His Name Is Death Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 I don't know why the Spurs game is a foregone conclusion. Going out on a limb here, but I think Forest may just be up for, you know, being as far away from the relegation zone as possible. And Spurs are just as capable of shooting themselves in the foot as we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 4 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Win against a poor Forest and they will be 4th with a game in hand, which is why big Ange ain't been flapping. He knows, once he's there, they are gonna take some moving. While all our fan base do is flap like **** mad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Man Utd are far from finished. They always raise their game against Liverpool and then they have 4 games which they should win all of. Spurs also have the advantage of a lighter fixture list and a fully fit squad. We on the other hand are limping over the line and I wouldn’t back us to beat anyone at the moment. We should however limp to another six points. That would leave Utd needing 19 point from 8 matches to overtake us. That’s highly unlikely but with their fixtures it is possible. The reality is though, we will finish somewhere between 4th and 6th. I think it will probably be 5th but I really think that 6th is more likely than 4th. At the start of the season, we would all have taken a 6th place finish and thus whatever happens we will have had a brilliant season. Now, with my glass half filled we are still in Europe. We are still in the Champions League hunt. We still have a brilliant manager. Maybe we have had our bad spell and we are going to fly again for the rest of the season. Let’s hope so. UTV. COYVB. SOTC. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 11 minutes ago, Zatman said: End of day i rather win Conference than finish 4th. People remember that in 10 years time This is true, and worth remembering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VillaJay Posted April 6 Popular Post Share Posted April 6 10 minutes ago, Zatman said: End of day i rather win Conference than finish 4th. People remember that in 10 years time Champions League damaged Newcastle more than enhanced them this season. This project is a marathon not a sprint Conference League win and a 5th place finish that gets us into CL and build Unai a statue. Newcastle had no European football to contend last season. Would take that every day, not overly worried about getting 4th as long as we can get into CL, which is far above my expectations for this season. Before the season started od have taken top 8 and a Conference League win. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Spurs playing Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool in a week is the big one. As long as we're right on them then we can take advantage. They probably will beat Forest and go 4th but they won't stay there for the remainder of the season then no way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 minute ago, Farlz said: Spurs playing Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool in a week is the big one. As long as we're right on them then we can take advantage. They probably will beat Forest and go 4th but they won't stay there for the remainder of the season then no way. Chelsea at the beach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Teams above and below us will drop points because it's that time of the season. We just need to keep on fighting! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 minute ago, Pinebro said: Chelsea at the beach Are they? They didn't seem like it against United and no chance they're like it against spurs of all teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 minute ago, Pinebro said: Chelsea at the beach Chelsea are 4 points off 8th with two games in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 13 minutes ago, villa4europe said: We're literally 4th! At the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted April 6 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6 Spurs beat Forest, Burnley, Sheff United. Reasonsble, yeah? They lose to Liverpool, Arsenal and Citeh. Again, I think that’s fair. Puts them on 66. Newcastle and Chelsea. What, maybe 4 points? Could be 6, could be nothing. Let’s say 4. So the magic 70 total. We would need to beat Brighton, Bournemouth, Chelsea and Palace. I’ve written off the other two games. I don’t know, it still seems vaguely realistic to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Feels like we are bottling this. We need 5th to be a CL spot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) So settling for 5th then I guess. Should hopefully scrape through. It’s not great at the minute is it. Losing the games we used to expect to lose, and failing to hold onto leads against struggling sides. Edited April 6 by Tayls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 minute ago, villaajax said: At the moment. We're in the race until we mathematically out of it I'd be surprised if that happens at any point, it'll come down to the last game neck and neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 If we finish 5th then we finish 5th, that’s our level this season. Last time I checked 5th is higher than 7th, which will be an improvement on last season, and our highest finish in 28 years, add to that a possible trophy win. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Blown it. 5th place beckons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders129 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 32 minutes ago, MaVilla said: before anyone loses their mind, im not saying we wont get 5th, but the data for our recent performances is really poor, and its been on a downward trajectory for a while tbh. Over the last 5 games, we have averaged 1PPG. Over the last 10 games, we have averaged 1.7 PPG. Over the last 15 games we have averaged 1.5 PPG. That is a big drop off from the first 20 games, which was consistently 1.8 to 2.2 PPG on avg. You just need to look at this, to see how our form has slowly dropped off, and its dropped in a steady, consistent way. Maybe we are just tired and finding it hard to drag ourselves over the line, dunno. Injuries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 2 minutes ago, Tayls said: So settling for 5th then I guess. Should hopefully scrape through. It’s not great at the minute is it. Losing the games we used to expect to lose, and failing to hold onto leads against struggling sides. Tbf this is the first time we've done that all season (unless you count United as struggling). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Have to now hope all the English teams in Europe go as far as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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