Sibierski Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 All games are big now, but the Palace one for me is huge. Kept saying I’d rather have a cushion and manage that gap, and the Palace game if we win would do just that. 5 clear of Villa and Chelsea, where if Villa were to go out to PSG, the pressure is more on them needing to win which plays into our hands. Even if we were to lose, I don’t fancy Chelsea to beat Fulham away, so we can just open up a cushion again by beating Ipswich at home. Essentially a win against Palace helps us put pressure on the others in upcoming games, rather than it falling on us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Famous last words, but didn’t realise Chelsea play Liverpool too before us. I could see them getting at best one point in their next 2 games, where after our game with them, we could be (even with a draw to Villa) 11 clear and them out of it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 11 hours ago, gazza ladra said: From a PSR stand point, who do want to miss the CL? I'm thinking it's Chelsea and Villa. Don't think missing out on CL will make any difference to City and I'm not convinced that Forset are a long-term threat. Would hurt Villa with their wages to earnings problems and make it difficult for Chelsea to claim "fair market value" on some outrageous shirt sponsorship. Villa. Would love their gamble on big money loan signings to backfire. Fair play to them for risking it though, looks like it will get them into Europe in some form, even if it's not CL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Villa could still win the FA Cup too. They've got a stacked league schedule (us, City, Fulham, Bournemouth, Spurs and Man U), PSG at home, Palace at Wembley and a possible FA Cup final too. All to be played in about the next 6 weeks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamPS Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 We absolutely want Villa and Chelsea to miss out from a hard headed rivals perspective. If Chelsea snuck into the CL their ludicrous project might start to come together. And Villa are well ran peer and going from strength to strength, if they get CL again next season they’ll be very strong. Am sure some people will hope Man City miss CL for the comedy value Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 1 hour ago, Kid Icarus said: We're only 3 points behind our 22/23 tally in a season when a loud minority thought we should bin Howe. Think we got 71-72 points that season. I think we should get 68 points. Very different types of seasons though ending roughly in the same place. We got 60-63 points last season - no? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Would fancy us to beat Chelsea at home regardless of what they do in their other fixtures. City have the easiest run in can't seem them missing out. Forest have started the wobble. We're the opposite and have won 18 out of the last 23 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Forest sliding out and not get Europe would be wild for the position they were in. Fair chance they lose a couple of top players, coupled with the peak from likes of Wood ending and the hangover going into next season and being back in the bottom half mix. Hope they get conference league at worse (if we get UCL). At least they would enjoy it as a club unless Chelsea who have treated it as a hindrance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 14 minutes ago, WilliamPS said: We absolutely want Villa and Chelsea to miss out from a hard headed rivals perspective. If Chelsea snuck into the CL their ludicrous project might start to come together. And Villa are well ran peer and going from strength to strength, if they get CL again next season they’ll be very strong. Am sure some people will hope Man City miss CL for the comedy value Definitely would love both Villa and Chelsea to miss out, although I think one of them will get a place. Forest look like they might get cold feet right at the death, which was always a possibility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 15 minutes ago, WilliamPS said: We absolutely want Villa and Chelsea to miss out from a hard headed rivals perspective. If Chelsea snuck into the CL their ludicrous project might start to come together. And Villa are well ran peer and going from strength to strength, if they get CL again next season they’ll be very strong. Am sure some people will hope Man City miss CL for the comedy value City will live or die depending on the 115 charges. One season in or out of the CL with their baked in revenue streams won’t make a jot of difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 City will be fine. They have an academy which is a virtual cash-printing machine. I expect them to go hard in the transfer market this summer even if they do miss out on CL football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 39 minutes ago, Sibierski said: Forest sliding out and not get Europe would be wild for the position they were in. They won't slide out of qualifying for Europe, and only need to keep two out of City, Villa and Chelsea behind them. They'll be very unlucky to finish 6th or 7th IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibierski Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 All ifs and buts, but they could be 6th level on points with Villa in 7th as they next play away to Spurs, who could have a new manager bounce Football can change quick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 1 hour ago, WilliamPS said: We absolutely want Villa and Chelsea to miss out from a hard headed rivals perspective. If Chelsea snuck into the CL their ludicrous project might start to come together. And Villa are well ran peer and going from strength to strength, if they get CL again next season they’ll be very strong. Am sure some people will hope Man City miss CL for the comedy value Absolutely true. We really need Villa to miss out. Chelsea are screwed either way because of what they've going in financially, I don't think it'll matter if they get UCL as they could well get banned anyway and they're going to spend money whether they have it or not. But Villa getting it for two seasons in a row really sets them up for the next season and we don't want that. It's a shame Fulham and Brighton have fallen away a little because that would be the ideal scenario, if one or both of them could finish above one or both of Chelsea and Villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 My league table predictor. That's with us losing at Arsenal, Villa and Brighton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 14 hours ago, Paullow said: Not if they were 4th and 5th and we were 6th and 3 points behind. Bloody fantastic though if we're 4th with them 5th & 6th and 2 points ahead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fountain Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Bournemouth, Fulham and Brighton fighting for our Conference League place hopefully. Current top 7 not gonna change, only the order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramirez Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Fulham could be king makers, got Chelsea home sunday then man city home final day, with a visit to villa in between. Wouldn't mind Forest winning cup but would rather City did than Palace or Villa, who I don't care for. Villa having the distraction of the cup final may be beneficial however. One thing is certain, any big 6 talk is all but redundant, barring an English europa win. Spurs have had one CL season in about 5 years, chelsea have missed out last few and could do again. Man United look like they won't qualify via the league anytime soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 20 hours ago, Skeletor said: My league table predictor. That's with us losing at Arsenal, Villa and Brighton. You have Chelsea with a lot of points - 13 out of 18. Presume you have us beating them so that’s 13 out of 15. They’ve got a tough fixture list. I can’t see them getting anywhere near 67 points. Hopefully Villa will get bogged down with fixture congestion and we don’t need to go to the final couple of games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 4 minutes ago, Novocastrian said: You have Chelsea with a lot of points - 13 out of 18. Presume you have us beating them so that’s 13 out of 15. They’ve got a tough fixture list. I can’t see them getting anywhere near 67 points. Hopefully Villa will get bogged down with fixture congestion and we don’t need to go to the final couple of games. I fancy Villa to finish above Chelsea looking at the fixtures and Chelsea's form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I wonder what Chelsea have left to sell to themselves to avoid another breach. Hotel gone, Carpark gone, Women's team gone. The EPLS very own Barca. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 8 minutes ago, Novocastrian said: You have Chelsea with a lot of points - 13 out of 18. Presume you have us beating them so that’s 13 out of 15. They’ve got a tough fixture list. I can’t see them getting anywhere near 67 points. Hopefully Villa will get bogged down with fixture congestion and we don’t need to go to the final couple of games. Aye I'd be amazed if chelsea get 13 points from 6 games like. Fans toxic towards the manager who keeps having a pop back at them. Best player out of form and they've drew with Ipswich and Brentford last 2 games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Things are toxic down at Chelsea, there seems to be unrest towards Maresca and their form isnt great. Villa are in good form and have squad depth but they have CL (which they may soon be out of) and FA Cup semi finals and have had a long season. Forest have started to falter recently and have never been in this position, they've been over performing in relation to their stats all season - so make of that what you will. Man City are still quite inconsistent by their standards, but have had a much better second half of the season Having said that, all four are more than capable of putting together a string of results and a sustained push for CL. We have to beat whats in front of us essentially. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 The next 2 homes are vital for us. If we can win those 2 puts in a really good position even if lose at Villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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