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Reckon it'll be between those 3, Birmingham, West Brom and possibly Blackpool depending on the Adam situation.

Harper 7 - no chance with the goal Simpson 6 - Spurs forced him inside a lot and he looked lost, at fault for the goal probably too. Coloccini 8.5 - Great goal and all round performance. Williamson 7.5 - did the simple things well again. Enrique 8 - standard. Barton 7.5 - played some nice balls (pass to Lovenkrands) but faded as he moved central. Guthrie 7 - tidy and got stuck in well. Nolan 7 - see above. Gutierrez 8.5 - some great runs and balls in and a constant threat throughout the game. Ameobi 7 - forced a couple of decent saves from the keeper. Tired as game went on. (understandable if he is carrying a knock) Best 6 - not as good as recent performances ----- Perch 7 - did ok considering he isn't really a midfielder. Ranger 7 - unlucky not to score. Lovenkrands 6.5 - should've done better with his chance.

Needs to work on fitness and concentration in training me thinks but no qualms about today. Picked the right team and made the right changes.

lovely ball by Barton for that. Perfectly weighted.

I think we should wait until the league reaches it final countdown tbh. Think we might be always the pretenders this season with regards to Europe. If we do qualify its safe to say we'll rock the night away.

Of course if (and its a big if) we did qualify Ashley might go mental and provide money to sign loads of players.

Nope. We are currently 60th although it'll drop massively next season.

It's pretty much Tiote's fault isn't it, for getting suspended and making us play Perch? Pretty sure Emre slipped in that bit of the park a few years ago too, and I don't think it's ever held up quite the same since. Emre. What a cunt. So yeah. Perch, Barton, Williamson, Tiote, Simpson, Ranger and Emre basically.

Europa League would bring in £1-2m for groups and £11.2m for coming 7th which each league position higher you finish being worth £800k.

FWIW Europe would cripple our squad, we can barely cope with league games nevermind 8 more games pre-christmas (if we got into group stages). Not that I think it'll happen. Concentrate on safety first and then we can start looking up the table.

Thompson blames Simpson. Think between him and on here we've covered half the team to be at fault. Any more takers?

Some Gerard Houllier v David Ginola blamemongering going on.

No goals and no assists again today. Typical. [/haters]

I think its fair to say if Ranger didn't have that tattoo he would have scored and it was probably what put Barton off for that through ball too.

Aye, Mackems winning puts us further off that last European place still got a game in hand.

that a Spanish term is it? --- Pompey forgotten to pay the bills. Floodlights off.

second half certainly made up for the first.

Quick, who can we blame?

ah FFS

Is Dean Windass the thickest person regularly allowed on television?

Sitting far too deep & inviting more pressure here. Shola is far too isolated.

Can't be long before Crouchzinho comes on.

Awful goalkeeping like.

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