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A Villa win tonight is the next twist in the tightest of run ins. It's ok, that will leave us 4 ahead of Man city when we hump Ipswich

Honestly, after Hope broke the interest I wasn't keen on him, but soon warmed to the idea of him, could cover Joelinton's role, play as a AM, SS, and more importantly for me if he was on the pitch, then he'd be our second player along with Isak who I'd trust to win a big game with a moment of magic. Then imagine that with a better RW option too. Oh well, my fault for getting into the rumour hype

Has everyone forgot how many games we’ve won recently? Villa was purely us being ran dry on the back of some really good form. We can rotate if needed, but one game a week with plenty of time to prepare there’s not an excuse.

Let's hope we don't need 3 wins, like. Really don't see that happening. Howay Man City

I hope he stays with the first time squad. Would love to be excited about prospect.

I don't see Man City messing up from here, given their fixtures. Best to get rid of one of them rather than keep a cluster close by.

I know he doesn’t skip leg day, check out that quad!

Whilst a draw isn't the end of the world I just think for some reason under pressure Man City will perform between now and the end of the season. Villa got a steeper hill to climb to catch us especially if they lose this evening

Which is why it's key they don't win tonight - only game I see them dropping points is away to Bournemouth. Spurs /Man U is six points gift wrapped

Community shield if you count that. If the two teams were level on points, goal difference and goals scored they could have a playoff in the PL, seeing as H2H record doesn't count. So that's 9 theoretically. Edit: Forgot the UEFA Super Cup

Is it? Surely draw is the best result for us

Hopefully Man U don't get CL

I think villa, Forest and city have too many fixtures with teams that dont matter. Today's match is really important for villa not to win. As I can personally see them winning the rest. If my theory is correct though it would mean that we should finally beat Brighton. I do worry for the arsenal match though.

Umbro replica shirts did used to differ from the player shirts in the 70s and 80s tho.

The Clique Clique 🙂

Its a fake I think, the embroidery is nothing like either of the player versions i've owned

Ipswich is the easiest game on paper. We need to win those for confidence. I don’t think there’s a world where we lose at home to Ipswich and then go on to beat Brighton away. Confidence and momentum would be low. If we did it yeh it would effectively be the same but it won’t happen that way imo. Chelsea is a six pointer so is massive. I think the players and staff would snatch your hands off for 10 points. I think they take 9 too. They would target the home games just like us. I do think we’ll need to win that last game to make sure.

Ipswich, Chelsea + one other win more than likely gets the much coveted CL spot. Tough-ish run but all in our hands.

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.