Dandy Man

Have generally thought he has been a bit harshly judged on here but was reminiscent of a League of Ireland centre forward tonight tbh, slow and cumbersome without any apparent ability to control the ball or anticipate anything

Awfully disjointed and sloppy from us with the defensive solidity slowly unravelling as match went on. Fair play to Everton for making it a war of attrition and taking the chance when it came their way, can't stand Lampard and most of their fans are terrible but they did what they had to, still hope they get relegated obviously.

Deserved nothing from this second half performance tbh

Scrappy as fuck but we've been the better team, we look bit impotent but they really are total shit and think we will find a way eventually

3-1 win, let's get into these they're shit

Total bullshit but trying to be philosophical. An outstanding effort with loads of players unavailable, just go and thump Everton and all will be fine

Sure chopping off the heads of 81 people in public is barbaric but it also provides a boost to the local executioner and blood clean up industries, so both sides..

Its funny because I would have generally always been a strong critic of Saudi Arabia, but when friends who support other teams bring up the same sort of criticism but include the Newcastle United element my first reaction is always to get someway defensive. This stuff is not going to go away and will just get worse if and when the team start achieving anything. If the roles were reversed I would definitely be giving stick to friends who were fans of a team owned by Saudis anyway.

Southampton fans seem to be of opinion that they were shite and we are bang average, type of comments that have been a common theme from opposition fans lately. Certainly down to more than good variance though and it is very impressive how we have been grinding out these results in tight spots

Brilliant manager and a brilliant human being, lucky to have him

Playing miles better than all other relegation rivals and look a very good team now but still not mathematically safe so 7/10

At the risk of sounding like a conspiratorial nutter, is there a chance that one day some cynical team/manager could plant someone in crowd to fake a medical emergency to get a potentially advantageous break in play in an important game

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-40811415.html Few weeks old now and not exactly a galactico but worth a mention. I actually go to Galway Utd games regularly, good young player who has improved massively in short space of time and definitely got a bit of class but is very one footed, would be a gigantic step up for him obviously. Celtic have also had scouts at last couple of games I believe.

He's our 3rd choice right back and I have no major issues with that for time being to be honest. Has his limitations but is performing to a higher standard than in the past, not quite the redemption arc of some other players and still needs improving on but I certainly don't hate him.

Somewhere between 0 and 0.5, safe in everything but the mathematicals, we are a good team now and there's several bad teams below us in much worse predicaments

Wood has scored 29 pens and missed 3 in his career FWIW, pretty sure he will be taking them for time being

Totally despised him a few months ago and still don't trust him by any means but starting to look like this might not be a false dawn. He's been putting in the hard work fairly consistently, is making less glaring errors and just looks a lot sharper in general. Think it's a massive credit to Howe that he's been able to bring about such a transformation given Shelvey's obvious physical and mental shortcomings in the past.

Where is the option for 0?

On tonight's evidence: Burnley look like a team pulling the right direction and can see them grinding out the results needed to survive. Watford look horrific going forward and defending, I cannot see them getting out of it. Leeds look a hot mess and are leaking goals all over the shop, not sure what to expect but Bielsa needs to work some magic. My brief flirtation with idea of Palace getting sucked into things has also ended abruptly - enough decent attacking outlets to see themselves well safe. Still as confident as I can be that we will steer clear of it with relative ease. 2 probably.

Obviously it is ideal if the 3 teams below us get as few points from their remaining games as possible but my feeling is that Watford and Burnley are capable of putting some results together. On recent evidence we are performing to a higher level than the teams directly above us and I think that reality might not have fully sunk in yet but we should be aiming to get ahead of the ones above us rather than purely maintain our position above the ones below us. Also said it a few times but I think Palace are the ones being most overestimated in the relegation betting odds and they could be in big trouble in a few games time.

Burnley and Leeds losing is obviously the ideal scenario but not too bothered about Watford result, Palace would be within touching distance if they lose and if we win against Brentford then mid table suddenly starts to look very achievable - we have got a definite edge on the other teams hovering above relegation zone in terms of confidence/momentum and provided there are no more injuries to key players then we really should be looking up the table instead of down.

Burnley are/were as low down table on account of having played so few games as much as anything else, they've been hard enough to beat all season but have struggled to win games. Also don't buy the idea that we've necessarily strengthened them, Wood had supposedly scored double figures in last few seasons because Burnley played to his strengths, but the 6ft6 Dutch shithouse they’ve signed is definitely better because he has looked decent in a handful of games (where they have also played to his strengths).

Relegation probabilities based on current Betfair Exchange odds: Norwich: 87% Watford: 74% Burnley: 57% Brentford: 22% Leeds: 22% Newcastle: 17% Everton: 17% Palace: 4% Villa: 1% I voted Norwich/Brentford/Palace Think Norwich are unquestionably doomed but can see Watford and/or Burnley putting a few results together and potentially getting out of it. Even if they do, still not massively worried for our fate as enough faltering teams above us and lots of them playing each other in coming weeks. Brentford look to be unraveling fairly quickly and remains to be seen how they will react to being bogged down in relegation scrap, hopefully we can beat them next and I could see them dropping down rapidly. Palace flattering to deceive for me, play some nice football and have some decent attacking options but have been largely shite away from Selhurst and look powder puff at back, jury still out on Viera and think he might not be experienced or pragmatic enough to turn things round - next two games against Watford and Burnley are massive for them.

Were -9 pre Leeds I think and don't gain anything for home win against Everton

Palace don't come out very well on the TheOther14 baseline tracker as it stands so unless they improve from somewhere then reasonable to expect them to drop further (points are deducted for any points lost at home to "non big 6 teams" and points are gained for any points at "non big 6 teams" away or against "big 6 teams" home or away) https://twitter.com/Other14The/status/1491534684605534212