S-Clarke

Personally, I'm looking at some of the sides that will be in the PL next year. Fulham Sunderland (should be ok) WBA West Ham Norwich Stoke I personally think that we have a real opportunity to overtake all of those sides this summer. We already have the basis of a good, young, squad. We have the financial clout to add to it even further. Those teams have aging squads, especially Fulham, who I think will be in a right mess next year. It will cost a fortune to upgrade all of those sides, and with the basis we already have, it won't cost us a great deal to overtake them. That would put us top 10, maybe 11th. Got to be happy with that.

He's always been a complete nutjob, has ART.

I think Wigan are gone, so looking forward to facing Villa and Sunderland next year. In a truly selfish mindset, I'd like to see Watford or Palace up, as they will be the weakest. For E.g - watford will lose 60% of their loan players, and they're unable to make any signings in the transfer window due to an embargo. Could be embarrassing for them if they do actually make it up.

Lallana is too slow and ploddy at the moment, tries 1 pass too many when it's easier to have a pop. Or goes backwards in a circle, as everyone has caught up with him. Puncheon has a bit of pace, a bit of strength, and can actually go past a player or 2. Opens the entire final third up for us. It really does show what a difference pace in the final third can make to a team. We looked so much more progressive when he was on the pitch.

Inferior? lol! Have a look at their team, it's complete dross. I wouldn't want any of them anywhere near our squad. I'm actually quite frustrated we couldn't be that crap, because christ, they are one of the worst PL teams I've seen in recent times. A bunch of predictable cloggers. They need extensive surgery if they are to be anything but relegated next year.

But, to be fair, the risk paid off. Pochenttio will be managing in the PL next year, and Nigel will be back in the championship. It was a brave call by Cortese but I think long-term, it will be the right one.

I think, in many ways, his hands have been tied. We don't have a big squad, and if one of our first teamers are out we have to call on the likes of De Ridder or Fox. I think, once he invests a little bit of his image into the side, we can really see what he's made of.

11th/12th.

Totally, another thing which demonstrates just how good we have been since November.

I know who you're referring to, and it's so predictable that he's now gone completely silent. He was absolutely dying for us to lose today, he'd have been on 40 odd posts by now if we had. Hey, he even started a thread as soon as we conceded. The guy is a clown, and this 2nd half of the season has been brilliant all be told. We are actually a proper premiership side now.

After our start, we needed to have a top-10 2nd half of the season to be anywhere near safety, and thankfully - we've managed it. If it wasn't for that awful start, we'd have had a similar season to that of Swansea when they were promoted. Lots of positives to build on for next year, and lots of lessons learnt.

I'm deaf from the silence of Alpine on this thread. comedy gold of a poster. Anyway, we weren't great. Lots of possession in the middle, but it doesn't really mean **** all if we don't have a forward pass - which we don't. We need an injection of pace for next year, so we can actually get beyond the defenders. Most of the players look knackered to be honest, probably the heavier training regime taking it's toll. Will hopefully bed it better over pre-season. Poor old Wigan though, great day yesterday, but their day of nightmares today. They're gone, and they probably know it now.

Unless Stoke beat us 16-0, Wigan win both of their games, Newcastle beat Spurs away and Fulham beat Swansea. So yep, we're safe. As we have been for weeks to be honest! We seemed to want to make it more interesting than it should have been though.

They play Villa on the final day. That's how.

Massive game for Spurs, if they lose this Arsenal can confirm 4th with a win on Tuesday - big incentive for Arsenal there as well! Amazing how tight the bottom half is, a few weeks ago Stoke were dead in the water. Now they're 10th.

Stop biting! He knows that, he's just trying to wind up.

Positive news. Hope he makes a full recovery.

You can't be serious?

Odd, Wigan win an FA Cup which has no bearing on the league, and all of a sudden this thread comes a live with the usual nutter. Fair play to Wigan, but Man City were atrocious, that was unacceptable from 1 to 11 from them. That was probably an even worse showing than when they played us, and that's saying something! Cracking day for Wigan and a seriously deserved win, but complacency and lethargy reigned king in the Man City side today.

He'd add to any of the top 4 IMO.

I'd love him, reality is that he's now in the bracket of ''Top European strikers'' and will fetch upwards of £20m for the Vill, therefore totally out of our market. They will sell in the summer, that's for sure.

I just signed up on their website and popped in my viewing card number, my BT account details etc, and it confirmed my order.

No surprise in the grand scheme of things, he's in remission now but clearly not in a condition to ever play at the top of the game anymore. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2321729/Aston-Villa-captain-Stiliyan-Petrov-retires-football-battle-leukaemia.html He looks so different now, and it really puts everything into perspective to be honest.

Think that's the non-HD channels. I've also got it on 413 and 414 on my TV.

I believe we're approaching the time of the year where we can get excited whenever we see Itchen_Dan post... He saves us all the time of trawling twitter Your work doesn't go unappreciated itchen...!