UEFA Europa Conference League - Alkmaar, Legia and Zrinjski

[PGW]

Top 6 finish around 16-18/1.... i have dabbled.

[SoccerHQ]

Teams above us have games in hand. If we want 7th place, we absolutely have to take 6 points from the next 2 games. It's nice to have some excitement back.

Worth noting that Newcastle and Brighton are playing each other in one of those spare games.

[john e]

My daughter reminded me this morning that the last match of the season our home game against Brighton could be a biggie

[maidstonevillain]

Top 6 finish around 16-18/1.... i have dabbled.

Found any odds for 4th place?

If we win our next 3 games, which include Newcastle, and a few other games go our way, 4th place may not be a pipe dream.

[Risso]

I've run this week's fixtures through my super computer (ie my frazzled brain) and these are the results:

Villa - beat Leicester, beat Forest, West Midlands 2, East Midlands 0. 47 points
Newcastle - draw with West Ham, draw with Brentford. 49 points
Brighton - draw with Bournemouth, draw with Spurs. 45 points
Brentford - draw with Man U, draw with Newcastle. 45 points
Liverpool - draw with Chelsea, lose to Arsenal. 43 points

We therefore go into the following week in 6th place, 2 points behind Newcastle in 5th. When we then beat them, it's up to 5th we go. Simple, and Spurs and Man U start to feel us breathing down their necks.

[john e]

I think you all must be on shrooms if you think we are making top 4 this season
I’d take seventh position and that European conference thing right now

[saunders_heroes]

Top 6 finish around 16-18/1.... i have dabbled.

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Me too. 🤞

[Lastfootstamper]

I think you all must be on shrooms if you think we are making top 4 this season
I’d take seventh position and that European conference thing right now

For now I'm just glad we've finally managed to get out of eleventh! It's been maddening.

[Monty]

Look, all it takes is the greatest winning streak in the club's history to finish fourth, I don't see why so many are so pessimistic.

Seriously though, I'd take top half and beating Newcastle at VP. Conference, Europa, it'd be nice to be back in Europe but it could be a potential slip-up - got to keep focused on getting back in the big time.

[Mellin]

Out of 11th via the ceiling. Some achievement when you sit down and consider we've had to work through that gap in points. These are some in form sides we're making serious ground on.

[KevinGage]

Part of the reason last season felt so flat towards the end was Newcastle eclipsing us. Despite not being able to win a game at all until the second half of the season.

Would be nice if we flipped that this season and finished above them. Esp with Sky et al priming us for 'Everyone's Second Favourite Club/ Those Wonderful Fans' MKII.

[Risso]

Look, all it takes is the greatest winning streak in the club's history to finish fourth, I don't see why so many are so pessimistic.

Seriously though, I'd take top half and beating Newcastle at VP. Conference, Europa, it'd be nice to be back in Europe but it could be a potential slip-up - got to keep focused on getting back in the big time.

We just seem to have a similar team spirit to Arsenal at the moment. I don't think anybody would argue that their team is as good as Man City's, but they just keeping knocking out win after win. This has a similar feel to when Gregory took over. After a while, you just get into a feeling of every game is going to be won.

[olaftab]

Loved the Gregory win run but do not want it to turn into a similar outcome this time.

[Risso]

Loved the Gregory win run but do not want it to turn into a similar outcome this time.

Quite right. Emery’s clearly in a different league to Grecian, just saying that the run has a similar feel to it.

[PeterWithesShin]

These are the league tables straight after a few of our games this season. It shows both the progress we've made but also how hard it's been closing the points gap on those above us despite our good form

Fulham (may contain upsetting scenes of Gerrard)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63238011

Newcastle (may contain upsetting memories of Olsen)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63354917

Yesterday
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65073184