KingsX 4,214 Report post Posted 2 February 3 minutes ago, Gerard said: Plenty of very naive people on here who think CL is in the bag and we can dismiss Man Utd, Wolves and Tottenham as no hopers and no threat to our top four spot. The same ones who think we can "prioritize" both the FA Cup and the League. Better to have an excellent League cushion so we can name stronger XIs in the Cup. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foxfanazer 10,792 Report post Posted 2 February People are familiar with Spurs right? 2 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manders86 301 Report post Posted 2 February Really don't understand why people are messing their pants over this. I think we will go to Wolves and win a week on Friday. I'm happier Man City have dropped points and we can look to move up! 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teblin 342 Report post Posted 2 February 2 minutes ago, KingsX said: The same ones who think we can "prioritize" both the FA Cup and the League. Better to have an excellent League cushion so we can name stronger XIs in the Cup. We have a decent cushion I'd say. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leicester_Loyal 2,250 Report post Posted 2 February (edited) Some of Spurs remaining fixtures: Away at Chelsea Home to Wolves Home to United Away at Sheff Utd Home to Everton Home to Arsenal Home to us. Still think they'll win 11 of their 13? Edited 2 February by Leicester_Loyal 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Sionnach 544 Report post Posted 2 February 1 minute ago, foxfanazer said: Why is having faith and confidence in us finish g top 4 suddenly naive? Your prediction of these sides all of a sudden going on some great run could be seen as naive Liverpool are miles away from anybody else, everybody else is going to have to scrap for wins including us. Saturday suggests that our form is improving again so we can do this. Vardy back in form might make it relatively comfortable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
womp 60 Report post Posted 2 February Mourinho hasnt change at all,still parking the bus even with an extra man. 3 shots all game. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oxtonfox 347 Report post Posted 2 February Don’t forget all teams around us are involved in European competitions, minimum 2 extra games each. We can and should take advantage of that given the position we’re in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foxfanazer 10,792 Report post Posted 2 February Just now, An Sionnach said: Liverpool are miles away from anybody else, everybody else is going to have to scrap for wins including us. Saturday suggests that our form is improving again so we can do this. Vardy back in form might make it relatively comfortable. I'm not denying we need to improve to make sure but I'm just a little bit surprised by the panic and scaremongering on here. In fact no I'm not surprised Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 4,512 Report post Posted 2 February (edited) Thing is this hasn't just crept up on us, we've been generally poor perfomance and results wise for a while, yet people acting as if it's a shock all of sudden, ironically people have only just woke up to this after one of our better performances and results in a 'big' games v Chelsea yesterday. Edited 2 February by Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lad1966 5 Report post Posted 2 February The way I look at it, after this round of matches is we are 1pt closer to Man City 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
womp 60 Report post Posted 2 February Dont forget teams trying to avoid relegation wont be easy for anyone either 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foxfanazer 10,792 Report post Posted 2 February 2 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said: Some of Spurs remaining fixtures: Away at Chelsea Home to Wolves Home to United Away at Sheff Utd Home to Everton Home to Arsenal Away to us. Still think they'll win 11 of their 13? Yeah easily. They never let their fans down Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goody2028 806 Report post Posted 2 February 2 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said: Some of Spurs remaining fixtures: Away at Chelsea Home to Wolves Home to United Away at Sheff Utd Home to Everton Home to Arsenal Away to us. Still think they'll win 11 of their 13? We have to go away to them penultimate game of the season 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson 2,042 Report post Posted 2 February Man City, Spurs and Chelsea will carry on with their Champions League fixtures soon, focus will shift to that, no team has been consistent enough to put a string of wins together to significantly close the gap whilst we’ve had our dip, all is well. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deep blue 504 Report post Posted 2 February 13 minutes ago, Gerard said: Plenty of very naive people on here who think CL is in the bag and we can dismiss Man Utd, Wolves and Tottenham as no hopers and no threat to our top four spot. Realistic, I would say. Our recent performances have been showing improvement and our luck re missed chances and refereeing decisions will surely turn soon, resulting in a steady stream of points being accrued. