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Whilst times are good...........remember the bad and feel even better

Klinsmania said:
You say that but they've always been lucky ****s, and we've always been unlucky. How many good goals have we had disallowed this season? Ade's had 3 on his own! We never seem to get the luck and the scum always get it. What chance do we have of competing without a bit of luck. My only hope is that RvP gets injured as their season will then go into freefall.
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Come on... remember Sgt Oddball in Kelly's Heroes "Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves ? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here ? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change ?"
 
Going behind Arsenal now is only going to make it so much sweeter when we finish above them at the end of the year. Come May, no-one will remember this run of form and we'll all be sad to see Redknapp leave after his fantastic 3rd + FA Cup season.
 
Some more positivity...


Our last 4 home games should all be good for 3 points. (Swansea, Norwich, Blackburn, Fulham) =12 pts

Our away games are: Chelsea 0-1pt, Sunderland 1-3pts, QPR 1-3pts, Villa 1-3pts, Bolton 1-3pts = 4pts at worst, 13pts at best

so realistically we're looking at around 16-25 points from our remaining fixtures = 70-79 pts

Arse's last 5 home games: Aston Villa 3pts, Emirates Marketing Project 0-1pts, Wigan 3pts, Chelsea 0-1pts , Norwich 3pts = 9pts at worst, 11 at best
Arse's away games are: QPR 0-3pts, Wolves 1-3pts, Stoke 0-1pts, West Brom 1-3pts = 2pts at worst, 10 at best

so again, realistically, l'Arse are looking at 11-21 points from their remaining fixtures = 66-76 pts

ANYTHING can happen. We can do it. COYS
 
I was pretty gutted last night. Well, more about losing such a good lead over Arsenal. We dropped the sort of points that we should be picking up (Stoke home) whilst Arsenal picked up the sort we hoped they would drop (Everton away). For all the grumbles I have about how we played I do think we played well enough to win - Bale's effort has been replaying in my head like a nightmare. And the goons got some shocking luck with that offside. It's made me realise that its finishing about that lot thats the main thing for me. Winning the cup is great, finishing 4th is great, finishing 3rd is great.... but for me, finishing above Arsenal is maybe what I really want to see. A discussion for another time, each to his own I guess.

Anyway, trying to get "over" that, the bigger picture is we're still in a good spot, no a great spot, and one we would have taken at the start of the season. 9 games, 1 point behind Arsenal. 5 points clear into a CL spot. In the draw for the semi-final of the FA Cup, a home QF against a lower end of the table team. The highest ranked team still in that competition. Bale, Modric, Lennon still here. So what should be the game plan from here till the end of May? Where to now, Tottenham Hotspur?

Saturday is clearly a big match. But priority has to be not dropping out of the top 4 - and keeping Chelsea at bay - rather than thinking about third. So it is a must-not-lose game for us. Now, I don't think we should go an park the bus at Stamford Bridge, because I do think they are there for the taking. We should just play out natural game, possession and counter attacking.

If we can come through that game with a draw we are very much back in business. A win, and we would be back in the running for 3rd IMHO, as 4 points out of the Stoke and Chelsea games would have been par for the course.

Bolton in the cup should be straightforward, actually. They will come to us with some fire for sure, but they will already have played a game in a competetive (if not hostile) environment with a derby this weekend. I think there will be a friendly atmosphere with a lot of goodwill - unlike the gamesmanship of Stoke last night - which would suit us if we are just professional and play the game. Bolton have the bigger mental battle.

Keep our nerve in the next two games and we should be looking at an FA Cup semi final, and top four very much back on.

Tactics wise, we need to keep Bale, Modric, Lennon, Adebayor on the pitch where possible. VDV or Defoe was the dillema that we wrestled with while we stormed to third, so that should be the choice again. Saha either starts on the bench, or on the bench. Never again do we play him as a lone striker. I do think there is mileage in him playing alongside Adebayor, but its not what we should be depending on.

