Popular Post HeyAnty Posted January 1 Popular Post Share Posted January 1 23 hours ago, rubberman said: Definitely a Newcastle win, but unlikely at Anfield. Funny old season though, so who knows. I actually want Newcastle beat. We aren’t competing with Liverpool, they will be top 4/5. Newcastle could buy in Jan and push on, especially with a win tonight. Kill them off as soon as we can is my thinking 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 33 minutes ago, HeyAnty said: I actually want Newcastle beat. We aren’t competing with Liverpool, they will be top 4/5. Newcastle could buy in Jan and push on, especially with a win tonight. Kill them off as soon as we can is my thinking Inclined to agree albeit a point keeps things nice and moist. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpablosaliceband Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Newcastle are toast. They’ve got 29 points in half a season. They need 41 points from 19 games just to get to 70 points, which probably wouldn’t be enough for top 4 this season and potentially even top 5. They’ve no chance. If Newcastle pass us out, it won’t be for a champions league place so no point in worrying about them in my opinion. I think we are guaranteed top 5, with Spurs the only danger for top 4. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasley14 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 3 minutes ago, juanpablosaliceband said: Newcastle are toast. They’ve got 29 points in half a season. They need 41 points from 19 games just to get to 70 points, which probably wouldn’t be enough for top 4 this season and potentially even top 5. They’ve no chance. If Newcastle pass us out, it won’t be for a champions league place so no point in worrying about them in my opinion. I think we are guaranteed top 5, with Spurs the only danger for top 4. I'd be happier if they lost one more game and kept them way out of reach. If we beat them at home following that then I'd agree they're done. Never write off teams, win 4/5 games in a row and you make up good ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 10 minutes ago, beasley14 said: I'd be happier if they lost one more game and kept them way out of reach. If we beat them at home following that then I'd agree they're done. Never write off teams, win 4/5 games in a row and you make up good ground. They'll lose plenty more games. They are 13 behind us. I'd much rather keep us in touch with the top. Its crazy to give up now. We deserve to be at the top, not only on this season's form, but pretty much since Unai came in. I want to keep that belief going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, HeyAnty said: I actually want Newcastle beat. We aren’t competing with Liverpool, they will be top 4/5. Newcastle could buy in Jan and push on, especially with a win tonight. Kill them off as soon as we can is my thinking But we clearly are competing with Liverpool. This season, all of 2023, we are as good as them. And Arsenal. And Man City. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSvillain Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Draw > Newcastle win > Liverpool win imo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viivvaa66 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, HeyAnty said: I actually want Newcastle beat. We aren’t competing with Liverpool, they will be top 4/5. Newcastle could buy in Jan and push on, especially with a win tonight. Kill them off as soon as we can is my thinking Newcastle is 13 points behind us, 10 if they win tonight. For Newcastle to over take us, they need 10 points / 18 games = 0.56 points per game more than us. If we continue on 2.1 points per game the rest of the season, Newcastle needs to up their points per game to above 2.66 to be able to catch us. Even ManC will struggle to get their point per game to numbers like that, Newcastle have no chance. I would love if both Liverpool and Newcastle loses tonight, but maybe a draw with 5 or 6 players being sent off could be next best thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 9 minutes ago, viivvaa66 said: Newcastle is 13 points behind us, 10 if they win tonight. For Newcastle to over take us, they need 10 points / 18 games = 0.56 points per game more than us. If we continue on 2.1 points per game the rest of the season, Newcastle needs to up their points per game to above 2.66 to be able to catch us. Even ManC will struggle to get their point per game to numbers like that, Newcastle have no chance. I would love if both Liverpool and Newcastle loses tonight, but maybe a draw with 5 or 6 players being sent off could be next best thing. I expect there will be random shock loses for everyone except Citeh and Liverpool. Those two have the squad depth to grind out long runs of victories, and although in theory Arsenal could too, they are bottle jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 (edited) 2 hours ago, HeyAnty said: I actually want Newcastle beat. We aren’t competing with Liverpool, they will be top 4/5. Newcastle could buy in Jan and push on, especially with a win tonight. Kill them off as soon as we can is my thinking We had a couple more points than Liverpool across the whole of 2023, and we move into calendar year 2024, half way through the 23/24 league season, on exactly the same number of points. We really couldnt be competing with them any more. Edited January 1 by turvontour 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 29 minutes ago, Awol said: I expect there will be random shock loses for everyone except Citeh and Liverpool. Those two have the squad depth to grind out long runs of victories, and although in theory Arsenal could too, they are bottle jobs. Oh I’d put Liverpool in that category of getting shock loses as well. I don’t think they are complete enough to do what City could do. Liverpool are in the same category as the rest of us imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 8 nil Newcastle win please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 35 minutes ago, nick76 said: Oh I’d put Liverpool in that category of getting shock loses as well. I don’t think they are complete enough to do what City could do. Liverpool are in the same category as the rest of us imo. I don't think Liverpool will blow away teams like City can, but they just don't lose. Genuinely think a talking point at the end of the season might be abou the Spurs VAR debacle costing them an undefeated season. They have the (joint) best keeper in the World, and probably more options than anyone else up top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 (edited) 1 hour ago, kurtsimonw said: I don't think Liverpool will blow away teams like City can, but they just don't lose. Genuinely think a talking point at the end of the season might be abou the Spurs VAR debacle costing them an undefeated season. They have the (joint) best keeper in the World, and probably more options than anyone else up top. Wow that’s a big call. Interesting to see how they do without Salah’s goals during AFCON because despite the other fire power potential it’s a bit of an issue at the moment. I personally think they’ll lose more games because they need another CB and with their LB’s out and TAA drifting into midfield more I think they can be exposed so if they don’t score then always a chance at the other end. I’m still not convinced on there midfield balance either but god do they have some attacking talent if they click and they do have VVD and the GK. Edited January 1 by nick76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 2 hours ago, MSvillain said: Draw > Newcastle win > Liverpool win imo I think ar this stage of the season, whenever any of the other top 9 play each other, a draw is good for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasley14 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 I admire everyone's optimism, I am still used to us messing up great opportunities so am fully in the cautious camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 We could be 19 points clear of Newcastle by the end of Jan I'll take that all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 10 minutes ago, villa4europe said: We could be 19 points clear of Newcastle by the end of Jan I'll take that all day Yeah although a Liverpool loss would have been tasty and the fact I hate them it really isn't a bad result for our top 4 ambitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Newcastle are gassed. They're done. It's between us and Spurs for that 4th spot. Could be 3rd up for grabs too if Arsenal continue to falter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasley14 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 minute ago, Keyblade said: Newcastle are gassed. They're done. It's between us and Spurs for that 4th spot. Could be 3rd up for grabs too if Arsenal continue to falter. If only, other teams could be saying were faltering too though. Important couple of games coming up to cement our place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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