Collage Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 25 minutes ago, midds said: Obligatory mention of the (heartfelt) absence of the Cup Winners Cup these days I miss it every day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, wormy said: I'd have no complaints if it went back to cup runners up getting a European spot, and not just because we would've all but secured our route already this season. I can't explain why but it feels wrong that European spots can drop all the way to 7th in the League. Aren't top coefficient countries going to get a 5th CL spot in future? Is that an extra spot even if an English club wins the CL or EL, meaning we could end up with six clubs in the CL? We could be looking at 9th in the league getting a spot in Europe if everything aligned. Just seems ridiculous. That's correct, so for the 2024-25 season the top 2 coefficient countries will get an extra spot, which basically means for next season finishing 5th gets you CL (Unless the winners of both CL/EL finish outside of 5th) The 2 countries are likely to be England and Spain Edited March 22, 2023 by Geordie Ahmed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Let's campaign for the re-instatement for the one club per city rule, that existed in Fairs Cup and the UEFA cup until 1975. The only trophy that we've won during my lifetime was down to that. We finished 10th the previous season, but three clubs that finished higher than us didn't qualify because of that rule. They can only say no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 I said if Isak hit the ground running and had a bit of a purple patch we could do it. And it looks to be happening. Need to get back to clean sheets mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 (edited) The last two games finish 1-1 before the run of three games (Cup Final plus Liverpool & City) without a fully fit Isak. If Isak had not had the injury first half of the season, and we had him fully match fit straight after the World Cup, I've no doubt even just 3 of those 0-0s or 1-1s would have ended up as wins. Edited March 23, 2023 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Did one of those predictor things and ended up with: 3rd Man U: 75 4th Newcatle: 68 5th Spurs: 64 6th Liverpool: 60 I wasn't overly positive either. Had us drawing at home to Brighton, drawing away to Villa and getting beat off Arsenal. Had us beating both Spurs and Man United at home like. I know these things are hard to predict but it certainly suggests we have a chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogaddi Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Huge weekend this, could end up 3rd, Liverpool at Man city and Spurs at Everton, don't think either of them will win, if we can beat Man United we would likely be 8 points ahead of Liverpool and level with Spurs but having two games in hand, we would be clear favourites for 4th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 Brighton home to Brentford too. Brighton last 8 home 5-0-3, Brentford last 8 away 3-3-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) This week is potentially season defining stuff. Us v Man United Us v Brentford Man United v Brentford Spurs v Brighton Brighton v Brentford City v Liverpool Chelsea v Liverpool Liverpool v Arsenal Edited April 1, 2023 by The Prophet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogaddi Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) 17 minutes ago, The Prophet said: This week is potentially season defining stuff. Us v Man United Us v Brentford Man United v Brentford Spurs v Brighton Brighton v Brentford City v Liverpool Chelsea v Liverpool Liverpool v Arsenal Spurs away to Everton Monday as well which I don’t think they will win. If we can win Sunday then even three draws in them three away games will have us in pole position for 4th looking at who Spurs and Liverpool play in the same time . Edited April 1, 2023 by Geogaddi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyc35i Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 We’ve got the ‘hardest’ games left of all 3 from a quick fixture check. But this next week is absolutely massive for all the teams involved. I’d say we make top 4 if we come out ahead come the end of next weekend Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 4 hours ago, andyc35i said: We’ve got the ‘hardest’ games left of all 3 from a quick fixture check. But this next week is absolutely massive for all the teams involved. I’d say we make top 4 if we come out ahead come the end of next weekend Difficult to say this season, currently every club has something to play for so no easy games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianSwan Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Man I hope you guys do it. Will be like unleashing the kraken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Liverpool's chances dealt a massive psychological blow today. First time in months I've felt confident we can finish above them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Since the City game it all seems to be going for us again. This Brentford v Brighton game staying level would be class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Liverpool have been flaky AF all season. Spurs concern me a bit just because they have been underperforming considering their personnel, and a caretaker manager can sometimes provide a weird boost to morale and form. It's really in our hands though imo, with the inconsistency of the sides around us. Pick up approx 2 points a game til the end of the season and we'll get top 4 without worrying too much about looking over our shoulder, imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Well this weekend couldn't really have gone much better so far. Just need to do the business ourselves tomorrow and we are going to be favourites for a top four finish I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 7 minutes ago, TRon said: Well this weekend couldn't really have gone much better so far. Just need to do the business ourselves tomorrow and we are going to be favourites for a top four finish I reckon. We've been 4th favourites for couple of weeks, win and we might be 3rd in the betting but I think it'll still be manu. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 1 minute ago, frankpingel said: We've been 4th favourites for couple of weeks, win and we might be 3rd in the betting but I think it'll still be manu. Yeah I was talking about 4th place tbh, that'll do me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Yer 4th favourites for top 4 place. So ahead of Spurs, Liverpool ect in the betting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 1 minute ago, frankpingel said: Yer 4th favourites for top 4 place. So ahead of Spurs, Liverpool ect in the betting. Which is no small feat considering the money spent by Liverpool and Chelsea in particular. It's frankly astonishing Frank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Liverpool's away form is now P14 W3 D3 L8 F14 A24 -10 Pts 12 That's worse than Southampton who are bottom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 5 hours ago, Stottie said: Liverpool's away form is now P14 W3 D3 L8 F14 A24 -10 Pts 12 That's worse than Southampton who are bottom. Mad to think they’ve won 9-0 and 7-0 this season and their GD is still only +15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Obviously I would love a top 4 finish, but we need to get over the line for just Europe 1st, and we need to get that distance between us, Liverpool, and Brighton. To a lesser extent Brentford, but I think they will drop off soon in anyway. As someone has already said, let’s get Europe 1st, and then see if we are in a shout of the top 4, although knowing our luck we would finish 4th, and then Chelsea will win the Champions League, and Man Utd the Europa League, and we would not get a Champions League spot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 What gives me a lot of confidence is that Howe won't be looking at it as "let's secure x, then look at y" beyond "just win the next game". We'll approach every game like it's the only thing that matters, and then we'll finish where we finish. Fans can look ahead and think about how many points we need to achieve certain milestones, but the management and the players will just focus on it a game at a time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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