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leicester_Loyal 2,250 Report post Posted 2 February Just now, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said: Man City, Spurs and Chelsea will carry on with their Champions League fixtures soon, focus will shift to that, no team has been consistent enough to put a string of wins together to significantly close the gap whilst we’ve had our dip, all is well. This echoes my thoughts. CL will get in the way, they'll need to rest players. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson 2,042 Report post Posted 2 February Chelsea have Man U Spurs and Man City to play at home, Liverpool, Sheffield Utd away, they’ll be a lot more worried than us. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerard 5,995 Report post Posted 2 February 11 minutes ago, foxfanazer said: Why is having faith and confidence in us finish g top 4 suddenly naive? Your prediction of these sides all of a sudden going on some great run could be seen as naive if we don't get top four it won't happen all of a sudden. it will be a general decline as we don't pick up wins and maybe just one of the chasing pack start winning most weeks. This result could be the start of the sands beginning to shift. Anyone who thinks today is a good result for us is a moron or values 2nd place over potentially losing out on CL football. I believe we will get top four quite comfortably by the end of the season but I also know it's far from a done deal and if we fail it will be because of an accumulation of unlikely results with at least one of the chasing pack getting results like they did today or games we fail to win like we should for example Norwich and Southampton at home. We're in a position that we never dreamed of but this not a done deal and I won't cheer on results that are detrimental to our cause. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
womp 60 Report post Posted 2 February "spurs deserved that win"Hoddle🤪😁 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smudger63 706 Report post Posted 2 February Just now, manders86 said: Really don't understand why people are messing their pants over this. I think we will go to Wolves and win a week on Friday. I'm happier Man City have dropped points and we can look to move up! Although of course, apart from a bit of extra money, finishing second over third or fourth makes not a jot of difference. You don`t get a medal for being runners up, and if we do qualify for the champions league, it wont matter whether finish second, third or fourth, we will still be put in pot 4 for the draw. Surely any points taken from our potential rivals for the top four has to be the most sought after result i would think. Of course qualifying for the Champions League is not meant to be easy, but the easier it is made the better for me, but ultimately if we mess it up from the position that we are in at the moment, then quite simply we wont have deserved to finish top 4 anyway. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Md9 513 Report post Posted 2 February Would love a nasty 1-0 90 min own goal win against wolves just to give us some confidence to go on another little run Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shailen 1,130 Report post Posted 2 February If spurs win all their remaining games it takes them to 76 points. We are 27 points off that total with 13 games left. Bad form we get 16-19 points meaning that Tottenham cannot lose more than 3 of their remaining games. Okay form we get between 20-24 points which means Tottenham cannot lose more than 2 of their remaining games. Anything more and they cannot lose more than 1 game. The above excludes draws which makes the equation harder for Spurs. We should be looking towards Man City and not Spurs in fifth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerard 5,995 Report post Posted 2 February 15 minutes ago, manders86 said: Really don't understand why people are messing their pants over this. I think we will go to Wolves and win a week on Friday. I'm happier Man City have dropped points and we can look to move up! No one is messing their pants but some of us know that was a bad result for us today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foxfanazer 10,792 Report post Posted 2 February (edited) 5 minutes ago, Gerard said: if we don't get top four it won't happen all of a sudden. it will be a general decline as we don't pick up wins and maybe just one of the chasing pack start winning most weeks. This result could be the start of the sands beginning to shift. Anyone who thinks today is a good result for us is a moron or values 2nd place over potentially losing out on CL football. I believe we will get top four quite comfortably by the end of the season but I also know it's far from a done deal and if we fail it will be because of an accumulation of unlikely results with at least one of the chasing pack getting results like they did today or games we fail to win like we should for example Norwich and Southampton at home. We're in a position that we never dreamed of but this not a done deal and I won't cheer on results that are detrimental to our cause. So we agree then Ultimately what the fans want results wise from our rivals has no impact whatsoever anyway. If we do balls it up we've only ourselves to blame. Today's result should be seen as no more than a slight annoyance imo Edited 2 February by foxfanazer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
