TheBrownBottle Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 09:40, Chicken Dancer said: 6 points in the next 2 games should do it, like. Assuming Liverpool beat Spurs it would mean that they need to be 10 points better than us in 5 games. If that happens then the 1996 lads can be forgiven as this will be a complete capitulation. We'd need 7 points from Arsenal, Leeds, Brighton, Leicester & Chelsea. Saying that I'd take a draw tonight as long as we beat Southampton. Expand Yep - win the next two games and we'd only need midtable form in the remaining fixtures to guarantee top four. I think the Everton game is more important than I've seen some other NUFC supporters suggest it is. Win this and I'm really confident we hammer Soton too at the weekend - and then it is pretty much all over bar the shouting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Dancer Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 10:16, TheBrownBottle said: I think the Everton game is more important than I've seen some other NUFC supporters suggest it is Expand Aye, it's absolutely huge. Win this and it knocks the stuffing out of Liverpool a tad, it will naturally deflate them if we keep matching their results. I've seen loads of Liverpool fans actually cheering us on tonight though, they really want Everton down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 09:40, Chicken Dancer said: 6 points in the next 2 games should do it, like. Assuming Liverpool beat Spurs it would mean that they need to be 10 points better than us in 5 games. If that happens then the 1996 lads can be forgiven as this will be a complete capitulation. We'd need 7 points from Arsenal, Leeds, Brighton, Leicester & Chelsea. Saying that I'd take a draw tonight as long as we beat Southampton. Expand More than likely, yes. Although taken to the mathematical extreme it's 12 points we need. If Liverpool win all their remaining games they can get to 71. If Villa win all their games they can get to 69. But they play each other so they both can't take max points. I do fear Liverpool, the fixtures they have from now till the end of the season it isn't impossible they go on a run where they win them all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 10:26, sushimonster85 said: More than likely, yes. Although taken to the mathematical extreme it's 12 points we need. If Liverpool win all their remaining games they can get to 71. If Villa win all their games they can get to 69. But they play each other so they both can't take max points. I do fear Liverpool, the fixtures they have from now till the end of the season it isn't impossible they go on a run where they win them all. Expand Yeah, I had a look at their remaining fixtures this morning and shivered a little bit. This is the time of the season when sides start rolling over for a belly tickle - I could easily see that lot winning every remaining game. But if we win the next two, it is hard to see us not getting two wins and a draw from the remaining five games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 How it ends: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Aye, they are more than capable of winning the rest of their games. For those who haven't seen, Liverpool's remain games: Spurs (H) Fulham (H) Brentford (H) Leicester (A) Villa (H) Southampton (A) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 If Brighton win all of their games they can still hit 73 points, if we're worrying about the absolute worst case scenario. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 People are determined to make this nervy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 10:34, AyeDubbleYoo said: People are determined to make this nervy Expand It's ridiculous Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 10:32, sushimonster85 said: Aye, they are more than capable of winning the rest of their games. For those who haven't seen, Liverpool's remain games: Spurs (H) Fulham (H) Brentford (H) Leicester (A) Villa (H) Southampton (A) Expand 4 top 10 sides and 2 relegation fighting sides. Wonder what odds you would get on Liverpool winning all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 10:34, The Prophet said: If Brighton win all of their games they can still hit 73 points, if we're worrying about the absolute worst case scenario. Expand True, but they seem to be coming off the boil, as opposed to Liverpool, who seem to be getting a head of steam now. Brighton still need to go to Arsenal, and play us at St James. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 10:34, The Prophet said: If Brighton win all of their games they can still hit 73 points, if we're worrying about the absolute worst case scenario. Expand Brighton have a much tougher run in than Liverpool They have Man-U, Arsenal, Us, City and Villa, highly likely they drop points, they'll finish below Liverpool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 10:37, sushimonster85 said: True, but they seem to be coming off the boil, as opposed to Liverpool, who seem to be getting a head of steam now. Brighton still need to go to Arsenal, and play us at St James. Expand They've won three in a row, two very unconvincingly. It'd be daft to completely rule them out while they have a sniff, but they've got it all to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyc35i Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 I’m backing us to win the next two games and I also think we beat Arsenal now that they’ve given up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 I got this and thought I was being pessimistic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Just realised I have both of us going unbeaten from now mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Yep, the Arsenal game is hugely winnable. They are shot to pieces. Let's give them some PTSD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) On 27/04/2023 at 10:37, Geordie Ahmed said: Brighton have a much tougher run in than Liverpool They have Man-U, Arsenal, Us, City and Villa, highly likely they drop points, they'll finish below Liverpool Expand You could argue Brighton have been much more consistent than Liverpool. I'm just pointing out the worst case scenario which some seem to absolutely revel in. In both scenarios we need fluff our lines regardless of anyone else's form. Edited April 27, 2023 by The Prophet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Just to clarify my position on all this. I do still make us strong favourites, I'm just terrified of Liverpool I actually think we may end up taking matters into our own hands. Win tonight, win on Sunday, beat Leeds, beat Brighton, beat Leicester and it doesn't matter what anyone else does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 10:41, Froggy said: Just realised I have both of us going unbeaten from now mind. Expand Yeah I did but also gave us draws against Brighton, Arsenal and Chelsea. Which in reality, I think we will get a win in one of those games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 10:41, The Prophet said: You could argue Brighton have been much more consistent than Liverpool. I'm just pointing out the worst case scenario which some seem to absolutely revel in. In both scenarios we need fluff our lines regardless of anyone else's form. Expand They have been but I think recent form is a better indicator than looking at the full season I absolutely agree with the last point, if Liverpool (or even Brighton) make 4th then it means we or Man-U have dropped off quite significantly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 (edited) Just had the Arsenal All or Nothing on in the background which featured our match. Hugely complimentary of us throughout and you could tell the players were shitting it going into that match with the Champions League to play for. Less than a year later and that's us fighting for the Champions League. Unreal. Edited April 27, 2023 by Kid Icarus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Funny to think that before the weekend plenty of us were looking at Spurs as the main threat - now suddenly we want them to get a result in their next game! I'm not nervous at this point tbh - just thinking out loud more than owt else. I don't see how we conspire to blow this - we'd need to go on a Steve Bruce-esque losing streak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 10:32, sushimonster85 said: Aye, they are more than capable of winning the rest of their games. For those who haven't seen, Liverpool's remain games: Spurs (H) Fulham (H) Brentford (H) Leicester (A) Villa (H) Southampton (A) Expand Villa and brentford might do us a favour, both in good form… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Brentford have won 1 in 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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