We have to concentrate on West Ham BUT Forest play Newcastle away on Sunday so will have one days less rest than us when we face them next Wed.

As for the Man Utd and Chelsea games, luckily they are both in Europe so both will be playing on the Thur night before facing us. Man Utd should also be playing away on the Thur before facing us as I believe their second leg is at home since they got top 8 in EL.

In first half of the season Chelsea used two complete different teams for Europe v Prem but they have sold a few in Jan and have some injury woes so will have to play some of the same players. Chelsea’s opponent may not be great as they are playing in an inferior contest but it’s still a knockout European game and Maresca is a bit under pressure so they will go for it.

And honestly Man Utd and Chelsea look horrendous right now. Also for the former they literally have the same number of attackers as us : 3. Chelsea have no striker either as Jackson is out.

One game at a time but important to know what’s on the horizon is not as daunting as it is on paper imo.

The strategy for opponents for rest of the season will be simple. Stack the defense and midfield for a draw or get a lucky goal for a win/draw. We won't be scoring more than 1 goal a game that much. This season is a write off

    naz hopefully, Martinelli and Saka are back in April. Those games should be easier. These last couple of months of tough football have made me appreciate what a superhuman player Saka is

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        Claudius he's truly the beating heart of the team. We miss him so much

          Never did it. Season was over when Odegaard got hurt. It became even further over when we lost Saka. Done well to hang in there up till now I think. Only hope we don't run the likes of MLS, Nwaneri into the ground as well, for no reason.

            Every game is going to be like this one now without a goal theat. The league is gone but the concern now is the inability to score will see us dragged down into a battle for the CL places.

            flobaba it’s a big concern. Small team with lots of gaps. The remaining players will all suffer. Even someone like Nwaneri should ideally still only be playing 30s or 60s. Not big minutes every 3 days.

              I feel the opposite, this Liverpool team is simply not that good. Salah is having an all time season and dragging them over but if we got our act together and without injuries I still think we'd finish above them.

              Injuries and our summer window has cost us big time. We let Vieira, ESR and Eddie go and did not bring in a single attacking player, simply not good enough.

                Sicario2 - Tier 1 Difficult to argue we'd have got less out of ESR who has made 24 appearances (out of 26 games) with 5 goals and 2 assists than Sterling who has, well, technically stepped on the pitch a few times. Certainly agree the 3 needed an upgrade, but they were all jettisoned with no replacements and our starters in those positions are now all crocked because they were run into the ground with noone to rotate them with or sub them off for.