Champions League Contention

[PaulWinch again]

Luton a 3
Spurs h 1
West Ham a 1
Wolves h 1
Man City a 0
Brentford h 3
Arsenal a 0
Bournemouth h 3
Chelsea h 1
Brighton a 1
Liverpool h 0
Palace a 1

A pessimistic 15...

3 wins from 12 games would be a pretty unexpectedly poor return from those games, especially as our performances look to have turned a corner.

[Risso]

Luton a 3
Spurs h 1
West Ham a 1
Wolves h 1
Man City a 0
Brentford h 3
Arsenal a 0
Bournemouth h 3
Chelsea h 1
Brighton a 1
Liverpool h 0
Palace a 1

A pessimistic 15...

Fair enough, but that is unnecessarily pessimistic. That's 15 points from 12 games. If you include our recent dip in results which is our worst run under Emery, the 12 games up to and including the Man U loss yielded 21 points. I just can't see that we're only going to win 1 of our last 6 games.

[Drummond]

Luton a 1
Spurs h 1
West Ham a 0
Wolves h 3
Man City a 0
Brentford h 3
Arsenal a 0
Bournemouth h 3
Chelsea h 1
Brighton a 3
Liverpool h 0
Palace a 3

I have W5 D3 L4 which feels pretty pessimistic still and would give us enough to get to 70 points but would lower the average number of ppg in that run to 1.5. I could easily see us get more points in the games against Luton, Spurs, West Ham, Chelsea and perhaps even Liverpool, if they aren't fighting for the League still.

[London Villan]

It would be and with Torres and Konsa coming back our defence should be a lot stronger. However none of those games are a banker 3 points with the exceptions of Bournemouth and Brentford at home.

[Risso]

Luton a 1
Spurs h 1
West Ham a 0
Wolves h 3
Man City a 0
Brentford h 3
Arsenal a 0
Bournemouth h 3
Chelsea h 1
Brighton a 3
Liverpool h 0
Palace a 3

I have W5 D3 L4 which feels pretty pessimistic still and would give us enough to get to 70 points but would lower the average number of ppg in that run to 1.5. I could easily see us get more points in the games against Luton, Spurs, West Ham, Chelsea and perhaps even Liverpool, if they aren't fighting for the League still.

Obviously a lot depends on getting players like Torres and Konsa back, and not having any more serious injuries, but I could also see us getting a point at either Man City or Arsenal. None of the top 3 will be looking forward to playing us, least of all Liverpool.

[Drummond]

Luton a 1
Spurs h 1
West Ham a 0
Wolves h 3
Man City a 0
Brentford h 3
Arsenal a 0
Bournemouth h 3
Chelsea h 1
Brighton a 3
Liverpool h 0
Palace a 3

I have W5 D3 L4 which feels pretty pessimistic still and would give us enough to get to 70 points but would lower the average number of ppg in that run to 1.5. I could easily see us get more points in the games against Luton, Spurs, West Ham, Chelsea and perhaps even Liverpool, if they aren't fighting for the League still.

Obviously a lot depends on getting players like Torres and Konsa back, and not having any more serious injuries, but I could also see us getting a point at either Man City or Arsenal. None of the top 3 will be looking forward to playing us, least of all Liverpool.

Agreed. I had a point at ManC, but then took it out trying to be more pessimistic. Liverpool could either be secure in 1st or 2nd and still have a Cup to go for, so anything could happen.

[LeeB]

I reckon we'll beat Arsenal, Citeh and Liverpool and get close enough to curse our bad January as costing us the title.

[Risso]

I reckon we'll beat Arsenal, Citeh and Liverpool and get close enough to curse our bad January as costing us the title.

We'll probably go into the Palace game needing a win to guarantee the title, and get humped 4-0, Ayew hat trick. *shakes fist at the shitty universe*

[OCD]

I'd be happy to see us get CL nailed as quickly as possible so we can play the strongest teams possible in the latter stages of the Conference League.

[olaftab]

Luton a 3
Spurs h 1
West Ham a 3
Wolves h 3
Man City a 1
Brentford h 3
Arsenal a 1
Bournemouth h 3
Chelsea h 3
Brighton a 1
Liverpool h 0
Palace a 1
23 points

[PaulWinch again]

It would be and with Torres and Konsa coming back our defence should be a lot stronger. However none of those games are a banker 3 points with the exceptions of Bournemouth and Brentford at home.

There are no such thing as “bankers” anyway (see Sheff Utd at home). But to put a more positive spin on it I see two games there that we’re more than likely to get 0 points, but all of the others I think the opposition will look at Villa and not be thrilled at the prospect of playing us. If we hit our levels, which we’ve been getting closer to of late, I can see us getting plenty of wins. We’ll probably have the odd, surprising, disappointing loss but I think we can win plenty of those.

[eamonn]

Luton a 3
Spurs h 1
West Ham a 1
Wolves h 1
Man City a 0
Brentford h 3
Arsenal a 0
Bournemouth h 3
Chelsea h 1
Brighton a 1
Liverpool h 0
Palace a 1

A pessimistic 15...

Point of order, we don't "do" draws anymore. Thank fuck. So many boring seasons when we did. Nah, we're all-or-nothing kinda guys now.

[Brazilian Villain]

I reckon we'll beat Arsenal, Citeh and Liverpool and get close enough to curse our bad January as costing us the title.

We'll probably go into the Palace game needing a win to guarantee the title, and get humped 4-0, Ayew hat trick. *shakes fist at the shitty universe*

But fortunately, elsewhere a Serbian player will be having the game of his life to deny our rivals so it won't matter.

[Drummond]

Luton a 3
Spurs h 1
West Ham a 1
Wolves h 1
Man City a 0
Brentford h 3
Arsenal a 0
Bournemouth h 3
Chelsea h 1
Brighton a 1
Liverpool h 0
Palace a 1

A pessimistic 15...

Point of order, we don't "do" draws anymore. Thank fuck. So many boring seasons when we did. Nah, we're all-or-nothing kinda guys now.

That's torn it.

I think the main thing for me is that no game is to be feared any more, we can beat anyone.

[chrisw1]

Injuries will have a big say.  If Pau is struggling and we're down to Chanbers and Lenglet for a few games I do fear for us.