The College Dropout

Won 7 in a row then drew the last 2. The Villa draw the first one, was the nail in the coffin.

I like Nunez but he is not top class.

Didn’t they win 7 out of 8? A loss or draw to Emery’s Villa that pretty much ended their hopes. Nah one season Arsenal finished 5th with 70 points. Think 8th had less than 50 points.

The clubs you mentioned + any pursuing innovative models are the only ones capable of breaking that southern belt. There’s also a semi permanent underclass of yo-yo teams. They have the greatest chance of breaking into that mid pack eventually. Burnley, Southampton, Leeds, previously Fulham and Norwich. Most of these are southern too.

Thats the key. Theres no point keeping our top lads around just to try and be in the same place next year.

I'm keen to build on what we have. We need more purples.

Seems like all the lads want to give it at least one more go with us. Great to hear. I really hope we qualify for the CL and try to push on. Another purple, a proven PL performer, another couple top youngsters... I'm telling you we could do something special. Qualifying for the CL would be a minimum.

I do hate a central defender or big fullback who doesn't win his headers. Unless it's Schar, then it's ok.

Without the signings, we wouldn't be concerned about Villa at all. They wouldn't be in the chase. If they get into CL or Europa*, it's because of the signings.

It’s already proved a worth while gamble. Gave them a real tilt in the CL, Cup and League. Biggest regret would be not getting a better option than Disasi

Think it could become a lot easier than it looks on paper. - Great time to face Liverpool at home - Us is a tough game - Man U at home is easy and a formality if they are in the EL final - If Forest have already qualified for the CL, it's a much easier game too. No matter what i expect Forest will want to end the season at home on a high. I hope it's a winner takes all decider.

think that assumes they drop points against us and Liverpool

wasn't Spurs 6-1 at that time?

More annoyed by the Brighton game. We were pretty good for chunks of that. West Ham we were awful throughout. I've started to assume that Forest will need a result against Chelsea to confirm CL. But I look at their fixtures and they could have it wrapped up. If they get 6 points between West Ham & Palace (A) + Brentford (H) they will have it wrapped up. Leicester is a formality. I've long targeted finishing above Chelsea & Leicester being enough. But with Liverpool winning the title and the match being at Stamford Bridge - I can see Chelsea winning when they wouldn't have pre-title win.

This is where I am. There's been a top 3 for a few seasons now and there's a block of clubs behind that. We are in that block. I think we are a good summer window away from separating ourselves from that block and getting much closer to the top 3. 71 points 60 points Hopefully 68-71 points this season With a great transfer window and a bit of luck, we can probably land in the 72-84 bracket next season. Probably not enough to win a league title, but maybe good enough for a bit of a challenge and to make CL qualification default. I feel like we need a season like that pretty soon or our best players should want to leave.

The game straight after? That's good. From memory I don't think it happens as often as you would think.

For me the 3x games a week is a lot mentally and adds up over time. Villa going back down to 1x a week should help them.

Jude also played really well. That shouldn’t be lost.

Teams don’t tend to win the game after they win a league title in that season. Almost never happens as far as I remember? Would be happy with a Chelsea draw then. Playing Liverpool the game after they win the league is the luckiest slot they could have gotten and it may get them a CL spot

Ideally so. But if he can only play one game again this season - it’s Chelsea.

If he can keep managing it he can skip Brighton too.

Been that way for some time. 68 with our GD almost certainly secures it with those 2 home wins.

Fucked me on FPL though

In another life Sarr is a £60m forward. Some athlete, clean striker of the ball and composed

I’m obviously rooting for Palace