- Aug 6, 2012
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I was just looking at our last six games and they all look winnable. However, it's easy to imagine us can making hard work of trips to West Brom, Stoke and West Ham.
Moreover, I still feel that six wins out of six wouldn't be enough to help us achieve our aspirations. So where would this leave us finishing, and what would we be happy with?
We're currently on 56 points and if we were to win our next 6 games, we would be left on 74 points.
Arsenal are the only team we can even remotely speculate on catching in the top 4 and they're currently on 64 points, then there is the problem of Everton who are on 60 points and with a game in hand. United are on 57 points with an extra game played.
Arsenal's fixtures:
Everton (A) = 1
West Ham (H) = 3
Hull (A) = 1
Newcastle (H) = 3
West Brom (A) = 3
Norwich (A) = 3
Total points after 38 games: 78
Everton's fixtures:
Arsenal (H) = 1
Sunderland (A) = 1
Palace (H) = 3
United (H) = 1
Southampton (A) = 1
City (H) = 0
Hull (A) = 3
Total points after 38 games: 70 points.
United's fixtures:
Everton (A) = 1
Norwich (H) = 3
Sunderland (H) = 3
Hull (H) = 3
Southampton (A) = 3
Total points after 38 games: 70 points
Being a realist/slightly harsh on ourselves, here's how I could potentially see our run-in panning out:
Our fixtures:
Sunderland (H) = 3
West Brom (A) = 1
Fulham (H) = 3
Stoke (A) = 1
West Ham (A) = 3
Villa (H) = 3
Total points after 38 games: 70 points
So according to my semi-illogical points allocation system, there we have it. Everton, United and ourselves potentially tied and our shitty goal difference coming back to fuck us and leave us 7th (depending if you see no Europa as a bad thing)...
With that said, I'm split on what I want to happen in regards to finishing positions, the Europa winners next year will get CL, potentially our best way of qualification in the near future?
On the flip side, I'd love to see what our squad could do with a year of settling in and no Europa distractions, meaning we don't suffer any 'hangovers' in the latter part of the season.
So, anything you guys agree/disagree with? The romantic in me really wanted to try and predict the results in a way that would lead to us dramatically taking 4th place from Le Arse, but it's hard to see where they are dropping an extra 5 points.
Moreover, I still feel that six wins out of six wouldn't be enough to help us achieve our aspirations. So where would this leave us finishing, and what would we be happy with?
We're currently on 56 points and if we were to win our next 6 games, we would be left on 74 points.
Arsenal are the only team we can even remotely speculate on catching in the top 4 and they're currently on 64 points, then there is the problem of Everton who are on 60 points and with a game in hand. United are on 57 points with an extra game played.
Arsenal's fixtures:
Everton (A) = 1
West Ham (H) = 3
Hull (A) = 1
Newcastle (H) = 3
West Brom (A) = 3
Norwich (A) = 3
Total points after 38 games: 78
Everton's fixtures:
Arsenal (H) = 1
Sunderland (A) = 1
Palace (H) = 3
United (H) = 1
Southampton (A) = 1
City (H) = 0
Hull (A) = 3
Total points after 38 games: 70 points.
United's fixtures:
Everton (A) = 1
Norwich (H) = 3
Sunderland (H) = 3
Hull (H) = 3
Southampton (A) = 3
Total points after 38 games: 70 points
Being a realist/slightly harsh on ourselves, here's how I could potentially see our run-in panning out:
Our fixtures:
Sunderland (H) = 3
West Brom (A) = 1
Fulham (H) = 3
Stoke (A) = 1
West Ham (A) = 3
Villa (H) = 3
Total points after 38 games: 70 points
So according to my semi-illogical points allocation system, there we have it. Everton, United and ourselves potentially tied and our shitty goal difference coming back to fuck us and leave us 7th (depending if you see no Europa as a bad thing)...
With that said, I'm split on what I want to happen in regards to finishing positions, the Europa winners next year will get CL, potentially our best way of qualification in the near future?
On the flip side, I'd love to see what our squad could do with a year of settling in and no Europa distractions, meaning we don't suffer any 'hangovers' in the latter part of the season.
So, anything you guys agree/disagree with? The romantic in me really wanted to try and predict the results in a way that would lead to us dramatically taking 4th place from Le Arse, but it's hard to see where they are dropping an extra 5 points.