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Today was grim but the situation hasn't really changed. Burnley, QPR and Sunderland need 9, 8 and 5 points to catch up with us and I can't see any of them doing so.

No scores going to plan, really. We need wins for Stoke, QPR, Burnley/Leicester and Hull. They're all just draws.

I very nearly brought in Austin

Or they can certainly come 6th and face Boro/Bournemouth.

Had a bad feeling about the mackems today

If Watford go up, well they become the Pozzo's #1 team? It feels like Udinese are the daddies right now, but all the PL money and attention could change that.

Tranmere have approached Mills, apparently.

Sunderland statement says their position on Johnson is unchanged, he'll still play

Maybe this view has been skewed by the Carroll, Bassong and Cabaye deals but £10m for a £5m signing is too good to turn down? £10m would be insultingly low.

Fuuuuuuck, it's him.

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There's a couple of games against Stoke & Southampton where they could get something but if they lose them both, it's all over.

Wouldn't be surprised if it was as low as 30,075, but I think that 35/36k is more likely. A magnificent attempt, though. The big question is where do AshleyOut go from here? I bet a lot of yesterday's boycotters were happy to do it as a one-off, but twice? Then again, some who did go probably had their eyes opened. It could really go in either direction.

With loads of the bottom 5 playing each other, we need one to sacrifice themselves (eg/ Burnley lose to Hull and Leicester) to send Sunderland down. We'll be ok.

We're used to be poached but it's slightly easier to stomach when it's Champions League clubs like PSG, Arsenal and Chelsea.

I'm surprised you all think the timing was a coincidence tbh, I'd not put it past them at all. I was standing by the ground, where the plane was loitering around until it finally flew over. But the banner backfired because a) they're likely to get relegated, b) it helped embarrass Ashley and c) it was overshadowed by the boycott. Idiots

Good point.

With 5 games left, I dont see 4 clubs getting the 5/6 points needed. Although it will be close. We'll probably scrape one more point.

43 with Eriksen, Kane and Aguero © left. Another decent week

Hazard is so so good.

Schlupp & Stones came in and immediately picked up clean sheets Just hope captaining Aguero over Kane doesn't backfire.

OptaJoe ‏@OptaJoe 2m2 minutes ago 20 - Alan Pardew has won 20 points from losing positions this term (10 each with Palace & Newcastle); more than any other PL manager. Hope. Until this season he was the exact opposite. Fate hates us.

Burnley have good games after today but I wonder how deflated they'll be. They seem to either defend well or score well, but never both together.

I love all those early-90s Adidas geometric shirts Kits these days are so boring.

In contrast, I had no idea that we won 5 in a row from 2002-06. We just got on with life.