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Leeds are on target to get 90 points, us even higher. So there's a good chance the third placed team will beat the current record (Sunderland finished third with 90 points over 20 years ago). That would be a record no one wants to beat, and it would be excruciating to lose a playoff against a team who finished about 20 points below them (a real possibility). Leicester 10 Leeds 0 please.

It is possible to catch Leicester, but extremely unlikely. The bottom line is if Leeds beat them then our chances of finishing first slightly improve, from tiny to small, but (paradoxically) our odds of promotion decrease. On the other hand, if Leicester beat Leeds our odds of promotion increase from good to very good. The choice is clear isn't it?

Let’s hope their new striker Kieffer Moore doesn’t again get a couple in the second half.

Be as that may, he still had a goal and 2 assists. If RM says those things to him to explain why he's dropping him I think he'll be none too pleased, and I wouldn't blame him. Games are coming up fast and furious, squad rotation will be key, and so Mara will have plenty of opportunities to play, even for 30 minutes or so per match if he doesn't start any of them.

That’s a good reason to start Mara. But then you’d have to drop a player who scored one and had two assists!

Shit, I had no idea about that. I thought apart from us, Leeds and Leicester the rest were paupers. QPR and Stoke's wealth blows my mind. And so much for poor, plucky Ipswich.

Bit harsh to drop someone who just had a goal and 2 assists in the last match.

Good point. Janny B. also has looked very good this season. Not so much previously in the PL. Ditto AArmstrong.

Cup tied I'm afraid.

The world's most overrated manager. That will finally end when he gets sacked (yet again), because surely by then everyone (except him) will wake up to the fact that's he's actually pretty crap.

If so I would claim, as it ended as a draw, that our unbeaten run would continue. A win-win as we avoid the extra match and probable stuffing at Anfield, and can focus on the league.

Don't look behind you skates, the two just below have 2-3 games in hand, not to mention Derby in 4th who can get within 1 point if they win their game in hand!

Promotion is never pointless when you can pocket £100m for finishing bottom.

Sheff Utd finished second on 91 points last season. Shows you how much stronger the Championship is this year. They'd probably be struggling to make the playoffs if they were in our league this season.

Sign up their goalkeeper in the summer!

Rasmus?

Sorry Enzo, I didn't catch that. How many games have you won this season?

I hope they get us!

Yes but the question is what did we prefer, Ipswich or Leicester losing? Obviously it’s irrelevant how we play (except when we play them). I’d be happy with Ipswich and Leeds dropping points, and Leicester winning, each week as it improves our chances of going up.

Pound for pound surely our worst signing ever.

That's a good summary of the two options. I'd take 2. any day of the week.

Is he allowed to play in a women's team?

It’s us that has all the pressure. If we don’t go up we lose our best players and the descent into a Swansea begins. On the other hand if Ipswich, with a wage bill tiny compared to ours, fail to go up they can dust themselves off and give it another crack next season. Their only concern is maybe losing their excellent manager.

There's a Jason Puncheon joke in there somewhere.

That's true, but unfortunately 3 teams going for 1 auto place is where we find ourselves. Leicester aren't finishing below 2nd.