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Hmm... Must find my wife.Teehee.
Boobies.
Hmm... Must find my wife.Teehee.
Boobies.
Don't think there's any point getting too deep into this and looking at what all the teams around us are doing, just need to focus on ourselves and make sure that we pick up as many points as possible and see where we end up. The run of fixtures coming up is fairly favorable with Man Utd in the middle of it, if we can go there and win and do the same vs Southampton then there's every chance that we'll be right in the hunt on the last day of the season.
I haven't been posting this season as I was spending far too much time on footy forums when should've been doing more productive stuff but have had to brake my ban to reply to some of the utter nonsense being written by a few posters in this thread through heavily Spurs-tinted spectacles.
Utd and Arsenal will take the two top 4 places remaining and anyone who thinks differently is completely deluded and needs to see a doctor.
The talking up of Spurs (and even Liverpool by some posters) in this thread is ridiculous. Spurs are nowhere near the team some here are making them out to be.
Neither of our clubs are close to Utd or Arsenals level when their 100% and with squad worth and wage spend the most accurate predictor of final league position it's going to take some huge change for Spurs or Liverpool to break into the top 4 again anytime soon after this season.
A par finish for us is 5th and for Spurs 6th based on the financial forecast so anything higher is an over-achievement. I expect the league will finish:
Chelsea
City
Arsenal
Utd
Liverpool
Spurs
Saints
Then a big pts gap to 8th place.
This season may be the best chance there will be (while Utd still in transition) for one of our clubs to get 4th but I can't see it.
Europa League etc doesn't come into it. It's a myth used by people to excuse poor performances. Weds-Sat in the CL is no different but that doesn't seem to be an issue.
Spurs just aren't good enough to finish 4th ATM that's just the truth of it imo. Neither are Saints or Liverpool (although TBF having Sturridge out most of the season and now Lucas and Gerrard hasn't helped).
It'll come down to cash like it always does.
Here's links to why I have formed these opinions:
http://tomkinstimes.com/2014/11/why-liverpool-never-win-the-league/
http://tomkinstimes.com/2015/01/in-defence-of-fsgs-transfer-policy/
(These are in relation to LFC but all the points made apply to Spurs too as our financial positions aren't game-changingly different so just substitute).
In terms of LFC they've done well, well BR has to turn the season around after the Utd defeat. We were so far off the top 6 (I think we were 7 or 8pts behind Spurs at one point?) at start of winter to be now 6th and above Spurs is great credit to him and the team.
HOWEVER, it's too little too late. The first half of the season was SOO bad that it left them way too much to make up (despite BR teams always improving and going on good runs post Xmas).
Still not convinced by BR and think he's lucked into some of the solutions he's found to change the teams fortunes due to injuries and random decisions based on hope rather than know how. Although tbf to him our record since that Utd game has been fantastic and right up there with the top 4 teams. Some of the football played too has been fantastic but I just think other Managers could produce the same with these players whilst being better in the transfer market and at organising a defence.
Anyway, rant over.
I haven't been posting this season as ...
... Liverpool were doing badly, but now they're in a decent run of form, so I'm back.
I haven't been posting this season as I was spending far too much time on footy forums when should've been doing more productive stuff but have had to brake my ban to reply to some of the utter nonsense being written by a few posters in this thread through heavily Spurs-tinted spectacles.
Utd and Arsenal will take the two top 4 places remaining and anyone who thinks differently is completely deluded and needs to see a doctor.
The talking up of Spurs (and even Liverpool by some posters) in this thread is ridiculous. Spurs are nowhere near the team some here are making them out to be.
Neither of our clubs are close to Utd or Arsenals level when their 100% and with squad worth and wage spend the most accurate predictor of final league position it's going to take some huge change for Spurs or Liverpool to break into the top 4 again anytime soon after this season.
A par finish for us is 5th and for Spurs 6th based on the financial forecast so anything higher is an over-achievement. I expect the league will finish:
Chelsea
City
Arsenal
Utd
Liverpool
Spurs
Saints
Then a big pts gap to 8th place.
This season may be the best chance there will be (while Utd still in transition) for one of our clubs to get 4th but I can't see it.
Europa League etc doesn't come into it. It's a myth used by people to excuse poor performances. Weds-Sat in the CL is no different but that doesn't seem to be an issue.
Spurs just aren't good enough to finish 4th ATM that's just the truth of it imo. Neither are Saints or Liverpool (although TBF having Sturridge out most of the season and now Lucas and Gerrard hasn't helped).
It'll come down to cash like it always does.
Here's links to why I have formed these opinions:
http://tomkinstimes.com/2014/11/why-liverpool-never-win-the-league/
http://tomkinstimes.com/2015/01/in-defence-of-fsgs-transfer-policy/
(These are in relation to LFC but all the points made apply to Spurs too as our financial positions aren't game-changingly different so just substitute).
In terms of LFC they've done well, well BR has to turn the season around after the Utd defeat. We were so far off the top 6 (I think we were 7 or 8pts behind Spurs at one point?) at start of winter to be now 6th and above Spurs is great credit to him and the team.
HOWEVER, it's too little too late. The first half of the season was SOO bad that it left them way too much to make up (despite BR teams always improving and going on good runs post Xmas).
Still not convinced by BR and think he's lucked into some of the solutions he's found to change the teams fortunes due to injuries and random decisions based on hope rather than know how. Although tbf to him our record since that Utd game has been fantastic and right up there with the top 4 teams. Some of the football played too has been fantastic but I just think other Managers could produce the same with these players whilst being better in the transfer market and at organising a defence.
Anyway, rant over.
Sorry nicdic - to clarify, I don't think Liverpool will make top 4 either.top 4 was a big ask after the liverpool defeat.
I think top 5 has gone now despite the point salvaged against wham.
It looks like it's going to be a 67-69 points total for 4th place (and unusually quite possibly 3rd place as well).
So if we have 44 points now and only have 5 home games left (one being Man City) we now need to win those 4 games assuming nothing from the City game plus we need to win at least 4 of our 7 away games (or 3 wins and 4 draws). It's not impossible but now looking unlikely.
The next games home to Swansea, away to QPR are must wins.
I reckon we will end up on about 62/65 points and in 5th/ 6th place.
We'd be sitting pretty in 3rd if we'd not had the sodding EL getting in the way.So the league now the only avenue left, not having to play on a Thursday evening will benefit us though, but it will benefit Liverpool also.
At least Liverpool, Arsenal and Man Utd still have the distraction of the FA Cup
We are 8th in the Lawro league table on 34 points, 18 behind LiverpoolApparently, as we're a point outside the top six (though 5 points clear of 8th), we're not in the 'race for Europe'.... oh well.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31580629