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It's almost like the plan was to give them an early lead so they'd get complacent. Then we strike back near the end with our only attack. That's the only way I can explain Long's goal.

Maybe the shitter we are, the more sorry Rafa feels for us and the more he wants to take us back up. Or not.

From a comedic point of view, you really have to admire the way Newcastle play.

And using Anita, Gini and Perez to combat their set piece threats

We're unlucky enough to play them the one week where both Tadic and Mane start.

Koscielny and Ozil on the bench

Also, I thought Rafa had decided Anita wasn't good enough. Sissoko at left back is surely a better option for both ends of the field.

Can't believe he's selected that line-up, I expected better from Rafa.

Out of all the games we have left, this is the one I'm least confident of winning. Liverpool are distracted by Europa and Man City are inconsistent..... I can't see any scenario where we beat these. Hope to be wrong, but our away form is diabolical.

If you take a 4pt hit on an Everton player, for example, it's worth it because they have consecutive double gameweeks. Someone like Barkley or Lukaku is worth it.

For the love of god don't do this. It's the sort of thing Liverpool fans do, which is normally a bad thing but Rafa does seem to love that club....

If nothing else comes up, I reckon he'd like to stay. But you'd have to think either a good job will open up somewhere or Ashley will release him. And I hate myself for even thinking there's a chance

Even if we got another 10 points, Norwich and Palace would only need 4 and 1 points respectively (considering goal difference). Makes it really hard to decide what we want for their match on Saturday - I'd personally sacrifice Palace's safety for the slim chance we can catch Norwich.

Ryder's done that to me before too - basically lifted an entire blog post plugged on here.

As long as Norwich don't beat Palace or Sunderland, they're catchable. Don't want to actively cheer on any of them though, I'm just seeing what fate gives us.

Also, considering we need leaders like Nolan and Barton - I'd try to bring in Carrick for free.

Darlow Janmaat - Mbemba - Lascelles - Sissoko Wijnaldum - Tiote - Shelvey - Townsend Mitrovic - Cisse Tiote shouldn't be there but Anita would be mauled by Wanyama. And we'll lose, of course.

Exactly, every September I find myself surprised at which players are still at those relegated clubs. Last time, we kept Coloccini, Enrique and Gutierrez. A lot of our players' reputations have taken a hit by going down and will struggle to find a buyer. So we're naturally going to keep 2 or 3 of our bigger players - I'm hoping for Mitrovic, Shelvey and Mbemba. Add to that the likes of Anita and Riviere (who we won't be able to give away) and those of Championship quality like Colback, Dummett and Lascelles. Not a bad base for that level. But it should never have come to this.

Getting hooked to football as a kid was a huge mistake. Wish things had gone a different route

Organisation and motivation can take you a long way in football, even if you lack ability. They're basically the opposite of us.

I'd definitely go Rodgers, but the papers were linking him with a return to Swansea. Makes sense.

Fuck off

West Ham and Leicester

I imagine those tweets will soon disappear