The Race to the Title

[Lighty64]

In all honesty I don't expect anything much from Swansea. They have nothing to play for. It will be down to whether Leicester bottle it, which I think is a real possibility after the last few days. If we do manage to pick up 3 points on them this weekend I think they might fold.

if they drop points v Swansea who are not mathematically safe yet, and we turn over WBA, they will not be wanting to be going to OT knowing they might have to win to stay top, especially as they won't have their out ball to play to stretch the defence, especially 1 that sits pretty deep anyway

 

[Riandor]

Yeah I think Swansea for them is now huge.
Win that without Vardy and I think they will believe enough in themselves to see it home, just. Drop points or even lose and IF we win... then I think they collapse mentally.

Its not over until its over, but considering the tricky away tie to Chelsea coming up for us, I would love it if it was already a lot closer by then.

 

[Khilari]

At this moment in time I would take it mate, means we are top of the league going into the final game of the season

Hopefully but not necessarily. We may be in a position whereby we have to win and hope Leicester lose/draw. Imagine the stress of that day!

[Thrilling for the neutral, a bit like the Man Utd / Man City "playoff" when Aguero's 925th minute strike sealed the title for them...! But murder for us and our nerves]

 

[Khilari]

Have to say reading all the "Ifs" and "Hopefullys" makes for exciting permutations, but at this stage of the season it's too hard to call with so many factors coming into play (nerves, Vardy, opposition teams' attitude etc.).

My gut feeling is Leicester will beat Swansea - they've just been so resilient all season. I like the noises coming out of our camps, that our players are committed to just trying to win every single game left.

Whether we can do that or not is a big ask, but IF we can win 4 (or even win 3 and draw 1), I do think we're in with a strong shout of a title. And even if not, what a brilliant season and finish to it. The future is bright!

 

[Riandor]

Hopefully but not necessarily. We may be in a position whereby we have to win and hope Leicester lose/draw. Imagine the stress of that day!

[Thrilling for the neutral, a bit like the Man Utd / Man City "playoff" when Aguero's 925th minute strike sealed the title for them...! But murder for us and our nerves]

I think it would be worse for many, as whilst it was one Manchester Club over the other, this would be Leicester (never won it) vs Spurs (not won it in over 50 years).

Someone is going home truly heartbroken IF it were to come to that of course.

 

[bubble07]

Anyone else worried with Pulis comments??

Saying he will pick his team against the scum with the spurs game in mind for Monday

To me that means he will field a weakened side tomorrow..

 

[Roynie]

Hopefully but not necessarily. We may be in a position whereby we have to win and hope Leicester lose/draw. Imagine the stress of that day!

[Thrilling for the neutral, a bit like the Man Utd / Man City "playoff" when Aguero's 925th minute strike sealed the title for them...! But murder for us and our nerves]

Fuck me that WAS a late goal!

 

[Goldman]

Anyone else worried with Pulis comments??

Saying he will pick his team against the scum with the spurs game in mind for Monday

To me that means he will field a weakened side tomorrow..

Surely it's just because they have two games in a short space. So unlikely to play same players in both games. So just a little rotation here and there? No need for the tin foil hat I don't think!

 

[Khilari]

Fuck me that WAS a late goal!

That wasn't a typo either! I should have written "633rd minute" rather than anything with a 9 in it

 

[Riandor]

Surely it's just because they have two games in a short space. So unlikely to play same players in both games. So just a little rotation here and there? No need for the tin foil hat I don't think!

Probably right, but there is the Berahino saga to consider.
Chairman and Manager might still be spitting hairs over that and might enjoy offering Arsenal up an easier chance.

Not saying throwing matches or anything, but there may well be a preference for saving the odd player for our match over the Arsenal one. Either way, it shouldn't matter. We should have enough in our locker for whichever team Pulis selects.

 

[Grapo2001]

I'm worried that if, and its a big if, we manage to get to the last game and need a win against Newcastle we will balls it up and Chelsea will roll over for Leicester.

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Anyone else worried with Pulis comments??

Saying he will pick his team against the scum with the spurs game in mind for Monday

To me that means he will field a weakened side tomorrow..

Why would we be 'worried'?

 

[glacierSpurs]

The chance of chelscum not putting up some resistance against Leicester is slim IMO.. They wouldn't want to hand a trophy over to a team who was bottom of the table a year ago.. That will be an utter disgrace and mockery of their own..

 

[Ghost@748]

No need to worry about the game tomorrow. If we win our own, it doesn't matter what Woolwich do. They will drop more points anyway. Likewise we should respect WBA whatever team they field on Monday without being worried.

 

[yiddopaul]

Why would we be 'worried'?

Ha Ha, oh no. West Brom are fielding a full strength team. Now we're in trouble. No disrespect to them, but we absolutely don't need to fear anyone. It's just bizarre that they think our game is more important to them than the goons.

 

[Chattaben]

Lads, it's West Brom.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

That point Leicester salvaged at the weekend is a tad irritating. Means instead of being a win and draw behind them we are a win and two draws or two wins.

 

[not_tenth-again]

Lad's it's West Brom.

And Berahino is loan tied..... sort of... or is he? hmmmm, tin foil hat time!

 

[alex3]

That point Leicester salvaged at the weekend is a tad irritating. Means instead of being a win and draw behind them we are a win and two draws or two wins.

We are a win and a draw away behind them it would have been 2 draws away behind them if they didn't score that goal

 

[Riandor]

3 draws works too