Menace Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I reckon we finish 6th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 4 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said: Fulham and Bournemouth are in form and have nice fixtures up to the break. If Forest beat us they’ll be 9 clear of us. I don’t know why we can’t hit form (or just not be shit) now. If it’s a mentality issue with a final on the horizon again that the squad and managing staff are unable to sort out, it’s disappointing as fuck. Then again, in January-February 2023 the league performances weren’t as bad as they have been so far in 2025. Swings and roundabouts this season though innit. When we won 9 in a row Fulham won 2 in 10 and dropped to 10th. Bournemouth had a bad run from September to November and dropped to 13th. Forest are the only team that's been relatively consistent all season and weirdly they're the ones everyone's tipping to be the team that fall off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said: Swings and roundabouts this season though innit. When we won 9 in a row Fulham won 2 in 10 and dropped to 10th. Bournemouth had a bad run from September to November and dropped to 13th. Forest are the only team that's been relatively consistent all season and weirdly they're the ones everyone's tipping to be the team that fall off. If we beat Forest I still think we’ve a good chance but a loss and I can’t see us catching them, and I can’t see us finishing above Man City no matter how poor they’ve been. That leaves 5th; Chelsea have hit a wall but Fulham look good, are 2 points behind us and have good upcoming fixtures. Just the way we’ve been playing in the league lately does not inspire a shred of confidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 (edited) Yeah. The manner of the defeat today was worrying. But I expected fuck all and we got it. Win against Forest and I think top 6 is well on. Liverpool then a free hit as I’d expect fuck all there as per usual. Plenty of time to go. I’m sure we’ll go on another Howe winning streak between now and the end of the season. Edited February 15 by Lush Vlad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 minute ago, HaydnNUFC said: If we beat Forest I still think we’ve a good chance but a loss and I can’t see us catching them, and I can’t see us finishing above Man City no matter how poor they’ve been. That leaves 5th; Chelsea have hit a wall but Fulham look good, are 2 points behind us and have good upcoming fixtures. Just the way we’ve been playing in the league lately does not inspire a shred of confidence. I agree, but this below didn't either and we were in 12th, but we're here now. Still loads of football left to be played. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Bournemouth have Wolves at home next week. Not optimistic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 27 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said: Yeah. The manner of the defeat today was worrying. But I expected fuck all and we got it. Win against Forest and I think top 6 is well on. Liverpool then a free hit as I’d expect fuck all there as per usual. Plenty of time to go. I’m sure we’ll go on another Howe winning streak between now and the end of the season. I think we'll beat Forest. Said last week as well, but I'm more worried about Bournemouth, that gives us one less spot to chase unless we can rein them in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt1892 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, TRon said: I think we'll beat Forest. Said last week as well, but I'm more worried about Bournemouth, that gives us one less spot to chase unless we can rein them in. I’ve just looked at Bournemouth’s run in and of the 7 home league games they have left, Fulham are the highest in the league out of the opposition. They are 5 points off last seasons total, which was the most points they have earned in a Premier League I believe. Iraola is another level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 1 minute ago, Matt1892 said: I’ve just looked at Bournemouth’s run in and of the 7 home league games they have left, Fulham are the highest in the league out of the opposition. They are 5 points off last seasons total, which was the most points they have earned in a Premier League I believe. Iraola is another level. They are doing it with a smaller squad and with plenty of injuries to contend with as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 City will likely finish 3rd, then in terms of 4th and 5th it's just about who can put a consistent run together between Chelsea, Forest, Bournemouth, Villa, Fulham and ourselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) Tried to predict the rest of the season, used this: https://www.worldfootball.net/table_calculator/eng-premier-league/ Went 1-0, 0-0 or 0-1 so goal difference plays no part... not that it'd matter, as I seemingly have unrealistic expectations for certain teams regarding rest of season wins/losses Edited February 16 by Kaizero Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoSelecta Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 I’ll take it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) 5 hours ago, Kaizero said: Tried to predict the rest of the season, used this: https://www.worldfootball.net/table_calculator/eng-premier-league/ Went 1-0, 0-0 or 0-1 so goal difference plays no part... not that it'd matter, as I seemingly have unrealistic expectations for certain teams regarding rest of season wins/losses I've got us coming 8th 😂 I tried to be a bit harsher on us not to be biased. Looks like I've gone a little OTT on Villa, and no idea how Chelsea are 3rd 😂 but I think it shows from a fixtures on paper point of view we've probably got the toughest run. Edited February 16 by Alberto2005 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 It begins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) Bournemouths fixtures especially at home look very nice on paper Forest next 3 are us arsenal and man city.... 5th is still possible imo. Carry on at our current points per game average we will get 62. Hopefully enough to get 6th Edited February 16 by jack j Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 16 hours ago, Menace said: I reckon we finish 6th. Would bite your hand off for 6th in all likelihood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 21 minutes ago, George Bailey said: Would bite your hand off for 6th in all likelihood. Surely you’re not serious given the aim has to be 5th, and 6th does nothing for us in terms of retaining players? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Have to beat Forest. Nothing else really matters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) Think these silly defeats have ruined top 5 chances, unless we pull off a shock Anfield win. Not confident they can multitask so this run-up to the final will hurt. 7th or 6th, I'd say. Edited February 16 by Ketsbaia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 39 minutes ago, Ketsbaia said: Think these silly defeats have ruined top 5 chances, unless we pull off a shock Anfield win. *checks notes* Hmm..... 49 minutes ago, Ketsbaia said: ruined top 5 chances Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Of course I’d imagine he is referencing the home games where we were heavy favourites and got beat. Not City away FFS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 2 hours ago, Ronaldo said: Surely you’re not serious given the aim has to be 5th, and 6th does nothing for us in terms of retaining players? Agreed that is aim ( top four was looking a possible optimistic aim at one point) but looking at fixtures and the 'probable’ results - 6th is better than 7/8th. So yeah I would take 6th and some European football which may be enough to help keep some of key players…Personally think 1/2 will most likely be off in summer unless CL is delivered in any case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said: Of course I’d imagine he is referencing the home games where we were heavy favourites and got beat. Not City away FFS. That's not very funny though, is it? The world's going to shit, gotta try to have some fun when and where the possibility arises. Edited February 16 by Kaizero Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 31 minutes ago, George Bailey said: Agreed that is aim ( top four was looking a possible optimistic aim at one point) but looking at fixtures and the 'probable’ results - 6th is better than 7/8th. So yeah I would take 6th and some European football which may be enough to help keep some of key players…Personally think 1/2 will most likely be off in summer unless CL is delivered in any case. Surely you’d take the risk of achieving 5th then, knowing that we have to keep those 1 or 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 2 minutes ago, Ronaldo said: Surely you’d take the risk of achieving 5th then, knowing that we have to keep those 1 or 2. Oh absolutely but I was looking at what I thought was most probably going to happen… You are right in that risking gong for top 4/5 is contextually the right thing to do…. Im not much of a gambler and in all honesty still wonder if we can hold onto those 1/2 even with CL…prospects improve with and with EL but pessimistic me says they may still look to be off to ‘win’ things, so I’d be comfortable with 6th, hoping for 5th/4th… IF we can win LC then maybe the whole club’s fortunes change: just like they may/would have IF we had won the league under Keegan… Till then we are a big club that doesn’t win things and that puts us at a disadvantage..obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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