Will we qualify for the CL?

[ChicagoLion]

We are going to need around 40 points from 20 games.  Two points a game is going to be a very big ask.

Unless there is fundamental change to the way we are playing I don’t see it. This does not look like a team that can keep opposing teams from scoring and we are not prolific at the other end either.

[Dave]

We are going to need around 40 points from 20 games.  Two points a game is going to be a very big ask.

Unless there is fundamental change to the way we are playing I don’t see it. This does not look like a team that can keep opposing teams from scoring and we are not prolific at the other end either.

I'm not sure the "we need forty points / two points per game" thing is necessarily true though. Leicester finished fifth with 62 points, and this season feels more than ever that most of the top ten teams are going to be very bunched up.

Or in other words, if we need to be getting two points per game to finish fifth then so do all those other teams who also aren't doing that at the moment.

[cdbearsfan]

Another way of looking at it, if there are ten teams competing for one or two places, at least one or two of them are bound to go on a lengthy winning run. I wouldn't expect the required points total to be much lower for finishing fifth than previous seasons.

[Dave]

Another way of looking at it, if there are ten teams competing for one or two places, at least one or two of them are bound to go on a lengthy winning run. I wouldn't expect the required points total to be much lower for finishing fifth than previous seasons.

But that required points total is anywhere from 62 to 75 (in the last fifteen years or so, I couldn't be bothered to go back any further). Which is quite a big range of what the team finishing fifth needs to do.

[kippaxvilla2]

No.

[Demitri_C]

Lock the thread =[

[Dave]

Lock the thread =[

Why?

[astonvilla82]

Lock the thread =[

Why?

Someone trying to stitch us up?

[Olneythelonely]

Lock the thread =[

Why?

Because he wets his pants at the first sign of adversity?

[Demitri_C]

Lock the thread =[

Why?

Because he wets his pants at the first sign of adversity?

You crying again

Someone get him a tissue

[Olneythelonely]

Lock the thread =[

Why?

Because he wets his pants at the first sign of adversity?

You crying again

Someone get him a tissue

Ha. You’re the one that wants to close the thread, you wally.

[Smirker]

70 points should be enough for the CL and that's assuming 5th doesn't qualify for it.

To finish with 70 we need to be two or three wins better in the second half of the season. Easily doable.

[Small Rodent]

No

[Demitri_C]

Lock the thread =[

Why?

Because he wets his pants at the first sign of adversity?

You crying again

Someone get him a tissue

Ha. You’re the one that wants to close the thread, you wally.

You heard  of tongue and cheek you lemon 😂

[Dave]

You heard  of tongue and cheek

Don't think anyone has ever heard of that.