is his neighbour. Stands top less at his front gate barking at passers by, even in winter. Wouldn't piss on a mag if they were on fire etc. etc.

I heard that each Mag at work brought a single greenfly along with them, verified!!

Whats the xg on that?

Was there more than the half a million all the mags at work said turned out for the trophy parade though?

Haha there was actually. He's still a cunt though.

When he’s getting asked about transfers he’s pretty much always going to be somewhat guarded (like most managers tbf). Watching today’s presser, if anything I felt he was upbeat, if still reserved, in relation to what we might do in the market.