I think we can and we will just scrape home this season. Norwich are gone, Bournemouth look puss and Watford are struggling badly. We’ve had a couple of draws and lost a couple, but don’t look too bad, compared to the others. Probably get spanked by Liverpool and Man U, but Palace and Everton are winnable, with maybe a point from Arsenal. See West Ham off and it could be reasonably comfortable. Although being Villa probably not. We’ll limp over the line I reckon.
Quote from: tomd2103 on July 05, 2020, 12:12:30 AMQuote from: Lastfootstamper on July 04, 2020, 11:32:17 PMQuote from: eamonn on July 04, 2020, 11:14:12 PMDon't think one win and a couple of draws would do it. Two wins at least.The way it's going, I'm starting to think two more points might be enough! As we reach the conclusion of another round of matches, the bottom 5, fighting for their lives, have still mustered only one solitary win between them in 19 games.Watford have dropped right back in it, but I can just see them scraping a couple of wins from somewhere. Bournemouth look completely gone at the moment. Yes. The one thing in our favour is that many teams have been sluggish and below par for a couple of games after the restart and then burst into life, and found their zing. MoN used to call it vim, which was a detergent in my young day.I remember a home game against Watford late in the season on our way to Division 3. We lost 0-2. The Watford fans were in what is now the Lower Trinity when it was a terrace. I was ejected from the back of the Holte and missed most of the game. Those were the days, my friends.
Quote from: Lastfootstamper on July 04, 2020, 11:32:17 PMQuote from: eamonn on July 04, 2020, 11:14:12 PMDon't think one win and a couple of draws would do it. Two wins at least.The way it's going, I'm starting to think two more points might be enough! As we reach the conclusion of another round of matches, the bottom 5, fighting for their lives, have still mustered only one solitary win between them in 19 games.Watford have dropped right back in it, but I can just see them scraping a couple of wins from somewhere. Bournemouth look completely gone at the moment.
Quote from: eamonn on July 04, 2020, 11:14:12 PMDon't think one win and a couple of draws would do it. Two wins at least.The way it's going, I'm starting to think two more points might be enough! As we reach the conclusion of another round of matches, the bottom 5, fighting for their lives, have still mustered only one solitary win between them in 19 games.
Don't think one win and a couple of draws would do it. Two wins at least.
It looks to me that the teams who were playing well before lockdown are now playing well again, Liverpool's game excepted. No free hits, no shocks to come. Goal difference could certainly settle this.That said, if we've still got a chance on the last day I'd snap your hand off, since we've either kept our head above water or at least one other club has had a nightmare run.
Quote from: curiousorange on July 05, 2020, 01:47:51 PMIt looks to me that the teams who were playing well before lockdown are now playing well again, Liverpool's game excepted. No free hits, no shocks to come. Goal difference could certainly settle this.That said, if we've still got a chance on the last day I'd snap your hand off, since we've either kept our head above water or at least one other club has had a nightmare run.Me too. I think Watford get 5 or 6 more points from their 5 games remaining - they beat Norwich, and get 2 or 3 points from the WHU or Newcastle games. But they will have a better GD than us.So we need 6 or 7 points. Assuming no surprises against MU or 'The Mighty Reds YNWA', we need that haul from 4 games - quite a form turnaround but not impossible. We must beat Palace to give ourselves a sniff - then even if we lose to both Arsenal and Everton (who both look in better form), we make it to the last day with destiny in our hands if we beat WHU
Watford beat Norwich tomorrow and then theres a 4 point gap with an inferior goal difference, and I think thats as good as us gone. I highly doubt we'll get 5 points from the next 5 games, and that Watford wont pick up any more points.
Draw with Manure and Arsenal, win the other 3. Job done.