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I mean I think Bruno has said "I want to be in the clubbystory" in every interview since he arrived. You know he believes it, at least.

I reckon they do. When Gordon did that big interview with Gary Neville in Whitley Bay he said, very matter of factly, "tbh we all thought we'd do it this year." [as in 23/24] I get the impression they fully believe silverware is where they're headed.

Hopefully the vibes swing on here - thanks to Monday and Tuesday's results - is reflected across the wider fanbase/Sunday attendees. It's felt different throughout the whole campaign, this time, really believe we can do it.

Lovely stuff. Start of an awful week for them all being well.

Defeat now got to be the best outcome for us? Probably doesn't make much of a difference. Those injuries though...

Is Europa two entrants guaranteed? So, the FA Cup winners and whoever finishes 6th (assuming 5th is CL)? And then Conference League is limited to one entrant, so the winners of the Carabao OR whoever finishes 7th?

Low C, high D for me. Fine defensively, clumsy to ineffective on the ball. Hope he picks up because he looked a lot better last season.

Those images have never made me want to knock SJP the fuck down more. What we could have, man.

That was my view as well, from the 30 minutes I saw. Thought he did alright in that spell.

Only saw from just before we scored and I thought we were okay apart from those final stages with so many ridiculously wayward forward passes. Pleased for Barnes.

Get in, another terrific win on the road and a timely boost ahead of the final. Wilson and Longstaff need to be absolutely nowhere near the pitch at the weekend. Absolutely useless, the pair of them.

This the part where we're in the lead but surrender the ball at every opportunity? always my favourite

Analysis meaning pundit character banter.

Meaning what?

That's his team knocked out of the FA Cup. Thank you PGMOL for improving our game.

Agree with all of that, but re the first paragraph, I think it's overly simplistic to say "well we could have got so-and-so and so-and-so." For starters, many of those you've listed were very similar signings to the likes of Osula: i.e. young Championship starlets, so to me, listing those argues in favour of us making that signing.

I'd never doubt the mentality of this group of players tbh. We could really, really do with a positive result, obviously. My post was more in response to the "lose and it's the apocalypse" vibes of the one before. It would be rubbish but would be all forgotten about as long as we put a run together after the final. I also think you're over-egging how bad we've been lately. We can apply that to Forest second half and the Man City game, but Arsenal semi we were excellent, likewise Forest first half. Brighton we were good for at least a half (and win the game pre-fun police). Liverpool was meh. We need performances to pick up but we've not been terrible.

If we lose tonight we'll be one point off a European place (three off CL) with 30 points to play for.

To me, Hall being as brilliant as he has this season is a justification of the manager's methods.

It's been discussed on here several times but our transfer policy is far more risk averse than to gamble our artifically limited budget on players who should guarantee you mid-table in the PL, but whom could just as easily flop. It's not an exact comparison financially either: the wages will be significantly different and there's also no way the likes of Kluivert joins us for the same price they join Bournemouth. They also play different positions. To me it seems unfair to criticise us for using funds on players with high potential and whom either become: (best case scenario) a starter for us; (alternatively) someone we turn a profit on; or (worst case scenario) someone we peddle at a minor loss/for what we paid. Using funds like that feels like much more of a guarantee that we don't end up with an unsuitable player that we can't shift and can't play. As for his development; it's beyond me at this point how folks don't back the manager a bit more in these cases. Alright, when it's the likes of Souness, Pardew, McClaren, Bruce - we know they're fucking clueless, so why trust them? But Howe is brilliant and also excels particularly in this exact field (improving players).

What's this actually based on? He hasn't impressed at all in his PL appearances but he's been gradually improving with every cup game. Mentioning Hall does very little for the argument like - he's the ultimate justification of being eased in slowly.

It really will!

christ. I might physically combust if we're one up. Can see it now; Nunez with the equaliser on 90+5 then Bobby Clark on to win it.

£15million gets you next to fuck all these days. Can't really see how we divert that towards a player more ready to start for us. Besides, he has taken the load off Isak to some extent, thanks to his cup appearances.

Spurs nicking a couple of points off Bournemouth turns a draw into a useful result tomorrow.