Lighthouse

Their easiest fixtures are home games against Cardiff, Newcastle and Brighton. Even *big if* they won all three, that puts them level with us now. Aside from that, their most winnable games are Everton (h) and Palace (a) which I'd say are 50:50 at best for Fulham. I can't make a case for them staying up, I just can't. Edit: Fulham's points per game, averaged out over the season, would have them finishing on 23.

F**king brilliant, caps off a pretty much perfect set of results for us. Spurs were sh*te and Fulham couldn't take advantage or even hang on to a draw. I think it's just Cardiff to keep an eye on now.

Not sure what Sanchez did their to deserve a booking. Think it was more for the reaction of the other players.

I think he is just the least suited player we have to Ralph’s philosophy. I’m no fan of Long or Gallagher, not by a long way, but they can at least run and press when called upon. Despite what Ralph may have said in the media, Austin is not a good substitute. So many time Hughes sent him on and we lost all intensity and dynamicism as a team.

First of 4 consecutive 6-pointers for us and for once we have a decent break leading up to it. Hoping to have Bertrand and Lemina back and a new signing or two. I'd probably go with the same team as the Everton game but with Bertrand in at LB. It's also very tempting to put Lemina in for Stephens.

Teams seem to be tripping over themselves not to finish 7th this year. Whenever a team like Everton, Bournemouth or Leicester puts a run together and starts looking decent, they mysteriously become sh*t. Watford are there currently with a GD of 0.

Wages probably. Getting rid of those two and Carrillo allowed us to bring in Moi, Ings and Armstrong. Boufal contributed pretty much nothing so was no loss and Tadic needed a fresh start. Neither would have improved our fortunes under Hughes had they stayed. If Moi wasn't so bad, we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Definitely looked very good in the last two games but I wont get too carried away just yet. Both Everton and Derby were pretty poor sides and we were at home. Hopefully he can push on for the rest of the season and finally become the player we all want him to be.

Aged 20 years in stoppage time

When they score it's going to feel so much worse than when it was 1-0.

I’d say we were pretty lucky to even get that chance, with the rebound in the build up and then the tackle. Ings never looked like scoring it alone.

Hoj has been excellent so far.

Here please. COYR etc.

True, although I doubt they've done it 4 times this season.

A win today and Spurs beating Fulham would basically cut the bottom two off. I couldn’t see Fulham making up a 9 point gap. Big chance for us.

Carrillo is crap and has spent most of his career scoring 5 goals a season against French pub teams. He never looked like contributing anything here, even against Wigan. Clasie lacks pretty much all of the attributes I'd want from a midfielder, except 'getting stuck in'. He also (reportedly) smokes like a chimney, which explains why he can never last beyond 70 minutes. Boufal has been subbed off in Celta's last 4 games, all of which they needed a goal to get a result.

What about after his 119th appearance?

No doubting it was a great achievement for Portugal but it doesn’t make Cédric any better as a player. Didn’t Roque Junior win a World Cup, then get relegated with Leeds the following season?

Are you suggesting Derek Accabbage may be being a bit vague and noncommittal?

Gaston and Boufal were both luxury players who massively flattered to deceive. Gaston had 4 years, including an ineffective season at Hull and did naff all. Boufal scored one worldie per season and was dropped by 3 different managers, then another at Celta. Tadic was an effective flair player, the other two are just crap.

Not saying it'll all go through but for the occasional forum glancers, this thread is probably worth reading.

He had a purple patch at Brum, scoring 5 in 7 games, he scored 1 goal the rest of the season. He had a good start at Blackburn, then scored twice in 5 months for the rest of the season. He failed to score in half a season at MK. Plenty of players have been banging them in down there, then failed to make the step up to the Premier League, look at last years top scorers: Vydra - Can't get a game for Burnley Grabban - Bournemouth sold him back to the Championship Reid - Scored twice for Cardiff Clarke - 33 and has never played in the Premier League Jota - Scored twice for Wolves

Because a lot of the more reliable sources and media outlets are suggesting deals are being seriously discussed.

I'd agree with all of that. As a neutral I just couldn't make a case for us being worse than Cardiff and even if it went to the last day, we've got (probably relegated) Udders, whilst they go to OT. I think the best transfer window we've had recently was 2013, when we moved a lot of the Hammond, Sharp and De Ridders and signed 3 players, which may as well have just been 2 if you discount Osvaldo's contribution.

Lookman aside, I'd take Tosun on loan to help sweeten the deal. 7 goals since he signed a year ago isn't impressive but right now the bar is being set by a man who has scored 6 since Koeman left.