Shak

They've done it a few times earlier this year and looked good. The Chelsea cup game, Arsenal home in the league and then at Forest we had that setup and won all three. Biggest issue with it was it forced Gordon to the right, where he didn’t look comfortable. That’s not an issue for the final. Meanwhile Barnes has been in the fringes of the team all season, has struggled when he has got on and doesn’t work very hard off the ball, I’m not sure what he’s done to be worth starting?

Think we’ll start Joelinton LW with Willock LCM in the final, mind you.

That’s a real pity, the save a few minutes ago was top class.

Yeah he’s not a B because he’s not one of the best in his position by any means. But C feels very harsh as he’s better than a “solid PL player” too in my opinion. The gap between B and C is so vast, as a group looks like we’ll vote him as B- or C+ and that’s spot on IMO.

Aye, was gonna say this. Pretty big gap between being one of the best players at your position and being a solid PL player. But doesn’t apply to Botman, injuries are the only issue with him IMO. Fully healthy I think he is a chance to push on and be a potential A, but he’s a B for now.

Still annoyed that he didn't square it for Gordon, he had so much time to have a look and see if there was support arriving but never looked.

Fingers crossed

There's a pretty decent chance that the game will be meaningless for Arsenal, you'd imagine.

Trippier receiving the D from so many seems fitting, as it was his administering of the D to so many that has led him to it. Allegedly.

Stunned that there are so many saying C, a team full of players of his level would be absolutely fucked in the PL. Went for E, was stuck between that and D but ultimately I feel like I can make four fairly distinct tiers above Dubravka so went for the harsher option. Pleased for him that he's had a nice run recently but he's just such a poor shot stopper that I'll never feel comfortable with him starting games for us even as a backup.

The look of joy on your face as you momentarily celebrated Burn's clearly offside goal turning to familiar resignation will never leave me.

I think if we'd blown it I'd be legitimately considering just giving up on going to games. Full of confidence now, gonna get season tickets for me and @Beren for next year.

I think it was largely that Burn and Schar were awful on the ball. Was a mix of playing the wrong pass and just failing to execute passes that weren't that difficult.

We are no longer winless when I attend games! Those eleven minutes where we scored all our goals might be the best time I've had at a sporting event, just great fun. I reckon the losses and draws before this were all far less stressful, mind you. I've never been so certain of anything in my life that they were gonna score an equaliser with their last attack. Fucking drained after it

Every game of ours I've attended has been shite and I'll be at this so I wouldn't expect a classic, lads. Or a win for that matter. We might score though, I'm no @Beren.