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I think Man City could batter Arsenal today by 3 or 4. A lot saying Arsenals recent record at Wembley could see them through but I think Man City will turn it on big time today. Obviously hoping Arsenal win but they are patching a team together. Losing Giroud, Walcott and Ox has left Arsenal short in depth and they havent replaced them. In the bigger game of the day it would be good to see Conte rock up and win at Old Trafford.

Not sure about your maths there ......if the difference is 6 and they lose today, it would be 7 we need to make up. And we still have to play them twice.

What 9 points? Its 6. OK they go to Pittodrie today but its 6 at the moment and Aberdeen are due to beat them sometime.

Another great race for plays offs. If cardiff win today they could even catch Wolves. Cant speak highly of Warnock enough. I used to cringe at this guy when he was at Sheff Utd but over the years Ive began to like him, now I love him. I think Murty is doing well but Id love Warnock in charge at Ibrox for one year. He just knows how to win and drive a team. Sunderland and Birmingham looking very edgy, two big clubs going down.

Hi Chaps, not seen much of The Rangers in recent weeks for few reasons but seems there is numerous good signs from reports on here. Is it realistic to actually think we are in a title race. Im still regretting a few silly results in 2017 (of course we cant win every game but there was a few poor ones), had they went the right way then its unreal to think we would be around level. Sounds like the removal of Pedro is paying off along with foreign players like Pena who just werent right signings at this stage. My only concern would be the doubt around the managers contract and some players being on loan, if this squad was settled and all contracted id say we are ready to mount a serious challenge next season - I just hope we dont see this group broken up in summer. You guys will know more than me but if we get a favour from Aberdeen today - can we still really have a go this season??

I hope Barca win the CL, they have been the best side in an era and deserve to lift their tally to 6 European Cups. Its unreal that prior to their 2006 win against Arsenal they had only lifted it once before (92) for such a Euro giant. Messi goes into the top 5 of all time, no doubt. Id still like to see how he would do at say a Sevilla or Valencia and have the same impact. Maradona went to Napoli who were like an equivalent of Valencia in SerieA and took them to 2 titles. Plus Maradona won a world cup when it was the pivotal tournament (CL has possibly overtaken WC in some terms), and Maradona was kicked all over the park and played on rougher pitches. But Messi' goal haul is more impressive.

The Thursday cup is slightly improving, possibly because the winners getting a CL spot although I dont agree with CL teams dropping into it. I think Arsenal will get past Milan, two giants who are well off par domestically. Atletico Madrid are the outstanding team though, Id expect them win it with Dortmund being their closet opponent.

I was happy we got Dorrans but Davis would be an upgrade on that. So its a yes for me straight away, quality Premier League player who improved himself. The chopping and changing of personnel is what concerns me, seems we have a revolving door at the moment - partly down to Pedro and a bit of Warburton - but personnel seems to be changing too regularly and settled signings is what we need.

Ever the optimist and I agree but chances are fading. I can accept the odd bizarre defeat here and there but we have had too much this season to suggest we wont have anymore. Even if was only a 6 point gap id be more realistic but 9 points plus goal difference means games will run out but its frustrating to think about it. At the moment we are relying on them having another slip up soon which they dont tend to do. Knowing Aberdeen they would rather take a cuffing from Celtic to allow us a chance of catching them. But we are relying on Aberdeen finally beating them and if we close the gap to 6 then i would say its game on. But lets take care of Hearts on Saturday first and see from there.

You just get the feeling he would move onto another club and would be injury free and a player. Its the curse again.

Was impressive. But Porto arent as good as they was. So far the 3 english clubs are in the better positions, City have done their job. Spurs have to be favourites as Juve have to score but that is still in the balance. Man Utd and Chelsea both have tough ones. Barca favourites for Chelsea but Sevilla will be a tough game for Man Utd.

I like Big Eck but this is desperate. He cant get a job at club level anywhere. He must have a good guardian angel. There was comments about Walter walking away from the job for Rangers yet McLeish jumped ship to Birmingham, he only managed 10 games.

