The Europeometer™ (2024/25) - NUFC Qualify for Conference League (at least)

[Hanshithispantz]

  On 27/12/2022 at 09:12, Optimistic Nut said:

Just had a look at Redcafe, still a fair few saying it's the money we've spent since last January, even though they themselves spent more than that in the summer alone from a much better starting position.

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The confidence in which people spout easily debunked nonsense is canny admirable tbh. It's the modern day "Pep is only good because he has the best players" even though it's very clear to see how well coached Manchester City and Barcelona are/were.

[Mattoon]

Couldn't care less what other fans think, they'll say/believe anything that makes them feel better about the situation. Deep down they know what we know, Eddie has masterminded the biggest comeback since Kim Kardashian with majority players he inherited. The same players that they laughed at us buying have us 2nd in the league.

[STM]

Went for 5 and nah. Basically I can't call it.

 

We will be in with a shout but squeaky bum time will be crucial. My only main worry is that because of extra fixtures we might have problems with squad depth.

 

An injury to Bruno or Trippier would kill us.

 

January could be key.

[Guest]

I think about a 3. We've given ourselves a helluva chance but even after 6 wins in a row there's very little in it between us and 6th. 

[The Prophet]

  On 27/12/2022 at 09:59, Optimistic Nut said:

I think about a 3. We've given ourselves a helluva chance but even after 6 wins in a row there's very little in it between us and 6th. 

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Yeah this. Incredible effort to date, but as the fixtures pile up I expect the bigger, better squads to overtake us.

[Guest]

Teams like Spurs haven't been that good the last month or so leading into the World Cup yet are only 3 behind. If we can get to around the 70 mark it'll have been a fantastic season even if it misses out on the CL.

[Hanshithispantz]

I just cannot see who overtakes us other than Man City (obviously), Liverpool and maybe Spurs.

 

Providing Liverpool have sorted themselves out it basically comes down to whether or not Spurs can improve from here, they've pulled an unbelievable amount of points from nowhere so far this season.

[SteV]

72 points from our last seasons worth (38) of games.

 

Spurs finished 4th on 71 points last year.

[Guest]

  On 27/12/2022 at 10:11, Hanshithispantz said:

I just cannot see who overtakes us other than Man City (obviously), Liverpool and maybe Spurs.

 

Providing Liverpool have sorted themselves out it basically comes down to whether or not Spurs can improve from here, they've pulled an unbelievable amount of points from nowhere so far this season.

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Ruling out Man U? Win their games in hand and they're only a point adrift.

[mosstef]

I think top5 will be Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Spurs and us. However, I'm still nervous about Man Utd now that Ronaldo has gone and ETH is finding his feet in the PL. If they can keep Eriksen injury free they will be in with a shout as well. I think he is playing even better now than before he died.

[Bimpy474]

I reckon we'll be 6th or 7th by the end......but with a couple more upgrades in certain positions, the scummy six will have their little arrogant party permanently smashed to pieces.

 

 

[Hanshithispantz]

Man Utd on 0 GD. We're on +21. It would take some effort for them to improve to the point they're on par with us.

 

The Man City, Wolves, Liverpool, Palace run has distorted our season a bit, we deserved far more than 3 points from those games but pretty much nothing went for us.

[Disco]

[Interpolic]

  On 27/12/2022 at 09:30, Mattoon said:

Eddie has masterminded the biggest comeback since Kim Kardashian 

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great reference 

[Stottie]

Look at who we have left to play home and away. Especially home.

Howe's home record in 2022. 

P17 W12 D4 L1 F30 A10 Pts 40

Keep that up and given who we can take points off at home, Top 4 looks likely. 

[Yorkie]

No doubt in my mind. 

[gbandit]

This Arsenal game coming up is massive, not only for us trying to cement ourselves in the top four, but also for impacting the title race 

[enthusiast]

came out of the brentford game convinced we'd be champions, now tempered meself slightly to thinking that i'd find 4th a disappointment.

[King HTT III]

I’d still be happy with top 7, but I’m sure Howe, his staff and the players are aiming to finish in the top 4 now that we are actually in those places. January will be big in terms of who leaves and goes, a transformative player like Bruno could make all the difference. Some mates of mine are talking of looking to win the league, there is zero chance of that  Top 4 would be dreamy though. Out of interest say we finished 4th, would we have a CL qualifier to make the groups?

 

 

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[HaydnNUFC]

  On 27/12/2022 at 14:40, Stottie said:

Look at who we have left to play home and away. Especially home.

Howe's home record in 2022. 

P17 W12 D4 L1 F30 A10 Pts 40

Keep that up and given who we can take points off at home, Top 4 looks likely. 

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Think its absolutely huge that we play 4/6 of the 'big 6' as well as Brighton at SJP in the second half of that season.

[SteV]

  On 27/12/2022 at 15:22, King HTT III said:

I’d still be happy with top 7, but I’m sure Howe, his staff and the players are aiming to finish in the top 4 now that we are actually in those places. January will be big in terms of who leaves and goes, a transformative player like Bruno could make all the difference. Some mates of mine are talking of looking to win the league, there is zero chance of that  Top 4 would be dreamy though. Out of interest say we finished 4th, would we have a CL qualifier to make the groups?

 

 

 

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Nah, all four straight into the group stage now.

[Rafalove]

 

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

Who beats us? 

[NWMag]

  On 27/12/2022 at 16:32, Shays Given Tim Flowers said:

Who beats us? 

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This is the key thing, the way we are defending this season, if we score 1 goal per game (which is no struggle at the moment) then we are unlikely to lose.

[The Prophet]

Had a quick browse of a few opposition boards. The general consensus is that we're getting lucky and riding a wave of momentum.

 

The latter is definetly playing a part, but we're absolutely where we are on merit. I'm more than happy for other sides to continue to underestimate us.