Our expert panel looks at the race for a place in the top four (or five) - can Nottingham Forest hold on? Will Chelsea slip up? Or can an outside shot like Brighton or Fulham force their way into the conversation?
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00:00Charlie, I think we'll start by assuming that Liverpool and Arsenal will probably make the Champions League unless something quite incredible happens.
00:06But otherwise, we've arguably got eight clubs battling for what will probably be three places.
00:10It's likely to be the top five, thanks to the UEFA coefficient places this year.
00:15I suppose if we start at the top, we've got Nottingham Forest.
00:17What they've achieved this season under Nuno Espirito Santo is pretty remarkable.
00:21But do you see anything that makes you worry about whether they can keep it up for the last nine games of the season?
00:28To be honest, I think they'll stay in that top four. I really do.
00:32Even if it goes to top five, I think they'll finish in that top four.
00:34They've been that good this season, home and away, causing huge upsets against the teams in and around them,
00:41the bigger clubs, as well as those in the bottom of the table.
00:43It's been amazing to watch them do what they've done.
00:45It's like Newcastle a couple of years ago, Aston Villa last season.
00:49They're that team that's kind of upsetting the apple cart of the big six or the so-called big six.
00:53I'm not sure if I believe that too much.
00:55They've done incredibly well. And, you know, I'm a Brighton fan myself.
00:59It was painful to lose 7-0 against them earlier this season.
01:03And, of course, a filthy shootout defeat in the FA Cup quarterfinal as well.
01:07However, you always want to see the underdogs kind of doing well around the top of the end of the table.
01:11Of course, I'd much rather Brighton get in those positions, but I do think Forest will make it.
01:15They've done so, so well.
01:16You're not too bitter at the moment, is what you're saying.
01:19But I mean, it's like you say, you're comparing Newcastle and Villa.
01:22I saw someone compare them to the Leicester side in 2015.
01:24I mean, they're not going to win the league, barring something quite extraordinary.
01:27But there is that feeling of just someone who's taken advantage of weakness and other big sides like Chelsea, City and so on.
01:33And they just put something together, which they made a machine that's much more than the sum of its parts.
01:38I mean, what do you think of them, Toby?
01:39I mean, when you look at them play now, do you think they've got what it takes to sort of hang on for these last few weeks?
01:44Or, you know, even just outpace the teams behind them?
01:47Yeah, I do. I think because it's Nottingham Forest, kind of people are waiting for the slip up before them to drop off.
01:53But actually, compared to the other teams around them, it hasn't happened this year.
01:56They win the games and they kind of seem pretty relentless in doing that.
02:00I think it's five points Chelsea are behind them now.
02:03And I just don't see that gap closing between now and the end of the season.
02:07If anything, I think Arsenal should watch their shoulders.
02:10I think a top two finish would be outrageous if it happened.
02:12But I do think that Forest will finish in top three.
02:17And if not, it's more likely they could push Arsenal in second than they were caught from behind at this stage.
02:21Because I just think they look confident and they don't look like they're going to step up.
02:25And just because they're a small team, I feel like we're expecting they do.
02:28But I don't know what proof we have isn't that that is going to happen in the final few games.