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I think Enrique could possibly leave but apart from that i dont see us selling anyone. I would however let Perch, Smith, Guthrie, Campbell and Lovenkrands go if we can get replacements in.

If only we had been more consistent at home who knows.

Do you expect our midfield at the start of next season to be the same? Gutierrez---Tiote---Nolan---Barton I am happy with that but if we can get another quality box to box midfielder like taarabt then id be happy to drop nolan to the bench.

Mock all you like. Positivity is better than negativity. I think we CAN still finish in and around 7th.

Next season if we bring in Taarabt or alike then id use him less. But as for this season he is very important. Id make Barton our captain next year like.

3 points. I think we are safe now but one more win and a couple of results go our way then its almost guarenteed.

If we either score early or just keep them quiet for the early part of the game, their fans will be on their back in no time and that will spread to under pressure players and we can take advantage. My worry is with Bent sniffing around the goal we'll gift them an easy start and lift the pressure on them. But like all toon fans this is a game i really want us to win, if we can help them on the way to relegation it would be perfect karma for the way this bunch of nonentities went on 2 years ago, difference being if they go down nobody will give a shit because its Villa. Absolutely. A good start is crucial be it a goal from us or frustrating their fans. This could be the game where we move just about safe and how fitting if we can contribute to them cunts demise.

Without question. He has some ability/potential, call it what you will, but he has seemingly no composure or ability to think at the moment and needs a run of games over a season to see if that devlops. He had another chance yesterday where the keeper was way out of his goal and all he had to do was keep clam, look up and curl the ball over the keeper into the empty net, but he ended up on his arse having snatched at the shot and fell over, hitting it way too high. A season of playing regularly will show us what he is capable of and hopefully at the end of it we'll have a player good enough for the prem. Agreed. I wouldnt send him to a club in london though...the boys a bit of a tool. Id ask clarky if he'd take him at huddersfield.

Villa arent exactly bouncing at the moment though are they? Whats there home for like? I think we can get something out of it.....i think we will get a point.

Yeah maybe...shame, from what iv seen of him i thought he looked good, bags of potential.

But if he got injured then thats the point of having shola and best as backup. Derdiyok, Barfa, Shola, Best and Vuckic would do imo. Why is Vuckic not gettin a chance anyways? I wanted to ask AP that on the phone in.

He is but one man. If 50 thousand thought positive then we'd see some magic!

Wouldnt say it was a shit game, thought it was a shit atmosphere though. Perch is one of the worst footballers iv seen at the club. I hope some championship club comes in for him in the summer. As for the midfield against villa... How about...Jonas---Coloccini---Guthrie---Barton? Coloccini was quality yesterday, has been all season and i think he would play that role well.

Dont take the piss besty. My point is valid. How will it be worse? Fwiw i think we will have a good summer and everyone will be optimistic come the start of next season.

Agreed. If we could get someone in like derdiyok and play barfa behind then that would be lethal. Id be happy with that a use Shola and Best as backup/rotation players. Maybe one new striker would be enough so long as he was quality.

Aye was a FM legend too....fit in well with jonas and coloccini.

For all with barfa back in the side our strikeforce would be better than it is now and tbh to best he deserves more of a chance. Hes done alrite, Shola does a job as he showed yesterday. Id still want to loan out ranger and get rid of lovenkrands and bring in 2 more strikers but i dont see that happenin tbh.

This is true...depressing but its more our level atm.

I doubt it but im sure they have the internet and an interest so its possible. I just think that accross the whole support of the club its pessimistic and granted things arent great but what joy do you get being doom and gloom. I love being right But you were wrong. We won, even with all the pessimism so it clearly makes no difference whatsoever. First win in a 3pm Saturday game since 2008. The pessimism was hardly misplaced. How was i wrong? I also predicted we'd win by the three goal margin. Tell me....what good does being pessimistic do? As apposed to being optimistic? You said pessimism on this board breeds poor results...but it didn't. Doesn't give the team or management much credit for their hard work either. The team need confidence..but that's gotta come from pardew, not the likes of you, besty and rob w. So i said people on this board were responsible for bad results? Quote me. People LIKE a few on here CONTRIBUTE to a NEGATIVE atmosphere at the match which DOESNT HELP matters on the pitch. Poor results are the fault of the management and mostly the players but WE CAN HELP by being POSITIVE. The atmosphere this season has been wank on the most part.

AKA we'll sign one striker and we'll be happy with that. Maybe we wont even buy a striker and keep it as it is. Shola or best as the target man and barfa in behind, lovendkrands, ranger, vuckic and airey all as back up.

I doubt it but im sure they have the internet and an interest so its possible. I just think that accross the whole support of the club its pessimistic and granted things arent great but what joy do you get being doom and gloom. I love being right But you were wrong. We won, even with all the pessimism so it clearly makes no difference whatsoever. First win in a 3pm Saturday game since 2008. The pessimism was hardly misplaced. How was i wrong? I also predicted we'd win by the three goal margin. Tell me....what good does being pessimistic do? As apposed to being optimistic?

Crouch and Bellamy would work well. Dont overly rate crouch but at the right price and on a short term deal they both could do a job for us. What about zamora?

I'd have him back in a heartbeat...not for 7 mil though! We bought him for 6mil how much did we sell him for? At 31 he's worth at MOST 3.5mil For that price id have him back...not a penny more. Then again...if we are to play Barfa as a striker then two guys of similar style wont work...pace players....we need a big guy up there to hold up the ball.

Jesus, you're such a dick. Where did i say we'd lose today? Never said you did...just highlighting being positive is good. yeah, you're right. today's result is all down to your positive mental attitude. If only i had the power to make things happen, if i could id be using it to get katie melua in my bed tbh. I just think that, and i do understand the logic of it, but pessimism is boring. No enjoyment 80% of the time and 20% when your proven wrong then you get a buzz. I just dont think that way, everyones different and i personally think being positive does far more good than being negative.

Debatable, we've dropped far too many points at home this season to inferior teams, t'was good to see a bit of clinical finishing for once. I think it was a sideways dig at what i said tbh. My point was in the MUST win games we have done well.