pacbuddies Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I predict that we will play mostly boring football and be lucky to win a game. Hey, sounds like our season so far! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) This is the clubs best season since 2010/2011 the club is improving. Edited February 7, 2014 by Voinjama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyvillan Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I know our own treatment room is on overtime but we have also been given some timely boosts by the other teams luck... West Ham are without a decent center-back and now without their main focal point in attack (however, I nothing of Borellio, but any time I have seen Nocerino he impresses me with his energy) I'd hope for a win here Cardiff are in turmoil, I think OGS is out of his depth and are almost certs for the drop in my eyes. I think this game suits us perfectly and I think we are looking at back to back wins. Newcastle have lost Cabaye and Tiote is out for a few weeks which should include missing this game. Although, I have a nagging feeling Luuk De Jong will do a Cisse and score widly for half a season before disappearing into the black hole that currently contains Alfonso Alves and Amir Zaki. I think we will get beaten. So i would be delighted with 6 points but given the way this season has gone so far we will probably win one, draw one and lose one in no particular order and we will all be left uttering the familiar phrase we do every thursday/friday...."this weekend's game is massive" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted February 7, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 7, 2014 West Spam - play fairly poorly and win (3) Cardiff - play well but only draw (1) Newcastle - play well but lose (0) So I reckon 4 from 9 remaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I think 6 points from the 3 games. A defeat to Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Need a win tomorrow or we're under serious pressure to beat Cardiff and Newcastle. Beat West Ham and don't lose to Cardiff and I think we might get something from Newcastle, can see them slipping away and maybe going on a bit of a bad run. I'm gonna say 5 though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danceoftheshamen Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Well i'm delighted the FA rejected Carrolls appeal so he won't be playing but... I also fear for us with Vlaar out which he surely will be. Also looks touch and go regarding Gabby so i think it may well be one scary 90 minutes... Just hope we can somehow scrape a win but i fear another loss as we are almost guaranteed to concede 2 with Vlaar out and i really can't see us scoring 3 or even 2 against that West Ham defence. As for Cardiff i think we have a chance down there and i'm actually glad they won their last home game as it makes it a little less likely they'll get one against us if law of averages is anything to go by. Newcastle has hard fought draw written all over it for me So i'm going for 4 points from next 3 West Ham Lose 1-2 Cardiff Win 3-2 Newcastle Draw 2-2 Lets hope the next two come true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Im going for a rethink and say 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Everton - Loss West Ham - Draw Cardiff - Draw Newcastle - Draw Im not being blinded by our last two performances, we still couldn't defend properly. West Ham will come for a draw and we wont be able to break them down, Everton should win on paper but they have a lot of injuries. Might be able to nick something at Cardiff. Being realistic based on our performances this season that is about what I expect. Well I was right but we couldn't even keep out a team who come for a 0-0. Id like to change the Newcastle game to a loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 10, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 10, 2014 I think we'll beat West ham (cue overly optimistic predictions of Europa League, Lambert is the best ever, Delph for England captain), lose to Cardiff (cue end of the world meltdown we're going to get relegated Lambert out Grant Holt is fat), draw to Newcastle (cue quiet resignation that we're still on course for midtable and everyone on VT is mental) Damn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers13 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I think we'll beat West ham (cue overly optimistic predictions of Europa League, Lambert is the best ever, Delph for England captain), lose to Cardiff (cue end of the world meltdown we're going to get relegated Lambert out Grant Holt is fat), draw to Newcastle (cue quiet resignation that we're still on course for midtable and everyone on VT is mental) Damn Opposite way could still work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCAM Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 So, at best we will have got 4 points from this run...at worst, we'll get 1... If we go down this year, failing to getting more points from the last 2 games will be a major factor. Right now, we should be looking at needing 7 points from 12 games, not 12 points from 12 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 13, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2014 I think we'll beat West ham (cue overly optimistic predictions of Europa League, Lambert is the best ever, Delph for England captain), lose to Cardiff (cue end of the world meltdown we're going to get relegated Lambert out Grant Holt is fat), draw to Newcastle (cue quiet resignation that we're still on course for midtable and everyone on VT is mental) Damn Opposite way could still work Damn Damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 12 games left and 9 points from our previous 12. Its worrying. I don't think 4 from the next 2 is too unrealistic but I'm not confident of it happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyav Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 We shouldn't go down but with Lamberk in charge anything is possible as I can't see Benteke going on a run like last season to help us out tbh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I predict that we will play mostly boring football and be lucky to win a game. Hey, sounds like our season so far! Looks like my prediction may prove to be right (no great surprise though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) The teams at the bottom, for me, are not as bad as we've seen in previous years. This lot are all capable of scraping points out of nowhere. Take Stoke and Fulham for example, both took points off Man United whereas we'll just donate the annual three points to the mancs. It's already been said that we've only taken 9 points from the last 12 games. Despite having a relatively easy looking run in, I still think we're going to be in the thick of the battle. I thought we'd be OK but the last three games have changed my mind. If we lose against Newcastle and then fail to take more than 4 points from the next 5 games, which is very possible, that's going to leave us needing approximately 8 points from the last 6 games, or, if you assume we lose at Spurs on the last day, 8 points from the penultimate 15. That's to reach 40 points of course, which may not be needed anyway. But, if that is the magic figure this year, it might prove to be too much. I personally hope that Vlaar can stay fit enough to play. Without him we're going to need to score at least 1, maybe 2,in each game just to have a chance. Edited February 14, 2014 by villarocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 We shouldn't go down but with Lamberk in charge anything is possible as I can't see Benteke going on a run like last season to help us out tbh! Unoriginal and unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Everton - Loss West Ham - Draw Cardiff - Draw Newcastle - Draw Im not being blinded by our last two performances, we still couldn't defend properly. West Ham will come for a draw and we wont be able to break them down, Everton should win on paper but they have a lot of injuries. Might be able to nick something at Cardiff. Being realistic based on our performances this season that is about what I expect. Well I was right but we couldn't even keep out a team who come for a 0-0. Id like to change the Newcastle game to a loss. I think I was closest, what do I win? Performances over the season show where your going and it was pretty clear we were going the wrong way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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