Premier League Predictions.

[Dean]

20% of the season gone and were in pole position.

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You’d never guess it reading the match threads 

 

[Munkunku]

Sometimes that starts in October and we need to be bang on it for Brentford who are in incredible form and must have sky high confidence.

That game is going to be as tough as we have faced so far imo.

That’s because West London is wonderful…

 

[RickUK]

20th if that CFCDaily knobhead on twitter has anything to do with it. Insufferable f**ker

 

[Old Shaggy]

Based on current form, I'm praying we finish in the top 4! 

 

[Sexyfootball]

Injuries and Covid have killed our league season sadly ... 

At various points in the last two months, we have been missing all of our main 3 central midfielders, all of our 3 main central attackers, and 4 out of 5 of our first choice defenders.

Up until the West Ham game (first 14 games) :



Thereafter :



The squad players that have come in aren't quite at the same level, and hence the gap to City has developed.

 

[Andy2461]

Spurs win there games in hand -4 and they go above us. Let that sink in for a minute 

 

[forbzy]

Spurs win there games in hand -4 and they go above us. Let that sink in for a minute 

That is another reason why our game against them next week is vital. We need to win that one and increase the gap a bit. 

 

[forbzy]

Injuries and Covid have killed our league season sadly ... 

At various points in the last two months, we have been missing all of our main 3 central midfielders, all of our 3 main central attackers, and 4 out of 5 of our first choice defenders.

Up until the West Ham game (first 14 games) :

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Thereafter :

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The squad players that have come in aren't quite at the same level, and hence the gap to City has developed.

In addition to our form the last 8 games look at the difference in the number of goals scored. 33 from the first 14 to just 12 from the 8. We have conceded more goals too. Only 6 conceded in first 14 compared to 11 in last 8. Seems like usual form for us in December based on recent years unfortunately.

 

[Sexyfootball]

Spurs win there games in hand -4 and they go above us. Let that sink in for a minute 

We are easily good enough to finish 3rd behind City and Liverpool. West Ham, Arsenal and Tottenham are another level below us, and than Man United are a level below even that LOL

Look how crap Tottenham were in our two SF legs of the league Cup, and then ask yourself how that side can win a run of PL games. Not going to happen.

 

[Scott Harris]

We are easily good enough to finish 3rd behind City and Liverpool. West Ham, Arsenal and Tottenham are another level below us, and than Man United are a level below even that LOL

Look how crap Tottenham were in our two SF legs of the league Cup, and then ask yourself how that side can win a run of PL games. Not going to happen.

Football can change very quickly. The fact is that if Tottenham win their games in hand, they go above us, and if we lose or draw against them, Arsenal and United can also overtake us if they win their games in hand. 

We are a mess, to allow the likes of Tottenham, Arsenal and United to gain so much ground on us from the position we were in is nothing short of a massive collapse.

 

[axman2526]

Too many competitors and injuries.

Spurs being out of Europe is a blessing. With Conte they make top 4 imo. 

Think we end up 5th ot 6th. 

 

[Argo]

We are easily good enough to finish 3rd behind City and Liverpool. West Ham, Arsenal and Tottenham are another level below us, and than Man United are a level below even that LOL

Look how crap Tottenham were in our two SF legs of the league Cup, and then ask yourself how that side can win a run of PL games. Not going to happen.

Yep, the reason they(we) are in a top 4 race is because there's no consistency there.

I'm very disillusioned with thing at the minute but i'm not worried about losing top four.

 

[forbzy]

Football can change very quickly. The fact is that if Tottenham win their games in hand, they go above us, and if we lose or draw against them, Arsenal and United can also overtake us if they win their games in hand. 

We are a mess, to allow the likes of Tottenham, Arsenal and United to gain so much ground on us from the position we were in is nothing short of a massive collapse.

Wolves also have a few games in hand and are playing well. I would include them as contenders. As well as West Ham.

 

[Scott Harris]

Wolves also have a few games in hand and are playing well. I would include them as contenders. As well as West Ham.

Basically, it's pretty much identical to last season and seasons before that. We are relying on that same pool of teams to slip up because we have had yet another collapse. Same sh*t, different season.

 

[axman2526]

Basically, it's pretty much identical to last season and seasons before that. We are relying on that same pool of teams to slip up because we have had yet another collapse. Same sh*t, different season.

Different manager, most of the same group of players.

But we know who gets blamed.

 

[Scott Harris]

Different manager, most of the same group of players.

But we know who gets blamed.

Yep, just for once, I would like to see the fans unanimously back the manager on this one. Don't make excuses for the players again and turn on the manager, because we won't find anybody better than Tuchel.

 

[axman2526]

Yep, just for once, I would like to see the fans unanimously back the manager on this one. Don't make excuses for the players again and turn on the manager, because we won't find anybody better than Tuchel.

Would need to be a good atmosphere on Sunday. Half the times TT chants, the other half jeers for the players.

 

[coco]

We really will have bottled it if we don't get 3rd place at least this season, we have no more games against the teams above us in the table, and all our away games bar one are against bottom half of the table teams.

 

[forbzy]

We really will have bottled it if we don't get 3rd place at least this season, we have no more games against the teams above us in the table, and all our away games bar one are against bottom half of the table teams.

After tomorrow we don't play again in the league until Palace away on Feb 19th. In that time I expect our top 4 rivals to close the gap at least. Depending on how the game goes tomorrow we may even drop out of top 4 before we play again. Either way the pack will tighten up so there will be added pressure on every game. Not to mention we have the distractions of all the other competitions we are involved in. We won't get top 4 unless we start winning regularly again. We probably need an average of 2 points per game from here to be sure. But as we have seen form can change on the flip of a coin. So while it is hard to see where our next win comes from right at the moment, things may look very different in a month or 2. Lets hope so anyway.

One thing that I am scratching my head over though. Considering our involvement in so many competitions this season, and our thin squad, I am really surprised the board/management team hasn't brought in any reinforcements this window so far. It is not going to get any easier for the squad. If they are exhausted now how will they manage the next few months?

 

[Oli]

Call me mad, but Is there a chance we can still win it? We win our 2 games in hand and we go 10 points behind we 10 games left. Easier said than done but all of our remaining games we go in as heavy favourites bar Arsenal. 

I think man city and liverpool drop points before the end of the season, so theres no reason at worst we cant finish a lot closer to them.