StanSP Posted 22 February 2020 Posted 22 February 2020 Norwich away Villa home Watford away Brighton home Everton away Palace home Time to get some winning momentum back. Gone through a tough month with games against Chelsea/Wolves/Man City this month. Think the toughest game of that lot could be the Watford or Everton games. But we have to be aiming for at least 4 or 5 wins from them before facing Arsenal & Bournemouth away which won't be easy. But those 6 are a great opportunity to mirror the form we showed in September/October/November. Get some wins back on the board and perhaps more importantly, confidence back flowing through the side. And for what it's worth, as few VAR controversies as possible!
StriderHiryu Posted 22 February 2020 Posted 22 February 2020 Yeah crucial run here. I'd take 12 points from that lot if it was offered to me right now! Problem is that at this point in the season, many of those teams will be in a must-win scenario. But hopefully we can get back at it. Against Man City I felt some players got back to somewhere near their best level, but the big problem is the misfiring Vardy. Nacho could be key in these games I feel.
Jimothy Posted 22 February 2020 Posted 22 February 2020 Just now, StriderHiryu said: Yeah crucial run here. I'd take 12 points from that lot if it was offered to me right now! Problem is that at this point in the season, many of those teams will be in a must-win scenario. But hopefully we can get back at it. Against Man City I felt some players got back to somewhere near their best level, but the big problem is the misfiring Vardy. Nacho could be key in these games I feel. I think them having to win is benefit in some ways though. Earlier in the season they might take a point against a team sitting in the top 4, but now they are going to go for. Norwich and Watford gain nothing for just trying to shut us out. On the other hand Palace are pretty much safe which is the point in the season they usually start to slack off.
HybridFox Posted 22 February 2020 Posted 22 February 2020 Only Brighton at home fills me with confidence at the moment. Really hope we can find a spark.
NaijaFox Posted 22 February 2020 Posted 22 February 2020 41 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: Yeah crucial run here. I'd take 12 points from that lot if it was offered to me right now! Problem is that at this point in the season, many of those teams will be in a must-win scenario. But hopefully we can get back at it. Against Man City I felt some players got back to somewhere near their best level, but the big problem is the misfiring Vardy. Nacho could be key in these games I feel. I’ll take all 18 points please. Seriously think Watford away will be the toughest. Everton depends on which of their many versions show up on the night, but everyone else there is beatable.
StanSP Posted 22 February 2020 Author Posted 22 February 2020 46 minutes ago, Fox85 said: 4 points from the whole lot I'd be severely disappointed if we can only muster up 4 points from those games.
majaco Posted 22 February 2020 Posted 22 February 2020 We were good today. Robbed by institutionalised cheating.
Pliskin Posted 22 February 2020 Posted 22 February 2020 Villa will be the turning point, I think we will be wanting to give them a pasting.
coolhandfox Posted 22 February 2020 Posted 22 February 2020 Need Vardy to find his shooting boots, probably would have taken points against Burnley and Man City if he was on form.
Fightforever Posted 23 February 2020 Posted 23 February 2020 VAR doesn't like us for some reason neither does the referring body. That being said I believe in our players to find a second wind. It's clear they don't want us up there but its up to us to defy them to the promised land we go.
Leicester_Loyal Posted 23 February 2020 Posted 23 February 2020 We need 8 points minimum. I’m confident we can get 10. If we do then we’ll almost be over the line.
Trav Le Bleu Posted 23 February 2020 Posted 23 February 2020 If we carry on playing like we did today, we'll breeze those games. Brendan's main task is keeping our heads up. Win the first one and the rest will come. On the flipside, lose the first one and we might struggle.
Aus Fox Posted 23 February 2020 Posted 23 February 2020 Get 12 points from that and the chasing pack will need to get 23 from their remaining 33 points. I don’t see any of the teams from 5th down hitting that sort of form. I’d also love to see us out 3 or 4 past Villa at home.
Fox92 Posted 23 February 2020 Posted 23 February 2020 Norwich will be different to playing Wolves. They will be open and come at us. I think they'll create chances but I think we will too. Should be a good game actually, I'm looking forward to going down there. The home games though, definitely got to take max points. And they are relatively the easiest games we could pick. Villa may be difficult given the history and the fact it's a Midlands derby but all three are beatable. I'd take a draw at Watford and at Everton all day long.
