CB Fry

Chelsea were an established top six side having already won several trophies including two European trophies in clear living memory. Man City less glittering but still undeniably a big club and far, far bigger than us. And, they just happen to be in Manchester. Neither club were West Brom suddenly signing players and winning trophies from nowhere. Quite frankly, most players will not just sign for who pays the most. Ask Newcastle in the 1990s/early 2000s when they made various attempts to sign top level players. They bid more, and offered more salary, to Wayne Rooney. Guess where Wayne went? Nice try with the 1902 line. I give that 3/10.

It won't be their first priority, but signing for a big club in a big football city, rather than a medium sized club in a nondescript city would be a factor for all of those players. If you are suggesting all those players care about is money, are you suggesting that Saints are going to start outbidding City, Chelsea and Man United for players now?

City and Chelsea started off life as Manchester City and Chelsea, both former League Champions and multiple cup winners home and abroad.

It is stripes this season. Cortese said so. The Cult can see the stripes. Join them.

99% of those anythings result in us staying up.

Last season, when Wolves went down having stayed up on the last day the previous season? It's almost like every season is kinda different, isn't it?

Even when we sacked Nigel there was no mention of the aim being just staying up as it was with, say, Reading or Sunderland when they communicated their changes. The club's aim was far beyond just staying up. Might have been your aim. It was mine. It wasn't the club's.

You don't need to be an optimist to think we're safe. We just are.

Wigan will win all their remaining games. Villa will win all their remaining games. Fact.

Lucky for you this is not a fact.

Or not. We are safe.

Or, on planet Earth, Wigan are going to be relegated.

Fine. We finish, say, thirteenth and you can spend the whole summer whining that really honestly we were the tenth best. Honest we were. Fill your boots mush.

What a load of old sh it. Well done.

A-freaking-men to that.

Hilarious to see "Stevey" Cotterill sat in the stands on MOTD putting a shift in for Arry. Jobs for the boys. Wouldn't surprise me to see Arry promote himself as Director of Football and let Steve take it on next season. Young man's game this Championship lark, and besides when it all goes ti ts up, I want to make sure I aint to blame f'sure.

I don't think any of the "realists" are responding to the comments from the players or the manager. That stuff is ten a penny meaningless puffery. If anyone is wetting themselves and getting in a frenzy over those comments it is the "believers". And the rest of us are having a little chuckle about it. Good effort though.

Thanks for the feedback on my guesses on what Wes would say. Christ.

Or he'll do the Man City in third tier routine.

I bet he says Swansea. I bet he does.

Ummm, you have been reading this forum recently? The reality is we're finishing tenth this season and next season we're realistically targeting top four but we will accept 10th which will be a "better" tenth than Swansea and West Brom who only achieve "meaningless" tenth place finishes.

...barely needs mentioning but these scenarios of Wigan AND Villa going on miracle winning runs also requires various other teams overhauling our points and GD. We're safe.

Err, quite the opposite sunshine. I make throwaway comments which then get pointlessly analysed and requoted by divs for weeks afterwards until such point I am proven right. If you want hilarity, ask the plank who has never met me who put ten quid on WHU going down purely to prove me wrong. It's like something off of The Day Today.

Get in the queue behind the planks having a pop at me for saying we won't finish tenth. See you all in May where you can all apologise.

"if you ignore the last three games, and the QPR game, and of course the first eleven games of the season, we've been as good as Liverpool this season"