George Bailey Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Same for me. Realistically 7th to 9th with fingers crossed for above that as outside chance(5th being ceiling) If I had to plump for a finishing position, then I would say 8th look’s about favourite for me. Think this gets put to bed for a season or two (as in top four). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Aim for 6th, still. Very least we should be targeting is finishing above West Ham and Brighton which I think we will. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Whatever gets us into Europe, and by that I mean the Conference league will be considered a success in my books. Playing with an almost first 11 of players out for half a season would cripple any club. CL football was fantastic while it lasted, even if it didn't work out, but it's wetted my appetite for any form of European contest now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 10 minutes ago, TRon said: Whatever gets us into Europe, and by that I mean the Conference league will be considered a success in my books. Playing with an almost first 11 of players out for half a season would cripple any club. CL football was fantastic while it lasted, even if it didn't work out, but it's wetted my appetite for any form of European contest now. Of course it isn't the money and exposure of the Champions League, but I've had people say to me a lot this year "Why are you so arsed, it's only the Conference League". It's a fucking trophy, a European trophy FFS. Not only that, it's not really meant to have big, rich clubs in it, so we've got a really good chance of winning it, as has any English side in it. If you were in it next season, I'd absolutely lump on you to win it, as did I on us, and as did I think about doing (but errr, forget) for West Ham last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 26 minutes ago, brummie said: Of course it isn't the money and exposure of the Champions League, but I've had people say to me a lot this year "Why are you so arsed, it's only the Conference League". It's a fucking trophy, a European trophy FFS. Not only that, it's not really meant to have big, rich clubs in it, so we've got a really good chance of winning it, as has any English side in it. If you were in it next season, I'd absolutely lump on you to win it, as did I on us, and as did I think about doing (but errr, forget) for West Ham last year. Chances of winning it aside, how have you enjoyed the UCL experience so far? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 28 minutes ago, brummie said: Of course it isn't the money and exposure of the Champions League, but I've had people say to me a lot this year "Why are you so arsed, it's only the Conference League". It's a fucking trophy, a European trophy FFS. Not only that, it's not really meant to have big, rich clubs in it, so we've got a really good chance of winning it, as has any English side in it. If you were in it next season, I'd absolutely lump on you to win it, as did I on us, and as did I think about doing (but errr, forget) for West Ham last year. Win it or not, I just love being part of the European football scene. To me playing Dinamo Zagreb is almost as exciting as playing AC Milan. They are still big clubs in there, and if anything they are more our match at this stage of our rebuild. It's a long way from battling to stay out the relegation zones of the PL for the 15 years under the previous ownership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 3 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Chances of winning it aside, how have you enjoyed the UCL experience so far? It has been good. A couple of my mates did all the away matches, had some great experiences, which reminded me of great European away trips from the past. It's also not piss-easy. I mean, it's not PSG, Dortmund and Milan, but away in Bosnia (apparently the best of the away trips) and at Legia Warsaw were challenging. Alkmaar too, I guess. It just makes the season more interesting, too. And I'll love it if we win it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) 6 minutes ago, TRon said: Win it or not, I just love being part of the European football scene. To me playing Dinamo Zagreb is almost as exciting as playing AC Milan. They are still big clubs in there, and if anything they are more our match at this stage of our rebuild. It's a long way from battling to stay out the relegation zones of the PL for the 15 years under the previous ownership. Exactly. We had some great away days in the past. Bilbao, Milan, Berlin, Moscow, and of course some success too. We hadn't been in Europe since 2010, so that's a whole generation who've never had the chance. Good for them, I watch all the YouTube blogs they do and go on those trips vicariously through them. Over a decade of watching absolute fucking dog shit football, with owners who didn't give a shit and players who were even worse (Agbonlahor and Richards can fuck off as far as I am concerned). Like you said, it's miles better than how things used to be. Edited February 6 by brummie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Good to hear. Have said this a thousand times so apologies for the repetition but I swear to God it's that fucking name. There's very much a ceiling to the amount of prestige and gravitas you can achieve when your competition has fecking 'Conference' in its title. I get they don't want to undermine the magnitude of the bigger ticket competitions, but Conference? Really? It's a tautology as well. In this context, a conference is a league; hence 'Football Conference' pre-Vanarama. Stupid, shit name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Yeah, but having said that, it's better than the "Carabao Cup" and everyone would like to win that. Remember when it was the Milk Cup? The Rumbelows Cup? What happened to the Watneys Shield too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Obviously we just want to finish as high as possible, but I think 6th/7th are the realistic targets now. We're in a good position for 7th, we should be looking to finish above West Ham and keep Brighton/Chelsea behind. ManU are unpredictable, great if we could pip them to 6th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myleftboot Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I think we’ll have a fit squad for the run in and have a strong end of the season. 6th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 5 minutes ago, Superior Acuña said: Obviously we just want to finish as high as possible, but I think 6th/7th are the realistic targets now. We're in a good position for 7th, we should be looking to finish above West Ham and keep Brighton/Chelsea behind. ManU are unpredictable, great if we could pip them to 6th. Worth noting that we still have Spurs, West Ham and Brighton all to play at SJP. No reason why we can't beat all of those 3 and finish 7th at worst from here on in. I feel 7th would have been about par this season so, given all the shit we've had to deal with, that's reasonably good. If it happens Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Some big games tomorrow and next weekend for the teams around us. Nothing nailed on for any of them, then we have Eddie’s baby at home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myleftboot Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 6th and hopefully an injury free season next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) Seems mad we are only 5 points worse of than at the same stage last season. Edited February 10 by SUPERTOON Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myleftboot Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 2 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: Seems mad we are only 5 points worse of than at the same stage last season. Get willock and Isak back we’ll have a strong finish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 We won’t finish top 7 if we keep conceding at our current rate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 7 points from 3 games is a pretty good return, especially as most would have expected the first of those to be an easy loss Got some tough away fixtures, especially Arsenal away so not sure we'll go on one of those Eddie runs of 6/7 wins on the bounce but as long as we go on some mini runs we should be finishing in a European spot Just could do with no more injuries and some key players getting back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I'd definitely take 7th if offered, but hopefully we can push for 6th. Top 5 does look beyond us with the injuries, players available, lengthy gap, and will be really hard for us to win like 7 out of 8 matches likes we did on a couple of occasions last year. Don't often say this, but hopefully Villa win tomorrow, and of course Arsenal in the 2pm game vs West Ham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 We won't finish top 4 but just tighten up, even slightly and we can edge towards 5th or 6th and that's a successful season. Momentum is key. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Top 5 is looking set, unless Villa have a massive drop off. 4-5 teams fighting for 6th and 7th, we should definitely be aiming for top 7 which I would have been happy with this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Villa and Arsenal wins tomorrow would do nicely Then it's a case of just gaining 2 points on Man U in the remaining 12 games and if we manage that all things considered it would be some achievement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, Myleftboot said: Get willock and Isak back we’ll have a strong finish. Pope as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Would take 7th. The ceiling is 6th and I think Man U will take that. Even if Villa fell off I don’t think we have enough about us to get to 5th. Not enough CMs, too many reinjuries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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