Optimistic Nut Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 8th yet 6pts from 18th. I would take 17th right now. As is half of the league, and you could argue at this ratio we'll be 12 points clear by May. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 If we sell the likes of Barton for peanuts in January then id happily take 17th again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ItalianMagpie Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 We lost at home too many games with clubs contending with us for top flight football, we're going to pay that. I would take it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 We lost at home too many games with clubs contending with us for top flight football, we're going to pay that. I would take it. We've also beaten Villa, Sunderland & Liverpool and drawn with Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertCommunicator Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 And Arsenal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 We're good enough for the CL tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 We're good enough for the CL tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ItalianMagpie Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 We lost at home too many games with clubs contending with us for top flight football, we're going to pay that. I would take it. We've also beaten Villa, Sunderland & Liverpool and drawn with Chelsea. And Arsenal. We won't get any more points from this kind of games, and I don't know how many points we'll get at Stoke, Blackburn, Wigan etc considering our woeful trend far from SJP. So where exactly are we going to take the points needed to do better than 17th place? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Don't get that sort of attitude tbh. You can see our good form against better teams coming to an end, but you can't see our bad form against lesser/equal teams coming to an end? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 We lost at home too many games with clubs contending with us for top flight football, we're going to pay that. I would take it. We've also beaten Villa, Sunderland & Liverpool and drawn with Chelsea. And Arsenal. We won't get any more points from this kind of games, and I don't know how many points we'll get at Stoke, Blackburn, Wigan etc considering our woeful trend far from SJP. So where exactly are we going to take the points needed to do better than 17th place? How on Earth can you say this? I can certainly see us getting points at home to either of the Manchester clubs and/or Arsenal as well as away to Villa, mackems and Liverpool. Tbh, our toughest game left is Chelsea away, apart from that, there isn't a game where I would be confident about us not getting a point (providing the core of our team stays fit and not sold in Jan). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Going down from here would require a truly horrendous second half of the season. We're perfectly capable of it, you only have to look at 2008/09 to see that - after this many games that year we only had three points fewer than now and picked up a win next game - but that implosion really was something to behold and yet we only went down by a single point in the end. You could even say by a single goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ItalianMagpie Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 We lost at home too many games with clubs contending with us for top flight football, we're going to pay that. I would take it. We've also beaten Villa, Sunderland & Liverpool and drawn with Chelsea. And Arsenal. We won't get any more points from this kind of games, and I don't know how many points we'll get at Stoke, Blackburn, Wigan etc considering our woeful trend far from SJP. So where exactly are we going to take the points needed to do better than 17th place? How on Earth can you say this? I can certainly see us getting points at home to either of the Manchester clubs and/or Arsenal as well as away to Villa, mackems and Liverpool. Tbh, our toughest game left is Chelsea away, apart from that, there isn't a game where I would be confident about us not getting a point (providing the core of our team stays fit and not sold in Jan). As if you didn't know that's not going to happen...I don't remember a season with the core of the team being fit since Sir Bobby, and for the Jan transfer window I'd be more than afraid of what fat Mike is going to do. Anyway, I'd like to be as optimist as you are, but I think we're perfectly capable of losing at home to Arsenal, City and United. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ItalianMagpie Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Don't get that sort of attitude tbh. You can see our good form against better teams coming to an end, but you can't see our bad form against lesser/equal teams coming to an end? Our bad form against lesser/equal teams away has been lasting for years, I don't see any possible reason why it should come to an end now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We'll finish closer to 7th than 17th. Very good season which could easily have been so much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We'll finish closer to 7th than 17th. Very good season which could easily have been so much better. If it happens I'll just concentrate on that bit TBH. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I think we'll be miles away from the relegation roulette come the end of the season. We're picking up results with our bare-bones players that i'd be happy with from our first team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Was just looking at the table now. We're sitting in 7th... 8 pts behind 5th place, but we're also 8 pts above 18th place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Ladies (?) and gentlemen, for the first time this season.... no I wouldn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Just gonna take a look behind the sofa, oh my what's this http://imgur.com/D7DVc.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 We'd already be safe on how last year's table ended. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Possibly not now. Did a prediction thing at work, think I had us on 49 points which is a bit hopeful but ah well. Don't think it's far off though if you work out the averages so far this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 maybe not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'd now be pretty disappointed if we finished 17th. It'd require us to implode fairly spectacularly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertCommunicator Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'd be absolutely raging if we finished below 13th place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 3 wins and a draw for safety from 15 games? Sorry for the pessimistic tone but staying up is still my priority Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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