Popular Post maqroll Posted April 12 Popular Post Share Posted April 12 3 hours ago, Xela said: Being a token entrant into the champions league isn't the be all and end all of football. It's not, BUT...we are in a great position to secure the windfall it offers, and there's no guarantee we'll be in a similar position next year or the years after that. Newcastle, Man Utd and Chelsea will all be right back in the thick of it, and quite possibly at our expense. Also, if we don't secure CL this run-in, we are likely to lose the services of Martinez, and possibly Watkins and Luiz as well. The consequences of missing out will be serious. We have to strike now while the iron is white hot. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 55 minutes ago, omariqy said: I know there was a lot of talk about United catching us and they would have to an achieve championship winning form and how we would have to drop to relegation from. Well the latter is happening and will probably continue on Sunday. We are averaging 1ppg in the last 5 and not looking like we will pick up too much from there. That should be more than enough to get to 66 points and see off United easily but unless Spurs implode I just don’t see how we get 4th. I imagine we finish 6 points short. Yeah, 5 or 6 points behind Spurs is how I see it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 The situation isn’t 1:1 and we’re in a better situation with our players but look what happened after it fell apart with MON. It’s not the end of the world if we don’t make it but let’s not pretend it won’t be a big help if we make UCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 50 minutes ago, maqroll said: It's not, BUT...we are in a great position to secure the windfall it offers, and there's no guarantee we'll be in a similar position next year or the years after that. Newcastle, Man Utd and Chelsea will all be right back in the thick of it, and quite possibly at our expense. Also, if we don't secure CL this run-in, we are likely to lose the services of Martinez, and possibly Watkins and Luiz as well. The consequences of missing out will be serious. We have to strike now while the iron is white hot. People said that last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 2 hours ago, omariqy said: I know there was a lot of talk about United catching us and they would have to an achieve championship winning form and how we would have to drop to relegation from. Well the latter is happening and will probably continue on Sunday. We are averaging 1ppg in the last 5 and not looking like we will pick up too much from there. That should be more than enough to get to 66 points and see off United easily but unless Spurs implode I just don’t see how we get 4th. I imagine we finish 6 points short. I agree in that I also think we'll finish a few points off Spurs but "relegation form" is a bit of an exaggeration. Sure we've only taken 5 points from our last 5 games but we literally won 3 on the bounce right before those 5. It's also worth pointing out that in the last 5 games Man United have taken the exact same number of points as us, and they're fast running out of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, duke313 said: People said that last year They did. Except now all those players are a year older in a short career and even better than before and even more on the radar of the very biggest and best teams in existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ben1505 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 FWIW, our lowest average Coefficient (in the past 5 years) was 18.571 in 19/20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted April 13 VT Supporter Share Posted April 13 8 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Yeah, 5 or 6 points behind Spurs is how I see it as well. Do you think Spurs will beat Newcastle? There's a long way to go and my feeling is we will be back in 4th before the season ends, whether we stay there is a different matter. Tbh we need to try and sit back and enjoy the race rather than turning into an ordeal, we have done amazingly well to get here so may as well bask in the glory now. UTV 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Newcastle and Chelsea games for Spurs are the two games I think will be key for our hopes of 4th. Burnley and Sheff Utd should in theory be two wins for them, I think they will win one of the three games against the top three but it’s the Newcastle/Chelsea games which are difficult to predict. Without them 2 games they would be on 69. A win in the either Newcastle/Chelsea would mean they’d need to drop points surprisingly somewhere else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted April 13 VT Supporter Share Posted April 13 29 minutes ago, RichW said: Newcastle and Chelsea games for Spurs are the two games I think will be key for our hopes of 4th. Burnley and Sheff Utd should in theory be two wins for them, I think they will win one of the three games against the top three but it’s the Newcastle/Chelsea games which are difficult to predict. Without them 2 games they would be on 69. A win in the either Newcastle/Chelsea would mean they’d need to drop points surprisingly somewhere else. They also have Liverpool, Arsenal and Man City to play, can't see them picking up max points from them games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 10 hours ago, duke313 said: People said that last year Chelsea have definitely improved since last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 1 hour ago, tinker said: They also have Liverpool, Arsenal and Man City to play, can't see them picking up max points from them games. I know. That’s the point I was trying to make, 6 points from Burnley/Sheff Utd and I can see them winning one of them 3 fixtures (losing the other 2 probably). It’s the Newcastle/Chelsea games that are a bit harder to predict. Ideally need them to drop points in both 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 12 hours ago, maqroll said: It's not, BUT...we are in a great position to secure the windfall it offers, and there's no guarantee we'll be in a similar position next year or the years after that. Newcastle, Man Utd and Chelsea will all be right back in the thick of it, and quite possibly at our expense. Also, if we don't secure CL this run-in, we are likely to lose the services of Martinez, and possibly Watkins and Luiz as well. The consequences of missing out will be serious. We have to strike now while the iron is white hot. Newcastle, Man U and Chelsea will be in the same places they are now won't they, roughly? Maybe Chelsea a bit higher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted April 13 VT Supporter Share Posted April 13 A Newcastle win today puts them above manure, for at least half an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 3 goal defeat for Spurs would be nice meaning their game in hand will have resulted in them pushing us back up to 4th 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted April 13 VT Supporter Share Posted April 13 Cmon you horse punchers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alakagom Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 We've been complaining about injuries all season but look at that Newcastle tram absolutely decimated yikes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pongo Waring Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Come on the Toon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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