Optimistic Nut

Nah. They'll be even better next year too.

Hope Bloom's involvement doesn't fuck Hearts over as they'll probably drop down into that through the qualifiers.

Has Salia even played this season? Was so excited by the prospect of him.

What's that spend compared to the big 5? I'm guessing KKs spend was higher in comparison with the competition.

Wonder if a bookie would give odds on no foreign side knocking an English side out of the Europa League like this season, as I don't see it being any different next year (same for Brighton in the Conference).

14/1 to go down next season.

Why not this season?

It's a good indicator, though. Remember our season after finishing 5th balancing Europe and PL and that was with a far better side. They'll need to keep their key players and sign 4-5 of the same quality. Big ask.

3.

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt with momentum being gone after Barca and the derby. Absolutely no excuses for us not being in and around the top 6 by October next season.

Hope he does an Isak. What a thoroughly shit season of football.

Doubt we'll see anywhere near the £20m Fulham supposedly offered in January?

Even during the Ashley days we finished above you 3/4s of the time.

They've been out of it for 7-8 while we've won a cup and played CL twice?

Don't think he can afford to sign players to simply bed in and go with come October for instance, as this likely means we're still starting the likes of Pope, Burn & Murphy fairly regularly at the start of the season which we cannot let happen. We need players who'll come in and be the starting player in his position.

7th should be our par with Villa overtaking Spurs. It'll only take Spurs spending well this summer to knock us back down to 8th if we don't sort our shit out this summer. Biggest 6 months coming up for the board, recruitment staff and Howe since the takeover.

Thoroughly shit day, this. Signed a 3-year deal with a breakaway clause if Rangers came for him. Shite, but guess he got us top 2.

The only side who can stop them is Bournemouth.

Fair play to them in the end. Honestly thought after the derby they'd be on the beach and coast to 13th. Got better as the season went on.

Absolutely no excuses not to finish top 6 next season. Most of the teams who didn't play in Europe are in it next season. I'll give him Chelsea, but he has to finish above all of Brighton, Bournemouth & Sunderland or he should leave.

I'll start watching The Bill re-runs if they qualify.

Beating Man U & Arsenal in back to back home games when we first signed Dubravka. Remember Slimani doing very little but had massive cameos in two big wins. Kenedy's loan spell. Was a big window that January one.

Yeah I dread to think where we'd be now if it hadn't been for Benitez.

Hull fans should have just invaded the pitch after their goal and it'd have been done & dusted.

Probably the correct & fairest outcome in the end. Can't wait to see them scramble to 20 points with 4 of them coming against us.