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They were discussing that on BT Sport last night after the match. They can’t sell anyone until they get a manager, and what manager is going to want to come in and have to sell half a team before he can buy anyone. It could take a few seasons before they’re competitive again. Us and Newcastle are coming good at the right time.

GOALKEEPERS Mendy Arrizabalaga Bettinelli DEFENDERS Fofana Badiashile Koulibaly Chalobah Thiago Silva Cucurella Chilwell Reece James Azpilicueta MIDFIELDERS Enzo Kante - Contract Expires Zakaria - Contract Expires Kovacic Gallagher Loftus-Cheek Chukwuemeka Mount Kai Havertz FORWARDS Mudryk Sterling Pulisic Madueke Ziyech Joao Felix - Loan Ends Broja Datro Fofana Auba LOAN RETURNS Lukaku Malo Gusto Hudson-Odoi Andrey Santos Ampadu Sarr Bakayoko Baba A total of 35 players once the loanees return and some players contracts expire. What a shambles, some job for a new manager

It's great we can have these discussions now about Ollie, shows how important he is to the team, because at one point if we had got a decent bid from another team, I would have been happy enough to sell him. He's now invaluable.

Will be difficult to see where some of these players will go, there is little money in clubs outside the PL.

A complete dumpster fire of a club at the minute, and you love to see it. No matter what manager they get in the summer, they are going to have the same problem Potter had... too many players. How on earth are they going to trim that squad to a manageable number?

We should close this thread as none of us can guess what Emery will do

Hopefully we've rattled them enough to start doubting themselves, and as you say other teams can get at them after Emery exposed them. I suspect they'll do enough to get over the finish line in 4th though.

If we can get the Newcastle from after the WC back for the run in, we’d be in business.

United are out of reach, and it will take a monumental collapse from Newcastle to catch them. The max we can get is 71, Newcastle then needs 16 points from 24 to get to 72. So, even if we are perfect in last 7 games and get maximum points, I can't see Newcastle dropping that many points. Now if they lose their next 2 games against Spurs and Everton, i'll start to believe, but it's out of our hands. Having said that, based on Newcastle and Man U current ppg, after 38 games Newcastle would have 70 points and Man U 74.

We'll be shopping in La Liga I reckon. Cheaper players we can poach outside Barca/Real. Emery knows the league inside out. Style of football in Spain will suit our style of play under Emery.

He's been to our last few games, who's he there to watch? He could ignore Mings and Watkins before because we were midtable. Now we are knocking on European spots, he can't keep ignoring them when the spotlight is now starting to shine on us.

Never heard of him until just this moment. Google says he is 6ft 5, what are we building if we get him, partnered with Duran in a few years

Surely a cert for the next England squad? Same with Ollie.

Totally but you know it won't. Shout out for Howe as well.

As names go, they don't get much bigger than Stevie G mate. Do you not remember that night in Istanbul?

He also runs funny

Can't wait to see what Unai will come up with. A bespoke strategy to beat every team in the league, the unpredictably of it all is nice. How are Brentford supposed to prepare for this game, are we gonna play slow and high, or go direct?

Manager of the Season.

Who's the sexual deviant?

Leicester second half against City they looked decent, they only have to play Liverpool and Newcastle. Forest are dreadful, they have Liverpool and Brighton who I expect will both batter them. Haven't really watched Everton under Dyche, they have Newcastle and Brighton. They don't actually play that many Euro chasing teams that we need to get beat, so I wouldn't be relaying on any of them.

After watching Leeds the other night, they look doomed. They have to play Newcastle and Spurs

It's too hard to predict. We just need to keep winning, and if other results go our way, they go our way.

You never know

Benteke in this Emery team would be like prime Drogba

Wonder why that is?