The Spudlings gave us hope today. I believe either of Spurs or Chelsea or both will drop points by the end of the season and if we beat Brighton at home and Burnley away (which I always considered our easiest remaining away game since we drew at Spurs), we will make top 4. Losing 3 games on the spin including getting destroyed at Wolves and Leicester with ease gave no cause for optimism, but no one seems to want the top 4 cup and we're still in it somehow.
Emery had better get it right tomorrow. The disgraceful tinkering against Crystal Palace precipitated our crisis over the last few weeks and I'm hoping we can get it together for these final 2 games. I consider this an easier route to the CL for us than winning the 'Ropey league.
This is our last chance
posted on 4/5/19
They only have one game left
posted on 4/5/19
If Spurs win 1 more game we can't finish above them so this article is pointless.
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They are pretty much running on empty now, tough game in the week. Then an improved Everton without Kane and Son that's pretty much 75% of their threat gone. Every chance they will falter we have to capitalize if the opportunity arises.
posted on 4/5/19
It is hard to predict what will happen, I doubt that both Chelsea and the Spuuds will win their remaining games, but given Burnley's recent home form and our sh|t away form in the league it is unlikely that we will go there and win
posted on 4/5/19
Brighton are safe now so hopefully they're on holiday mode tomorrow, and Burnley already looked to be yday against Everton.
posted on 4/5/19
Burnley AWAY.
No chance
posted on 4/5/19
I don’t think we’ll make it. It’ll probably be Chelsea. Man U got easy games so they can’t be totally discounted if us and Chelsea feck up the slightly trickier fixtures we have. But we have to go for it in the league until it’s over. Europa is not a given at all
posted on 5/5/19
I reckon the easiest to call of the contenders is Manu. They will win their remaining two games and end up with 71 points and circa +18 goal difference(GD)
Next is Spurs. I can’t see them getting more than a draw against a resurgent Everton without Son and Kane. So I will put them at 71 with their current +29 GD- meaning they finish above Manu.
I think Chelsea will beat Watford and get a draw against Leicester. This will means they get 72 points with circa +24 GD- so finishing above Spurs and Manu.
Nothing less than two wins will do for Arsenal and that will get us third or fourth depending on GD to Chelsea. Anything less and we will finish sixth- as the pundits predicted at the beginning of the season.
posted on 5/5/19
For me, the Everton game was the acid test, and we failed like miserable dogs.
I didn't quite anticipate how bad the other teams would be though. However, I'm still reluctant to give these cretin players any more of my faith they ain't winning the last 2 games.
Would much rather see how we throw away the Europa
posted on 5/5/19
Just goes to prove how costly the last minute penalty miss against Spurs was. I said at the time that it may cost us entry to the CL and it looks like I may be proved right.
posted on 5/5/19
comment by (U3265)
posted 4 minutes ago
Just goes to prove how costly the last minute penalty miss against Spurs was. I said at the time that it may cost us entry to the CL and it looks like I may be proved right.
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No; you would have taken a draw if offered for that game.
The result that may cost us a CL place remains the loss to Crystal Palace. Nobody saw that coming.