Ginola14

sure they're not, but maybe someone on twitter will pick it up next time with your reputation for being right and then it spreads widely

genuine question why would a Newcastle fan leak our team the day before the game unless they wanted to be known as ITK? as if it gets picked up beyond here it could potentially benefit our opposition same goes for whoever leaked it yo you nobody should be leaking anything our side imo

I think the Arsenal fear is largely down to our appalling record at their ground bar this season's cup game and it's their last home game so should be up for it I keep telling myself if we don't get CL at least we'll win the Europa next season

it's sad the way things are going but an English side winning a European trophy nowadays is not the special achievement it used to be all the money is now in the PL, the likes of West Ham and Bournemouth spend way more on transfers/wages than 95% of clubs in the Spanish, Italian, German, French and Portuguese leagues and obviously dwarf the smaller leagues in spending the gap between the PL and Europe will only continue to grow and grow until English clubs are completely dominant sure we'd expect to win the Conference and be amongst the favourites for the EL if Spurs win the EL the best team they'll have faced will be MU, and we all know how shite they are relative to almost every other PL side all English finals are also shite that said I'd still happily celebrate us winning any European trophy

pity Bilbao messed up the home leg so badly, they're a better team

bbc pushing the Arsenal in for Isak lazy link again would really love it if we finished ahead of Arsenal just so then it would genuinely be seen as a step down

I'm more nervous about this now their form is picking up and they have a lot of quality I don't think their European game will have any effect on them - they're not travelling and are in a position to play their second team I imagine all their preparation this week will be for SJP - it's a much bigger game for them knowing a win will most likely get CL same goes for us of course - I'm hoping we can play like we want it more and they shrivel up against our intensity - they do strike me as a team without much heart sometimes quality players just rise to the occasion thougn so I expect another stressful game either way

so hard to predict but I think there's a good chance ourselves, Chelsea, Forest and Villa all go into the last game on 66 points assuming that we beat Chelsea and lose to Arse Chelsea lose to us and beat MU Forest lose to Palace, then beat Wham and Leicester Villa beat Bournemouth and Spurs above scenario is not ideal as final day could be excruciatingly stressful would still back us to beat Everton at home which should be enough

the benefits of having a billion pound plus squad

I'm still worried that Spurs and MU will get a chance to mess up our CL chances Chelsea play MU at home 5 days before the Europa final Villa home to Spurs THREE feckin days before the final then MU home to Villa 4 days after the final timing of these fixtures will massively benefit Chelsea (jammiest club ever) and Villa

and if MU actually win this competition I blame Lyon for their pathetic collapse

Bilbao just need to be careful here not to lose by more than 2 if their striker is back for the return leg they can win at Old Trafford, MU are possibly worse at home

he was really good while on loan, signing him permanently made sense at the time think he's just been very unlucky

winning Serie A with Napoli would be an amazing achievement by Conte always thought he was way too good for Spurs

didn't realise the Euopa final is sandwiched between the final 2 games very handy for Villa if both Spurs and MU get there though I expect Bilbao to take care of that

terrible few days for Villa annoying they were so up for it against us

I really hope they do turn up I just think it's unlikely and I certainly wouldn't be smug about it it'll just annoy me

no - they'll be celebrating all week and won't give a fuck about their remaining games

he's very much a confidence player and needs a run of games I think Joelinton's injury might be the break he needs when he's on it he's brilliant, not gonna give up on him yet

we smash Palace Villa smash us Palace smash Villa never fails

Good win that, looked like it was going to be a frustrating afternoon until the penalty I think it's worth pointing out that Ipswich also had a player sent off at Villa Park in the first half and went on to get a 1-1 draw they did us another favour by drawing 2-2 at Stamford Bridge so credit to our players for making it look so easy would love Delap here

could really do with Liverpool showing up against Chelsea but I just can't see it

wish they were on the beach slightly annoying their late turnaround today will give them a bit of confidence and belief they can finish 8th, probably enough for Europe would probably take a point

Howe spoke v highly of Liam Delap in his presser today unusual to hear him talking about opposition players having great potential etc hope there's a deal in the pipeline

I think with Howe preparing the team in the week ahead for Chelsea and in the dugout then I'd be confident of beating them quite comfortably without Howe I'm really not so sure, also Chelsea have so much individual quality they can be unpredictable, likr if Neto and Palmer are up for it they can really trouble us also Liverpool be hungover from winning the league and absolutely nothing to play for, am certain Chelsea will beat them they're also the jammiest club ever so I expect them to somehow get in the CL despite being shite for most of the season