Dante_Lockhart Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I'm saying 8th. Very impressed with our start so far and we're unlucky to not have a draw against Chelsea to give us 4 points from 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 The real test will be seeing how we get on against the likes of Fulham/ Tesco bags/ Stoke/ three promoted teams. If we can play against them and get the results I don't think top 6 is out of question as we will pick up some points against the Sky 6 (Manure/ Citeh/ Chel$ki/ Arse/ Plop and Spuds). Hate to say it but would be happy scrapping Everton and Spammers (bloody Fat Sam) for top 10 upwards. If we drop a level against the rest we will struggle and I just hope for above 18th........ This is my worry, we are always capable of putting in big performances against big teams and then falling off to lesser ones. That being said though, we have to remember the likes of Norwich, Southampton etc have strengthened significantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leevilla Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I think we will finish 9th this season,really am impressed with this team so far even though its early days yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 If we keep key players healthy and invest in January then I see no reason why we can't finish in the top half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I'm sticking with mid-table for now. We've played excellently against 2 top teams, but we're yet to see how we play against teams who sit back k and let us attack. Against Stoke/ Baggies/ Fulham we won't be able to counter attack as often as we have against Chelsea and Arsenal. It's looking promising though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Assuming current form is maintained, 1st. 111 pts less any others that Kevin Friend and his associates take from us between now and the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomaspg Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 i was saying 12-15th before the first game.. i might have to readjust that, weve been playing alot better than i thought. Not often i like to be proven wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderball Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 7th. Maybe even more of a surprise is in store though? Great start, let's hope injuries aren't an issue. Can't underestimate the value of competition even for the bench - still feel we need another striker, another couple of midfielders and a CB for a solid campaign. I am buzzing, this morning i am not sure i am even bothered about the missed opportunity and Kevin Friend. Bring on Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Collymore was saying last night that this tough start could be a blessing in disguise for us once we get through it. The players will have set themselves an incredibly high level for effort and concentration that will hopefully leave us in good shape for the Newcastle and Norwich games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Before the season started i thought 12th-16th. But with this positive start 11th-15th seems about right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 After 2 games I'm not going to get too excited just yet. We stil havent played average opponents and we still havent played at home. But from what I've seen so far and the end of last season. I'm going to say 10th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I don't want to be deluded .. But maan .. Last year we played : Everton , Fulham and Wigan .. A,H,A .. 3-3,1-1,2-2 .. Arsenal , City , Liverpool , Utd and Chelsea .. A,H,H,A,H .. 2-1,1-0,2-1,3-0,2-1 .. West Ham , Reading , QPR , Stoke , Sunderland and Norwich .. H,A,H,A,H,A .. 2-1,2-1,3-2,3-1,6-1.2-1 .. We only lost to the top teams .. And drew against a top 6 Everton in the last minutes .. And against Wigan in the last day .. I fear from all of our games .. But as a stat .. We're not bad against lesser teams ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 what are you showing us there mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 what are you showing us there mate? Our games against lesser teams .. Because a lot of people say we are bad against them .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Oh I see, you are showing the second half of the season. Yeah based on that we did well against lesser teams. We had to otherwise we would have gone down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Before the season started i thought 12th-16th. But with this positive start 11th-15th seems about right So a positive start increases your prediction by one space? No offence but but that isn't much of a change 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 The league is ours. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 We have to start winning against the teams who we all think are worse than us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 23, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted August 23, 2013 My power ratings are rather tentative at this point (between only counting the tail-end of last season* and European qualifiers; and not having enough games from the promoted sides to judge), but a prelimnary Monte Carlo simulation (1000 runs) gives us an average predicted finish of 7.2 with an upper quartile finish (25% chance of this finish or better) of 5th and a lower quartile finish of 9th. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I said 10th, but as high as 6th is not unrealistic. Man City Chelsea Man U Spurs Arsenal Villa Liverpool Everton Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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