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Where will we finish in the league 23/24 ?

Where will we finish in the league 23/24 ?

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The stats the leadership team live or die by would indicate that at current form this year (2023) Chelsea are a team that could very likely  become involved in a relegation challenge come end of season. I agree w Axman show something in the next 2 EPL fixtures or it’s more doom,n,gloom.  all it takes to lift spirits and position in table  is 6 points. 

 
It's crazy to think that after 1bn spent we are genuinely mid table challengers.

If we can have a magic scout that can find us 2-3 very good attacking goalscoring players then we are back.

 
Andy2461 said:
Anyone else worried about relegation yet ? 
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With the chances of a points deduction hanging over our heads, yes. If we didn't have that, I think we would be safe. What a pathetic state the club is in that we are even thinking about this as a possibility.

 
Scott Harris said:
With the chances of a points deduction hanging over our heads, yes. If we didn't have that, I think we would be safe. What a pathetic state the club is in that we are even thinking about this as a possibility.
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I don't think we'll get deducted this season Scott, it's why we need to stop this midtable bull sh*t come next season or we could be in serious trouble. 

 
Sconnie Blue said:
Think at worst we’ll finish 14th. 
 

Still….Drop points to Palace and Luton I may get worried. 
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We are at present no better than either of them, at some point we have to produce our potential where it matters…on the pitch.

 
So what are people expecting this second half of the season?

Players are returning from injury.

United and Newcastle are regressing.

West Ham and Brighton will continue to battle fixture congestion with Europe. 

On paper, we should make a good push for 5th-6th but I can't help but feel we won't ever escape 10th. 

 
Sconnie Blue said:
So what are people expecting this second half of the season?

Players are returning from injury.

United and Newcastle are regressing.

West Ham and Brighton will continue to battle fixture congestion with Europe. 

On paper, we should make a good push for 5th-6th but I can't help but feel we won't ever escape 10th. 
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dont want to jinx it but 6th is possible. 

 
Jangz said:
dont want to jinx it but 6th is possible. 
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6th is definitely possible given that we are only 6 points from that spot. Having said that we will have to pick up points much more consistently in the second half of the season if we have any hope of making top 6. We have yet to manage more than 2 consecutive wins in the league this season, and that needs to improve.

 
Sconnie Blue said:
So what are people expecting this second half of the season?

Players are returning from injury.

United and Newcastle are regressing.

West Ham and Brighton will continue to battle fixture congestion with Europe. 

On paper, we should make a good push for 5th-6th but I can't help but feel we won't ever escape 10th. 
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Really hard to say. Players return, then they get injured again. If we could get those injuries down to lower than 5 for a prolonged period, I would be able to start thinking upwards again. Problem is that we have a few positive results and then we sh*t out terrible performances back to back.

I think it would also be easier to look upwards if the performances were good. We were okay against Luton for 55 minutes, nothing special, then we just crumbled, especially after they scored. Palace was poor as well, decent in patches, but we looked like we were going to come away with a point at best. The late penalty masked another mediocre performance.

 
Scott Harris said:
Really hard to say. Players return, then they get injured again. If we could get those injuries down to lower than 5 for a prolonged period, I would be able to start thinking upwards again. Problem is that we have a few positive results and then we sh*t out terrible performances back to back.

I think it would also be easier to look upwards if the performances were good. We were okay against Luton for 55 minutes, nothing special, then we just crumbled, especially after they scored. Palace was poor as well, decent in patches, but we looked like we were going to come away with a point at best. The late penalty masked another mediocre performance.
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After the 4-4 against City I learned not to get my hopes up in sustaining anything. Hence why I am expecting 10th. 

 
What Liverpool being top of the league teaches us is that if you have great goal scorer and a world class defender a top 4 is easy in this league.. the problem is we spent a billion on every other position and bought average goal scorer’s and defenders.. 

 
Jangz said:
What Liverpool being top of the league teaches us is that if you have great goal scorer and a world class defender a top 4 is easy in this league.. the problem is we spent a billion on every other position and bought average goal scorer’s and defenders.. 
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I disagree there's still at least 3 more components I would argue are essential also. Keeper, playmaker and manager. 

Liverpool might just be the best team in the world right now, but ironically they're not in the Champions League.

I do think we are a few key puzzle pieces away and I also don't think it's that hard to fix it, but with the ones in charge right now you just don't know what to expect. 

I actually genuinely believe if given the right tools Pochettino would at the very minimum keep us as a top 4 club. Winning the league is a different story. 

Top 6 was always my target after last season, top 4 was never realistic with the way the squad was built. It's delusional especially with the injury history which seems to be a repeating theme.

Top 8 at the minimum, I believe anywhere from 5th to 8th is possible. If we get over our injury crisis I think we get European football. I do think the transfer market will be crucial to improving.

 
Revised my prediction down to 7th, think we will improve yet too much to do and injuries still 'killing' us.

 
Our PL victories have been against Luton ( twice?), Palace, Burnley, Sheffield United, Fulham, Brighton, Spurs . ....? Maybe I've missed a couple?

I think we are improving but there's a long way to go yet , finish no higher than 9th i reckon 

 
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