Antonio Conte on Tottenham plans: "I've great respect for the club and what the club wants to try to do but at the same time I know our possibilities are different to the monsters that are in England".

"You need to have time, don’t make mistakes in the transfer market"

Paving the way for his exit….

Joint top score in Serie A. But I think we got the better player in Jesus, at least in terms of current ability.

Morning OMOH. It’s very easy to look up as the match day programmes now give not only players’ appearances (starts and as a sub) for the current season, but the figures for their entire Arsenal career.

The PSV programme said Nketiah had made 42 starts and 62 sub appearances for Arsenal, scoring 25 goals (no breakdown is given for goals scored as a starter or sub).

Now he started the PSV game and didn’t score. So his details are now 43 starts, 62 sub appearances and 25 goals. Hence Nketish has played 105 games, of which 41% he started and 59% came on as a sub. So far he’s scored a goal every 4.2 games. Can’t calculate the goals per minutes (when or if he came off as a starter and came on as a sub), simply because I don’t have that data.

4156 minutes, which gives 166 minutes per goal. Not bad at all for a player at his stage of development.

Impressive bit of searching there Decaf. Any idea if minutes played are stopped at 90 or include injury time?

A birthday present (from yesterday). Hopefully it’s a good read.

Show us your letter from King Jug Ears.

A birthday present (from yesterday). Hopefully it’s a good read.

A birthday present (from yesterday). Hopefully it’s a good read.

So Cristiano wouldn't go on as a sub. Man Utd won't win anything with him I've heard a friend who is a Man Utd supporter say. Years of being a top player has made him arrogant and think he's bigger than the whole.

Show us your letter from King Jug Ears.

The battle of Agincourt was 1415. If you were about 20 then you’d presumably have been born around 1395. So a belated happy 627th (or thereabouts) birthday LTG.

Hang on Forest

What are the odds that BHA will make City drop points as well?

Morning OMOH. It’s very easy to look up as the match day programmes now give not only players’ appearances (starts and as a sub) for the current season, but the figures for their entire Arsenal career.

The PSV programme said Nketiah had made 42 starts and 62 sub appearances for Arsenal, scoring 25 goals (no breakdown is given for goals scored as a starter or sub).

Now he started the PSV game and didn’t score. So his details are now 43 starts, 62 sub appearances and 25 goals. Hence Nketish has played 105 games, of which 41% he started and 59% came on as a sub. So far he’s scored a goal every 4.2 games. Can’t calculate the goals per minutes (when or if he came off as a starter and came on as a sub), simply because I don’t have that data.

From what I can gather from football history, 40 years or so ago, Forest vs Liverpool would have been a huge game.

So after beating Manchester City, Liverpool lose to rock bottom (before the game) Nottingham Forest. Anyone who thinks football is predictable is a bit barmy.

Can’t decide what result I want in Chelsea v Man U later so it has to be a draw, then hopefully we win and pick up 2 points on both.

Spurs won’t find it easy at home to Newcastle either. I think I’m right in saying this is the first really decent team they’ve played at home as all their tough games on paper have been away

Can’t decide what result I want in Chelsea v Man U later so it has to be a draw, then hopefully we win and pick up 2 points on both.

Spurs won’t find it easy at home to Newcastle either. I think I’m right in saying this is the first really decent team they’ve played at home as all their tough games on paper have been away

Yes, they were great rivals with many splendid players, including for Forest the brilliant Peter Shilton in goal, John Robertson on the wing, Trevor Francis and Tony Woodcock up front and the vastly underrated John McGovern in midfield. Also a favourite of ours, Viv Anderson in defence.

Liverpool 11 points behind us having played a game more.

We need to cherish every dropped point of a big 6 side. Top 4 is the minimum for us this season. The more the likes of Liverpool fall behind the better our chances. The more of the top 6 we put a big gap between the more we can start thinking about top 2.

Then let’s see where City and ourselves are after 25 games and we can talk about a title race if we’re still there.

Rich, are you willing to revise that and say top 3 is the minimum? Would you be okay with 2 from Man Utd, Chelsea or Tottenham getting past us? This is assuming City will win the league.

Goal assist and MOTM for Patino as Blackpool beat Preston 4-2.

I really want us to win something though and am desperate to win the Europa League this year.