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I actually don't hate them when they're playing Liverpool. Think Eddie admires them massively so let's hope that's the template.

Beardsley-esque

Vini sitter Edit: Keeper did ever so well though to force him as wide as possible.

Agree. I said a month or so back that the best Arsenal would do would be two trophies (when quadruple talk was rife). Always fancied Bayern for the CL and if not them then PSG. Felt Arsenal were still favourites for the league and might pick up one of the domestic cups, but they have gone now as well. Liverpool will go out to PSG.

Bet Areola feels a bit of a tit going off with cramp.

Next two today are on BBC.

I hate it when they televise such one-sided cup games. At least choose something that's going to be competitive. 😉

Not quite the same but Joe Willock shares his birthday with his older brother Matty, three years apart.

I used to work at the same place as his dad, Rodney. His name is actually Colin Richards. Kazim was his middle name given by his Turkish-Cypriot mum. The registrar messed up his birth registration and double-barrelled it.

I'm not envious of them. Just annoyed that our transfer policy seems so unimaginative. For the record I think Xhaka would have played quite a bit for us this season. He would have given us rotation options when others were running on empty. Tonali had a poor spell, Bruno's missed a chunk, Ramsey missed a bit at the start, and Miley has missed a lot of games recently. When you're competing on four fronts someone like him would have been invaluable. Look how much Willock has played.

I think they'll get two at best. The league and maybe the FA Cup - even then City could do them again. Don't fancy them for the Champions League.

It annoys the hell out of me that the Mackems went and got Roefs for comparable pennies in the summer and he's better than both of ours. Equally, with Bruno and Miley out for a while, having someone like Xhaka in our midfield pool would have been invaluable. Our transfer policy of late seems so unimaginative.

I'd expect West Ham and Forest to win one of their next two. Forest have two home games agasint Villa and then Burnley. West Ham have Wolves home then Palace away. Spurs have the Mackems away then Brighton at home. If they don't win one of those then they could well be in the bottom three with five games to go, and that's a huge psychological kick in the nuts. Looking at the fixtures it's between Spurs and West Ham for me. Spurs v Leeds on 9 May and the final day West Ham v Leeds could be huge.

Not only that but he's trying to initiate contact anywhere around the box. Hope refs get wise to it.

I genuinely didn't. I wouldn't call once in six years "regular".

To be fair that was Brighton's first win against Liverpool in six. We beat Man City this season at home, and probably would have beaten Liverpool if not for Gordon.

I don't have a dodgy stick but I have it through my Turkish TV account. Seeing as I'm loaded with cold and struggling to get off the sofa I'll watch anything. Looking forward to the 17:30 and 20:00 games more though. Just hoping Burnley can get something.

A win would be massive, no matter how scrappy. It would mean three league wins on the spin with arguably six eminently winnable games in the last seven. I doubt we'll catch Liverpool but Chelsea and Villa are wobbling. Sixth would guarantee Europa League, maybe seventh if Arsenal, Man City or Liverpool win the cup. (The Europa could be perfect for us next season - more squad management possible, a good chance of winning it, raises our UEFA coefficient, and another route to UCL the year after). We'll have Miley and Bruno back after the break, with Schär not far away too. Could yet finish on a high.

Tudor's bagged a canny point there.

That was never a free kick that Szoboszlai scored from. Edit: Vicario should have stopped it though.

Villa really have hit a brick wall. Their next six league games are probably the easiest six you could have mind, before finishing against Liverpool and Man City. They really need to get out of their slump and make some hay in the coming weeks.

I'd love it if Gala knocked Liverpool out, but unless Liverpool go down to ten men I can't see it. They were lucky that happened in both legs v Juve and they still struggled over the line.

Our draws at Leverkusen and PSG are looking stronger by the week. That was a tough set of group games we had (when compared to Spurs for example).

Appreciate this is the Tino thread but (and I hope I'm not cursing things here) Botman's knee has been stronger this year. His recent short lay-off was his back I think. Still an injury but I was worried he'd end up with lots of niggly knee injuries this year. I still think he has the potential to get back close to his first season and with Thiaw there, backed up by the two old timers Schär and Burn, we could be OK there next year. I'd love a bit more recovery pace in central defence though.

I had that one. Was given to me as a present by a mate from A Coruna. Don't know where it is now unfortunately. Probably in my mam's loft.