Next five matches - how many points?

[Smirker]

Swansea away
Sunderland home
Palace home
Leicester away
Liverpool home

Not a bad run there, should be looking at 9 or 10 points imo.

[Des Little]

9 isn't beyond the realms. I'd be happy with 7

[eamonn]

7 bare min. Three wins shouldn't be beyond the bounds though.

[Legion]

Four. Simply because when things start looking good, it all goes tits-up spectacularly.

[Steve67]

Hopefully, we will be miles away from any relegation scrap by the end of those five games. Palace and Leicester are wins. Sunderland should also be. Draws against 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' and Swansea.

[supertom]

My biggest worry is the next three. Not so much the opposition themselves but the state of our squad and the fact that we'll have 3 games in just under a week.
I'd take 3-4 points from the next 3 then 4 points from Leicester and Liverpool.

[Lastfootstamper]

My biggest worry is the next three. Not so much the opposition themselves but the state of our squad and the fact that we'll have 3 games in just under a week.
I'd take 3-4 points from the next 3 then 4 points from Leicester and Liverpool.

Don't swansea, sunderland and palace have that too?

[Ads]

I think there are three wins in there. You would fancy us in the home games and Leicester away.

[Ron Manager]

We have the makings of a very decent side now. The defence of Guzan, Hutton, Cissoko, Okore, Vlaar and Clark looks as good as most in the top half. Sanchez and Delph are in form and motoring. Bacuna looked the part yesterday and either Cleverley/Westwood can do the donkey work to let Bacuna/Delph press forward. The only problem we have is getting in a partner for Benteke in the Jan window who can score goals
and contribute to the team performance. Then Weimann and Agbonlahor can come on when required and N'Zogbia can be transferred listed as soon as possible for all I care.

Its beginning to look quite encouraging isn't it?

[dave.woodhall]

What I thought last night - and it's open to debate - is that almost halfway through the season and there's three or four games where you'd have fancied us to get something and we haven't. Everton given their poor start, QPR, Spurs and the Stripeys, and in two of those we had a player sent off. Against that, winning at Stoke and Liverpool were both bonuses as was yesterday given their form. I make that six points we've dropped and six we've picked up. Given the diabolical decisions against and the injuries we've had, maybe, just possibly, we aren't as bad as we've been making out. 

There's no reason why we can't get ten points from the next five but eight should be a minimum.

[treeve1]

Spot on Dave, but it's not complicated this business, put a brilliant centre forward up front and he makes average to poor performances turn into good ones. It is that simple. Benteke is absolutely essential to us. No body else can make something out of nothing like he can and it just shows how vulnerable we are if we lose him.

[Clampy]

What pleased me more than anything yesterday was that we picked up a decent result so soon after a defeat, which is something we don't do very often under Lambert. The sign of a good side is picking yourself up after a game like last week and putting it right instead of going on a losing streak like we normally do.

As for the next five games, going on another unbeaten run would be nice. Two wins and three draws is what i'm going for.

[Matt Collins]

Swansea away D or L
Sunderland home W or D
Palace home W
Leicester away W
Liverpool home W or D

So I reckon about ten points being optimistic.

[supertom]

My biggest worry is the next three. Not so much the opposition themselves but the state of our squad and the fact that we'll have 3 games in just under a week.
I'd take 3-4 points from the next 3 then 4 points from Leicester and Liverpool.

Don't swansea, sunderland and palace have that too?

They do but I don't think we're as fit as some other sides and our squad just seems to be dropping like flies with injuries and suspensions.

[Deano's Mullet]

Swansea - lose
Sunderland - win
Palace - win
Leicester - draw
Liverpool - draw