Optimistic Nut

Two games to go in the CL: Only 1 team guaranteed a place in the last 16 so far. Only 2 teams guaranteed to finish in the top 24. Only 4 teams definitely out. Can't be arsed to check what it's normally like at this stage in a normal Champions League campaign but seems good there's not going to be many dead rubbers and should be a lot riding on the last day? Wouldn't normally get a tie as important as City v PSG this early either. I like it.

Krafth can play RCB I guess, so would still mean 4 senior CBs?

Punditry on the whole is a bit shite imo. You could show a goal where a defender is tight and on MOTD it'll be "you can't be so close and allow the striker to turn use you to spin like that", then the following game a defender will have dropped off in that scenario and you'll get, "he had all the time in the world, the defender has to get tighter to his man". I know programmes like that need filler but just a pet hate.

Was similar to the first-half of Bournemouth, Wolves & Forest away tbf and he came on and changed things in each.

Karen Carney. Her whole shtick with our goal at Spurs about how she knows it's not handball under the laws but should still be disallowed anyway was something else. I like Alex Scott, think she's one of the best out there. I remember her one World Cup game given a great bit of tactical insight in her HT analysis. Phil Neville was sat next to her nodding along but clearly not listening, because when she finished, Neville basically repeated her point for his own but in nowhere the same depth.

2-2. Dyer & Bellamy for us, Marsden & Le Tissier for them.

I'm surprised either last summer or this January we haven't done a "loan to buy" like with Hall just to kick the PSR issue down the line a bit? Someone like Tomori from Milan would be ideal if they're looking to get rid. We could do the same for Kelly with Juventus in that case and it'd only show another £10m or so down, but on a big upgrade.

Perfect example on Saturday of why he's an important player to us. If 3/4 of our "A-listers" have an off day, we don't have anyone else who can drag us through. He was the one at the start of the season bailing us out when we weren't playing well and pinching us results. Also think back to West Ham at home last season . Perfect player to put on at HT or 55-60 minutes when you're behind.

I bet the Premier League are this week trying to figure out how they can tweak PSR enough to let Man Utd & Arsenal to spend again, but still stop us, Villa & Forest from doing the same.

Hopefully we forget about that quickly. They're a very good team like. Botman & Schar next week please.

Just seen Kuol scored for our u21s yesterday. Forgot he existed.

1-2. Ritchie for us, Howe & Tindall for Bournemouth.

The tears when he replaces their beloved Pickford (who played more league games for Bradford than he did for Sunderland, but they still worship him) for England in the next couple of years, too. Hopefully while being Newcastle number 1.

Go to Burnley now and offer them £10-15m plus Pope.

Think Tonali, Gordon, Bruno & Isak would improve any team in the league, Botman once he's up to speed probably joins them. Those 4/5 plus Howe combined make good players very good around them and average players good. Long as we have 4 of those in the team with Isak being one of them, we can beat anyone in the league.