Pagh Wraith
Full Member
Should finish Liverpool/City/Chelsea/Leicester. Chelsea and United are better teams than Leicester but their points advantage over United is too big to overcome. Rashford is a big loss as well.
It's competitive because the quality of the top teams has dropped. Liverpool are great. City are great on their day but inconsistent. Leicester are good. Then you have the rest.It's looking like a repeat of last season's shambles of a top 4 race where every team was seemingly determined to throw it away. In fairness it's just a really competitive league at the moment (excluding Liverpool). Could be the lowest points total in sometime that gets 4th.
Pretty sure that we'll have the chance to go above Chelsea by the time we play them. There's no way they're getting 6 points from Arsenal and LCFC away and they just lost to Newcastle. Let's just win the next 2 and it'll be all to play for when we play them.Rashford's loss is infuriating looking at the fixture lists.
Chelsea's next four:
Arsenal (H)
Leicester (A)
United (H)
Spurs (H)
United's next four:
Burnley (H)
Wolves (H)
Chelsea (A)
Watford (H)
Couldn't ask for a better chance to get in the top 4 but we'll piss it away.
What makes you count Arsenal and Sheffield as harder than say Wolves and Palace? Based on the table I would not do that.Pretty sure that we'll have the chance to go above Chelsea by the time we play them. There's no way they're getting 6 points from Arsenal and LCFC away and they just lost to Newcastle. Let's just win the next 2 and it'll be all to play for when we play them.
And they have some hard fixtures before the end of the season :
Arsenal (H)
Leicester (A)
United (H)
Spurs (H)
City (H)
Liverpool (A)
Sheffield U (A)
While we have :
Chelsea (A)
City (H)
Spurs (A)
LCFC (A)
Sheffield U (H)
Pretty confident of overtaking them at some point.
Had a proper look at our fixtures the other day. After the City and Spurs double header early March we have a really nice run in. If we can stay within 3-5 points of Chelsea at the start of that fixture run I fancy us to overtake themRashford's loss is infuriating looking at the fixture lists.
Chelsea's next four:
Arsenal (H)
Leicester (A)
United (H)
Spurs (H)
United's next four:
Burnley (H)
Wolves (H)
Chelsea (A)
Watford (H)
Couldn't ask for a better chance to get in the top 4 but we'll piss it away.
You’re not wrong, but hopefully United can get the six points from the home games before the winter fortnight break and then get a few players back from injury, and, I pray, a signing or two.Rashford's loss is infuriating looking at the fixture lists.
Chelsea's next four:
Arsenal (H)
Leicester (A)
United (H)
Spurs (H)
United's next four:
Burnley (H)
Wolves (H)
Chelsea (A)
Watford (H)
Couldn't ask for a better chance to get in the top 4 but we'll piss it away.
Well, Arsenal is Arsenal.What makes you count Arsenal and Sheffield as harder than say Wolves and Palace? Based on the table I would not do that.
This has happened twice in the last few years, a CL place begging to be taken and the team bottling it.Definitely wide open for 3rd and 4th, we seem to be playing like we now have nothing to play for.
If there's mind games going in from Frank, it's to try and take pressure off the Chelsea players.I don't know if this is his attempt at mind games or putting pressure on the board but the fact is that they are massive favourites for top four finish.
He's falling into the Mourinho trap; clearly trying to protect his own reputation but forgetting that negativity breeds negativity. If that's going to be his approach I can see them falling away quite quickly.I don't know if this is his attempt at mind games or putting pressure on the board but the fact is that they are massive favourites for top four finish.
And that's about right, Chelsea's lack of new arrivals is not an excuse. We'll be missing two of our best players for the next few months. and they have a 6 points advantage on us.Current market prices for a top four finish:
Leicester 1.15
Chelsea 1.50
Spurs 6.00
United 7.00
Leicester and Chelsea are overwhelming favourite. Any claim to the contrary is just false.
I don't see why Spurs should have better odds than us.Current market prices for a top four finish:
Leicester 1.15
Chelsea 1.50
Spurs 6.00
United 7.00
Leicester and Chelsea are overwhelming favourite. Any claim to the contrary is just false.
That one is certainly debatable. I don't see any evidence of Spurs being a better team than United and the remaining fixtures are pretty similar.I don't see why Spurs should have better odds than us.
Lack of goal threat. If Martial is injured we'll struggle to score at all.That one is certainly debatable. I don't see any evidence of Spurs being a better team than United and the remaining fixtures are pretty similar.
Who you dropping from midfield to give Loftus Cheek minutes?Pulisic and RLC coming back and finding form for us will be huge.
RLC is back in training with the first team by the way.
Mount needs a rest more than any player ever.Who you dropping from midfield to give Loftus Cheek minutes?
Mount. Dont get the hype tbh. Been poor for ages, there is a talent there but i dont think hes deserving to start every week. Kovacic far better IMO, especially with the ballWho you dropping from midfield to give Loftus Cheek minutes?