Danh1 Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 Without sounding entitled I’ll be disappointed and surprised if we don’t win our next 3. Could see us right in the mix for the top 5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallumG6 Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 Europe via any means next year is a solid achievement given the season we’ve had, and the nature of the league this year. Really can’t see CL mind, Europa we’ve got a good chance of qualifying for if we push on starting with Wolves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 I'll be disappointed if we haven't overtaken Everton, Brentford & Sunderland by the end of January. Frig knows how well Chelsea & Man Utd are going to do but need to keep within 3 points of those two and we'll do well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronson333 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 2 points off top 5 😎 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelofTheFourth Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 According to opta 60 points would be enough for top 5 (which is what chelsea are projected to get) that's incredibly low it's all still possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 2 points off 5th and still in all competitions despite being really sketchy is excellent. A result like that always feels available to us because of how tight everything is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Just now, Kid Icarus said: 2 points off 5th and still in all competitions despite being really sketchy is excellent. A result like that always feels available to us because of how tight everything is. Just need to keep staying positive and pushing for points, play smart football and we have another half the season to play for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) A lot of parallels between this season and the 03/04 one. Poor away form, home record just about keeping us in the mix, average teams competing in the top 8-10 (03/04 it was Fulham, Charlton & Villa, this season Sunderland & Brentford). Looks like a lower than average points tally will be needed to finish top 5 (we got there with 56 points in 03/04). Hopefully we scrape to the same outcome this year and make sure going forward we're better than this. Edited January 4 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 I’m pretty confident we will find better form in the last couple months of the season. The question is what’s still possible after a ridiculous run of games between now and March. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) On 30/12/2025 at 22:12, Superior Acuña said: Us -12 (nc) ManU +11 (up 1 - lol) Chelsea -8 (nc) Villa +6 (down 1) Tottenham +3 (down 2) Us -12 (nc) ManU +9 (-2) Tottenham +1 (-2) Villa +6 (nc) Chelsea -7 (+1) Edited January 4 by Superior Acuña Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 5th is wide open and will remain so. We need to do better than the first half but we can afford inconsistency. Let’s win the the next one. HOWAY THE LADSSS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Absolutely mad how close we are to the top 5. Let’s gan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 5th get CL again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Just now, Elliottman said: 5th get CL again? Nope, not now anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 11 minutes ago, McDog said: Nope, not now anyway. Aren't England comfortably top of the UEFA coefficient as it stands? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) 1 minute ago, Keegans Export said: Aren't England comfortably top of the UEFA coefficient as it stands? I believe so but as it stands no. Hopefully top 5 at the end of the season. edit: I do this at work all the time, qualify everything. Technically, top 4 gets UCL but practically top 5 could be good enough. Edited January 4 by McDog Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) 5 wins, 2 draws, 2 defeats the last 9 League games. Stumbling into a bit of form since those horrible back-to-back losses at West Ham & Brentford. Definitely something about a shoddy Brentford away result that brings about an upturn in form. Edited January 4 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 4 points between 5th and 14th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 7 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: 5 wins, 2 draws, 2 defeats the last 9 League games. Stumbling into a bit of form since those horrible back-to-back losses at West Ham & Brentford. Definitely something about a shoddy Brentford away result that brings about an upturn in form. Our results have never really been as bad as the performances and mood suggest TBH. If we'd not lost the derby I don't think it would ever have reached the levels of concern it did. Said it before it reminds me a bit of the relegation survival season. Looked dire but we were never that many points off safety, and we never gave up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 I work on the assumption top 5 is CL. It will more than likely be the case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Here's an end of December update. The chart shows a preseason predicted trajectory towards 62 points, which is the average required for sixth place in PL era. The expected points per month takes account of how the games fall, in terms of strength of opposition and whether home or away. The formula has been pretty accurate last four seasons. We are four points behind the predicted/expected December total. We have three points already, from the 15 available in January. We'd need 13 of these (rather than the 9 the formula predicted) to immediately get on track by the end of this month. We'd probably need to accumulate 65 points in total (rather than 62) if still aspiring to fifth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 The march to Europe is on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Joel Inton Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 30/12/2025 at 22:22, Sir Joel Inton said: Must win the next three to build momentum and start to get a streak of wins. Tough games after that v Villa and Liverpool with PSG neatly sandwiched in between. With the FA Cup and Carabao semi first leg, January is an absolutely huge month for us. Could end up in the FA Cup 4th round, CL knockouts, a lead in the Carabao semi and 5 league wins including humbling Liverpool away. I’ll wank any of you off if that happened. We’re getting there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 It back on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Just now, Novocastrian said: It back on? It was never off! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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