The College Dropout

Optimistic points tally would be 13 more points. On par is 9. With our form, you would aim for 10-12 points. Win our home games and get at least 1 result from an away game.

I think 66 will cut it fine and would represent an underperformance for the rest of the season imo.

I'm telling you man. We are winners. Get us a couple more and we can win the league. Or at least do what Villa have done in the CL. We'd beat this version of Real Madrid IMO. Too lazy, open and disjointed for us.

Was immense and really enjoyed himself out there.

You know he felt he was due a brace minimum. Didn't even crack a smile when he scored

I don't think this is possible / good with a team that is challenging in the CL. City & Liverpool only have 1 attacker that starts every game and neither has to do the same amount of work off the ball that Gordon/Barnes has to do. That's Isak in our case, not Gordon. Arsenal are the exception who seem to run their attackers into the ground and they've picked up loads of injuries this season. I also don't think Gordon is good enough to start 50 games for another team in the CL.

Is it a must win for them? They have to beat at least one of us or City imo if they want CL football

I’m be earmarked 68 points for awhile now that will be safe. I think we should get that, just win the home games and that’s assured. 71 beats the 4th season. That can also happen. If Arsenal get to the CL final. We’ll get a result there for sure.

I gave Isak the edge because of the wow factor but I agree Harvey is going for a stock finish every time. No messing about. Barnes is the best with his weaker foot. ISAK’s all right footed. His left is just for swinging a shot at goal, make solid contact hope for the best. 25% of Barnes goals scored with his feet are on his left. ISAK’s is less than 10%.

Rather keep Trippier and Krafth than get KWP personally. It’s midfield we need a purple/Joelinton type and a backup. Longstaff/Willock shit ain’t gonna cut it with 10 CL games.

I didn’t include Skelly in the 5 but he’s a top talent. The strength in depth in defence has been crucial for us tbf. RB, CB specifically we have multiple genuine first team options. We don’t have that strength in depth in midfield or attack (bar LW)

Would people agree that Barnes is our second best finisher? And best finisher off his weaker foot?

To where? I think he’s a good player but I think we are perfect for him.

And they’re in the CL Semi finals and have been semi challenging for the league 3 seasons in a row. they ain’t any better than us. We’ve seen it. We’ve beaten them multiple times. But they’ve got more depth. And of course they’ve got a bigger wage bill. But we can take but strides forward next season I hope. We are like 3 players away from being one of the best teams in Europe

We’ll need both next season in the CL. Will get plenty of minutes each no bother

And the Hall injury. It’s sucked especially for the boy. But we’ve been better with Barnes x Tino by far. And Trips has been better than Tino at RB

Thought he was better today

Nothing possible about it. He’s a cleaner striker of the ball and a better general technician. Gordons better physically. But Barnes has closed the gap in terms of work rate.

I think the best squads have legit 15 minimum proper first team players. Look at arsenals defensive options Timber Gabriel Saliba White Calafiori These are all players that think they should start regularly. Then you also have Skelly a top talent then actual backup players like The Ukrainian lad Kiwior In midfield if everyone is fit Merino wouldn’t start. Can do the same thing for Villa atm. The quality of the squad is deep. that’s the level we need to get too. We need another purple CM imo. Or at least close to Joelinton level. We just need more quality. As much as we can get.

I think qualifying for the CL will mean we can invest fairly heavily without selling a purple. Ive said this a lot recently. I think we can win the league. Or at least get 80 something points if we can add a few more purples. We’ve got players like Isak, Bruno and Tonali that should be winning major titles. Let’s add to them.

They don’t have a B team. Emery seems to be rotating all of them - all the time. At least the big hitters are not consistently getting 90s.

70 is usually enough for 4th. 5th will take 68 max. Maybe as little as 66 or 65. Villa will likely need a point more than anyone else.

Don’t Forest count?

Yeh we’d fuck them over.

Real need to sign a progressive passing CM. A left back. A right back. And sell one of Mbappe or Vini. Too similar and too lazy.