AKCJ Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 Are you lot mental? Why would you forfeit a 5 point lead to be in a position when you'd need to get a point away at the reigning champions or hope that Spurs cock up against one of the worst sides in the league?
Matty Hamez Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 Yes. Especially if I get to watch the next 3 matches without a defibrillator kit on standby. Yes. And I would also rather fight 10 duck size horses than one horse sized duck. What about 1 Man City size Spurs, or 10 Spurs size Man City's?
LJS Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 I'd wager that some of the answers being given would be very different had we beaten West Ham. We drew a game against a really good side. If we'd not been a man down we'd probably have won. Yeah, Spurs won well but they were already a good side in good form. Nothing has changed other than a big gap getting a little bit smaller. We'll be fine. If it goes to the last day then so be it but I wouldn't take the proposed scenario now.
Gerard Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 Are you lot mental? Why would you forfeit a 5 point lead to be in a position when you'd need to get a point away at the reigning champions or hope that Spurs cock up against one of the worst sides in the league? It's not forfeiting a 5pt lead, it's forfeiting 2pts in the next three matches. The answer is yes I'd take it. Not needing to lose on the last day and even if we do we still have an out by Tottenham not winning.
MonmoreStef Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 And with Newcastle hopefully needing something from their last match I'd gladly take the deal. Especially when the Chelsea side include half a dozen players we've never heard of.
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 Nah, go into the final game 5 points clear and hope to god we don't go in and out of administration during the 90 minutes
Buce Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 Yep, like a shot. Spurs are on fire, and I think they'll win their remaining games.
Brainy Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 People take this theory that Chelsea won't want Spurs to win the league. Their fans won't, the odd player might not want it but that doesn't mean they're going to throw the game. To me this weekend is massive, beat Swansea, which without Vardy will be made difficult but more often than not this season, particularly this calendar year we've always had one person step up (and presuming Spurs roll over WBA) 5pts clear with 3 to go. Then we must (at worst) match in our game vs Man Utd what Sours do at Chelsea. 5 or 6pts with 2 games remaining means a win vs Everton and we've done it.
Heart-Shaped Fox Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 Think I'd take that But could be gut wrenching
Jace Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 I'd take that right now, the way Spurs are currently playing they could win every match
Kitchandro Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 Considering how many people would take it I think it shows that despite their protestations, most think we are fvcked without Vardy. Take his ban out of the equation and everyone would be disappointed to drop 2 points from those fixtures. Swansea and Everton have nothing to play for and Man Utd are very poor.
Guest Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 i'll take your scenario and raise you, Tottenham losing all remaining games and this anxiousness being over before I have no fingernails left
Matty Hamez Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 Considering how many people would take it I think it shows that despite their protestations, most think we are fvcked without Vardy. Take his ban out of the equation and everyone would be disappointed to drop 2 points from those fixtures. Swansea and Everton have nothing to play for and Man Utd are very poor. I'm not sure why this opinion is so widely held. They're poor compared to what we expect from Man U. They're also 5th in the league and we couldn't beat them at home. It is a tough game and anyone genuinely disappointed in a draw at their place has completely lost it after a few months of success with wins against Man City and Spurs. 7 points from those games would actually be a good return I think (although I agree that dropping points against Swansea would be disappointing after they were thrashed by a rubbish Newcastle, and Everton ought to be beaten). Plus the worst case scenario if we get 7 is only needing 1 point to seal it. If Spurs slip up against Chelsea or Soton, 7 points would see us home. So I'd bite your hand off for it, if offered.
Gerard Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 Are you lot mental? Why would you forfeit a 5 point lead to be in a position when you'd need to get a point away at the reigning champions or hope that Spurs cock up against one of the worst sides in the league? It's a strange line of thought you have that you wouldn't be happy to give up 2pts in the next three games when you would have been happy with a point away at Sunderland.
Bramhall Fox Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 I'd much prefer it if Spurs suddenly capitulate and lose their next 4 games, thank you
AKCJ Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 Yep, like a shot. Spurs are on fire, and I think they'll win their remaining games. Their form over the last 10 games is identical to ours. Over the last 8 games ours is better. People seem to think we're in bad form because one referee ****ed us over. I tell you one thing. Spurs fans would rip your arm off to be in a position of winning it on the last day.
americanfox Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 I'm not sure why this opinion is so widely held. They're poor compared to what we expect from Man U. They're also 5th in the league and we couldn't beat them at home. It is a tough game and anyone genuinely disappointed in a draw at their place has completely lost it after a few months of success with wins against Man City and Spurs. 7 points from those games would actually be a good return I think (although I agree that dropping points against Swansea would be disappointing after they were thrashed by a rubbish Newcastle, and Everton ought to be beaten). Plus the worst case scenario if we get 7 is only needing 1 point to seal it. If Spurs slip up against Chelsea or Soton, 7 points would see us home. So I'd bite your hand off for it, if offered. If you watch them play, I don't see how don't think they are poor. In their system, they simply don't create meaningful chances, and without chances, you can't win. They are no better than any mid-table side and have luck go their way to even be 5th in the table. If we didn't play with fear in the home leg and Claudio actually set our team up to go at them, we would have smashed them.
-MaTaN- Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 Mark my words: We are not losing to Chelsea on the final day.
LJS Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 I'm not sure why this opinion is so widely held. They're poor compared to what we expect from Man U. They're also 5th in the league and we couldn't beat them at home. It is a tough game and anyone genuinely disappointed in a draw at their place has completely lost it after a few months of success with wins against Man City and Spurs. 7 points from those games would actually be a good return I think (although I agree that dropping points against Swansea would be disappointing after they were thrashed by a rubbish Newcastle, and Everton ought to be beaten). Plus the worst case scenario if we get 7 is only needing 1 point to seal it. If Spurs slip up against Chelsea or Soton, 7 points would see us home. So I'd bite your hand off for it, if offered. United's home form is very good too. They're excellent at grabbing narrow wins at Old Trafford. I think we'll lose there. I also think we'll win all of our others and that Spurs will drop points somewhere, perhaps more than once.
Matty Hamez Posted 20 April 2016 Posted 20 April 2016 If you watch them play, I don't see how don't think they are poor. In their system, they simply don't create meaningful chances, and without chances, you can't win. They are no better than any mid-table side and have luck go their way to even be 5th in the table. If we didn't play with fear in the home leg and Claudio actually set our team up to go at them, we would have smashed them. But we didn't smash them. That's all we know for sure about that game. For a genuinely bad team, they've taken 4 points from Man City, 3 from Arsenal and Spurs, 2 from West Ham (+ a cup win) and drawn away against the league leaders. If anything, what's actually let them down is inconsistency and not turning up against lesser opponents. If the table speaks for itself and we haven't fluked 1st, how come they've fluked 5th? They're not a scary team any more, they shouldn't be favourites against us, even at home, but they're clearly not terrible. Not to mention, they've conceded the 2nd fewest goals in the league. Even if they can't score against us (and they probably can't...) they'll still be very difficult to beat, and I wouldn't be unhappy with a draw.
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