The Race for the Title, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th or even 6th Thread.

[philip]

We going to change the thread title now?

 

[13VanDerBale13]

Real battle on our hands to finish in the top 4, what a difference a week makes

 

[Erm33]

League gone. You don't win the league with 1 point out of 9 in a week. Top 4 will be a struggle if we don't start getting wins on the board.

 

[Thewobbler]

Real battle on our hands to finish in the top 4, what a difference a week makes

No team is consistent this season. But we've let both manc clubs and chelsea back in.

 

[GutBucket]

League gone. You don't win the league with 1 point out of 9 in a week. Top 4 will be a struggle if we don't start getting wins on the board.

Yeah, but winning the league always depended on Liverpool imploding and that didn't happen. Think we have enough for top 4, unless we get yearly Kane injury again. Leicester are definitely better than us and if Ndidi can stay healthy they won't lose many games, but they will probably do yearly Brendan Rodgers implosion in later part of the season. Plus they don't really do well when they have other cups to focus on and they will probably beat Slavia Prague and move on in Europa. We should be able to get 4, especially if we stop playing teams like Palace like they are Fergie's United.

 

[bloodzeed]

5th place and Europa win Will be a good season

 

[DiVaio]

Leicester are definitely better than us

They defenitely aren't and that match doesn't change that.

 

[GutBucket]

They defenitely aren't and that match doesn't change that.

Good thing I'm not basing it one match then.

 

[Deleted member 27995]

Good thing I'm not basing it one match then.

You kinda are ... We were poor and gifted them two goals what else did they do?

 

[Teddy Klinsmann]

They defenitely aren't and that match doesn't change that.

They’ll lose their next home game. But then again so will we probably.

 

[GutBucket]

You kinda are ... We were poor and gifted them two goals what else did they do?

We were poor because they completely shut us down, and they were unlucky with VAR and possibly another penalty. They showed ability to counter, make great killer passes, defend well and had great work rate and won almost every 50/50 ball. Doing basically what we want to do.

 

[DiVaio]

Good thing I'm not basing it one match then.

So they are based on worse manager, worse squad, easier fixtures or being massively dependant on penalties?

 

[glacierSpurs]

How is the league gone when Citeh and Chelscum are in the shout? Seriously.

Everton were in a slump and then some positive results they are second, back in the game. United too.

We climbed the table through a series of wins. Nothing is definite we can't do the same.

While it is true liverscum will be hard to catch now, the first third of the season did show that they do have possible off days too. And so do the rest of us - which right now we are experiencing.

 

[Deleted member 27995]

We were poor because they completely shut us down, and they were unlucky with VAR and possibly another penalty. They showed ability to counter, make great killer passes, defend well and had great work rate and won almost every 50/50 ball. Doing basically what we want to do.

We opened them up two or three times at least and didn't do enough when we did, they could have had a player sent off - that's football, they weren't better than us in my book, not when we gifted them two goals.

You're right though, they did everything we want to do and benefitted ... Thing is this fan base is buying into the negative aspect of it, yet it was good enough for Leicester to beat us today ... Folk need to make up their mind what it is they want from this team.

 

[thePessimist]

How is Utd up there!? 2nd if they win their game in hand

 

[13VanDerBale13]

Without Son & Kane delivering we look fucked, we simply don’t have enough goals from the WHOLE team, which is why I don’t think we’ll make top 4.

 

[glacierSpurs]

How is Utd up there!? 2nd if they win their game in hand

We drew too many games and they won many games. Draws are useless and losses are overrated IMO. We can lose a few more but also get some more wins and we may still be on track.

 

[GutBucket]

So they are based on worse manager, worse squad, easier fixtures or being massively dependant on penalties?

Oh it's the good old "they are just lucky and there's a conspiracy with penalties" argument I see. Maybe trying to attack on the ground and dribbling just maybe leads to more penalties than route one style? Or Bruno Fernandes and Vardy are evil magicians. And what easy scheadule did they have?

 

[thePessimist]

We drew too many games and they won many games. Draws are useless and losses are overrated IMO. We can lose a few more but also get some more wins and we may still be on track.

Problem with our style is whenever we are 1 up we set out to defend and will always be vulnerable for an equalizer (=draws)

 

[Erm33]

How is the league gone when Citeh and Chelscum are in the shout? Seriously.

Everton were in a slump and then some positive results they are second, back in the game. United too.

We climbed the table through a series of wins. Nothing is definite we can't do the same.

While it is true liverscum will be hard to catch now, the first third of the season did show that they do have possible off days too. And so do the rest of us - which right now we are experiencing.

Liverpool's title to lose.

They're miles better than everyone else. The way the move the ball is way better than any other team in the league. Their front 3 or 4 if you include Jota all scoring goals. They'll be streets clear by February.