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Thank you, Fulham! Well, we got it done - somehow - with two games to spare. All credit to Hasenhuttl for keeping that rabble up. We'll be in the exact same trouble next season unless major changes are made - a few "tweaks" aren't going to solve our deficiencies. Personally, I'd get shot of all our centre backs - not a PL player between them. Obviously that's not going to happen. A holding midfielder with more mobility than an asthmatic slug with a limp is also an essential change. Is there any way to get out of the Ings deal? Can we Escape to Victory him, like they did with the keeper so Rocky could take over in nets; return him to Liverpool because he's broken. Good game from Redmond in front of the England manager. If he's looking for a lad who cuts inside and blazes the ball 30 yards high and wide every time, he's a shoo in. Come on, Newcastle - keep Brighton down there. They're appalling to watch: the league won't miss them. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

1-2 h/t. Getting utterly overrun in the middle of the park again. Two centre backs who can't run, "protected" by Romeu, who can't run, is almost a training exercise for Bournemouth against those blow up statues. I've yet to see any evidence that Bednarek can play in a back four. And people think he's one of our plusses of the season! Pairing him with Stephens was a pretty optimistic selection to say the least. Hope we kept the receipt for Danny Ings. I think Shane Long now as many goals from open play this season as that declining £20m waste of ink. Not sure how we can get back into this. Once Bournemouth realised all they had to do was attack and we'd immediately soil the bed, we were done for - panic set in, heads went, gesticulations intensified. It's going to come down to Huddersfield at home on the final weekend, isn't it? Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

That was absolutely ridiculous. Bednarek caught 20 yards in front of his CB partner and running through treacle. Wow - Long misses two sitters in two seconds. Wheels coming off... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

City's run in is definitely harder than Liverpool's. Burnley are classic spoilers; Leicester are a talented team (with a manager who'll be desperate to do Liverpool a favour); Brighton will play a narrow 11-0-0 and never leave their penalty area. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

How? It was a powerful shot from six yards which then deflected up off Yoshida's knee (I think). The reaction time from the deflection must've been about 0.1 second. The keeper was well positioned to make the save until the nick off the defender took the ball above his head. He had no chance of adjusting in time. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Ward-Prowse at RWB again and two right backs on the bench. Absolutely bizarre. Hope Ralph has a cunning plan up his sleeve, because that XI looks suspiciously like one picked by a manager who watched the Newcastle debacle and learned not a single thing. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

We've only mustered 36 points in consecutive seasons - there's no "suddenly" about it. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Not on board with this blatant scapegoating of Stephens. He wasn't particularly good yesterday (in an overall poor team performance), but was far from the calamitous liability some are trying to make him out to be. For the three goals we conceded, Yoshida, Bertrand and Bednarek were entirely culpable. That's three games in a row Bednarek has cost us a goal in the air (beaten twice, by Keita and Boly, and yesterday's weak clearance back into the danger area). Perhaps he's "League One standard" too? Stephens' time is probably done here, but he's a long way short of the worst player to wear the shirt in the last few mediocre years - and has contributed some crucial goals and the odd decent defensive showing in his time. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

One of those situations where you get penalised for honesty. Morrison was fouling him, but the referee wouldn't have given it if Salah hadn't thrown himself down. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Disasterclass in defending. They've looked like scoring with every attack - and not by good play, just hopeful punts forward. Watford will have fun in midweek. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Yoshida's our best defender - and he's rubbish. Needs a total overhaul back there in the summer. So many self-inflicted wounds. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Once again set up suicidally for our own corner - only Prowse, who can't run, back. Insane. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Personally, I'd have preferred Cardiff to have lost as it would've been lights out for them and we could've just enjoyed the run in. Them keeping things alive makes things a bit more interesting - but I always thought we'd need one more win to be sure. Bournemouth and Huddersfield at home look ripe for the picking. Brighton are going full fathom Swansea. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Years. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Redmond by miles. Even under Hughes' hopeless management he was playing way above the level of everyone else. Great credit to him - he lost his head last season as his form and confidence crumbled, but he picked himself up over the summer and came back strongly. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Yes, if Jack Stephens, for example, had been aerially dominated at the back post, costing us two goals in two games, the phrases "scared of heading the ball" and "League One standard" would've made repeated appearances around these parts. Bednarek has been one of our handful of positives to take from the season, but he's not exactly a superstar in the making. I'm not sure he can even cut it in a back four, but he's a solid citizen in a five, albeit limited. Come the summer, we will once again be in desperate need of a new CB (or two). Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Awesome set of results for us. Hasenhuttl has performed miracles with this squad. Another win (Bournemouth (h) and/or Huddersfield (h) ) would be for insurance. As things stand, Cardiff need to win 3 of 5 to overtake us even if we don't pick up another point. Watch out for Brighton though - absolutely falling apart, and probably their best player, Knockaert, facing a three game suspension. A proper six pointer with Cardiff next week. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Argh this is too much stress. Can't watch it, so I'm stuck following commentary. Burnley apparently missing chance after chance against Cardiff. I still think that's a more important game to our overall hopes than even this one - Wolves are good quality and I think we'll do well to take a point. Nice that Sims has made an impression. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

All our football pundits are squealing, ball-tugging cheerleaders for either United or Liverpool. Until Carrigher's obnoxious fanboying the other night, the worst example this season was Gary Neville's co-commentary stint on Everton 2-6 Tottenham. It wasn't like it was a game devoid of talking points, but Man United had just sacked Mourinho and paper talk had it that Pochettino was top of their shortlist of one to replace him. Neville spent the whole game talking only about Poch joining United. Every good thing Spurs did on the pitch was followed by effusive praise for the manager and some variation on "that's why he'd be perfect for Man United". It was absolutely pathetic, the level of distain he had for Spurs and their supporters. It was a 90 minute masturbatory ode to a team not even playing. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

No way to really predict these things. They're just as likely to want to show a reaction and bounce back hard. They've got seventh to play for in the league and don't lose too many back to back. We'll have just have to deal with whatever turns up. They're a really good side, but a rigid Plan A team: if they have to chase a game or make any kind of tactical switch, they've got nothing. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Ward-Prowse has had a great couple of months, form wise, but has been disappointing in his two games after England duty. It's only fair to state that his role seems to have changed again and he's playing less in the middle and more out wide - where he's never really excelled. Funnily enough, his form dropped off a cliff the last time England picked him too. (As did Redmond's.) Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

It was a header from five yards that was possibly already over the line before he even got a glove down and almost clawed it out. Would've been an amazing save. I'd be more concerned that 6' 3" centre back Bednarek was so easily out-jumped by 5' 8" midfielder Keita. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Pathetic defending. That's just basic. Valery and Ward-Prowse going for the same ball on the edge of their box, leaving just one man back. Such a kick in the teeth - but entirely self inflicted. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

It's coming - we can't get out. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I mean, what's the f-ing point? Doesn't matter how well we play, the officials will still find a way to gift Liverpool the "right" result. Only one winner from here. Hojbjerg sujpjerb. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk