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Ditto this two posts, form and fitness should have been the priority. Happy with Hagi and Nsiala coming in but Danilo (who I like) is another who's injury record is bad. With Souttar, Balogan and Sterling all being out of late another defender in Fernandes would have been the sensible option for me. But if the 3 mentioned are fit for the remainder of the journey then it will prove correct.

A good competition this season, its wide open. Bournemouth, Villa and Newcastle must all be fancying their chances. Its all about the Quarter and Semi final draws falling kindly.

It is 100% confirmed Clement is suited to European football but has no idea what to do domestically. Being in the top 8 in the Europa is a good achievement and keeps him in a job. Im struggling to think when our next league title or domestic cup comes from, the away form and Sundays result is sackable but he has kind of got his own squad now although we still need another summer transfer window so changing it now means we start again for the umptieth time in almost a decade. Its a catch 22 - do we change and not have good European football which brings the income or go for a British manager who would win more games domestically?

Sunday was just a low in terms of quality and probably is the worst result since Hamilton in the 80s for me but I was only about 8 years old in that game so didnt really grasp it. I think losing in Luxembourg under Pedro was also bad. But like Cammy and Dado were saying during the 97-98 season there was a few stinkers which left you seriously down due to the end of an era. The Killie game was mentioned by prior to that we lost a midweek game at Pittodrie and earlier in the season losing the NY game at Celtic Park was depressing.

Ok Lets go Goram Stevens Gough Moore Robertson Reyna Ferguson Van Bronkhurst Albertz Mols Laudrup

Await Cammy reply

Thats a good shout

Gersnet wouldn't be Gersnet without an alcohol fuelled a Gribz ramble 😄 I mean it has to be Laudrup.

Forest 7-0 what on earth

Sorry chaps - late reply

Yeah how good am I 😄

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Brighton Bournemouth 1-2 Liverpool Everton 2-0 Leicester Ipswich 1-0 Southampton Newcastle 2-0 Fulham Wolves 0-1 Aston Villa Brentford 2-1 Tottenham Man Utd 2-0 Crystal Palace Arsenal 2-2 Man City Chelsea 1-1 West Ham

Tough one for Newcastle, if only they could expand the small stand opposite the camera. St James is definitely one of the best stadiums in the country. Villa Park is another and its good they are going to be able to rebuild the stand behind to goal to bring it up to 53000. Everton v Leicester and Ipswich v Southampton today - 4 of the bottom 5 playing each other. While the other bottom side Wolves have a midlands derby against Villa. We will see how Forest respond to their hammering at Bournemouth but Brighton are a bag of revels to predict. Bournemouth have a cracking home record against the big teams but so did Brentford and Liverpool nicked it there so Id expect the same. I think Man City will get something at Arsenal in the big one on Sunday. Jhon Duran has gone to Saudi for 71 Million, fair play to him for the wages but what a footballing waste.

Blackburn up to 5th. Todd Cantwell with the second goal - a player I forgot about as soon as he left the building at Ibrox. Falkirk's lead at the top has been slashed, and Ayr can go top on Saturday afternoon. Must say Id rather Ayr or Falkirk get promoted than Livingston.

Rangers 4-0 Ross County FGS Hagi

Difficult one. Clement will know Anderlecht inside out. Turkey away is always hostile. Twente and Bodo are banana skins but Id probably opt for them.

Like the CL draw, not sure why UEFA just didnt carry out the last 16 draw today as well.

Enjoyed it when Bolton were in the Premier League, they make a good run of it. But they have to get back into the Championship first. They appointed a new manager today (Schumacher), former Plymouth manager who won that league with record points 2 seasons ago.

A massive confusing intro and then a 3 minute draw. Why on earth didnt they make the last 16 draw also!! I thought they would keep PSV and Feyenoord apart, that over two legs could have been nasty. Man City v Real Madrid is massive.

Yup agreed. I just hope he keeps these positives up after the window closes.

Preston take the 10 mile journey to Ewood Park tonight which should make for a good atmosphere. Blackburn have lost 4 of their last 5 and dropped out of the play off spots, they are a side id like to see back in the Premier.

A fine run from Dessers for the second goal last night, you'd never have seen Boyd manage that 😎

Great achievement to slip into the top 8. Not sure who I want in the next round from the 4 sides we can face. Nsiala, Fernandes and Hagi are the 3 Id put in the squad, we cant possibly leave out defenders as it stands.

Arsenal bid 60M for Watkins and they have accepted a 75M bid for Duran from Saudi. Watkins is an Arsenal fan and at 29 I think he wants to go - That could leave Villa very short if Watkins pushes the move through. But still nothing much happening with transfers. Man Utd signing a LB but cant get rid of Rashford. Spurs are desperate for players. West Ham in for Evan Ferguson from Brighton but Im not liking that, he has 1 goal since Nov 2023.

Ive been on the fence with Dessers due to the amount he misses but he is always good for a goal. His last 2 finishes (Man Utd and Dundee Utd) show he does have a talent though, its just frustrating its not there all the time. If he could start getting early goals in games rather than later in the matches I think the criticism and pressure would be off him more (Id like to see his stats / data for goal timing in matches) - but in general we do seem to leave our goals late this season.