On 02/02/2021 at 02:54, Argo said:

Looking at the table even 2nd is attainable with Liverpool's injury list. Thursday however is absolutely crucial to the season, despite Spurs looking hilariously bad of late they are still above us on GD with a game in hand. Win this one and I think we can really kick on, all of a sudden we'll be above Spurs and have a Vardyless Leicester in 4th as our only serious obstacle in terms of top four above us (no disrespect to West Ham), lose and we have it all to do again, Spurs will be 3 points ahead with a game in hand and even Arsenal may be above us.

It's a shame City have re activated beast mode else they'd still be a small chance of sneaking into the title race!

Knowing us from the last few seasons we'll just bend over and lose to this out of form Spurs team. 

If we lose to Spurs Top 4 dream is over. On the contrary, a win will boost our confidence and should make it easy to win the next three games before we play United.

Only 1 point outside the top 4.

Would be fantastic to topple Liverpool and jump ahead of them soon.

Watch out Dippers, LOOK WHOSE BEHIND YOU!!............ UTC

Great results today. 

Win Monday and take 4th.

 

 

2nd is definitely up for grabs ... let alone 4th !

Not this week, maybe another 2 or 3 weeks.

 

 

If we win tomorrow , we'll go 4th -- 4 points off of second. If this happens (which I think it will), 2nd surely has to become our target for the season? A Newcastle drubbing tomorrow would be lovely!

EDIT: agree with you chaps above!

Edited February 14, 20215 yr by Hessleboink
Jumped the gun...

Have you guys tried this out before: https://www.kicker.de/premier-league/tabellenrechner

My totally conclusive result for this season:

1		Manchester City	38	22	13	3	72:30	42	79
	2		FC Liverpool	38	21	11	6	76:41	35	74
	3		Leicester City	38	21	11	6	68:40	28	74
	4		FC Chelsea	38	21	9	8	67:38	29	72
	5		Manchester United	38	19	14	5	77:47	30	71
	6		Tottenham Hotspur	38	19	12	7	60:36	24	69
	7		FC Everton	38	17	13	8	57:43	14	64
	8		West Ham United	38	17	13	8	58:45	13	64
	9		Aston Villa	38	14	11	13	55:44	11	53
	10		FC Arsenal	38	15	7	16	44:40	4	52
	11		Leeds United	38	14	6	18	49:57	-8	48
	12		FC Southampton	38	13	8	17	44:56	-12	47
	13		Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	10	11	17	35:52	-17	41
	14		Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	13	16	38:50	-12	40
	15		Crystal Palace	38	10	8	20	37:59	-22	38
	16		Sheffield United	38	9	8	21	34:51	-17	35
	17		Newcastle United	38	8	9	21	32:62	-30	33
	18		FC Burnley	38	8	7	23	21:54	-33	31
	19		FC Fulham	38	5	14	19	27:53	-26	29
	20		West Bromwich Albion	38	4	10	24	27:80	-53	22

14 hours ago, Luiz4Chelsea said:

Have you guys tried this out before: https://www.kicker.de/premier-league/tabellenrechner

My totally conclusive result for this season:

1		Manchester City	38	22	13	3	72:30	42	79
	2		FC Liverpool	38	21	11	6	76:41	35	74
	3		Leicester City	38	21	11	6	68:40	28	74
	4		FC Chelsea	38	21	9	8	67:38	29	72
	5		Manchester United	38	19	14	5	77:47	30	71
	6		Tottenham Hotspur	38	19	12	7	60:36	24	69
	7		FC Everton	38	17	13	8	57:43	14	64
	8		West Ham United	38	17	13	8	58:45	13	64
	9		Aston Villa	38	14	11	13	55:44	11	53
	10		FC Arsenal	38	15	7	16	44:40	4	52
	11		Leeds United	38	14	6	18	49:57	-8	48
	12		FC Southampton	38	13	8	17	44:56	-12	47
	13		Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	10	11	17	35:52	-17	41
	14		Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	13	16	38:50	-12	40
	15		Crystal Palace	38	10	8	20	37:59	-22	38
	16		Sheffield United	38	9	8	21	34:51	-17	35
	17		Newcastle United	38	8	9	21	32:62	-30	33
	18		FC Burnley	38	8	7	23	21:54	-33	31
	19		FC Fulham	38	5	14	19	27:53	-26	29
	20		West Bromwich Albion	38	4	10	24	27:80	-53	22

