Popular Post nick76 Posted April 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2023 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I’m not, honest truth. Never expected Europe and still don’t. Getting it would be amazing but I won’t be disappointed if we don’t make it. I’m just happy to see us competitive at the right side of the table again. I agree. To be competitive in each game is amazing even against the biggest teams. Who the hell knows what will happen in the next 8 games with 24 points available, all I know is that Emery will have this team ready to try to secure each and every one of those points and I certainly think our chances are now 50/50 of getting Europe. All we can do is do our best and if we are able to get over 60 points we’ll be unlucky if that doesn’t secure us Europe. If we only get above 55 points it’s still our best season since we’ve returned to top flight, and to be in the top 10 and where we were when Gerrard left, we are in an amazing place and ready for the real charge next season. In the meantime, while mathematically it may not totally be in our hands, if we do well imo it will be enough to secure Europe because Brighton’s fixtures are piling up and their run rate ppg recently is a lot less than ours and they have other distractions, while Liverpool are Jekyll and Hyde so could be brilliant or could implode. Let’s look after ourselves like we’ve done for months and see where that leaves us. I trust in Emery and whatever happens he’s certainly resurrected us (seems appropriate for the Easter weekend ). Edited April 10, 2023 by nick76 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 53 minutes ago, paul514 said: We don’t have a small squad and we need to get rid of a handful of players regardless. In terms of quality, it is small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, DeepDish said: In terms of quality, it is small. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Jareth said: By that I mean we should have a squad that put 3-4 of our starters on the bench. Then we would have a squad that can compete towards Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 A draw with Newcastle and win vs Brentford in our next two games, I’d be happy enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 20 minutes ago, DeepDish said: In terms of quality, it is small. I don’t agree, these are the same players people were lambasting for being shit. They have quality they just haven’t been used correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Win against NUFC and the only difference between us is their win against us. We are top 4 quality at the moment but with a lot of matches against higher placing teams. Not worried any more and confident we can get Europe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 29 minutes ago, DeepDish said: In terms of quality, it is small. I really dont think it is. Weve got Kamara, Cash and Coutinho out injured right now, and I looked down at our subs training together pre kick off Saturday, and saw Dendonker, Traore, Chambers, Digne, Duran etc. Its pretty strong for a team who is looking to finish top half. All our best young players are out on loan too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 22 minutes ago, duke313 said: A draw with Newcastle and win vs Brentford in our next two games, I’d be happy enough. We can beat Newcastle. They have a fabulous record but so do we and player for player we can match them. It’s a fairly even game both in terms of quality and form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 29 minutes ago, paul514 said: I don’t agree, these are the same players people were lambasting for being shit. They have quality they just haven’t been used correctly. My fear is that some of them are playing above their potential. And it will not last too long. Remember, we have not really splashed big cash on any player yet. Yes, we pay 20-25 mill pounds for some of them, but I think it would be remarkable if all of those turned out to be +40-50 mill players, which are the price for quality that will fight in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 12 minutes ago, nick76 said: We can beat Newcastle. They have a fabulous record but so do we and player for player we can match them. It’s a fairly even game both in terms of quality and form. We can, but they can also beat us. A draw wouldn't be the worst result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Just now, duke313 said: We can, but they can also beat us. A draw wouldn't be the worst result. I agree but shouldn’t fear the game or play for a draw. I’m sure Emery is planning for the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 1 minute ago, nick76 said: I agree but shouldn’t fear the game or play for a draw. I’m sure Emery is planning for the win. I'm not saying we should play for a draw, just that it might be a draw, and wouldn't be the worst result if it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 38 minutes ago, Jareth said: Win against NUFC and the only difference between us is their win against us. We are top 4 quality at the moment but with a lot of matches against higher placing teams. Not worried any more and confident we can get Europe. Another consideration is our depth mate. We are already down a couple of important players and showed some signs of fatigue the other day. We shall see though. What's crap is that, if we never started so badly, we would probably be in a position where we could drop some points and still be comfortable in our position. As some have said though, this run does have a resemblance to our mad Championship dash under Deano in the promo season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 19 minutes ago, DeepDish said: My fear is that some of them are playing above their potential. And it will not last too long. Remember, we have not really splashed big cash on any player yet. Yes, we pay 20-25 mill pounds for some of them, but I think it would be remarkable if all of those turned out to be +40-50 mill players, which are the price for quality that will fight in Europe. Watkins is, no one else is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 6 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Another consideration is our depth mate. We are already down a couple of important players and showed some signs of fatigue the other day. We shall see though. What's crap is that, if we never started so badly, we would probably be in a position where we could drop some points and still be comfortable in our position. As some have said though, this run does have a resemblance to our mad Championship dash under Deano in the promo season I don’t think it was fatigue, I saw it as Forest just playing differently against us and we had to adapt. Forest paid us too much respect and we aren’t used to that. Even if it was fatigue, the rest of the season is spread out to one game per week apart from one Tuesday game so unlike this 3 game week we should be fine and we’ll have both Cashy, Kamara and Coutinho back soon, and assume Carlos is getting fitter by the day and Duran is getting much fitter and coached well the more days go by. Brighton are the ones that are going to struggle with fatigue, they could have 12 games to our 8 games left, with a similarly small sized squad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, paul514 said: Watkins is, no one else is. Kamara certainly is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Those saying we have a big squad in terms of quality need to remember what happens if either Mings or Martinez ever miss a game. Now I know any team misses their best players but I think many of those recent wins by the one goal margin turn to draws or even defeats. Our squad isn’t massive and we have a few key players injured. We can’t afford to lose anymore of the starting 11 for this run in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 47 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Another consideration is our depth mate. We are already down a couple of important players and showed some signs of fatigue the other day. We shall see though. What's crap is that, if we never started so badly, we would probably be in a position where we could drop some points and still be comfortable in our position. As some have said though, this run does have a resemblance to our mad Championship dash under Deano in the promo season Yeah we've been lucky with injuries - could have gone very wrong. Still could. But there's something galvanising about the run in, and the confidence we now have, and teh form of individual players - they look like they believe they can do it and that'll get us points where before we'd get none. I'd have no problems if we lost more than we won of the remaining games, but if I was a betting man I'd be betting on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 2 hours ago, paul514 said: We don’t have a small squad Yes we do? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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