S-Clarke

We entered in the 3rd round last year - so if Palace win the cup, we'll go in at exactly the same stage as we did last year. So the third qualifying round, and then a playoff round (which is where all the teams come in who have just been knocked out of the UCL qualifiers) So we'll basically have an extra 4 games in august if Palace win, and if Utd win we don't start until mid-September in the group stages (6 guaranteed games up until the 2nd week of December)

That's a shame, they were a decent club at that level. I can't see Ziyech hanging around though.

I think that's a really good picture to be honest, shows there is no bad blood between any of them. Shows us as such a great club to be honest.

Not entirely sure why some people are trying to analyse, what was in effect, a muck around game. It was a good laugh though, a good send off for Davis but also a good opportunity to say goodbye to the likes of Lambo/Harding/Hammond etc - who we didn't ever get the chance to send off before. Was a decent atmosphere I thought and all played in good spirit - I loved everyone shouting at Cuco to shoot whenever he got the ball, he looked round and laughed at the crowd a couple of times!

I personally don't see Everton as a viable option for Koeman, the noises from his side suggest he wants to commit to us and he's just waiting for us to approach/finalise things. I honestly think you'll end up with De Boer if I'm honest.

Yeah, the third breakaway goal for Long

Bit of a precious individual is Lovren. As we already knew.

No major surprises in that squad to be honest. When it's cut, I expect to see Rashford, Delph and (fitness depending) Henderson/Drinkwater miss out. I'd probably go with Stones and Smalling as the CB's, Ryan LB, Clyne RB. Go with Dier Henderson/Drinkwater in the middle. Then an attacking 3 of Sterling Dele Alli, Vardy and Kane up top. I'm sure Rooney will be shoehorned in somewhere though.

Worth a gamble, but was so far away from being a PL player it was scary. Hope he can go back to Spain and resurrect his career in La Liga.

My only real gripe from this season was Europe, I honestly didn't think we'd get there again for a while - so I was gutted to see us just toss that away before it even started. So to go one better this year is nothing short of incredible really. It's been an odd season up and down the league, but to finish at least 6th with more points than ever before, is brilliant. I found it hard to see us better last year in terms of our 'year by year' improvement, but somehow we managed it. I really hope we either stay 5th, or Utd win the cup - as I want to get into Europe proper, none of this pre-qualifier banana skin stuff - I want us to have at least 6 games in Europe, that would be a great laugh.

Well my WHU shout was incredibly wrong, at least we still finished ahead of them though! Maybe I was a season out and next year will be the one where it falls flat.

Not if we finish 5th, we're into the groups whatever happens then.

I'm stunned by that - Palace have a final in less than a week! Surprised they're letting him play a testimonial...

Going by last season....end of July/first week of August for the Third qualifying round. If we get a Utd win in the FA Cup, then we'll go straight into the Groups in September.

Just let me say this... LOL @ Spurs.

Tactically an outstanding player, understands the positions on the pitch and reads the game very well. Should be shoe in for England, shouldn't be a debate.

That first half was a bit WTF, had some horrible feelings during that first 45! No idea how we managed to go in 1-0, but we did! 2nd half was a different story, we attacked them with pace and power - we over ran them, and that's what we can do. Not sure we we played so tepid in the first half, but the 2nd half was what we're about. I didn't expect those 2 results to go so well for us, so I'm chuffed to bits. I would imagine we'll get the Man Utd game played before the FA Cup final due to the permutations a potential win/loss will equal for the likes of ourselves and WHU - we will both want to plan for the new season. But third qualifier or automatic group stage - I didn't expect that!

There was nothing wrong with that article back in August and there isn't anything wrong with it now. Just lots of impatient ''i want more, more more'' football fans bickering in between.

Nothing sounds like that at all.

Everton, they're massif

And including the money from the sales of Lukaku and Stones.

''It means nothing, it puts the pressure back in Southamptons court. He said he wants it sorted in the next week before he goes on holiday.''

The PA, surely? I kinda wanted to hear what Lambert was saying the other week, but it was just mumbled echo. Not even worth trying to hear it. I can also never hear the score announcements, which is kind of annoying, given that checking the phone for updates is a no-go. So yeah, there must be a way they can throw money at that to improve it. Anything would be an improvement I'd have thought.

Lol some of their fans genuinley believe Diego Simeone is an option