Kaboul is the first choice CB now, because he will be fit every game. Rotate Ledley and Gallas, and that should see us through.
Rest Parker when necessary. But he is first XI when fit. Trust Livermore, he has not let us down yet.
Trust Sandro, but tell him what to do before he gets on the pitch.
Bale on the left. Lennon on the right. I personally like the inverted wingers for short periods of a game, but only with those two.
If either are out, replace with either Kranjcar, VDV or Rose (left), Livermore (right).

Practice corners.
Bale, Rafa, Modric: practice free kicks in training. Don't let Benny or Younis practice free kicks during a match.

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From where we are today, 22nd March 2012, we should still be getting fourth as a minimum. After that, new manager in the summer, secure Modric and Bale for the immediate future and then get a couple of quality players to take us forward. An improved team, new stadium taking shape, CL back at the Lane - all still a realistic dream for 2012/13. COYS!
 
The only positive I can think of right now is that Arsenal have overtaken us with 8 games to go. The players can no longer sit back and think "it's ok were 10 points clear of them ............. 7 points...........4 points..............1 point etc.
 
Jurgen the German said:
The only positive I can think of right now is that Arsenal have overtaken us with 8 games to go. The players can no longer sit back and think "it's ok were 10 points clear of them ............. 7 points...........4 points..............1 point etc.
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Now you mention it, thank GHod last night wasnt the last game of the season..... how painful would that have been?!?!?
 
VolSpur said:
Some more positivity...


Our last 4 home games should all be good for 3 points. (Swansea, Norwich, Blackburn, Fulham) =12 pts

Our away games are: Chelsea 0-1pt, Sunderland 1-3pts, QPR 1-3pts, Villa 1-3pts, Bolton 1-3pts = 4pts at worst, 13pts at best

so realistically we're looking at around 16-25 points from our remaining fixtures = 70-79 pts

Arse's last 5 home games: Aston Villa 3pts, Emirates Marketing Project 0-1pts, Wigan 3pts, Chelsea 0-1pts , Norwich 3pts = 9pts at worst, 11 at best
Arse's away games are: QPR 0-3pts, Wolves 1-3pts, Stoke 0-1pts, West Brom 1-3pts = 2pts at worst, 10 at best

so again, realistically, l'Arse are looking at 11-21 points from their remaining fixtures = 66-76 pts

ANYTHING can happen. We can do it. COYS
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I've seen it a similar way, as posted the other day. I have to honest by Sunday night it lookslikely we will be 4 behind Arsenal with 8 to go.
I'm hoping we can secure 12pts at home and praying Arsenal get no more than 8pts from their other 4 homes.

Basically meaning a straight shoout out for 3rd based on who gets the most points from their last 4 away games, and possibly who wins by the biggest margin.
Could still go down to GD
 
These hypothetical projections do amuse me. I'm sure 90% of people on GG were predicting that we'd beat West Ham, Blackpool and West Brom at home last season in the run in, we ended up with 3 draws.
 
we've gotta concentrate on seeing off chelsea for 4th that could be done and dusted tomorrow unlikely as it seems.

catching arsenal is a bit of pipe dream at the moment. they'll have to make a couple of mistakes or us pull out a big result somewhere
 
The positives from the Stoke match were in my opinion:

1. We didn't lose.

2. Bale was on the left quite a bit.

3. Modric was in the middle.
 
Kept Chelsea at 5 points distance.

2 games unbeaten ;)

1 point more than Chelsea in 2 games.

All our top of the table games out of the way now.

Back to some sort of form.
 
Swansea (h)
Sunderland (a)
Norwich (h)
Bolton (a)
QPR (a)
Blackburn (h)
Villa (a)
Fulham (h)


vs

Villa (a)
Wigan (h)
Fulham (a)
Saudi Sportswashing Machine (h)
Arsenal (a)
QPR (h)
Liverpool (a)
Blackburn (h)




on Paper we should really finish above them. Hopefully we show the same amount of fight as we did today.
 
The problem with getting to the FA Cup semi-finals is this; will our players relax in the league, thinking that whatever happens, they'll have a shot at least one torphy this season? Not sure if we have the mentality to compete on two fronts yet, I mean look at last year with the CL and the Prem....
 
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