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This will crucify the stat-haters but Forest have been outperforming their stats for months now. Just in the league alone they've, according to the dreaded xG stuff, scored 7 goals more than they should have, conceded 10 less than they should have and gained 17 more points than they should have. I know they're just (bullshitty) numbers but they suggest they've squeezed every single point out of every game they've played. They deserve credit for it but it's not sustainable long term. There has to be a correction eventually, maybe this is the start of it?

If you're after comedy, schadenfreude, incidents and goals then they're the team to watch really wup, there's another one. See?

I agree but this fixture today is a bit of a thankless task for Spurs. Going to Anfield on the day they can wrap up the title is brutal and most teams would lose this by several. Liverpool win league vs Spurs get fucking battered? Can't win and we can't lose tbh

Ls in the chaaa

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c2kv2243y4do Mass brawl in Norn Iron yesterday. (Yes, there's footage)

If Joelinton is out I wonder if we just try and match them up and go 4-2-3-1. Play Tonali and Bruno centrally, Barnes left, Murphy right and either Gordon or Willock in the centre behind Isak. Would be one way to get Gordon, Barnes and Murphy in the same XI. Just an idea like

Man U can climb all the way up to 13th if they beat Bournemouth today though. Imagine typing that sentence out just a few years ago

Just found out it's River Plate vs Boca tonight too 7.30 kick off. In every sense of the word

Honestly didn't see this result coming, thought Villa would almost cruise through

Thomas Partey does

Plus if villa finish 7th then we'll have finished above them anyway

Exactly. He's not the dream signing by any stretch but I think it's a sensible one. He fills a position we need and he's a 'free' transfer, we can look to shell out bigger to fill other holes in the squad with a couple of loans in there too

We probably could but a signing a better player would probably mean a biggish fee and eat into the budget so we compromise in a different position. Plus it can't have been any fun at all playing CF in Dyche's Everton for the last couple of years. I'm thinking it could well be a good move for everyone. If he stays fit. That's also an obvious concern

Must admit I'm warming to the idea of DCL, mainly due to the fact we're going to need quality and quantity for next season. The main attraction is the lack of a hefty transfer fee tbh, he'll obviously be on big money if he signs but we need to box clever and getting him in on a free fills a slot without the need to shell out £30m+ on a back-up. We'll have to take advantage of the free transfers and loans this summer and DCL could be a classic example of how we do it

Got to trust the club and Howe himself that he's well enough to return Don't think this would happen if he wasn't fit enough to do so, it's a massive shot in the arm for the players and fans too. I think we'll steamroller the tractor boys now actually

Wonder what proportion of the matches Arsenal fans sit and watch their team perform passes in a horseshoe pattern about 45 yards from the opponents goal? Left to right, right to left, back to keeper and on and on it goes. Defending team shuffles left and right and it's utterly monotonous. I'm not saying they're shit but it's cripplingly dull stuff to watch at the best of times

If it's legit then I'd expect CFS to be all over it and to see it on the site for double what they paid in a month's time

I think whoever manages to sign Huijsen this summer already has one eye on flogging him to Madrid in 2027 tbh. I'd include us in that too I think

I'd keep it but flip it around a bit. Marginal penalty decision and lets say the ref gives it but he's not sure. HE asks the VAR team to get the best views of the incident and the REF initiates it. He's basically saying "I think it's a pen but I'm not totally sure, can you get all of the angles on the screen for me". He then jogs to the screen, watches it again and either confirms it or corrects himself. VAR don't even get an opinion unless it's an utter howler. The onus is still on the ref to make his own mind up (with his linesmen if need be, no objection to the ref asking for his mates to watch the screen together) and VAR stay the fuck out of it as much as possible

Surely it's "kew-arr coads" these days

Think that's Chelsea and Sancho with the £5m thing

Pawson is the cheapest refereeing slut out there, he blows for fucking anything he fancies. There's no consistency from minute to minute, he loves a collapse one minute and ignores it the next, he's like a Dungeons & Dragons 20-sided dice the utter fucking melt that he is

If the player prefers them right now, for whatever reason, then I'm not interested in seeing him in a Newcastle shirt. Tells me everything about his motivations and the things he's interested in. He's not for us, move on

Just beat Ipswich first and foremost. Takes it from 10 points from 5 games down to 7 from 4. Eyes on the prize, dispatch Ipswich and take it from there

Win the 3 homes and grab anything away and it's a cert (and that's assuming Villa are perfect and win all of their last 4). 5 big games but I'm confident