Raymond

Well. That escalated quickly.

We are safe. No way Hull get four points from Spurs and United. Still would love to finish above 40.

If Hull lose Monday, all four of Newcastle, Hull, Leicester and Sunderland will have gain more points than us over the final 3 matches (4 for Sunderland) I do not see that happening. I could see us nabbing 7 more points before this is through and finishing comfortably clear. On a related note, Sunderland close with Arsenal and Chelsea on a victory lap. They could be gone after the Leicester match.

Completely? Not even a part of you thinks they were the right changes? Cole came on a week earlier against Tottenham and did a fantastic job. So hard to argue with the decision. I think the game would have developed the same regardless. N'Zogbia had certainly ran out of steam. No. I thought they were poor when they were made, and the results in the game flow speak for themselves. In the end we held on, so I suppose it is a bit of who cares. It has been a theme, though.

I completely disagree. Jack and Nzog were able to carry the ball forward and remove pressure all day, and they were playing well when the change happened. After Cole and Sinclair came on we had no outlet, and that is why the pressure level changed IMO.

Now removed a bit from the glory, the two changes were really bad, and that has been a theme with Sherwood so far. Hope he can improve his ability to make changes on the fly.

This is a poor move.

What a pass by Jack. Too bad Benteke could not catch up.

Baker not moving well there.

No matter how well we are playing, Richardson is still terrible.

Rewound to watch that last Grealish run into the box. Had an opportunity to shoot but did not have his body under control. Seems to happen a lot for him. Something to work on.

This has turned into a beautiful match.

Beautiful move. I love everyone involved.

Okore not up to the pace and it kills us. The **** injuries.

It will be incredible if Leicester pull out of this.

Ridiculous comment!Why?Because wanting someone to do better or worse because of their skin colour is a racist comment in itself. If racism is to be kicked out permanently, we need to stop treating black and white like it's a different species. By making comments like this it's actually creating a divide, people should just want 'a manager' to do well whether they're black, white, male or female. Only when everybody really is not making an issue of it then real equality can be achieved. I know this is off topic, but I wanted to respond. This is a common argument against affirmative action in the United States, and it is basically nonsense. The root of the issue at the argument's core is you are treating equity and equality as the same thing. It is fair to treat black issues differently than white issues because the table has been tilted so hard against black people in the past. We have to fix that imbalance that has been created, and that requires us to treat black issues differently in the present. The only way we reach the utopian society to explained is through treating black issues in such a way that allows us to close the privilege gap that has been created over the last half millennium. While I think you are quite correct we will never be a "post-racial society" while we are treating people of different colors (or gender, sexual orientation, etc.) differently, the only way we get to that ideal society is by instituting policies to reverse the damage done over the last 400-plus years. But there is no inequality in regards to black managers. No chairman has ever said "well that black manager is the better one, but we'll go with the white guy" They want the guy who'se gonna do the best job. I want Chris Ramsey to do a good job because I think he's a great guy, not because he's black. If more white managers are getting jobs than black managers then it's because people think they are better for the job, not because of skin colour. I have no doubt the first statement is true, but have you ever thought about why there are not more black managers qualified for Premier League manager jobs? It is certainly not because black people are inherently worse at managing football clubs, and it is certainly not because football is a game of which black people have no interest. It is because young black people who could be Premier League managers never get started on the track to begin with, and in that reality is where you find the discrimination. People need to realize real racism is not some drunk idiot throwing a banana at a black player. It is the systematic and often subconscious dismissal of the underrepresented group. Just one high-profile member of that group can start to change those inherent biases. That is why it is important. I have hijacked this thread long enough, so here is an interesting article on football managers specifically. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/14/why-so-few-black-football-managers And here is an interesting test about implicit association. Read about it, take the test and learn about yourself. https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

Wow. Talk about a lack of foresight... All that mentality creates is a world where policies are being flipped, continually, in favour of one race and then the other. With each time the flip happens, tensions rising among those "losing" their privileges. Absolutely insane statement If we were being run by machines that lacked the ability to assess each situation differently your point may have some merit. We are not, though, so it does not.

Ridiculous comment!Why? Because wanting someone to do better or worse because of their skin colour is a racist comment in itself. If racism is to be kicked out permanently, we need to stop treating black and white like it's a different species. By making comments like this it's actually creating a divide, people should just want 'a manager' to do well whether they're black, white, male or female. Only when everybody really is not making an issue of it then real equality can be achieved. I know this is off topic, but I wanted to respond. This is a common argument against affirmative action in the United States, and it is basically nonsense. The root of the issue at the argument's core is you are treating equity and equality as the same thing. It is fair to treat black issues differently than white issues because the table has been tilted so hard against black people in the past. We have to fix that imbalance that has been created, and that requires us to treat black issues differently in the present. The only way we reach the utopian society to explained is through treating black issues in such a way that allows us to close the privilege gap that has been created over the last half millennium. While I think you are quite correct we will never be a "post-racial society" while we are treating people of different colors (or gender, sexual orientation, etc.) differently, the only way we get to that ideal society is by instituting policies to reverse the damage done over the last 400-plus years. You got issues chap Yep. It is called understanding nuanced issues. You should try it.

Ridiculous comment! Why? Because wanting someone to do better or worse because of their skin colour is a racist comment in itself. If racism is to be kicked out permanently, we need to stop treating black and white like it's a different species. By making comments like this it's actually creating a divide, people should just want 'a manager' to do well whether they're black, white, male or female. Only when everybody really is not making an issue of it then real equality can be achieved. I know this is off topic, but I wanted to respond. This is a common argument against affirmative action in the United States, and it is basically nonsense. The root of the issue at the argument's core is you are treating equity and equality as the same thing. It is fair to treat black issues differently than white issues because the table has been tilted so hard against black people in the past. We have to fix that imbalance that has been created, and that requires us to treat black issues differently in the present. The only way we reach the utopian society to explained is through treating black issues in such a way that allows us to close the privilege gap that has been created over the last half millennium. While I think you are quite correct we will never be a "post-racial society" while we are treating people of different colors (or gender, sexual orientation, etc.) differently, the only way we get to that ideal society is by instituting policies to reverse the damage done over the last 400-plus years.

Three of the following need to happen for use to go down. Sunderland gains at least three more points than Villa with a game in hand. Hull gains four more points than Villa with a game in hand. QPR gains six more points than Villa with a game in hand. Burnley gains at least six more points than Villa with two games in hand. Leicester gains seven more points than Villa with two games in hand. Not saying it cannot happen, but I feel a lot better than I did at the start of today.

Hutton playing out left.

No clue, but it drives me mad. I once told the idiot next to me, "You know the people who made the film are not here?"

Saw a lot of posts like this. I am only responding to you because I had to pick one. I believe this is accurate, but that is why the NBA and NFL have dramatic profit sharing programs. You could also have more of a soft cap like they do in the NBA where teams are allowed to exceed it in certain situations (re-signing your own players, using exceptions, etc.), but any teams that exceeds the penalty has to pay a luxury tax that is progressive both based on magnitude and duration (teams have to pay a larger % tax on the excess salary once it rises over a certain limit and also if they are in the luxury tax area for multiple seasons). I do believe the soft cap could work in European football, and the profit sharing could allow the lower tier teams to compete.

In the NBA there is little reason to be mediocre. A team either needs to be competing for a championship or terrible. They understand that. MCW is not that good a player anyway. Did not mind that trade at all.

We are dominating them, but I am conditioned to expect the worst. Give us another goal.