Optimistic Nut

Forest v Chelsea is such a handy last game for us as well as a fallback. As long as we keep within a point of both by the last day, it's in our hands.

Just beat Ipswich on Saturday. I reckon by the time our game is over the table will be: NUFC : 62 City : 61 Chelsea : 60 Forest : 60 (game in hand) Villa : 57 Would be tough for Villa to catch us from that, think only City, Forest & Chelsea would be capable. Beat Chelsea and I think we're there.

Would be interesting to see what Scott Parker could do with a club not expected t go straight down. Reckon Spurs might nibble?

They don't get battered and they don't win narrowly (10 of the 11 wins by 2+ goals). If you're a good manager you have to be looking at that and thinking there's potential.

@midds do you have a snip of Spurs results per opponent in the league? I've seen teams with poor goal differences finish high up but I've never seen a team with +10 gd in the bottom 5 before I don't think.

3-1 win.

I know but we need squad depth and it'd cost a helluva lot more to buy 3-4 players than loan them. I think the 3 "big" signings take our first XI to top 3/4 level. We need strength underneath that.

Trafford, Guehi, Mbuemo plus 3-4 loans & frees.

I'm guessing if we'd been in Europe by the January of our CL campaign, we'd have made some sort of additions even on loan like Villa did.

Beautifully done.

I thought him on loan as 5th choice and sending Miley to Leicester for a season could be good all around.

Fenerbahce just conceded in the 94th minute so have slipped 5 points behind. Twats.

Also another midfielder. Ours has been immense but when they're coming off second best and it's not going well, and the opposition can then put on someone like Onana while we have Willock, Longstaff & Miley...it's a bit of a hindrance.

Think tonight just reaffirmed we need: - A keeper who can pass through the lines. - A centre-back with a bit of pace. - A right-winger. We'll be a 4th to 7th place team as we are with Howe and our high intensity/quality in the middle and in attack, but for the next level we need those 3.

Draw or a City win. Massive Fulham & Spurs fans tomorrow.

Tielemans is quality, mind. Brilliant signing.

It's getting weird. Gordon has played on the right, is more natural at knocking the ball past his full-back and crossing a ball, yet we're moving Barnes over.

Was expecting to lose. Just need to beat Ipswich and we're in a great position again.

Sick to the back teeth of seeing the teams around us and above us having keepers pinging 50 yard passes into the strikers feet or being able to pass between the lines while we cannot. It's brilliant and effective pressing high and playing with high intensity but it'd be fucking lovely just to be able to get up the field and on the attack in one pass. Martinez did it for fun today.

Ah think that's a bit harsh. He literally started at the bottom over in Sweden and had a pretty average playing career, would never begrudge him fancying himself at a huge club.

Thought Potter would be a good fit at West Ham. Not too big a job for him like Chelsea but a big club he could get around the top 8 again. Think they should definitely let him have the summer window to let him build the squad his own way but he's not started well.

Brighton just a fancy early 00s version of Charlton.

Watching Hearts v Aberdeen in the Scottish FA Cup Semi on BBC iPlayer. That bloody Mitov that had a worldie against us for Cambridge on Trippier's debut is the Aberdeen keeper.

My hopes of an Adam Armstrong winner to knock them out has pretty much gone.