Look at our next 5 league games over the Christmas period:
Everton V Tottenham
Tottenham V Swansea
Tottenham V Stoke
Aston Villa V Tottenham
Sunderland V Tottenham
Interesting set of fixtures - no 'Class A' competition (the traditional top 4) but not a single 'minnow' or 'easier' game either. Even the lesser sides amongst those (Villa and Sunderland) are tough away games.
Next 3 opponents - Everton, Swansea and Stokes .
Do this well and we could be looking at a serious top 3 challenge again this year. Have a lean and not so merry Christmas and Arsenal could be 4 or so points ahead of us by the start of January
Browse:
Christmas period is very tough
comment by Chronic (U3423)
posted on 2/12/12
comment by Harrys accountant (U1141)
posted 56 minutes ago
Didn't we all go into the Everton game quite confident last year and then lost it?
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no.
the two games before everton we had lost 5-2 to arsenal and then 3-1 at home to man u.
it was the start of our horrible run
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted on 2/12/12
We should look at improving on what we did last season at the same fixtures.
Last season:
Everton V Tottenham - 0 points
Tottenham V Swansea - 3 points
Tottenham V Stoke - 1 point
Aston Villa V Tottenham - 1 point
Sunderland V Tottenham - 1 point
I would take 9 points, and looking at those fixtures that's what I'd expect too.
comment by Rock Steady (U9953)
posted on 2/12/12
Everton & Swansea could be tuffies, but you should be looking to win the rest with ease!
comment by The Kaiser's Trainers (U5676)
posted on 2/12/12
that's about as easy a 5 game stretch as you'll find.
No, not all easy matches but there aren't any of the top sides in there.
comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted on 2/12/12
None of those fixtures are easy but let's be onest.....we should have enough in our locker to get 6 points at home to Swansea and Stoke especially as we have looked to have recently finally improved our home form. The Everton game is the one i'm worried about and i think we won't get anything from there ......draw would be awesome
comment by GeniusGreaves (U1302)
posted on 3/12/12
Everton...................................1 point
Swansea.................................3 points
Stoke.......................................3 points
Aston Villa................................3 points
Sunderland...............................1 point
Total ........................................11 points!!
comment by HRH (U15236)
posted on 3/12/12
8-10 points is about par, but 10pts should be the minimum target.
Home form is key - we need to win both back-to-back games again. West Ham was the first good home performance and Liverpool could have been better so there's work to be done
comment by Numbers (U12711)
posted on 3/12/12
Get some Rennies as it is tough over the Xmas all of that eating & drinking !!
posted on 3/12/12
You expecting a win Alas
I'm probably as about as optimistic as you lot. We could get a win if we turn up,but if we play like we did against Norwich,then we'll get turned over. Mirallas would be a big plus tho.
comment by Numbers (U12711)
posted on 3/12/12
Everton...................................0 point
Swansea.................................1 points
Stoke.......................................3 points
Aston Villa................................3 points
Sunderland...............................3 point
Total ........................................10 points!!
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