Will we qualify for the CL?

[Baldy]

Under Alex Ferguson, Man Utd were always encouraged to score as many goals as they could as he always considered goal difference the only bonus point up for grabs.

Hopefully we will qualify in top five but if we miss out on goal difference I will be really pissed off. There were times this season we took the lead but instead of going for the jugular we sat back, dilly dallied and conserved our energy.

I hope it's a lesson we don't learn the hard way.

[cdbearsfan]

But what if that conserving energy meant we got more points later in the season?

[Somniloquism]

Last season we burnt out 3/4 of the way through the season. This season it appears we haven't. If we miss out we miss out. One of those things but I don't want us to miss out because we don't do enough in the next couple of games.

[VillaTim]

It's a strange one . Compared to last season , We've scored less , conceded more and are going to end up with more points , yet finish lower .
We are a class squad now , just misfiring slightly. Get summer right we can win things next season .

[Keeno]

As per John Townley, we are CL if we win our last two games and one of the below happens...

▪️Chelsea don't beat both Man Utd and Forest
▪️Newcastle don't beat Arsenal and Everton
▪️Man City lose to either B'mouth or Fulham
▪️Arsenal take only one point from final three

One of those will happen, right?

[Beard82]

Getting into europe 3 seasons in a row is brilliant - particuarly with FFP stacking against clubs disrupting us the established order.

Anything more the Conference League would be amazing.  At the beginning of the season I thought it would be a huge achievement to get top 6 given all the ins and out and UCL and I think thats proven true.  The fact we could get that whilst still think "what could have been" shows how well we have done. 

Ultimately as long as we have Unai - I am fairly relaxed - he'll have us there or there abouts going forward.  The standard of the league this year has been poor - and it does feel like there is a bit of a changing of the guard.  Man City, Man Utd, Spurs all feel like they need a rebuild, and tbf liverpool dont seem that far off.   Chelsea is always a few results from a crisis.  - and id back us to strengthen at least as well as any of them in the summer.

[Somniloquism]

As per John Townley, we are CL if we win our last two games and one of the below happens...

▪️Chelsea don't beat both Man Utd and Forest
▪️Newcastle don't beat Arsenal and Everton
▪️Man City lose to either B'mouth or Fulham
▪️Arsenal take only one point from final three

One of those will happen, right?

Hopefully, but if it doesn't so be it. We tried our best in the end and as long as we do all we can in the next two matches, I won't be disappointed.

[Beard82]

As per John Townley, we are CL if we win our last two games and one of the below happens...

▪️Chelsea don't beat both Man Utd and Forest
▪️Newcastle don't beat Arsenal and Everton
▪️Man City lose to either B'mouth or Fulham
▪️Arsenal take only one point from final three

One of those will happen, right?

Its crazy as we're playing 16th and 17th both just before there biggest game of the season yet feels like there tricky games.  We could contrive to lose at Old Trafford even if we were 6 nil up with 2 mins left. 

I think if we win our 2 games - we would be very unlucky not to make it - but also fair enough - others will have held there nerve and fair play to them if thats how it plays out.

[cdbearsfan]

As per John Townley, we are CL if we win our last two games and one of the below happens...

▪️Chelsea don't beat both Man Utd and Forest
▪️Newcastle don't beat Arsenal and Everton
▪️Man City lose to either B'mouth or Fulham
▪️Arsenal take only one point from final three

One of those will happen, right?

If that was the case I'd fancy it a bit more. Sadly, Newcastle only have to beat Arsenal or Everton, not both.

Also, I'm assuming the list is slightly out of date. Arsenal only need one point to finish above us, having drawn at Liverpool earlier.

[malckennedy]

As per John Townley, we are CL if we win our last two games and one of the below happens...

▪️Chelsea don't beat both Man Utd and Forest
▪️Newcastle don't beat Arsenal and Everton
▪️Man City lose to either B'mouth or Fulham
▪️Arsenal take only one point from final three

One of those will happen, right?

Think Newcastle only have to beat Arsenal OR Everton to finish higher than us.

[andyh]

If (when) we batter spurs, we have given ourselves a brilliant opportunity to make it happen.

That’s all we can do, beat those fuckers next week and take it to the last game.

[dave.woodhall]

Still wrong, then. Mellberg started the game (and scored the first ever goal at the stadium).

Nobody likes a smart bottom.

[rob_bridge]

As per John Townley, we are CL if we win our last two games and one of the below happens...

▪️Chelsea don't beat both Man Utd and Forest
▪️Newcastle don't beat Arsenal and Everton
▪️Man City lose to either B'mouth or Fulham
▪️Arsenal take only one point from final three

One of those will happen, right?

I think one it is eminently possible for the all the top 3 to happen.

Let's beat Spurs and then look at permutations because they will exist going into last Sunday

[tomd2103]

But what if that conserving energy meant we got more points later in the season?

From memory, we had about 3 or 4 quite heavy defeats in the first half of the season which probably did our goal difference some damage. 

[ADVILLAFAN]

With us being the opening game of the next set of fixtures, beating Tottenham would heap extra pressure on the other sides.