New recruits in January ?? Please don't hold your breath

They have only played 2 games since Cooper departed, they lost the first and Espirito Santo wasn't best pleased about their performance.

Despite their difficulties this season, Cooper was respected and liked by the supporters to the end.He secured promotion for them after joining them when they were second from bottom that season and they appreciate the challenges he faced having to manage a large squad with 29 players purchased during their first season back in the PL.

Other teams have realised that a win gets as many points as 3 drawn games. Someone should tell Roy Hodgson. I'm looking at the fixture list and it doesn't ease off. We'll be playing teams that are above us and obviously better sides, but also a few teams that who are below us yet now picking up some form and points. These games will turn into 6 pointers.
It's now or never.

Luton are showing a lot of character and in Ross Barkley have a real quality player pulling the strings. They have a few games coming up that they have a very good chance of getting some points from if their good form continues. Sheffield Utd still look awful. Forest have the resources. Everton have a squad built for a scrap. If we could could get a win tonight it would make a huge difference. We'd leapfrog a couple of teams and then if we could beat some points out of Brentford we could go into the New Year on a golden pony. Lose both games and the mild positivity built up from the last few games will evaporate and said pony will be heading for an Iceland lasagne.

All this debate about the prospects of relegation is certainly no malarkey or blatteration and the lugubrious comments reflect the fact that there is genuine concern about our prospects.

A good result at Chelsea tonight will not totally allay these concerns but might engender a modicum of optimism.

More rubbish, Edouard and Mateta are Poor CFs, you have to move a bit, make some runs, in a midfield of Ayew/Franca, Eze and Olise he would get 20+ goals, undoutably, E & M about 10/12

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