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Neither would get into the current starting 11

No he wasn't poor, he continued to do his job in a difficult time for the team.

Maybe not outlandish, but certainly one eyed. During that time he probably remained Wagner's first name on the team sheet. To apportion significant blame on one player at a time key players were missing through injury and the system was struggling to cope would not seem like a coherent argument. The majority of fans see through this, a tiny minority do not.

Maybe @Robert N. LiM choice or words was careless, but yours is clearly a minority view. Perhaps rather than doubling down on this view it might make for more interesting posting if you examined why, exactly, you are so far out of step with the majority of the fanbase?

It is a reasonable opinion although not one I share, I think it really makes no substantive difference. It will probably scrabbling around to win by the odd goal in the second leg and then practicing penalties for the final. One mistake, or more accurately one less mistake than the others, will settle it. I am not confident, but hopeful.

Play-off are pretty much a lottery and probably will be decided by the famous moments rather than form or tactics. Looking at it honestly I am not confident we have enough to get through the three games but we have given ourselves a chance. Southampton does look the least stressful option, which raises the question wouldn't you prefer them in the final? Unless of course you only want a big day out (as we all do)

I noticed that as well. It looks like the FA have swapped this in return for having EPL free weekends for the Cup. The truth is the FA Cup has been a second order competition for some time and it only going one way.

Possibly, looking at the relegation fodder in the EPL this year, next years Champs could well be much weaker than this year. Although if the binners do go up it would leave a couple of strong sides behind, finances permitting.

You said that this season 🙂

I doubt the average neutral even remembers who Buendia is

That is the key to this debate, less about how good the players are are and more about whether they are starters in the EPL and therefore worth top dollar. I suspect on that metric only Sara and Sargeant meat the criteria, with Rowe perhaps needing more games.

Yes, I think we are

Four to go @ricardo😀

I think 75 will be enough, so win the home games and get a point away.

Same again