Tayls Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Fail to win against Burnley and it will be very difficult to get back ahead of Spurs when they leapfrog us into the top 4. Fifth is probably the realistic target at this point. Anything higher would be a bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Like-for-like vs. last season, we are now 8 points up. So looking at a 69 point finish if we just match last season's results for the remainder (which would include a loss to Burnley, before anyone starts panicking in case it's anything but a win on Saturday...) For us to not make top 5 at this point would require us to underperform against last season AND for one of Man Utd, West Ham, Newcastle or Brighton to go at 2ppg for the remainder of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 19 minutes ago, tomsky_11 said: Like-for-like vs. last season, we are now 8 points up. So looking at a 69 point finish if we just match last season's results for the remainder (which would include a loss to Burnley, before anyone starts panicking in case it's anything but a win on Saturday...) For us to not make top 5 at this point would require us to underperform against last season AND for one of Man Utd, West Ham, Newcastle or Brighton to go at 2ppg for the remainder of the season. As it's probably gonna come down to us and Spurs for 4th, probably worth looking at how they look like-for-like against last season. They are currently 9 points up on last season, so if they match last season's results for the remainder, they are looking at a... 69 point finish. As they won away at Brighton last year, a win tomorrow night won't change this, and anything but a win would leave them with a worse year-on-year performance than us at the halfway stage of this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Tayls said: Fail to win against Burnley and it will be very difficult to get back ahead of Spurs when they leapfrog us into the top 4. Fifth is probably the realistic target at this point. Anything higher would be a bonus. Why are spurs guaranteed to leapfrog us? They've had worse spells than us this season. And we beat them. Edited December 27, 2023 by DCJonah 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Why are spurs guaranteed to leapfrog us? They've had worse spells than us this season. And we beat them. They’re currently playing better than us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tomaszk Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Brumstopdogs said: Mmm, not having it. Sounds a lot like high horse BS. Four poor performances in a row. There's reasons to be frustrated and worried about wasting a good start. If we lose the next five games we'll be on 39 from 24. Projected for more points than last season. Something that would have been viewed as a positive before the season started. Wonder if they'll still be saying it then? Let's lift it and start playing well again. Edited December 27, 2023 by Tomaszk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galway Lion Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Tayls said: They’re currently playing better than us. Funny that but I seem to remember us beating the Champions and Arsenal over a few days just a fortnight ago. Not to mention Spurs on their own patch just before that. We’ll be above Spurs still by February. Have some confidence we’re about to play our ninth game in a month. Spurs are still behind us despite easier and far less fixtures. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galway Lion Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Mmm, not having it. Sounds a lot like high horse BS. Four poor performances in a row. There's reasons to be frustrated and worried about wasting a good start. If we lose the next five games we'll be on 39 from 24. Projected for more points than last season. Something that would have been viewed as a positive before the season started. Let's lift it and start playing well again. M’mmm not having it sounds like a lot of negative bs to me. We’re still third after a draining month where we will have played nine games. Our squad has been deprived of important players through injury and suspension However we have still beaten Man City, Arsenal and Spurs in that month. We also topped our European group and qualified. How anyone can be negative about that is a tad annoying and mystifying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 9 minutes ago, Galway Lion said: M’mmm not having it sounds like a lot of negative bs to me. We’re still third after a draining month where we will have played nine games. Our squad has been deprived of important players through injury and suspension However we have still beaten Man City, Arsenal and Spurs in that month. We also topped our European group and qualified. How anyone can be negative about that is a tad annoying and mystifying. What's negative sorry? Worried about wasting a good start? Let's lift it and start playing well again? Four poor performances in a row? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 All of you need to shut up and watch is win the league up the **** unai emery* *Have been drinking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 34 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Mmm, not having it. Sounds a lot like high horse BS. Four poor performances in a row. There's reasons to be frustrated and worried about wasting a good start. If we lose the next five games we'll be on 39 from 24. Projected for more points than last season. Something that would have been viewed as a positive before the season started. Wonder if they'll still be saying it then? Let's lift it and start playing well again. I mean that's just a very random negative stance. We're not going to lose the next 5 games. We're not losing 6 consecutive games under Emery with the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Just now, DCJonah said: I mean that's just a very random negative stance. We're not going to lose the next 5 games. We're not losing 6 consecutive games under Emery with the squad. I'm saying if that near impossible situation arises, we're still on a great points tally! That's when the calm down calm down tweets can come out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 7 hours ago, VillaChris said: Will only know 100% in May really if English teams are in the finals of the three competitions. So straight away we can make 5th far more likely by getting to at least last four of the conference league. That we can improve our chances of qualifying for CL by winning the UCL has been a point missing through most of yhe 'league or a cup?' discourse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Romero injured so I don't think Spurs will be above us for long even if they win tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Romero injured so I don't think Spurs will be above us for long even if they win tomorrow. Fantastic news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 11 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Romero injured so I don't think Spurs will be above us for long even if they win tomorrow. Udogie suspended for tomorrow night so I assume they're putting out one of those scratch defences like v us of Dier and Emerson Royal as CBs and Davies at LB. Annoyingly Mitoma is out for Brighton but they should still be creating a decent amount against that backline. Will be a 3-2 either way game I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galway Lion Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Tomaszk said: What's negative sorry? Worried about wasting a good start? Let's lift it and start playing well again? Four poor performances in a row? We’ve taken seven points from them four poor performances. Considering we’re struggling with injuries and suspensions, obviously the form will dip. Look at Newcastle, Spurs, Utd, all missing players and all losing games. We’ve lost ONE in 11! Spurs 5, Newcastle 6 and Utd 5. Maybe we might lift it when we get players back and solidify our superb year. Supporting the team through this patch is what they need. It’s easy to support them when they’re winning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 27 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Udogie suspended for tomorrow night so I assume they're putting out one of those scratch defences like v us of Dier and Emerson Royal as CBs and Davies at LB. Annoyingly Mitoma is out for Brighton but they should still be creating a decent amount against that backline. Will be a 3-2 either way game I think. We're all Seagulls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 59 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Udogie suspended for tomorrow night so I assume they're putting out one of those scratch defences like v us of Dier and Emerson Royal as CBs and Davies at LB. Annoyingly Mitoma is out for Brighton but they should still be creating a decent amount against that backline. Will be a 3-2 either way game I think. Wasn't Udogie suspended for their game against Everton? Or was it a 2 match ban because he got a red earlier in the season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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