Will we qualify for the CL?

[Flamingo Lane]

Unlikely but imagine this scenario last day of the season.
Forest and Chelsea sit in 4th and 5th 2 points ahead of us in 6th with our inferior goal difference. We win at Man U, but they play out a 0-0 draw taking turns to pass the ball about in their own half.

They probably won't be able to do that, because Newcastle will already be in the mix, and they won't have the same GD advantage over them.

An alternative but similar final day scenario is that one of Forest and Chelsea requires a point to seal a Champions League place, and the other requires a point to seal 6th place and a place in the Europa League, at our expense.

Only if a point would secure CL for both are they likely to play out a draw.

Not if one of them is already out of CL contention by that time, which is entirely conceivable.

[cdbearsfan]

Chelsea are probably the one we most need to drop points. If they win their intervening games they'll have Champions League wrapped up by last week and almost certainly send the reserves to Forest ahead of the Conference Final. You'd fancy them to beat disinterested Liverpool and Man U, but we could catch them if they lose to Newcastle and we win all our games. Obviously we won't though, because we'd find a way not to beat Man U if Paul Lambert was their manager and their entire first team had been struck down by leprosy.

[Dave]

I wouldn't really fancy them to beat any sort of Liverpool, as Liverpool are much better than them.

[cdbearsfan]

Having nothing to play for makes a big difference. Imagine they'll give a few fringe/young players a run-out, too.

[PeterWithesShin]

They both know a point will do it, they play out a draw as obvious as the Disgrace of Gijon. The FA docks them both 3 points, they both miss out. No CL money sends Chelsea into irreversible decline and relegation. Forest go back to being a lower league side.

[VillaTim]

Those draws vs Ipswich(x2), West Ham, Bounemouth, ManUre and silly defeat at Wolves are going to come back to haunt us i fear .

[Duncan Shaw]

Those draws vs Ipswich(x2), West Ham, Bounemouth, ManUre and silly defeat at Wolves are going to come back to haunt us i fear .

And likewise, the really good wins at Brentford, Brighton, Saints and smashing Jaudi Arabia at home have catapulted us right into contention.

[PeterWithesShin]

Chelsea took 1 point off Ipswich, drew at home to Bournemouth and Fulham, got twatted by Brighton and so on. All 5 of us have dropped silly points. Considering we spent ages battered by injuries it's decent that we're still in contention. If we'd had the injury record Forest had for most of the season we'd have strolled top 3 imo.

[VillaTim]

Has anybody conceded as many late goals as us though ? How many points has that cost us ? Forest A / Bournemouth H there's 5 points straight away

[Ads]

The current points position would suggest that Newcastle, Man City, Forest, Chelsea and ourselves all have broadly similar levels of weakness, whatever they may be, as all sides have coalesced at this stage with similar points tallies.

[Drummond]

We have a week between each of our remaining fixtures, plenty of time for Emery to come up with a master plan for each game, for players to rest bodies and minds. We need to focus and go out there and smash everyone.

[TheToffnar]

Aside from Rashford being out, we have zero excuses not to throw everything at every remaining fixture.

We have arguably the easiest run in aside from City. We have the fittest squad, a week between each fixture and no comps to worry about anymore whilst playing sides that do.

If we play our best football and only manage 6-10 points I'll live with it, but if we put in another lackluster performance like we did against Palace or City they'll be hell to pay. No excuses.

[OCD]

It reminds me of our first season back in the Premier League. Many of us thought we were going back down but we put 4 results together and had other results go our way to stay up.

[Sexual Ealing]

It reminds me of our first season back in the Premier League. Many of us thought we were going back down but we put 4 results together and had other results go our way to stay up.

YOU ALL thought we were going down apart from Olaftab and me!

[Chip Butty 111]

Ironically if  Man Utd win the Europa and qualify for the CL, with their last 2 games being Chelsea away and us at Old Trafford, they could eliminate us or Chelsea from the CL despite being an absolute rabble all season...