Popular Post useless Posted April 15 Popular Post Share Posted April 15 I don't think Arsenal were that bad, in fact first half they were very good, if they play like that against most teams they would have had the game won by halftime, because some of their passing and movement was out of this world, they have battered other teams playing like that, but where we played very well ourselves that first half was how well we did defensively, especailly closing them down, and making sure they had as little space in and around the box as possible, of course they had a few chances but they're a top team, so they wlll always create a few opportunities, second half we were better and basically took control of the game, but as Gary Neville said, this wasn't the Arsenal of last season, bottling it at the crucial stage, they just faced a very good team and was a masterclass by Emery in how he set us up, so I think they can and probably will give Spurs a very good game 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 19 minutes ago, jayEm said: Spurs will improve again this season, I can see them reaching 70, Sheffield and Burnley is as close to a guaranteed 6 points as you can get. They could absolutely nick a win and a draw somewhere else. Three wins and a draw from Bournemouth, Brighton, Chelsea and Palace though is probably all we need. Games at the end of the season always throw up anomalies. Sheffield may (though unlikely) play with freedom once relegated, Burnley might still have survival to play for. Not really any gimmes in this league. I think 3 wins will be plenty enough for us. And I think we'll get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 (edited) 3 more wins and we are there I think, as we don't seem to do draws really. Where has 72 points ended place wise over the years? Edited April 15 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 (edited) 5 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: 3 more wins and we are there I think, as we don't seem to do draws really. Where has 72 points ended place wise over the years? Since 2018 it looks split between 4th or 2nd. But that’s just a quick, lazy look at the table history. Edited April 15 by Aston_Villan4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PaulMcGrath_5 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Just now, rubberman said: Games at the end of the season always throw up anomalies. Sheffield may (though unlikely) play with freedom once relegated, Burnley might still have survival to play for. Not really any gimmes in this league. I think 3 wins will be plenty enough for us. And I think we'll get them. You can say that again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Arsenal should give Spurs a tough game, but we have to look after ourselves, Lille and Bournemouth going to be tough games, in theory we should be favorites against Bournemouth, this week will have taken a lot out of us going into that game, and we have at tims stumbled ths season when we're expected to win, but if we play as well as we can do, then we should give ourselves a chance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 2 minutes ago, rubberman said: duplicate Did you just do a duplicate post then delete them both ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pas5898 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Just now, useless said: Arsenal should give Spurs a tough game, but we have to look after ourselves, Lille and Bournemouth going to be tough games, in theory we should be favorites against Bournemouth, this week will have taken a lot out of us going into that game, and we have at tims stumbled ths season when we're expected to win, but if we play as well as we can do, then we should give ourselves a chance Bournemouth game is everything now. They are an underrated good team with absolutely nothing to lose. If we can win that, after a tough couple of weeks we have every chance. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdman Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 The win yesterday epitomises why we are currently holding 4th spot in the table. In hindsight you have to laugh at the lack of respect for us by certain fans and media who were fully expecting us to fade out of the CL race. I don't think many of us were confident in getting anything out of the game yesterday but looking at the scalps we've taken this season was it really a huge surprise? Less a surprise than Arsenal bottling it I would say. Arsenal didn't lose the game, we took it to them and won it which is what we've been doing for most of the season. The reality check the media crave has not yet materialised and it won't because it doesn't exist. We are what we are and Unai is what he is. An absolute genius. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted April 15 VT Supporter Share Posted April 15 Are we mathematically safe yet? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 45 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Yeah I think if Villa are 9 points clear and then Spurs win their next 3 (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool) then I think they will finish 4th. If they’re dropping points I think those games are where it will happen. Concentrating on us though, obviously in an ideal world we want to win the final 5 games, would take us to 78 points. More realistically however, maybe 75 points just about the right target? As far as I can see the highest points total in a 38 game league season is 64. The highest total achieved in a 3 points for a win season I think is 92/93 - 74 points. The league win in 80/81 would equate to 86 points now so that will have to be broken next year. I would love to get 75 points, but even with a pessimistic hat on I don't think Spurs are going to get to 75. 72 is a good initial target, of course if we can get more then great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 5 minutes ago, AVTuco said: Are we mathematically safe yet? No, points deduction coming in of 40 points for daring to challenge for Champions League place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 21 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: 3 more wins and we are there I think, as we don't seem to do draws really. Where has 72 points ended place wise over the years? 71 71 66 67 71 is 4th last 5 seasons 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted April 15 VT Supporter Share Posted April 15 Weren't we supposed to be releasing a Netflix style documentary at the end of this season? It could be a special one if so! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayEm Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 29 minutes ago, rubberman said: Games at the end of the season always throw up anomalies. Sheffield may (though unlikely) play with freedom once relegated, Burnley might still have survival to play for. Not really any gimmes in this league. I think 3 wins will be plenty enough for us. And I think we'll get them. For sure.... equally, Arsenal and Liverpool could both be feeling like they've lost the title when they play Spurs, so might not be the worst time to face them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 26 minutes ago, villarule123 said: Weren't we supposed to be releasing a Netflix style documentary at the end of this season? It could be a special one if so! Not necessarily releasing, but having one produced. Hope its true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 1 hour ago, jayEm said: Spurs will improve again this season, I can see them reaching 70, Sheffield and Burnley is as close to a guaranteed 6 points as you can get. They could absolutely nick a win and a draw somewhere else. Three wins and a draw from Bournemouth, Brighton, Chelsea and Palace though is probably all we need. Less games to do it now though. They certainly need to be beating Chelsea I think rather than just play out a draw with them so will be big pressure going into that and they didn't react well to it last time with the two sendings off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPAngel Posted April 15 VT Supporter Share Posted April 15 52 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: 3 more wins and we are there I think, as we don't seem to do draws really. Where has 72 points ended place wise over the years? I've been running my data over a 14 year period in which 71 points on average is enough to get 4th. If we hit 72 points and only land 5th we could consider ourselves incredibly unlucky. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 One points total that isn't being mentioned that would state our incredible progress over the last five years. There's still a small chance we could surpass the points total we gained when we went up from the championship (76 points). To do that with eight fewer games and such a higher standard of opposition on a weekly basis would be ridiculous. Would need to win the last five games to achieve that though. Shows how far we've come in a relatively short period of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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