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Yid-ol

Just-outside Edinburgh
Jan 16, 2006
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Still not drawn a league game this season yet! In the last few seasons these games where we would have draw hurt us alot in title challenges.
 

Johno1470

The worst thing about prison was the dementors
Aug 6, 2018
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I am unsure why people are slating Burnley. Yes theyre dirty, yes they played defensively and yes they time wasted but what do you expect? The onus is on us to break them down, the onus is on us being the top six team, the home team and the team who considers themselves to be title contenders.

Are you expecting them to come here with their limitations and the position theyre in and open themselves up like a cheap hooker?

If we dropped points today then it would have been down to us, not them. Eventually we did and vital win.

The onus is also on Burnley to make a go at avoiding relegation. Play 70-80 minutes defending and maybe open up and go for a goal. They sat and wasted time from the beginning of the first half. They deserved nothing from that game whatsoever.
 

Mr Pink

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Aug 25, 2010
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But they have been getting a lot of wins. Right now Liverpool are on course for 100 points with a far better goal difference than us, meaning we'd have to reach 101. That allows us to drop 13 points all season, and we've already dropped 12. In other words, unless their and City's form declines, we'd have to win every single remaining league game to win the title now. To have a realistic chance, both of them would have to drop off very significantly in terms of performances - one of them might, both is very unlikely (they probably won't get 100, but they will get into the low-mid 90s).

Let's see how close we are to Liverpool after the festive period.

They have Wolves away, Newcastle and Arsenal at home and City away.

Every chance we're very close to them.

City I don't think we've much chance of catching unless we win away to them. We've also got to go to Anfield.
 

mark87

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Nov 29, 2004
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Crazy to think we have 13 wins already. Going by our fixtures until the end of the month, 15 wins is very doable.
 

shelfboy68

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But they have been getting a lot of wins. Right now Liverpool are on course for 100 points with a far better goal difference than us, meaning we'd have to reach 101. That allows us to drop 13 points all season, and we've already dropped 12. In other words, unless their and City's form declines, we'd have to win every single remaining league game to win the title now. To have a realistic chance, both of them would have to drop off very significantly in terms of performances - one of them might, both is very unlikely (they probably won't get 100, but they will get into the low-mid 90s).
No point in worrying about title challenge we are in the hunt for top four and nothing else.
 

Mr Pink

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I'm not worrying about a title challenge I am enjoying one, I know at the moment we are outsiders but we are still in the race.

Correct way to look at it. We are in the race at the moment, albeit we're outsiders.

But would anyone seriously rule us out completely when Pochettino just seems to defy all the odds, and even more staggeringly, continues to improve and progress us.

I think there's every chance we have an even stronger second half to the season, especially with the new stadium factor as well.
 

Johnny J

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Aug 18, 2012
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But they have been getting a lot of wins. Right now Liverpool are on course for 100 points with a far better goal difference than us, meaning we'd have to reach 101. That allows us to drop 13 points all season, and we've already dropped 12. In other words, unless their and City's form declines, we'd have to win every single remaining league game to win the title now. To have a realistic chance, both of them would have to drop off very significantly in terms of performances - one of them might, both is very unlikely (they probably won't get 100, but they will get into the low-mid 90s).
Shit.
 

Dannyspur

I just don't know anymore!
Aug 17, 2004
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Thoroughly pissed off by the timewasting - but so sweet to get the win in the time added on for it.

The ref could and should have booked Hart as soon as he started doing it. That way Hart has to stop it or risk getting sent off.
Too many refs allow it to carry on and only get the card out towards the end of the game.

It was a joke that only 1 minute was added in the first half and that was for an injury (albeit a feigned one)
 

DCSPUR64

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Dec 2, 2018
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Thoroughly pissed off by the timewasting - but so sweet to get the win in the time added on for it.

The ref could and should have booked Hart as soon as he started doing it. That way Hart has to stop it or risk getting sent off.
Too many refs allow it to carry on and only get the card out towards the end of the game.

It was a joke that only 1 minute was added in the first half and that was for an injury (albeit a feigned one)
So funny when Hart hurried it up after our goal. Fool.
 

THX2208

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Dec 6, 2006
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Sean Dyche tactics board ?

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Archibald&Crooks

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Feb 1, 2005
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Correct way to look at it. We are in the race at the moment, albeit we're outsiders.

But would anyone seriously rule us out completely when Pochettino just seems to defy all the odds, and even more staggeringly, continues to improve and progress us.
I will. There's no way IMO. Obviously I hope we do but I just can't see it. If we do I'll strip naked and run through Sainsbury's with a massive* lob on, waving it around and thrusting it toward screaming ladies shouting "get your gums around my plums" and doing the Macarena. Fuck the court order.

*Yes, that's right, massive
 
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