Teams that can’t finish above us (2023/24)

[Abacus]

And, the teams that spent in the summer had the benefit of those players all year.

 

We had those players for half a season, even ignoring that Trippier promptly broke his foot.

 

I do agree with Lenny's point about the mentality effect of adding new players to the rest of the squad, though.

 

But on the other hand, there's a reason that lot seemed so demotivated beforehand - turning that around in the space of a few months is pretty damn remarkable and it takes more than just money and new faces to do that.

 

 

Edited May 15, 2022 by Abacus

[The Prophet]

Burnley 

Everton 

[Abacus]

So, now we're finishing a minimum of 15th.

 

Ei ei ei o...

[Nobody]

Love editing the OP in this thread 

[Sima]

 

 

Especially considering the post(s) immediately after.

[SteV]

2 hours ago, Nobody said:

Love editing the OP in this thread 

Imagine how much fun it could be over the next few seasons….

[TheInfiniteOdyssey]

I expect the table to stay pretty much as is, apart from perhaps Villa and Palace swapping places.

 

Be surprised if Southampton get any points in their remaining fixtures.

 

14th would be an excellent achievement for Howe and his coaching staff.

[Fantail Breeze]

Pretty much guaranteed at least 14th now as no chance Southampton will beat both Liverpool and Leicester.

[Nobody]

Gutted I'm not allowed to put Saints here after that performance 

[Fantail Breeze]

1 minute ago, Nobody said:

Gutted I'm not allowed to put Saints here after that performance 

 

You can tomorrow.

[nbthree3]

You can now

[SUPERTOON]

Lowest we can finish is 14th 

[Nobody]

40 minutes ago, nbthree3 said:

You can now

[The Prophet]

We're officially midtable trash 

[54]

Palace

Brentford

Villa

 

[Nobody]

Feels really good finishing above Palace and Villa like. Palace because, while he has done a good job, Viera seems to have been extremely hyped all season and Villa because of Gerrard and them picking up a couple of players that the media thought we'd be interested in, but I doubt Howe actually wanted.

[Guest]

About £4m we made by winning that game on Sunday. That’s the salary of a £70-80k a week player.

[OCOCOL]

2 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said:

About £4m we made by winning that game on Sunday. That’s the salary of a £70-80k a week player.

We finished 11th though 

[Guest]

Aye that’s right but we’d have finished 13th if we’d lost.

[Stifler]

1 hour ago, OCOCOL said:

We finished 11th though 

It’s taken from the live standings ahead of the final day of the season.

[54]

We have 11 games left, and the the team sat bottom can only catch us on goal difference, this feels surreal after the last 15 years  

[Stifler]

55 minutes ago, 54 said:

We have 11 games left, and the the team sat bottom can only catch us on goal difference, this feels surreal after the last 15 years  

Has it happened says we can avoid relegation after our game against West Ham. It doesn’t say what we need, but it says Spurs could do the same tomorrow, so I’m assuming we need need a win. 

[Stifler]

Mathematically safe now I believe.

[maze]

6 minutes ago, Stifler said:

Mathematically safe now I believe.

Nah, need 2 more point. 54 is the highest those on 27 can get. Won’t happen but you know… safe, but not mathematically…. Just yet :-)

[54]

8 minutes ago, Stifler said:

Mathematically safe now I believe.

Yeap, as Everton and Bournemouth play each other, and they're both on 27 points having played 29 each, so while one of them can mathematically catch us, both of them can't.