Colos Short and Curlies

Whilst I think Arsenal are the real deal this year it will be interesting if they don't get a win against Forest (but lets be honest you'd have to be really bad not to beat Forest this year) as to whether they would do an Arsenal and go on a 5-6 run of iffy results

thats where a real dm comes in. right side triangle of Bruno, Trippier and Miggy replicated on the left with Joe, Targett and ASM. it’s been a really clever ploy by Eddie to mitigate the loss of ASM by flooding the right side and bringing in Burn as a left back cum third centre back but I reckon Targett comes back in when ASM is fit

I think there’s a chance we go into the World Cup above Spurs and closer to Arsenal than we are now. City are going to pull away though

Imagine the dressing room picture from Wembley when we lift the league cup this season

The kids going to have Joelinton as a godfather isn’t he? The ultimate protector

a win puts us fourth on goal difference, 2 points off 3rd

couple of red cards or injuries would have capped it off

Not a bad shout actually. He's leaving England after the World Cup, I'm convinced of it. If Villa are prepared to go 5 games with a caretaker there may be mileage in this sort of move

Would a fifth yellow in the league carry a suspension in the league cup or are they competition specific?

That quote of him being like a 5 year old without a bed time and a packet of Haribo is so true

7 points from those 4 would be a good result. 8 amazing and keeps the unbeaten run intact.

I reckon if ASM was fit then we wouldn't be seeing Burn at left back. The trio of ASM, Joe, Targett worked really well. With ASM out as has been pointed out we tend to slip into a 3 at the back to allow Trippier to bomb forward, knowing as well that Murphy will race back to add solidity with ASM wouldn't find natural

Does he move into Given category where 'if we had him in between the sticks in 95/96 we win the league' yet?

Always liked Neil Warnock, bigging Big Dan Burn up for a slot in the World Cup Squad this morning.

Ferne Cottons uncle isn’t he?

Can’t hate on the guy as he doesn’t hide. He’ll never be the player that provides the spark on his own but we have seen that he can be effective when the team is purring. Still one of the first to go, unfortunately for him but we’ve had worse players and also plenty better than him who do hide when it’s not going well

both of them a draw written all over it that game

Decent set of results for us tonight. could sneak into the top 4 on Sunday with Manu playing Chelsea

And they still haven't responded to my begging letter to become CFO

2002/03 league cup was Rooney vs Chopra wasn't it? Only one winner there unfortunately

you could legally sack him on the basis of the audio. More than enough there for misconduct most clubs would do the same here, suspend him but keep the contract and registration in place as it has a value should he be found not guilty in court

Closer to the relegation spots than play offs as it stands

Flanners was a real pretty lass before getting work done. thick as 2 short planks like

Bit unfair for his thread not to be bumped for his goal. Happens for everyone else

It’s becoming a habit!