Brave to predict that Sheffield United will only get two fewer points than Manchester City over their last 15 games (amongst other brave predictions 🙂 )

You've also got Burnley (currently won 7 drawn 5 lost 11) going 1-2-12 for their last 15 ... and you have Spurs unbeaten for the rest of the season ?? LOL

I'd have another go if I were you 🙂

4 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Brave to predict that Sheffield United will only get two fewer points than Manchester City over their last 15 games (amongst other brave predictions 🙂 )

You've also got Burnley (currently won 7 drawn 5 lost 11) going 1-2-12 for their last 15 ... and you have Spurs unbeaten for the rest of the season ?? LOL

I'd have another go if I were you 🙂

Well may I say I feel flattered by that in-depth analysis.

I know I've got some bold trends predicted in there but wouldn't it be boring to simply extrapolate the current standings to matchday 38? Ultimately my personal table looks like this (tricky because some teams have more games in hand than others):

1 L'Pool 34

2 Chelsea 33

2 Spurs 33

4 Leicester 28

5 Everton 27

6 M'City 26

7 M'Utd 25

7 West Ham 25

9 Sheffield 24

10 Arsenal 18

10 So'ton 18

12 Villa 17

13 Leeds 16

14 Brighton 14

15 Wolves 11

15 Fulham 11

17 Palace 9

17 West Brom 9

19 Newcastle 8

20 Burnley 5

 

My main complaint about it is that it doesn't put us in 2nd place, which I'd obviously much prefer. But rather than redoing my own I'd suggest you make your own suggestion that we can analyse together 🙂

Perfect timing for that poll/table.  In a couple hours we'll have leapfrogged from 10th to 4th in less than 3 weeks.  Even if the dippers best us over the last 14 matches, no reason to think we won't pick up 5 points on either ManU or Foxes over the next 3 months.  I think we're a good bet for 4th. 

 

On 14/02/2021 at 11:11, Hessleboink said:

If we win tomorrow , we'll go 4th -- 4 points off of second. If this happens (which I think it will), 2nd surely has to become our target for the season? A Newcastle drubbing tomorrow would be lovely!

EDIT: agree with you chaps above!

Bet you would not wrote this if you saw the side TT picked to play Newcastle 

Thought 4th was out of reach, but with Liverpool capitulating we're a great chance now.

Have to keep this momentum going as one slip up could be very costly.

4 hours ago, Jezz said:

Thought 4th was out of reach, but with Liverpool capitulating we're a great chance now.

Have to keep this momentum going as one slip up could be very costly.

It's not going to be easy to keep it but hopefully even if Liverpool comes back winning we see Leicester dropping points then instead. Our last 3 games against Arsenal, Leicester and Villa are the going to be the culmination of the season!

1st place probably out of reach, unless Citeh fall off a cliff, 2nd easily achievable though, 45 points still to play for, so 'Venimus et nos vidimus vicit'

 

Won't finish in top 4 with performances like what I've just seen.

Our next 3 league games 

Utd home

Liverpool away 

Everton at home 

Oooooof!!!!! Considering two are home games, 4 points should be the absolute minimum if we want to stay in top 4 contention.

We’ll finish 6th, we’ve had the easier games.

6 hours ago, Wearyourcolours said:

We’ll finish 6th, we’ve had the easier games.

I agree. That sounds realistic based on our remaining fixtures. Europa looks most likely next season, if anything.

West Ham in the Champions league, doest bare contemplating!

10 hours ago, Ballack & Blu said:

West Ham in the Champions league, doest bare contemplating!

I would much rather see them qualify over one of the traditional big 6.

We need to aim for 70 points to make top 4. Even that may not be enough depending on how other times finish but is usually about the amount of points that 4th gets. Right now we have 44 points with 12 to play. That means 26 points from 12 games which is more than 2 points per game. We have little room for error and at the moment I reckon we will fall short.

We can't lose the 4th spot to West Ham. Not to Moyes. 

I think we could finish anywhere between 6th and 9th, I don’t see us finishing top 4, it relies on too many defensive mistakes going in our favour.