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Serious relegation fears
- Thread starter NaijaSpurs
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alekaras
The ITK of IDK
Yeah, but we tend to play our best against the better teams. I'm not concerned about who we're playing. We can beat anyone with the team playing the way it had. What would concern me more is how many non-league fixtures we'll have and if the team will have the juice to keep it going at a high level at that stage of the season. So together with everyone else, I'm really curious to see how things unfold and enjoying the ride for now.
Points against teams 1-7 and 9 in the table (not including Southampton as they'll drop away again and City actually won against them):
18 West Ham (10 games)
17
16 Liverpool (9)
15
14
13 Arsenal (8), Chelsea (8)
12 West Brom (9), Saudi Sportswashing Machine (10)
11
10 Tottenham (8)
9 Southampton (9), Watford (9)
8 Bournemouth (10)
7 Manchester United (8), Crystal Palace (9), Norwich (10)
6 Stoke (9), Swansea (10)
5 Leicester (9), Everton (10)
4 Sunderland (9)
3 Emirates Marketing Project (8), Aston Villa (9)
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18 West Ham (10 games)
17
16 Liverpool (9)
15
14
13 Arsenal (8), Chelsea (8)
12 West Brom (9), Saudi Sportswashing Machine (10)
11
10 Tottenham (8)
9 Southampton (9), Watford (9)
8 Bournemouth (10)
7 Manchester United (8), Crystal Palace (9), Norwich (10)
6 Stoke (9), Swansea (10)
5 Leicester (9), Everton (10)
4 Sunderland (9)
3 Emirates Marketing Project (8), Aston Villa (9)
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NaijaSpurs
Les Ferdinand
And us without Kane are not much better?
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
But Kane appears to be much more resilient than Aguero. Aguero is regularly missing games, whereas, Kane has barely misdeed a game for us through injury. Plus, I think that we approaching a day at which our squad can cover for absences and is more about the squad than any particular star player.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Gent, Tel-Aviv, BATE Bor, Astana?
There's actually very little difference in the calibre/profile of sides between the EL and CL, it's just that the big 3 of Madrid, Barca and Bayern play in the latter.
ricky2tricky4city
Steffen Freund
Oh stop tinkling on my sentiments.
I agree with you though. I've often laid out what kind of run you may have to go on to win the EL and it is just as tough and nostalgic as the CL bar the team's you mention.
but the CL is the top competition and rembering the last time we had it, and those nights at the lane, I'd love it for our last season.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I have no less fond memories of the recent EL glory glory nights against Anderlecht, Lyon, Fiorentina, Saville; Kane's first hattrick, GK appearance and Lamela's rabona all against Asteras. You get out of competitions what you put into them.
IMO better to win the EL in our final season at the Lane, than get murdered in the first knock-out match of the CL.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
You can't highlight the lack of quality in the champions league and then say we will get murdered!!!!!
We're better than a lot of teams in the comp and our coefficient gained from the EL will help us with any draw we may be involved in
NaijaSpurs
Les Ferdinand
True, no argument from me here. However all it takes is a despicable Charlie Adam tackle or a Connor Wickham elbow that breaks a cheek bone and he is out for the season.
NaijaSpurs
Les Ferdinand
Or alternatively we might top our group as we did the last time we played in the CL
ricky2tricky4city
Steffen Freund
You can keep your glory glory nights with Saville to yourself.
ricky2tricky4city
Steffen Freund
Let's just do a poll.
In our final season at our beloved WHL who wants to be in the CL and who wants to be in the EL.
Ffs GB.
In our final season at our beloved WHL who wants to be in the CL and who wants to be in the EL.
Ffs GB.
paxtonwolf
Tony Marchi
Yes mentioned it several times, April frightens me to death. Right now though we are right on track. 5pts clear of 5th. This season GD could be massive, if we could eek out another 3pts lead by the Liverpool match with the GD we would be effectively 9pts clear.
That would be my target.
A lot may depend on Euro and FA committments for us all, and who plays who following a Thursday night match if any of us are still in it.
A long way to go, but the key for me is building up that gap to 5th by as many pts as possible over the next few weeks.
Next 2 matches
Spurs Norwich (a) Watford (h)
United Stoke (h) Chelsea (a)
Liverpool Leicester (a) Sunderland (h)
West Ham Villa (h) Southampton (a)
An absolutely massive oppurtunity to go 7 or 8pts clear of 5th before we play City
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
Third means automatic entry to the CL group stages while fourth means a potentially tricky qualifying game right at the start of the season.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I just meant we'll get murdered the first time we face one of the big 3. Like when we drew Madrid last time, and like happens to all the English sides in the competition.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
I'll take that in the latter stages of it means er have increased our profile, eating plenty of money and most importantly had down blinding Games along the way
Cochise
Steve Carr
I don't think any of us can count on UTD right now. On paper they are brick, but if they keep on defending then there is always a chance for them to nick those little 1-0 wins at the death. You would think that against Stoke and Chelsea they would get at the most 2 points, but it could so easily be 6 with the way those two teams are playing. Liverpool will probably get ripped apart by Leicester but outscore Sunderland so 3 points.
The team that seems the most likely to force their way into the top four is actually West Ham. Payet is their talisman and they are a bit of a one man team, as seen by the stats for the period when he was out injured, but as we showed with Bale, sometimes all you need is 1 player to do something special and you can go far. I can see them getting 6 points from the next two games easily. We should probably do the same though although the game with Watford could go either way with the way they have Deeney and Ighalo playing. Watford will be up for it after the way we nicked it at their place, but they have had a mini slump since then.
Spurs - 48
West Ham - 42
Man UTD - 39
Liverpool - 37
I say we should keep looking up and not bother looking back. No sense in worrying about them behind us, just keep winning and close in with the top 3.
The team that seems the most likely to force their way into the top four is actually West Ham. Payet is their talisman and they are a bit of a one man team, as seen by the stats for the period when he was out injured, but as we showed with Bale, sometimes all you need is 1 player to do something special and you can go far. I can see them getting 6 points from the next two games easily. We should probably do the same though although the game with Watford could go either way with the way they have Deeney and Ighalo playing. Watford will be up for it after the way we nicked it at their place, but they have had a mini slump since then.
Spurs - 48
West Ham - 42
Man UTD - 39
Liverpool - 37
I say we should keep looking up and not bother looking back. No sense in worrying about them behind us, just keep winning and close in with the top 3.
