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But for goodness sake. Watching Villa give Spurs the game is excruciating.
So Villa, make some changes.
Watkins must come on.
Spurs, on tonight’s performance, look as if they could easily win two, if not all three, of their last games. Even winning only two means we’d need to win all three which is extremely unlikely.
I doubt Forest will lose all their last games.
I expect the mood at Rush Green, despite what they’ll say during the week, will be fairly bleak.
Nuno keeps saying he believes it will go down to the last day but that was when we were two points clear and it will be interesting to hear his thoughts this week.
They have Chelsea, chasing Europe and won't want to lose to Spurs anyway, as are Everton. Leeds can be a handful as we know.
We have Arsenal, a free hit, Newcastle, on the beach, and Leeds, who knows.
I for one, although disappointed in yesterday's result, haven't given up.
Three points could be enough.
The dream was to stay up and send Spurs down but sadly it is looking more like a nightmare in which we get relegated and Spurs survive at our expense.
We shouldn't consider Forest uncatchable however as if they lose to Chelsea tomorrow they have three tough matches in Newcastle, Man Utd and Bournemouth.
Regardless the team Villa put out, IMO Spurs sadly played really well, let’s just hope that was a phenomenon and revert back to their uselessness… can’t see it though.
Oh well, let’s beat Arsenal and keep the pressure on, If it’s still a chance we stay up on the final day, let’s hope Moyes still has some love for the Hammers & wipes our Spurs ….
I see so much (not on here) about how Pablo is awful even though his pressing helps us win the ball constantly, and how Nuno messed up early days with playing Potts and Magassa. It might have taken us a while to win games but Potts and Magassa had a good impact early in helping us to stabilise and start getting points, even if we kept falling short of wins. Maybe playing Paqueta was a bigger problem than Potts. Bringing Soucek back in helped us to start winning games and then Summerville started to actually deliver for the first time.
I think Nuno’s done well and all the players involved have. We lost this weekend against a team we’ve struggled with since they came up. Spurs won by a single goal against a team we beat 4-0 and again a single goal against probably the worst Villa turnout under this manager, where their only shot on target was the one they scored with right at the end.
I also wouldn’t discount our strength at home right now. The team’s been putting in performances and the relegation fight has the fans more up for it at home than I’ve seen since the Europa days. No need to spiral into doom now.
Chelsea 9th, 4pts off 6th place
We have been down before and bounced back but it would be harder this time as the Club has financial problems. Some of the young players have been out of loans but have struggled. Will they step up? Better players are certain to leave. Will Nuno still be around? Even if he is, does he have the know-how to deal with the Championship?
We were changed overnight by Lopetgui and ultimately for me the person who appointed him is most to blame. Potter was awful but I could see why he may have been attractive to some, I don't think I knew anyone who wanted or was enthused by Lopetgui. He wasted money and built a defence around the very poor Kilman, something only rectified when Nuno dropped him, and we instantly began to keep clean sheets and leak less goals.
Poor manager selection, poor transfer business by those managers, which took a platform left by Moyes but only proceeded to fall off that platform.
Leeds are no push over, and could hopefully surprise a now over confident Spurs, gotta live in hope, while there's still a thread of hope left...
COYI.....