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Something rotten in the state of Denmark. Erm, I mean North London. Come on Palace, finish them off.

Come on Palace, do it for all non Spurs fans. Thanks. Even if they don't go down it's still funny.

I'm so conflicted as i don't really like Spurs or West Ham. I want West Ham to sink most but they're getting their shit together under Nuno. Spurs going down would very funny. Frankly I'm happy with either, as long as Forest stay up either of the other two can drop. Leeds are far from safe either. They could well be in trouble if the others keep picking up points.

Those last 5 games for us against mid table teams likely to be on the beach (Derby could still be in the mix) and Blackburn look favourable, it's the few tough games before that which could define our season. Ipswich, Wrexham, Coventry and even Norwich will be the key fixtures. Hull have WBA, Wednesday and Oxford in 3 games. They must be thinking that's 9 points. Before and after that their fixtures are tough. Look at Wrexham's last 2 fixtures. We can only hope the 3 way fight for promotion continues to the last day. To be even still in the play-off conversation is excellent, it gives us something to play for. If we'd lost, say, two of our recent wins we'd likely be season over in mid-table thinking about the summer rebuild. At least our recent form has kept the season from petering out.

Ipswich win. Hull remain 7 ahead.

That too. Injury time...

Oh should have been 2! What a save.

Cracking strike. Ipswich winning

Yes please. Hull may still be catchable but I don't think Ipswich will be. Relying on fighting for one spot is worrying I'd rather we had the option of fighting for two and so a Hull defeat would keep them within catchable margins. If Hull win tonight or even draw I think we're solely fighting for 6th spot. I still think we don't make it but it all depends on whether Wrexham continue to pick up results or have a tough spell.

There's also potentially the loss of players we have now if we don't go up. Scienza, Jander, THB, Charles possibly, all will have admirers over the summer and we'd be back to trying to replace them. Maybe even one two others. I wouldn't bet against SR cashing in, we know what they're like.

We'll drop points too. WBA will be tricky but they're beatable but after that we have Coventry, a Norwich side bang in form and Ipswich with Oxford in the middle, who aren't giving up the fight. 7 to 9+ points from those and we should still be in the running. Any less and we'll probably fall short even before we reach the Wrexham game. My head says we won't make it. The teams above us may drop points but right now they're all in good form themselves. My heart says we can still do it, but it will be close. One thing today's games have done is probably cut a few of the chasing pack from the race. I think Preston down are probably out the race now, Brum if they don't win their game in hand could be too. I thought Watford would drop a bit but the better Still brother seems to have got them a few results. Derby are still a threat too. But we can only keep trying to win our own games, the rest is out of our hands.

Tricky when we have 4 CMs other than him, 3 of whom are amongst the best players in our squad and one good up and comer. Rom was signed when Charles was injured, Bragg hadn't featured much and Flynn was shitting through the eye of a needle. It was a good move at the time but now we have the other 4, I don't see him starting much.

I'm absolutely mullered at work today so missing this game completely. Just popped on the match thread quickly to say "woot" and "COYS" and other uplifting sentiments. As you were.

To be fair, they've had little to cheer about this season and beating their biggest rivals is a big result. But what he was really celebrating was beating our points total from last season. 😁

Yep, a win tomorrow and other results will make things a bit clearer as to who our players off rivals are. West Brom will probably be a different kettle of fish after the FA Cup weekend with perhaps a new manager in place and renewed belief in survival without Ramsey but from current form, you have to, on paper at least, see 6 points from those two fixtures. If that happens we should be well in the mix with perhaps a few of the other play off contenders dropping off a bit. That's if we win the next 2. But we are Saints and we do Saintsy things.