Need to bring back the prediction and chat thread on its own rather than individual games. North London Derby at Wembley could be a corker on Saturday. I thought Arsenal looked a lot more balanced and less disjointed last week. Iwobi had his best game (he was overdue one) and its probably playing in a natural position with good players around him. Wenger has a problem choosing between Wilshire and Ramsay though (cant see him playing both as Xhaka seems to be a cert starter). Wilshire has been Arsenals best player in the last 10 weeks but Ramsay just scored a hat trick. Id choose Wilshire all day long as a player but Ramsay may be a better fit next to Ozil and Mkhitaryan. Spurs are very impressive from one to eleven and have a strong bench. Talk about De bruyne, Salah and Hazard as the players who are flying but Eriksson has been superb this season. Tottenham 2-2 Arsenal Everton 1-0 Crystal Palace Stoke 1-0 Brighton Swansea 1-1 Burnley West Ham 1-2 Watford Man City 2-0 Leicester Huddersfield 1-0 Bournemouth Newcastle 0-2 Man Utd Southampton 1-3 Liverpool Chelsea 3-0 West Brom

He has surprised me considering he didn't excite too much having seen him for Scotland but has been refreshing.

I would say certainly more stable and Id say that since Murty has come in and brought more British players. But improvement is two fold. Point tally and performances. Point tally speaks for itself and barring a few silly results it would be even better. Performance wise I think will get better if we retain the majority of the current squad but get the loanees on permanent deals and gain more momentum. Murty is very admirable but I cant help thinking there is a much better choice out there who could do well in the next 12 months with this group of players.

The only thing I couldn't work out was why Wattereus was preferred to Klos long term. OK SK was coming back from an injury but Klos was one of the best keepers In Europe.

Nail on head. It should be called Antisocial media. People dont speak anymore. Its fine for people you wouldnt regularly see but when its your best mates / family etc it goes too far. Ive never been on Twitter, wouldnt know how to use it. The Hash Tag stuff also ruining real alphabet.

What a lengthy mess this has been. I couldnt believe reading Walter might be in contention again and is now favourtie. Its a good thing though and Id welcome it. I did always think Malky McKay would actually be considered and I think he deserves another managers job eventually. He has taken a hit from the Cardiff texts. The shorter odds are: Walter Smith 3/1 Alex McLeish 4/1 Scott Gemmill 5/1 Gary Caldwell 8/1 Malky McKay 8/1 Steve Clarke 8/1 Stuart McCall 12/1

As MacK says it was a general comment. Its regularly heard on radio etc that people dont have a club what is going on. Also some just dont like the start stop of it, yesterdays superbowl last 2 minutes took about 8 minutes. Personally I like it.

Total mess there at the moment but its the club repeating what it does every few years. Poor run of results this calendar year. Couldnt beat Norwich over 210 mins, out the league cup to Arsenal and bad league form. Selling and not playing their spine from last season is where it started. Luis hasnt been playing, Matic sold, Costa sold. Those playing arent as good. If they lost Hazard they are in trouble.

Its a game you very much have to understand and get into. I am a fan of it, I watched it a lot as a kid from a young age on the old Channel 4 on a sunday night. Did a stadium tour of Buffalo Bills which was great - that was the team I started to support when I was young. Coincidentally it was at a time where they broke a record for 4 superbowl runners up in a row (89-93 seasons). Since coming to Asia Ive not had the coverage and the time zone is a nightmare so Ive not watched it so much, but I could easily sit and watch a full match. I do get the American antics about it though, they do tend to think its the biggest show on earth when the Champions League and World cup blows it away. As for the result - I certainly would have back the Eagles, I said to a yank in the bar last night that Philadelphia would win.

For sure he should be given a deal. Whenever Ive seen him he looks like he is getting better.

I would give Kolasinac a chance at holding midfield to break up the play. He is a bit of a tank and can get about. I thought he was doing well on the left but he has fallen out of favour. but Arsenal have trimmed the squad a bit over the last windows. Debuchy, Gabriel, Walcott, Ox, Coquelin and Giroud were all pretty much players for the Europa. Sanchez out and Cazorla unlikely to play much more football means they have an important summer to get right. Mertesacker is retiring so that's another one out plus Holding and Chambers either have to step up or move on.

I think staying at Hampden is a banker. Depending on who is playing then finals can be played at Easter Road or Tynecastle. If its Ross County v St Johnstone no 50000+ stadium will be half full. Yet OF finals should be played at a ground with 70000+, the balance is just all wrong.

Spurs were outstanding and must be gutted it was only 2-0. Most flat performance from a Man Utd team ive ever seen including Moyes time. I thought on paper they would at least get a 2-2 but Lingard, Sanchez and Martial all had stinkers. Plus bringing Pogba off was a bit statement, Jose isnt playing him in his right position.