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Is it fizzling out for Forest? Bad result. But its not like Villa who are a bit behind, they can still make top 5 and its in their own hands because they play Chelsea at home and Chelsea also have to go to Newcastle.

I think its job done as far as Man Utd are concerned but Tottenham conceding late on gives Bodo a huge chance. They have a great home record and have the advantage of the plastic pitch so are capable of getting a 2-0 lead on the night then its anyones game. A Man Utd v Tottenham final would be good to see.

No harm to make the announcement on the Eve of a Rangers v Celtic match 😎

Nottingham Forest play their game in hand tonight at home to Brentford. A win puts them back into 3rd and a draw puts them 5th. They have to go for it. So hopefully a home win I'll take Forest 2-0 Brentford.

Throw in the fact they have backed this manager for once rather than fallen down the road of letting the dressing room run things. They have had good managers but they were rowing upstream. Its amazing how people and pundits are respecting them a bit more now.

Upgrading / updating stadiums is what clubs need to aim for rather than capacity. Arsenal, Man City, West Ham, Spurs all have bigger stadiums that have killed atmosphere and attracted tourists. Highbury, Upton Park and White Hart Lane were all superb atmospheres. Chelsea staying at Stamford Bridge would be their better option but upping the capacity to around 55000. This is going to work well for Aston Villa and Leeds who are upping their grounds to around 53000. Newcastle can move to the site behind St James and they will still get 60000 Geordies. They will all still be proper football stadiums. But Chelsea's owners are split, one wants to stay at SB and the other wants to move to Earls Court. Meanwhile they are looking at going to Twickenham during any construction - that will be interesting to see what attendances they get. Wembley is another option.

PSG are the real deal which is great. I still think they will get out done in the final from Barca but it would be worth seeing them win just to rub it up Mbappe. The English pundits who go on and on about them having the greatest league - PSG have out played Man City, Liverpool, Villa and now Arsenal. But at 1-0 anything can happen, Arsenal need a performance like they did in Madrid and having Partey back will be a big boost.

I re-read it - There are up to 11 places available if Arsenal drop out of the top 5 and win the Champions League.

Id be happy with this, RB seem to have their set up very right and have become a massive sporting organization. Leipzig were only formed just over 15 years ago. The branding of being owned by the 49ers group and sponsored by the Red Bull group should only be positive commercially. After that we just finally get Apple to sponsor I-brox.

This is where Jose Mourinho would excel. Agree about Farke, I dont think he is the right fit despite being a good manager. We need a presence to go with tactics and getting the maximum out of players especially away to the likes of St Mirren, Ross County etc where the last manager and current interim have failed.

Yeah you have valid points but BF isnt helping himself with post match comments, keep it in the dressing room. Plus wasnt the players confused in Bilbao with his paper notes and Tav couldnt read the hand writing?

This is my take which I posted earlier plus a week or so ago when I said the old school type ranting style is long gone. Im not saying BF is doing ranting but I would hazard a guess that he is and the players are not respecting it with him being in the door 5 minutes and not having the best managerial track record thus far.

Good job by Slot, admirable guy despite who he manages. To think he only signed Chiesa who has barely played. His internal changes have been interesting, team and individual meetings on a daily basis to get feedback from players and how to improve them, earlier starts in the morning, allowing players to stay at home the night before home matches rather than the team hotel - stating a better sleep is much more important..... Im trying to work out how many Premier teams could be in Europe next season, if City win the FA cup and finish top 5 plus Chelsea win the Conference and finish top 5 and Man Utd or Spurs win the Europa you are looking at half the league (10 teams).

Forest and Villa are fading which is a shame but they have been superb all season. Forest need to dig deep and get that top 5 place. Not an FA Cup Final I'll be looking forward to now but I'll still be wanting Palace to win.

I was thinking this about Terzic but the fact Rose is strongly linked may mean Terzic could be also.

Everton stopped me getting a full house yesterday but 4 results out of 5 isnt bad. But West Ham need to admit they have got it badly wrong again and just rid Potter, the regression is unbelievable. Chelsea with 2 wins a row have put themselves in a great position.

Well done for Palace, Villa have ran out of steam. Full support for Nottingham Forest today.

One Welsh team for another after Cardiff went down. Like the Premier and the Championship there is a big gap in quality between the Championship and Leagues 1 & 2. Wrexham will need to sign again but this league will looking at PSR / FFP whatever they call it after Leicester getting out of a loop hole last year. Plymouth are down because of goal difference then it is one from Stoke, Derby, Preston, Luton, and Hull on the last day. Bristol City can cement play offs if they win at Leeds on Monday. if not it will be two spots up for grabs between Bristol City, Coventry, Millwall, Blackburn and Middlesboro.

Something is fundamentally wrong behind the scenes. Do we have a split dressing room or something? I dont think the players want to listen to current management set up at all, they obviously cant communicate very well to the players. 1 point out of 9 against St Mirren. It was an eye sore to watch and I could only flicker back on and off during the second half. I dont get Cerny and Hagi being on the bench unless they werent 100%.

I think its fair to say it wont be Barry Ferguson. He hasnt had near the right experience and his comments are showing it. Im glad we got the trial period out the way.

Not sure what to watch between Chelsea v Everton, Luton v Coventry or the Snooker. A busy weekend of sport for the Metropolitan Finest with the Eubank v Benn fight tonight (Spurs Stadium), the London marathon plus Chelsea's match and 2 FA Cup Semi Finals.

Yes along with Motherwell and Hibs recently. 16 points dropped from playing these 3 teams on the previous two times we played them. A test for Ferguson today.

Everton havent won at Stamford Bridge since 1994. Potter returning to Brighton. The Liverpool v Tottenham (to win the league) game kicks off at the same time as the Man City v Forest Semi - what buffoon came up with this. Chelsea 1-1 Everton Brighton 2-0 West Ham Newcastle 3-0 Ipswich Southampton 0-2 Fulham Wolves 2-0 Leicester Bournemouth 1-1 Man Utd Liverpool 3-0 Tottenham

So was Gavin Rae but I missed him out on purpose

Havent really seen the lad Mulligan but our track record of taking players from Dundee isnt bad. John Brown, Nacho Novo, Claudio Caniggia, Glen Kamara....