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Long doesn't score nearly enough and that's his primary job. Way beyond time that he was shifted on. I like Charlie but it's the same with him I'm afraid. His game is almost exclusively about goals and when he isn't scoring he doesn't offer a huge amount, time to move on. Funnily the one I would have been most happy to see what he could do is the one that got sold, Gabbi. Think he could have been a decent player under Ralph.

Pretty sure he'll be here next season, not so sure about after that. Gut feeling is he'll follow the Poch trajectory and I wouldn't begrudge him that. Absolutely fantastic manager, frankly to get 18 months out of him is punching well above our weight when you consider he went from Bayern sniffing around him to the shambles that we were in when he came. The transformation from corpse to looking like top 8-10 has been miraculous IMO. However if Gao were to back him properly + he were to decide that he likes it here, wants a project is happy to stay longer (say 5 years) I could see him becoming a bit of a SFC legend, I rate him that much.

Considering that when Hughes left we looked like we would be down by Jan Ralph has performed miracles to keep us up. We were a barely twitching corpse Ralph should be given a healthy budget next season, he's earned it.

Should have won that. 1 point from the last 3 is making heavy work of this run in. Should have been in the clear by now. Just get the 3 against Bournemouth and lets finally kill off any doubts.

With the right attitude we can get a win there. Let's just get the 3 points and put this season to bed.

Not the best of days but it's on to the next one, just win and put this season to bed ASAP.

Saints: 44 points and survival. Brighton: relegated on 34 points. Champions: Pool on 97 points (brace yourselves) CL spots Pool, Citeh, Spurs, Utd Champ Promotion: Norwich and Leeds Playoff: Villa FA Cup: Citeh Champions League: Wierdly have a funny feeling for Spurs Europa League: Valencia Pompey: Automatic Promotion

Until it's mathematically certain it's all to play for. Just get a win at Newcastle and let's get to that point ASAP.

Get in their faces and don't give them the space to recover from Sunday. 3 points are doable, just get them and let's put any lingering doubts to bed. ......also a Cardiff loss please.

A lot of ppl think Cardiff are gone, I'm not nearly so sure. If Cardiff beat Burnley on Saturday then they are 5 points behind with a game in hand. They have potentially 3 games where they could win Brighton(a), Fulham(a), Palace(h) whereas Burnley look to have potentially a point vs Arsenal?? Saturday is massive for both teams. Wins against B'mth and Udders should definitely do it for us but hopefully we'll be able to nail this season long before then. If we can't get the requisite points before B'mth it could be itchy bum time.

Played well, just lacked a cutting edge up front. With 1/2 decent striker(s) and Ralph still incharge I think we should be aiming for top 8 next season. Still work to be done in this one though. Wolves up next, 3 points and let's put this season to bed please.

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All this small time revenge stuff, just concentrate on the 3 points to (all but) clear ourselves from the drop and then we can enjoy Cardiff\Burnley slogging it out for the 3rd spot. Seriously, get in their faces and I think they'll crack, they are good but we can beat them. Derailing their title ambitions and unleashing another tsunami of pity would be fun to witness but first and foremost we want the 3 points and virtual safety by the end of Friday.

I think the last spot is looking like Burnley or Cardiff. At the moment Burnley have the whip hand but if they lose to Bournemouth (very possible) and Cardiff beat them then my money would be on Cardiff surviving. There would be 2 points between them, Cardiff would have 1 more game to play and would also have the wind in their sails. Burnley's last 4 fixtures look like yielding 1 point at most whereas I can see a dogged Cardiff grinding 4-6 out of their last 5. Either way another 2 wins and we are completely safe. A win against Pool would all but seal our safety and we could watch the scrap without any fear.

Gao needs to do whatever it takes to keep Ralph, he's a top manager who has saved Gao's ass. With the likes of Bayern sniffing around him it was a real coup to get him here in the first place. I think we'll survive and Ralph will stay - at least till May 2020. If so then next season is going to be really interesting to see what Ralph can do with a full season and a bit of money to spend. Looking forward to it already.

I have a funny feeling we can win this one, compared to Citeh Pool have a glass jaw. Pressure of the situation + on the back of a big win against Spurs we can blindside them. So it's a loss then.

Big win even if the game wasn't anything to write home about. Hopefully Cardiff will get beat tomorrow and then they have to play Citeh & Pool (2 losses) + Burnley and Brighton (so points will be lost around us). Looking brighter but still a long way to go.

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Big, big game. Get 3 points here and assuming Chelsea do us a favour then Cardiff will need realistically 6 points from 7 games to overtake us. This is one of those games it could go either way but if we play like we did against Utd and 2nd half against Spurs then 3 points is certainly there for the taking.

Showed great heart and got a huge 3 points, just need to keep our heads, play like we've played over the last 2 games and we should be OK. A win at Brighton would IMO get us close to safety. Can't see Cardiff getting much more than 6 points from the remainder of their fixtures. If I was a Spurs fan I'd be sick, total implosion from them but they've always been mentally weak for as long as I can remember. Laughable defending for our first.

Good performance but can Ralph can get that level for the rest of our games? If he can then a point against Spurs is possible with Spam hopefully doing us a favour against Cardiff. With a 3 point gap, superior GD, 8 games left and our tails up I'd fancy our chances.

Got to take it to them, go into our shells and we are guaranteed to get beaten.

Already booked this one as a loss so anything, even a narrow defeat, would be a bonus.

My Cardiff predictions: Wolves (a) - 0 ; Spam (h) - 1 ; Brighton(a) - 1 ; Chelski (h) - 0 ; Citeh(h) - 0 ; Burnley(a) - 0 ; Pool(h) - 0 ; Fulham(a) - 1 ; Palace(h) - 3 ; Utd(a) - 0 That makes 31 points. Less than I previously thought TBH but still a bit more than 2 points. They could get 2 points, it's certainly not out of the question but seems very unlikely to me.

RIP fella, made some of the best 80s/early 90s music out there. His solo album was also a stunning piece of art. I remember playing my cassette of 'Colour of Spring' to death back in the day.