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Well done lads, especially Fraser. We should have been ahead at half time though

I like that team. Terry and Cahill will just eat up anything chucked up towards Pelle. Mane and Long can go beyond them

Simeone in is the rumour. Their best players (Aguero, Toure, Silva etc) have all been with them for years now. Have any of his signings really been a big success?

Matic injured as well

If we get Europa League, I'll be mega excited, regardless what everyone else says. I've seen us play one tie in Europe in my lifetime

A few casualties from this game-Ox, Di Maria and Shaw

De Gea Clyne Terry Fonte Bertrand Matic Toure Fabregas Eriksen Hazard Kane Manager: Koeman POTY: Kane

Think it will be Derby, Middlesbrough and Norwich coming up. They will all have massive work to do considering the 3 promoted teams from last year are likely to go down

If you'd asked me at Christmas I'd have gone with Clyne, but I'd now go for Fonte

Wasn't going to do it but walked into Will Hill at 7 cos I just knew it! Like you say, the easiest accy ever. 145 quid from a tenner

hahahahaha

PASS IT GRAZIANO!

Ronald's got a lot to answer for so far in terms of team selection

One of the worst ref performances I've ever seen so far. All three were penalties

God I'm nervous. Think I'd take a point now if offered it

Sturridge on the bench for them

By my reckoning, this is the most important match we've had since the Coventry one in 2012? Unless someone can think of one in the meantime? QPR away in November 2012 I suppose but this is bigger because of the context and the value of the 3 points

Disappointing but still in the top 4. Think the Liverpool game will be very different, however. The 10 day break will help us I think

How weird is it to be even having this conversation? Normally, we'd be cursing QPR's away win

There's your answer. It's an additional place

Geeky Sunday post. If anyone is interested, this is the predicted finishing points, based on points per game ratio so far this season (rounded to nearest point): 1. Chelsea 89 points 2. Man City 79 points 3. Saints 71 points 4. Man Utd 70 points 5. Tottenham 68 points 6. Arsenal 67 points 7. Liverpool 62 points 8. West Ham 59 points So looks like 70 points is about the magic figure for the top 4 (allowing for slight improvement in Tottenham and Arsenal PPG average). This is the Win/Loss/Draw ratio needed to reach 70 points from remaining 14 games: Chelsea 3-5-6 (they'll be ok!) Man City 6-3-5 or 5-6-3 Saints 7-4-3 or 8-1-5 Man Utd 7-5-2 or 8-2-4 Tottenham 7-6-1 or 8-3-3 Arsenal 8-4-2 or 9-1-4 Liverpool 9-4-1 or 10-1-3 West Ham 10-3-1 So conclusions from this: We're still in with a shout but still need 7 or 8 wins minimum. West Ham are pretty out of the top 4 race and there may come a point (Tuesday even!) where we actually really want Liverpool to beat the teams around us, such is their small margin for error over the rest of the season. I'd put our chances of top 4 at about 1/3 from my own gut feel. The two factors these numbers don't really take into account are goal difference (we're sitting pretty) upcoming schedules, and Tottenham's, Arsenal's and Liverpool's are particularly gruelling over the next couple of months. I can't wait.

Good result. Still ahead of Utd and West Ham deflated

West Ham look exhausted. How good does our win there look now?

Proper anger management issues there