TheBrownBottle Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Europe has to be the target, 4th is crazy talk at this point. Finishing 7th or above would be a real achievement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said: Europe has to be the target, 4th is crazy talk at this point. Finishing 7th or above would be a real achievement. At this point, I would agree. I have no doubt Eddie can make that happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Just now, The Prophet said: If it wasn't for thr injuries I have no doubt we'd be in the top four again. Wholeheartedly agree. Given even moderate luck with injuries and suspensions we'd be at least 8-10 points better off. But you have to play the hand you're dealt and these things happen. We've struggled a lot at times but no reason we can't make a decent fist of the last 6 games - 14 points would be amazing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 How many points were Liverpool behind us this time last season? They weren’t too far from catching us. Not that I think we will catch spurs tbh. Nothing is impossible though, so never say never. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 2 minutes ago, Ikon said: How many points were Liverpool behind us this time last season? They weren’t too far from catching us. Not that I think we will catch spurs tbh. Nothing is impossible though, so never say never. Just had a quick look. After 32 games Liverpool were 9 points behind us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Just now, The Prophet said: Just had a quick look. After 32 games Liverpool were 9 points behind us. Cheers mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 5 hours ago, The Prophet said: If it wasn't for the injuries this season, I have no doubt we'd be in the top four again. We went something like 26 points from 14 games and have now done 21 from the last 11. In between we lost 6 out of 7, and only got 3 points. That seven game nightmare started when the ball slid under Trippier's foot against Everton. I thought we were on top in that game and half expected to go on and win it. A Trippier error also cost us in the Carabao. During those games we underperformed xG for by five goals and also let in four or five more than xG against. We also had some phenomenal misses during that time, Gordon squaring it to Isak at 0-0 at Spurs and the Almiron one cleared by Tomori in the CL about one yard out. Stuff wasn't going our way on top of the injuries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) Spurs still to play Man City too. They are catchable if we play like to did yesterday Edited April 14 by gdm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Even with no Pope, I think just Barnes being available gets us close to 5th. That December run when poor Gordon and Almiron were having to play 90 minutes twice a week was crippling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I predict something very special next year. It will only get better. Tonali back, a couple of quality signings and of course, fewer injuries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 12 hours ago, STM said: Any form of Europe will do. I'm not greedy. 100% Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 The bookies now have us and Man Utd pretty much level in terms of top 6 chances, with us a very slight fave at some places - it looks like it will come down to the Old Trafford match. They have 4 matches at home, we have 4 matches away, and while not guaranteed, their next 2 league fixtures are Sheff Utd (H) and Burnley (H), so despite them being awful, it would be a surprise if they didn't take 6 points from those. We will be favourites to win every individual remaining match, bar Man Utd (A), but our away record is pretty poor, even before the mass injuries, and we've lost 9 of our 16 matches on the road. Based on fixtures, and them being at home in the big one, I do expect them to unfortunately pip us, but I certainly didn't expect us to be within reach of 6th when 1-3 down with 10 mins to go vs West Ham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJbarnes Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I notice that for the man united games they play Arsenal just a few days before, and we have an extra days recovery than them going into that fixture. That could give us an edge and help us get a result. Avoid defeat in that fixture and match their results with our easier fixtures and we should finish 6th As it's in may, theres hope of more players being back and options from the bench I'm excited that we can do it. Even if we don't, the excitement of having something to play for is great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 40 minutes ago, ChrisJbarnes said: As it's in may, theres hope of more players being back and options from the bench That's our hope as well to be fair. To not have almost every first choice defender on the injury table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 3 hours ago, gdm said: Spurs still to play Man City too. They are catchable if we play like to did yesterday And Sheff Utd and Burnley in their last two games. If we were 5 or 6 pts behind we'd have a chance, but not 10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaj Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I am sure Eddie will have the players believing that they can close the gap and although we will probably fall short, if we aim for 4th/5th instead of looking over our shoulders then hopefully we can secure 6th or 7th and get back into Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Definitely think there's an outside chance we catch one or even both, I'll take any kind of European football after the season we had but if we actually did this it would be completely insane. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Don't think there's a chance we're catching Spurs or Villa, but would be very happy with Europe again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) I'm going to be cursing that Everton result until the end of time. With the respective fixtures we have, we'd have had a canny prospect of catching Tottenham. Edited April 14 by HaydnNUFC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 we're so much worse away from home tbh. I am not clinging onto much hope of catching up a 10 point gap. Would be very spursy of course Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 We would have to win every game imo, not happening with our injuries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelinton7 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Villa only won one of last 5 league games. Spurs looked awful yesterday and have a horrific run in and Man U are just completely unpredictable. Just win our games and miracles may happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 We've dropped too many daft points to make the CL, Luton & Everton at home for starters. Top 7 would be brilliant all things considering... Just looked at West hams remaining fixtures, can't see them getting more than 7pts, after today. That really leaves Chelsea behind to consider. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 We’ve no chance of getting near Spurs or Villa but we’ve dropped some awful points along the way. That said, given our injuries we were always going to have some shockers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 West ham Brighton and even Chelsea fixtures are far harder than ours (on paper) 7th should be our minimum now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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