Shadow Puppets

That wouldn't seal it. It would knock Chelsea out of the running (depending on their result against Liverpool), but I think we're still going to need to get to 69 points to actually seal it. Think Villa are more than capable of bouncing back and winning their last 4 games.

Chelsea, providing we don’t lose to them, won’t finish top 5. Their fixtures are tough.

Because City’s fixtures are piss easy and they should comfortably walk into the top 5. Villa now have zero margin for error. The max points they can achieve is 69. It means that, chances are, 3 wins will definitely be enough for us.

Can't stress enough how important it is that City beat Villa tonight, like. A City win means that Villa basically CAN'T drop any more points in the last 4 games (the max they could hit would be 69). Chances are, they will drop a couple somewhere along the line (away at Bournemouth or Man Utd maybe?), meaning we can feasibly win 2, draw 2, lose 1, and that should be enough (even better if one of those wins or draws is against Chelsea). But if Villa win tonight, they have multiple routes to Top 5, and we're going to have to win 3 and draw one at a minimum. A draw wouldn't be the end of the world, but a City win would be huge for us.

Hoping we hear some news on Eddie today.

Nope. A Villa win would be worst case scenario. We need Spurs (lol) and City to do us a favour this week.

Every time I do the predictor, City are comfortably in the Top5. It’s always Villa who miss out.

3 home wins will absolutely guarantee it, no doubt in my head, but it’ll be a nervy last day. Would much prefer to go all out to get it done in the next 3.

Every model I’ve done of the run in says that 66 pts will be enough. So two wins and a draw. But it’ll be proper nervy. 3 wins will 99% be enough.

Win 2 home games and draw another and it’s likely done.

To my eyes, just the shape. Just lots of lines / arches, in two shades of green.

Make the arches much thinner (lots of them) and you’re pretty much there.

Last I was told, in time for the last 4 games of the season was the aim.

Yeah, that’s both good and bad news. Very treatable, but obviously a big ordeal for him and it’ll take him a week or so to get back on his feet properly.

On the shoulders? 3 White stripes on a black thicker stripe.

Nope. No idea, sorry.

The new one's piping is definitely light blue, I'm afraid. Same colour as the bottom of the NUFC badge, approximately. I personally REALLY like it... looks really good in the flesh. The stripes have enough different about them (jagged stitching + a very subtle circle effect within them, at least on the authentic one) to feel modern, and the blue piping gives it a nod to earlier kits. The computer generated mockup posted by @Joelinton7 is NOT right. The one posted by TheProphet is closer but no tartan, and different collar / shoulders.

Win the next 2 to go 3rd isn’t it?

The authentic kit looks GREAT in person, and definitely doesn’t have tartan. The standard one may differ 🤷‍♂️ It looks, on this kit, really good. Reminded me immediately of that late 90s, early 00s kit.

Yeah, one of my best friends ended up in hospital with pneumonia off the back of having a nasty flu when he was in his early 30s. He was fit as a fiddle before that too. So it certainly can be horrible, even for younger people. Whatever the problem is, hope Eddie makes a swift and full recovery.

See above

Pretty close, but no tartan and with more black on the shoulders. And no stripes on back. (Unless the authentic shirts, what I’ve seen, differ largely from the standard)

It wasn’t the fade I was referring to. And then I clarified that I had had a brainfart because I was doing it from memory from a small thumbnail I was shown months ago.

nope

Tartan ❌ (instead it’s more of a jagged stitch) Not enough stripes ❌ Blue piping ✅