Oh we are doing this optimism thing are we? We are only 2 points off top 10 with a game in hand over the two teams above us...
Nice to see Salami (as Merson said... FFS) get on the pitch, nicer to nick the win. If we stay up, as looks likely now, Rafa should have a shout for manager of the season, considering. Other contenders: Guardiola, Hughton, Dyche and Klopp.
With Slimani giving us a genuine PL option, I think it's done. This match was the one, I think it means Hudds will join West Brom and it'll be a shoot out between So'ton and Stoke, with Wet Spam and Palace having too much quality in Arnautovic and Zaha. 35 points with 7 to play? We're averaging over a point a game, keep at it and it's 42 points. Tight league, we could even nab 10th at this rate.
Thought Fatboy looked good in his 15min run around. Put himself about, won some headers, not afraid of a challenge, won the ball back twice. If he can do that for 90 going forwards he's already better than Gayle and Joselu.
I specifically left him out of it... Seriously though you can just see that quality that Slimani has that Gayle and Joselu just don't, don't know what to call it but he just looks like a professional footballer.
In my defence it was tart like not putting his head on the ball rather than trying whatever it is he went with. I wasn't suggesting he was a bad player just, on that specific occasion, he was a tart
Huge result today.............. and other results went in our favour too. Having said that, i would have like to have seen WHU get beaten............. i would luv it if they went down .............LUV IT!!
Lots of great players would be available if West ham went down. I think we'll finish top 10. If Kenedy wants to stay, we absolutely need to keep him. He's better than Ben arfa going forward and he grafts for the team. Then again, Ben arfa never had the rafa effect so well never know.
Diame and Jonjo were immense today especially in the first half. Some of Shelvey’s passing today showed why he should be in the England squad. Can’t think of one current English player with Shelvey’s passing skills or range.
David Wagner - 'I think we were worth a point.' Keep dreaming. If it wasn't for ****e I mean Dwight Gayle we would have been out of sight at half-time.
Diame had another good game today. Our fans were **** (although I was in the Leazes) all you could hear was them noisy feccers.
