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Jaw, I'd love to say I'm excusing 'Arry, but I don't have that much faith in him. I'm happy about the great run we had up until the new year, but I've never thought of 'Arry being the man to push us on, but he deserves some praise for getting the team to where it is...

If we scrabble home in a champions league place, leaves us on good footing for next season. But Newcastle are pushing hard and have a striker in Cisse and a creator in Ben Arfa who are hitting a purple patch, and Chelsea are still in the chase, so the pressure is on us to produce, and I'm not sure we will. Fingers and toes crossed though...

Whoever is going to finish in fourth, it'll be interesting to watch. Newcastle are still playing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge but by then it could already be all over.

I can't see RDM fielding a strong team for the semi vs Spurs, it'd be suicidal. Need to focus on the PL and CL now. FA Cup is a distraction that's not worth the effort.