Optimistic Nut Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Competing for the top 6. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Top half finish - we need either Cisse to start banging them in again, or a new goalscorer if we are to push on for Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Top half finish - we need either Cisse to start banging them in again, or a new goalscorer if we are to push on for Europe. Cisse is capable of that though, so this squad is capable of competing for Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugoinufc Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Absolute minimum 8th. CL spots could also happen if we keep our stars. Colo could (or should) leave, replace him rightly and sign a quality striker(/LW). Make sure Jonas will only be on the bench. Shola never again, loan out the youngsters...cos with this squad they wont get first team here. Keep the stars, sell/loan the not needed and sign a couple of quality players - cb and striker/ Lw then we could push for 4th imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Gut feeling alone, I see us as somewhere around 7th/8th spot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I went Champions League slots out of a rush of blood to the head perhaps, but the side is better than the one that got us 5th now and tbh some of the competition, isn't really up to much, if 4th is a competition between us, Arsenal, Spurs and Everton, no reason why we can't come out above them with some luck, albeit more realistically top 6 should be the aim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Comfortable top half, too light up top. Need at least one other wide player and striker to go for Europe again imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Top half. Not enough goals in the side imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi_D Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 CL push. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 8th. Sign. A striker and it'll be top 6. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Top 8 the way things are, we are still short a striker having to call on Shola is pointless, if we had an inform Cisse and an always fit Benny then Champions League could be possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 One striker away from the top one. Still voted for it. Our performances last season showed how this league can be taken apart by playing to your strengths and a bit of momentum. It shouldn't take much. Our squad is almost on par with Spurs', and it's taken them years to build that. More quality and depth than Liverpool no doubt. With Arsenal's mental fragilties I reckon a push for fourth is within our reach if these players stay. However, lose Coloccini and rely on Taylor and we're in for a different story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Pushing for, but not achieving, Champions League football. Top 7. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elbel1 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 World domination Nothing less is acceptable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 With the players we have we should be pushing for top 6. Add another quality forward and there is no reason we can't be pushing top 4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Europa League spots Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyP Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 If we signed another striker and/or winger then id say 4-6th is up for grabs, but i feel like bringing forward all these signings means we wont bring anyone in over summer. Challenging for 6th looks like our target i guess. Everton have thrown a spanner into the works like, otherwise it would look alot easier. Spurs have seemingly kicked into gear after Diego Bale hit form, and Liverpool are moving in the right direction (fairly slowly, but still). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I was tempted to say Europa league spot, but we did that last season, and with the new signings, I think we are much stronger than then. and for much of that run in we were in contention for CL places. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I think 7th is par for this squad at the moment. Could fluctuate a couple of positions either way depending on form/fitness, but I think 5th last season really was a remarkable achievement and will be difficult to replicate unless one of the billionaires, David Moyes or Arsene Wenger fucks off. A couple more seasons of similar-level player acquisitions though and we really could start taking a serious look at that top 4. I think the Pardew question is almost irrelevant as it's been made absolutely clear he's going nowhere. Plus he has proved he can achieve excellent results given the right set of conditions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'll wait and see how the team perform for a few more games yet but my gut feeling is top 8, should be challenging for Europa League spots if we aren't too unlucky with injuries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 We've got quality all over the pitch, but are lacking depth up front to really be in with the best (the top 3). Looking at this 'on paper', with our players' histories, we should be challenging alongside Arsenal, Spurs, Everton and Liverpool for that 4th spot. I'd say we're arguably stronger player-for-player than the latter 2 overall, both in terms of first team and squad, but they have superior managers who know how to get more out of their players. This is a great time for us to capitalise, the league is weak. As has been said, if we can add another half decent striker and winger in the summer, as well as getting a replacement for Colo, then I'd say this squad has the potential to go very far indeed, there's a great mix of talents in there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCONA Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm assuming we will still of had the Euro games to play, in that case, I'd say comfortable top half. Mebs euro places if we didn;t have quite as much back luck as we've had this season. (seems to have evened out with alot of the luck we had last season) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Mid table.. but with a better manager . . . the world is our lobster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Without a striker/player or two scoring 15+ the top half 8/9 is the highest we could hope for. Last year we got 30 from Ba & Cisse with another 4 odd from Best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Hmm hard to say, I would say challenge top 6 or 5. Certainly in the same ball park as Everton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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