The Europeometer™ (2024/25)

[Erikse]

2 minutes ago, lovejoy said:

 

 

we're 4 points off aren't we?

 

West Ham -2

Brighton -1

Bournemouth -1

 

Sheffield United usually counts as Leeds in here (19th vs 2nd), which makes it +2p in that game.

 

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by Erikse

[buzza]

Probably going to be one of the most difficult years to stay in the top six.

The current top ten teams are very good and can probably beat anyone on a good day. 

Apart from the bottom three I reckon it's one of the strongest prem league i have ever seen.

[The Prophet]

Not had going from our lot considering the state of affairs.

[Erikse]

1 hour ago, The Prophet said:

Not had going from our lot considering the state of affairs.

 

Faced just 1 top 8 team in those fixtures to be fair.

 

 

Edited November 14, 2023 by Erikse

[GideonShandy]

1 hour ago, Erikse said:

 

Faced just 1 top 8 team in those fixtures to be fair.

 

 

 

Same is true of Villa, and their 1 was 8th placed Brighton

[Stottie]

Had we beaten Bournemouth, we'd top that Premier League form table. It just shows the shadow cast by the injury crisis and the Dortmund defeats in the CL.

 

 

[Kid Icarus]

7 hours ago, Erikse said:

 

Faced just 1 top 8 team in those fixtures to be fair.

 

 

 

True of most in that list tbf 

[The College Dropout]

9 hours ago, The Prophet said:

Not had going from our lot considering the state of affairs.

Both of us have had good-great fixtures.

 

The fixtures stiffen for Villa until Christmas. I expect them to fall back a little. I do not expect them to repeat that form over the next 8 or even close. They will want to still be in that pack by Christmas.

[The College Dropout]

1 hour ago, Stottie said:

Had we beaten Bournemouth, we'd top that Premier League form table. It just shows the shadow cast by the injury crisis and the Dortmund defeats in the CL.

 

 

Arsenal win was huge. And we picked up points on the road in challenging fixtures.

 

 

But we've also had an extremely nice run over the last 8.

[Froggy]

Why is it eight games and not say... five?

[Guest]

We need to stay within about 8 points of 5th after the Spurs game to have a chance of CL, like. 

 

I know 5th is dependent on co-efficients but it only takes 3-4 of our 8 to go deep in the three competitions and we'll get one.

[Lish007]

Deffo think we are clouded by the Dortmund losses as well..we must not forget that our actually PREMIER LEAGUE form is pretty good. Yes, I know it's tough this year but we are keeping up with the pack. But because we've had those two losses in-between wins and draws in the EFL and PL, we think we aren't doing so well. 

 

Also would love Timo Werner on loan. I actually think he's quality but his Chelsea time fucked him up. Where have we heard that story before? 

2 hours ago, Stottie said:

Had we beaten Bournemouth, we'd top that Premier League form table. It just shows the shadow cast by the injury crisis and the Dortmund defeats in the CL.

 

 

 

[The College Dropout]

Again - we've had as good a run of fixtures as possible. But I agree.. we were one win away from maximising that spell.

 

Timo Werner available? Then he's flopped at Leipzeig. I would avoid.

 

I think this team needs another playmaker. We've got 2 proper strikers and a really good inverted forward who should get goals even off scraps. But we only have 1 playmaker, and he's deep-lying.

[Aiston]

Our home form in the PL is good but away isn't good at all.

 

We were one of the best away teams last year, need to get back to that.

 

2 wins in 10 away, 1 win in 6 this season.

 

Hopefully that can be turned around quickly when getting players back fit.

[The Prophet]

Context is important. Three of our away games have followed Champions League fixtures.

 

 

Edited November 14, 2023 by The Prophet

[Upthemags]

How does a resurgent Chelsea change the calculus... They look, dare I say, a potential top 4 threat if they keep on their form

[jack j]

Just now, Upthemags said:

How does a resurgent Chelsea change the calculus... They look, dare I say, a potential top 4 threat if they keep on their form

They were pony against 9 men spurs and finally broke them down late on. Brentford beat then at home the game before that

Fair play against man city they played well but think they need to show more than one game before being talked about as top 4 like

Not looking forward to going there in the league cup much mind but hopefully we have injuries back and if we are already out of the champions league by then we might go a bit stronger..

[healthyaddiction]

3 minutes ago, Upthemags said:

How does a resurgent Chelsea change the calculus... They look, dare I say, a potential top 4 threat if they keep on their form

They were beaten 2-0 at home by Brentford three matches ago. What form is that?

[Upthemags]

2 minutes ago, healthyaddiction said:

They were beaten 2-0 at home by Brentford three matches ago. What form is that?

They just looked the better side against the strongest XI in the world and were the better side against Arsenal. Spurs disaster aside I think they've turned a corner. And this is all without Nkunku who might make it back for us.

[The Prophet]

40 minutes ago, Upthemags said:

How does a resurgent Chelsea change the calculus... They look, dare I say, a potential top 4 threat if they keep on their form

 

The jury is still out, they're not as shambolic as last season, but their last few results have included a home defeat to Brentford and struggling v nine man Spurs.

 

 

Edited November 14, 2023 by The Prophet

[The College Dropout]

They look good when teams come to play _ City & Arsenal.

 

But against low-blocks, teams happy to sit back and hit them on the counter. I've not seen it from them consistently.

 

The next 3 are tough on paper but good for them stylistically. It's the following 6 that look easy for them but they've struggled to deal with all season. If they pick up many points over the next 9 - they'll deservedly be in the mix. Until they start beating who they should routinely - I'm not believing it yet.

 

They've had false dawns before but you expect Poch to get it right. Howe would've had them flying by now btw.

[healthyaddiction]

1 hour ago, Upthemags said:

They just looked the better side against the strongest XI in the world and were the better side against Arsenal. Spurs disaster aside I think they've turned a corner. And this is all without Nkunku who might make it back for us.

That's still one game. Brentford beat City twice last year. I am absolutely certain Chelsea will be nowhere near the top 4 this season. People think 18 months of rubbish form is just going to change suddenly. It's not, it's a process they going to have to go through. They'll do well at times, because they have a lot of great footballers, but they'll regularly underwhelm, because there are much bigger issues within the club.

[TRon]

3 hours ago, Upthemags said:

How does a resurgent Chelsea change the calculus... They look, dare I say, a potential top 4 threat if they keep on their form

 

They have quality players in much bigger numbers so they can cover for injuries better than we can. They still don't look like they've found a consistent style of play though, wouldn't be surprised if they went on another bad run at some point.

[The College Dropout]

32 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

They have quality players in much bigger numbers so they can cover for injuries better than we can. They still don't look like they've found a consistent style of play though, wouldn't be surprised if they went on another bad run at some point.

I think they have a consistent style of play. It just doesn't consistently work in terms of goals. They typically don't concede many, keep the ball a lot, don't create tons of chances and miss more chances than they should.

 

 

[Guest]

Chelsea are poop, I read that on the toilet wall at a pub once.