Hotshot-Tottenham
Edgar Davids
Nah, they're not going to lose four with us winning those same four.
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The race for 86 points
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Nah, they're not going to lose four with us winning those same four.
Daisuk
Les Medley
We can forget about catching up with Chelski. Looks like we're on for another epic season of fudging up towards the end in the race to beat Scum though. Complete meltdown atmosphere over there, but you just know we're going to make it "exciting" somehow and probably bottle it in the last fudging round for some absurd reason.
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
If it wasn't for the recent form that Arsenal have been on, that they have picked up only one point away from home is surprising! Hope that they don't score another point away here on in.
They've been on fire against teams in the bottom half though. Flat track bullies as always.
Personally I dont think we have a chance of catching cheatski, so its all about the CL places.....and 3rd is infinitely better than 4th given the direct entry into the Group stages, rather than having a tricky play off.
Things are looking good at the moemnt but Liverpool have an easy run-in whilst our last 5/6 games are pretty darn awkward. SPammers wont do us any favours, Palace will need the points, plus Man U and Arse will obviously be tough tough games. I think we really need to be picking up at least 10 points from our next 4 games in order that we have a buffer before the last 6 games
Things are looking good at the moemnt but Liverpool have an easy run-in whilst our last 5/6 games are pretty darn awkward. SPammers wont do us any favours, Palace will need the points, plus Man U and Arse will obviously be tough tough games. I think we really need to be picking up at least 10 points from our next 4 games in order that we have a buffer before the last 6 games
Grays_1890
Colin Calderwood
I get what you are saying but we have beaten Chelsea and City at home and we are a much better side than United so they hold no fear for me.
As for Palace we will be fighting for CL qualification points just as much they will for for survival and we are a better side, so again I expect us to beat them.
Regardless without making predictions on how we get the points I believe we will finish top 4 due to how good a team we are and our overall consistency.
Spur of the moment
Frederic Kanoute
Another way to look at the battle for CL qualification:
Maximum possible points from 38 games
99 - Chelsea
89 - Tottenham
87 - City
85 - Man U
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83 - Liverpool
83 - Arse
77 - Everton
(as of 9pm Sunday 19 March).
Maximum possible points from 38 games
99 - Chelsea
89 - Tottenham
87 - City
85 - Man U
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83 - Liverpool
83 - Arse
77 - Everton
(as of 9pm Sunday 19 March).
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El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
What is the highest number of points that a team has needed in order to finish 4th?
Lemonade Money
Steffen Freund
Feeling uncomfortable Arsene?
Jurgen the German
Tommy Harmer
This 1,000,000 per cent. Even with Sanchez injured and having an inferior starting eleven to us IMO I'd always back them to finish above us, they always pull it off. They're mentally stronger than us, which is crazy because they are so mentally weak.
Jurgen the German
Tommy Harmer
Can't see it happening. They need to lose 3 games and drop points in another whilst we would have to pretty much win every game.
paxtonwolf
John White
IWell in 2013/14 Arsenal got 79pts and only finished 4th, but I dont think a team has ever got 73pts in the PL era, and not finished in the Top 4.
Jurgen the German
Tommy Harmer
As weird as it sounds, I want Emirates Marketing Project or any club other than Arsenal to be neck and neck with us so that if/when Chelsea wrap up the title in April we aren't so demoralised that we blow 2nd place.
3rd has to be the target, given direct entry into CL groups. Whats the same figure for 3rd?
paxtonwolf
John White
On a few occasions a few teams have accrued 82pts and only finished 3rd, no occurences for 80 or 81, but as mentioned, Arsenal did get 79pts in 13/14 and finish 4th ahead of us on 72.
So I would say 80pts is the target on that score
glorygloryeze
Ian Walker
It was ahead of Everton actually (Timmeh got us 6th on 69 points) but i agree on the whole
glorygloryeze
Ian Walker
Great to just pip ourselves over the line today going into the two week international break.
Just hoping we can nurse some wounded men for the final furlong now. OK, Kane will likely still be out for a few weeks yet, but imagine if we could get Rose or even Lamela back for the Burnley/Swansea/Watford triple-header. I think that triple-header will seal how we finish. I think if we get 9 points from that set of games, we would effectively seal a top 3 finish. We need a minimum of 5 though.
COYS
Just hoping we can nurse some wounded men for the final furlong now. OK, Kane will likely still be out for a few weeks yet, but imagine if we could get Rose or even Lamela back for the Burnley/Swansea/Watford triple-header. I think that triple-header will seal how we finish. I think if we get 9 points from that set of games, we would effectively seal a top 3 finish. We need a minimum of 5 though.
COYS
glorygloryeze
Ian Walker
Oh and for the first time in GHod knows how long, we look like having the far better set of fixtures compared to Arsenal.
I know you don't win games just on paper, but how lucky have they usually been compared to us to have usually got most of their tough games vs the top 6/7 teams (esp the away ones) out of the way by end of February? Momentum is everything and they love to build that up towards the end of the seaosn when they usually have the majority of their games vs lower half teams.
They still have to play Us, Emirates Marketing Project, Man Utd, Everton, Stoke and Soton in the top half, whilst their bottom half opponents still to play are West Ham, Leicester, Palace and Boro.
Contrast that with us; top 10 still to be played: Arsenal, Man Utd; Bottom half: Bournemouth, West Ham, Burnley, Watford, Leicester, Palace, Swansea, Hull.
I know which fixtures i'd rather have. Momentum is key and we need to keep it; imagine the pressure on them IF we beat Burnley and go 12 points clear of them before their tough home game with City?
COYS
I know you don't win games just on paper, but how lucky have they usually been compared to us to have usually got most of their tough games vs the top 6/7 teams (esp the away ones) out of the way by end of February? Momentum is everything and they love to build that up towards the end of the seaosn when they usually have the majority of their games vs lower half teams.
They still have to play Us, Emirates Marketing Project, Man Utd, Everton, Stoke and Soton in the top half, whilst their bottom half opponents still to play are West Ham, Leicester, Palace and Boro.
Contrast that with us; top 10 still to be played: Arsenal, Man Utd; Bottom half: Bournemouth, West Ham, Burnley, Watford, Leicester, Palace, Swansea, Hull.
I know which fixtures i'd rather have. Momentum is key and we need to keep it; imagine the pressure on them IF we beat Burnley and go 12 points clear of them before their tough home game with City?
COYS
SteveAWOL
Colin Calderwood
Cann Table
69pts Chelsea (+38GD)
68
67
66
65
64
63
62
61
60
59pts Tottenham (+34GD)
58
57pts Emirates Marketing Project (+24GD)
56pts Liverpool^ (+25GD)
55
54
53
52pts Manchester United* (+19GD)
51
50pts Arsenal* (+22GD), Everton^ (+21GD)
*played 27 games
^played 29 games
awesome dawson
Mitchell Thomas
Good graphs!