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I'd take Junior Hoilett or Taarabt in a heartbeat, and perhaps Cesar if we lose Boruc, but that's it. Hoilett can be molded into a great player IMO.

That'll be the list of exits if we go down for sure.

They're much improved but so are we. I'd rather have been playing them at the start of Janbuary when they were, well, shyte, but I our improved recent form with the pushing high up under Pochettino means we could well pick up all 3 points. 3 points and relegation would be a distant memory, but 1 point would still be a decent haul. A loss could see us edge back towards the relegation zone. Things are tight in the bottom half.

It's still a shame to have started the day 6 points clear of relegation and finish only 4, but at least that drags Reading back into the mire. Wigan, all of a sudden, are looking really vulnerable. QPR are down IMO. West Ham could drop like a stone, and perhaps are the mid-table side most likely to do so. I can see Norwich's team spirit keeping them clear of trouble, and Fulham's little bit of quality too. Newcastle likewise will have no problems now. For us? Hopefully mid-table, but yesterday's win aside, we can't rule out relegation ourselves just yet. Beating Newcastle would calm my fears a LOT.

Jaaskeleinen (sp, but at least I tried!) should have gathered. Weimann should have scored. A let off for West Ham, and all the teams around Villa. I hate West Ham, but they have my support today, I'd accept a draw.

They're educated about our team and that worries me. The way they talk it's almost like they're waiting for an auction to see which lot to buy, like vultures circling their prey. Stay up and we should have no trouble keeping them, but if any club in the country could turn our young players' heads, it's United.

"Why didn't you tell me you could play left back?!? That's it, Fox off, Frazer on!"

Gary saying we're 16 points clear of relegation was nice to hear. I hope the FA ratifies that.

Alan Shearer's spoonerism makes me wonder if that's how the Chinese pronounce it - "Licky Rambert".

Gary Lineker doesn't suit Full HD telly.

This pressing up the field that has made us look impressive these last four games is Pochettino's doing, so instantly he's made a different impact, but I still feel Adkins sacking was harsh. I believe we would've stayed up under Adkins, although it would have been a close run thing. Not that it won't still be, but play like we did today and we can comfortably look up the table rather than down. Adkins was a nice bloke, very likeable, and it was sad and a shock that he was dispensed of as he was, but we need to move on and look forward, not back at what could have been.

Shearer had more hair when he played for us. FACT.

Cork £750k Morgan £1mill Lambert £1mill Fonte £1.2mill etc etc Bargains the lot of them, and more. I can't remember how much Punch cost us but it can't have been more than a few hundred K either. Cork perhaps is the bargain of the lot, not least because I reckon Chelsea would kill for him now.

I did it the other day, it's all nonsense as otherwise we'd all win the pools every week, but the experiment was to see how Saints could do if we win our winable games, control the controllables as it were. We finished on 41 points iirc. I do think we'll be in the relegation battle though, we've dropped too many points over the course of the season and may regret not strengthening more in January. I'll take going into the last game with our fate in our own hands. I notice people have started tipping Reading to survive. I still don't see it. McDermott said "we've got lots of quality in this team". I don't see that either. Reading will still go down IMO, but at least for the time being they're showing balls. QPR are, I finally admit, going down too. They're just too far adrift, they need near title winning form for the rest of the season to escape now IMO. Then it's a 3 ways tie between us, Wigan and Villa. Villa have looked shocking this season - it could well be them, prompting our survival and Wigan's great escape.

Nigel Clough at 40/1 is mightily tempting. There's the family history, and Clough Jr has being doing well on limited resources at Derby. Interesting...

This. This This Ghey ...or Michael Appleton managing his umpteenth team of the season. I still think the Blackpool fans have had a lucky escape there.

Stay up and consolidate our position in the Prem, and Lallana could do a Le Tissier and stay here for his whole career. I'd love to see that.

They have already got tons of midfielders, so it's no guarantee that he'd play every game anyway. JWP will be a class player, and already is, so I'd rather have him on the fringes of our squad than on the fringes of theirs. If we lose Morgan or Cork, god forbid, I'd worry about putting Chaplow in there *as 4th choice, and would feel a lot more confident with JWP brought in - he was class at the start of the season, especially in the United game where he caught my eye with a mature display.

The ridiculousness of the situation is that it WILL probably be someone like Andy Carroll called up, despite the fact he's had a lengthy lay off and has done next to sod all this season. There are one or two strikers I think would be called up before Lambert sadly, although I'd LOVE it if he did get a call up - even if he probably wouldn't see turf.

Are you Sammy Saint? :-D

QPR, Reading, Wigan down (but Villa could quite easily be in there) Cardiff, Leicester and Palace.

Gazzaniga Richardson Fonte Hooiveld Fox De Ridder JWP Hammond Guly Barnard Hoskins No Lallana, Morgan, Cork, Clyne, Forren, Shaw, Ramirez, Lambert etc and Punch and Boruc off the wage bill at the end of their contracts If we go down, that scenario could happen. Yes it'd be bad. Don't get me wrong I loved the Championship when we were in it, but the Prem is the place to be. Staying up, strengthening in the summer and a successful season next season (very doable) would be immense.

Just finished the Beeb predictor, which is obviously biased towards Saints but I still tried to be fair. If we pick up points in the games we should be picking up points in, then we finish 12th on 41 points, just behind West Brom on 42. From us down, it reads: 13th Norwich 14th Sunderland 15th West Ham 16th Fulham 17th Villa 18th Wigan 19th Reading 20th QPR Wigan get 28 points, Villa 29. Of course it's all nonsense, as results differ and change, and I'm sure we'll still drop points we're expected to pick up, but it goes to show that the season of survival (and doing very well too) is still in our own hands, ignoring what everyone else does. I'd kill for 12th, I'd settle for 17th. Incidentally United win the title by a clear 11 points! :-D

Just posted similar on another thread. QPR and Norwich are must wins - as today really was. I can see us beating QPR, but Norwich at Carrow Road could be tough, and I don't see any points from the other three games. Still as long as there are three crudder teams below us at the end of the season, I'll be happy, but with Reading winning games, Newcastle will be in no danger, QPR showing stronger performances, and even Villa and Wigan showing fight today, we must be careful. Survival is still in our hands though, so we should really ignore the other fixtures for now. Que Sera Sera and all that jazz.

My biggest concern at the moment is that we have two tough games coming up - Man City at home and Newcastle away. City are, well, City, and are capable of winning any match, and Newcastle are starting to get their **** together especially with their new signings gelling quickly. I fear that after the next two games, where we'll be lucky to scrape even a point, means we could well go into the QPR game in the relegation zone. Whatever happens in the next two (and I genuinely see no points from them), we must beat QPR and Norwich at the start of March. Of course, fingers crossed we beat City AND Newcastle somehow. It'd do wonders for confidence.