S-Clarke

For me it's as simple as failing to beat Swansea and it's all over. Done and dusted. In my mind we only have 1 game left, totally discounting the City game.

It really is this simple. This weekends results have created this clear oppertunity.

I personally think it's as much a must-win for them, as it is for us. It's pretty much like a final, a playoff if you like. Winner takes all. I honestly can't see many tactics at play, it's just a case of who can get over the line and get 3 points. We win, and it's a Huddersfield/Swansea showdown on the final day for that last spot. I probably shouldn't think like this, but to me tuesday is our final game, our last chance to get any points. That's how I'm looking at it anyway.

Absolutley, it's a numbing result. But after the dust settles, todays results have been amazing and gave us a tiny buffer. A defeat today would have been a ****ter, but at least it's now 100% clear what we need to do.

Swing it round the other way for a second. What if we'd just snatched a last second draw against Everton to pull us out of the relegation zone? Just trying to put a tiny positive spin on it. Today's results gave us a tiny, tiny buffer of which this draw was. Win Tuesday, simple as that. No going into the game needing a draw, holding for a point, just try and score as many goals as you've ever scored. Let a few in probably, but just make sure you come out on top.

What if we'd have beaten Huddersfield, Swansea, Brighton etc at home. Can't pin any eventual outcome on any result for me.

Last kick of the game at home, finished 2-2. Crouch went for goal at the death when he should have went for the corner...... Those things never leave your mind.

With us palying Man City, that's unfortuntley not beyond the realms of possibility. Albeit unlikley.

His legs are too long for his body. He really is such an uncomfortable player to watch.

As pretty much as simple as it needs to be put! There's always talk of must win games, but this is actually one of those. There's no corner to hide behind now. This is the last chance we have to pickup points this season.

Barring a huge goal swing (assuming we get beaten by City). 36 points for us, 33 for them with at least a +8 better GD. And then you have Hudders too. Basically if we win, it's a final day showdown between Huddersfield and Swansea.

Pretty sure the 10 yellows rule was wiped back in April.

Changes a huge amount. 35 points put as head of two sides going into the Swansea game. Even if we then lost to Swansea we'd still be above Huddersfield (that's assuming City beat them tomorrow...)

I think the killer is that the three points were there, right on top of a gold lined plate. Everton were there for the taking, should have seen that out really.

It's like watching a very clumbsy bambi on ice.

That was a killer, but let's be honest...a decent team would have put Everton to bed today, that was there for us on a plate. Never going to get a more nailed on oppertunity to win at their place, that draw for them is pointless. They still boo'd. Absolutley pointless result.

It's in our hands and it's in Swansea's hands. Whoever wins on Tuesday stays up, pretty much as simple as that. Draw doesn't help anyone, but is less effective for us given who we play on the last day. To go into the Swansea game already on 35 points would have been huge, but it's never easy.

It's the clubs roadmap. They want to sell a first team defender in every transfer window.

People who 'write' letters to the echo are of the special variety.

This stage of the season is weird, so I think it's a bit risky to assume Huddersfield will get turned over for sure in their next 2 - although on paper it looks likely, I've seen stranger things happen at this stage of the season...! As long as we get ourselves to 38 points by the Man City game then I'll be quite comfortable. We just need to win the next 2 ourselves, then have a look at what the other sides did. But I belive 38 points should be fine.

There's nothing out of the ordinary he's doing, just basic stuff. Playing players who want to play, being tough with the characters who don't. Getting the team to press and play on the front foot, being more aggressive in our recovery and tackling. It's not rocket science really, we'd have been fine this year if we just had a competent manager like Hughes who can get the basics right. I honestly still don't know what Mp was trying to achieve with us, bizarre

That final 10 mins almost killed me, but christ we needed that. What a day with those results as well, I honestly thought both Huddersfield and Swansea would get something so it was a total bonus day. One of my main gripes with this side over the last two years has been our passive and safety first approach to football matches, but today we went for it. We were in their faces, pressing high, winning the ball back, and attacking them on the break with actual intent. As per a lot of our performances in recent weeks, we look a threat, we look like we can score and we keep the opposition under pressure. The side is clearly lacking in confidence and leaders, even though we should have won yesterday’s game comfortably, it was still a very edgy last 10 mins as we struggled to see it out. But we did, that will give everyone a huge boost I think. We needed a win like that and I think the belief will start to filter through to the rest of the squad. When I look at how we played yesterday and how we played under MP, I honestly still don't know what the club thought they were gaining in giving him ‘time.’ So, it's still tough, we still need to really win the next two. I don't want to be going into the Man City game needing a result.....

Yeah I remember that, for a few it was the one 'tinge' on a great day. There was definite uncertainty on his part. It'll be Sky for all the live matches this time round! Quite liked it when the BBC had few matches and the highlights.....I think some channel called Quest has the EFL highlights for next year after C5 ditched them.

Letting Pellegrino spend £20m of our hard-to-find cash on his mate, was the worst thing I've ever seen any professional football club do.

No way could you call Lambo a gamble at the time. That was a massive coup for us. He was a proven goal scorer in that league and physically exactly the sort of player you need down in those leagues. Big, powerful CF. If he hadn't become the player he was in the PL, then he'd still have scored goals in the lower leagues to pay back our fee. Bargain signing.