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Felt sorry for him against us. Had nothing around him to give him any service. Get him on our bench, last 15 minutes of games the old Barnes/Vardy combo could still do a job I reckon. Still got a decent goals return this season despite the shite he's been surrounded by.

They'll be in Birmingham's shadow in 5 years.

You'd think it's win-win. Farke should be able to walk into someone like Leicester and take them up first attempt, reputation in tact. Leeds roll the dice. Can see them getting Hans Gegenprezzer from the German/Swiss/Austrian Leagues with their Red Bull links.

Would Anderson go back to being a squad player?

You'd think these would cost £70-80m combined? That's £70-80m to stand still. They might be better off using those two roles to get similar loans or frees each year.

Aye, if you think 26-27 points would probably keep 17th safe this season, it's natural the rest of the league's average points tally will be higher per position. Every other team is tracking for over a point per game at least when normally 35-36 points might be enough.

If we're two ahead of Chelsea and Forest, only 1 could overtake us so we'd be guaranteed at least 5th in that scenario .

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.