ExiledGeordie

Been a solid servant to the club but time to move on. Hope he plays his part in a win and maybe even gets a goal.

I get where your coming from but what’s to say Mbuemo can’t get even better playing with the likes of Isak and under the management of Howe? I do agree that all our signings can’t be big profile signings but I think Mbuemo would be an awesome signing, premier league ready, he’d help us beat the top teams away. That said if Mitchel has an option of the type you’ve outlined then I’m all for that too. I just hope we get CL to see what we can really do in the transfer market this window.

I think the crowd is going to actually suck the ball into the net on Sunday 😂

Ange has won them a trophy but I’m still not convinced by him or them at all. They’ve lost 21 games this season ffs

I’m not overly keen on Spurs winning last night but it’s better than Man U winning last night and the furore that would have followed, “the return” “we’re back” etc. For me Ange is a bang average manager imo despite this win, I mean he’s lost 21 games this season ffs. I’m not convinced he does a lot with Spurs next season. No which way about it that’s a financial disaster for Man U not winning last night.

Ratcliffe will go berserk

Need more clinical goal threats other than Isak

Those AFTV characters, I mean that Ty character 😂😂

I think Isak will play even if we get 60 mins out of him. I’d guess the plan will be heap pressure on Everton early and try and get an early lead which is where Isak will come in handy whether it’s a pen or whatever.

Tarkowski and Braithwaite missing for this?

Agreed

From what Howe has said it “sounds” like he’s got a pretty good chance of playing Sunday. He trained alright and felt stiffness afterwards and was sent for a routine scan. Hopefully a few days rest then ease back into training and he’s fit for Sunday.

I wonder if Pool might come in for him this summer?

Which doesn’t really make sense if they want to upgrade/challenge Martinelli. Nico Williams who plays left has definitely been linked.

He's another with erratic finishing, we could do with signing some better finishers this summer.

It’s been a brilliant season winning a cup for the first time in 70 years and whatever happens Howe and the players deserve huge amounts of credit. I do think missing CL considering where we’ve been sitting and what it could mean and the ramifications on recruitment and PSR it’d be a massive missed opportunity and a bit of a low and deflating at least temporarily. “If” we haven’t got it in us to put Everton away on Sunday (I think we will for that matter) then we will have to accept we just haven’t quite been good enough.

Hes a great player for sure, not convinced he’s a great finisher mind, still work needed there for me.

May have missed messages about but are their centre backs like Tarkowski out?

😂

Almost certainly this. Rest him, ensure he can actually play next week rather than playing him today, aggravates injury and can’t play at all in a home tie with a mid table team next weekend.

Not entirely true. Awful scenario but if we got a point today and lost next weekend but Chelsea drew with Forest we’d qualify for CL on goal difference. I go agree tho might as well go for the win today.

Big game for him today, HUGE game for him v Everton next weekend.

We absolutely don’t want this but say we can only manage a draw against Everton then a draw between Forest and Chelsea would keep us in the top five on goal difference.

I think Forest will turn Chelsea over at home next weekend, Chelsea haven’t been anything special recently.

I thought he’s looked a bit sharper in recent appearances. Today would be a great day to look a lot sharper though.