StanSP Posted 23 February 2020 Author Posted 23 February 2020 1 minute ago, Fox92 said: Norwich will be different to playing Wolves. They will be open and come at us. I think they'll create chances but I think we will too. Should be a good game actually, I'm looking forward to going down there. The home games though, definitely got to take max points. And they are relatively the easiest games we could pick. Villa may be difficult given the history and the fact it's a Midlands derby but all three are beatable. I'd take a draw at Watford and at Everton all day long. Agreed on all counts. Gotta make our home games count now and pick that form up.
StanSP Posted 23 February 2020 Author Posted 23 February 2020 Forgot to mention as well the fixtures that some clubs around us have in that time, too, where they take points off each other... Spurs vs Wolves Man Utd vs Man City Spurs vs Man Utd Chelsea vs Man City Man Utd vs Sheff Utd Sheff Utd vs Spurs Man City vs Liverpool Sheff Utd vs Wolves Wolves play today where we expect them to get 3 points - that would take them up to 7/8th depending on Utd's result. Even so, that's teams from (barring Liverpool) 2nd through to 8th playing each other (or thereabouts). We could do our chances of finishing high as possible (3rd realistically) some real confidence and get that gap to 4th/5th much bigger again...
Nalis Posted 23 February 2020 Posted 23 February 2020 Norwich away DRAW Villa home WIN Watford away LOSS Brighton home WIN Everton away DRAW Palace home DRAW 9pts, and thats being massively pessimistic.
Finnegan Posted 23 February 2020 Posted 23 February 2020 Five wins from that and we're in the CL probably.
whoareyaaa Posted 23 February 2020 Posted 23 February 2020 Norwich away Win Villa home Win Watford away Draw Brighton home Win Everton away Loss Palace home Win Should pretty much secure the CL spot with two fingers up to the establishment.
StanSP Posted 23 February 2020 Author Posted 23 February 2020 Just now, whoareyaaa said: Norwich away Win Villa home Win Watford away Draw Brighton home Win Everton away Loss Palace home Win Should pretty much secure the CL spot with two fingers up to the establishment. I can see these being how the results go too.
Nalis Posted 23 February 2020 Posted 23 February 2020 14 hours ago, StriderHiryu said: Yeah crucial run here. I'd take 12 points from that lot if it was offered to me right now! Problem is that at this point in the season, many of those teams will be in a must-win scenario. But hopefully we can get back at it. Against Man City I felt some players got back to somewhere near their best level, but the big problem is the misfiring Vardy. Nacho could be key in these games I feel. I would be happy with 12pts, reckon we'd barely need any more than that from the following 5 games to get champions league football next season.
sphericalfox Posted 23 February 2020 Posted 23 February 2020 14 hours ago, StriderHiryu said: Yeah crucial run here. I'd take 12 points from that lot if it was offered to me right now! Problem is that at this point in the season, many of those teams will be in a must-win scenario. But hopefully we can get back at it. Against Man City I felt some players got back to somewhere near their best level, but the big problem is the misfiring Vardy. Nacho could be key in these games I feel. If a team plays to all out win then that's exactly what we want. It's the teams that shut up shop/park the bus/overload their midfield to frustrate us that our problem. If any of them dare play an open game and don't have the quality of Man City then they are likely to play right into our hands. I'm being optimistic here of course, and anything can happen, but we can and should be able to find a bit of momentum in those fixtures.
StriderHiryu Posted 23 February 2020 Posted 23 February 2020 7 minutes ago, sphericalfox said: If a team plays to all out win then that's exactly what we want. It's the teams that shut up shop/park the bus/overload their midfield to frustrate us that our problem. If any of them dare play an open game and don't have the quality of Man City then they are likely to play right into our hands. I'm being optimistic here of course, and anything can happen, but we can and should be able to find a bit of momentum in those fixtures. 14 hours ago, Facecloth said: I think them having to win is benefit in some ways though. Earlier in the season they might take a point against a team sitting in the top 4, but now they are going to go for. Norwich and Watford gain nothing for just trying to shut us out. On the other hand Palace are pretty much safe which is the point in the season they usually start to slack off. Yeah both of you are right come to think about it. We struggled when teams started to respect us because of our performances in the early part of the season. Villa was the best example for me, in the first game they dared take the game to us and got battered, but when they parked the bus they beat us to the cup final. If teams have to come out against us, it suits our game plan.
Haywood_6 Posted 23 February 2020 Posted 23 February 2020 37 minutes ago, Nalis said: Norwich away DRAW Villa home WIN Watford away LOSS Brighton home WIN Everton away DRAW Palace home DRAW 9pts, and thats being massively pessimistic. I think this sounds about right.
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