Arsenal would just waste a space in CL football. Just hope we do our job and kick them out of top 4
Top Four Race 2018/19
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
That was nice 
Agree with this, and I feel good about ti since Chelsea have to come to United.
Great result for us. Still a tough ask given we are 2 points behind two teams and 3 points behind Spurs. That Wolves result really was a huge blow. Within reach now though.
Arsenal still have a very good chance.
It’ll be between us and Arsenal for the final 4th spot. I think Tottenham is looking safe-ish.
I think Spurs have the best fixtures and they'll finish 3rd.
It's a toss up between us Arsenal and Chelsea for 4th.
Whoever is least shit will get it. All 3 teams are pretty crap.
It's a toss up between us Arsenal and Chelsea for 4th.
Whoever is least shit will get it. All 3 teams are pretty crap.
Christ our next pl fixtures don't look great do they.. West Ham, Chelsea, Everton and City. With Barcelona wedged in there too..
Chelsea have West Ham at home and Liverpool away next two games.
Tottenham are away at Man City game after next.
There’s still a long way to go and it could get very tight.
I’d probably put Arsenal down for 6th at this point.
Still all to play for. Wouldn't rule Arsenal out just yet.
As I said a week back. Tottenham will be saved by the fixture list.
Why are Spurs certain for 3rd? They face City away in two weeks. It's going to the wire. Nobody is safe.
We're no more likely to do any better away at Everton. It was a game they could afford to lose. Don't get your hopes up.
loss to wolves hurts even more now...
Everton and Chelsea are only game we need to win the game, if we won them, we're going to finish in top 4 no doubt.
It does doesn't it... I wish that it hurt the players too. But it really seems like most are already busy looking at other clubs :/loss to wolves hurst even more now...
We should definitely win our last two games at the very least, and big favourites over West Ham at home too. We need to piece a few points from Everton, Chelsea and City. Win two of those and we should be good.
Spurs have best fixtures. Arsenal still have to go away to Wolves, Watford, Burnley and Leicester - all tough games. Chelsea I think we can put away for good if we win at OT.
Spurs have best fixtures. Arsenal still have to go away to Wolves, Watford, Burnley and Leicester - all tough games. Chelsea I think we can put away for good if we win at OT.
With all 3 of us expected to drop points between now and the end of the season, Arsenal's goal difference could come in handy.
Won't matter. Arsenal will struggle in their 4 away games. I'll be impressed if they get 6 points out of them.loss to wolves hurts even more now...
This aged well
The only lock Arsenal are in for is loosing away from home. Top 4 now will come down to who's least shit between them, us and Chelsea. Anyone who's confident in their own side to do what it takes is in for a rude awakening
My predictor:
Man City - 98pts
Liverpool - 92pts
Spurs - 77pts
United - 74pts___
Chelsea - 74pts
Arsenal - 72pts
Man City - 98pts
Liverpool - 92pts
Spurs - 77pts
United - 74pts___
Chelsea - 74pts
Arsenal - 72pts
4 points from those 3 games is the absolute minimum for us to stand a chance.
They'll loose all of those
The rest of April is looking like this:
Chelsea vs West Ham tomorrow
Next weekend:
United vs West Ham
Liverpool vs Chelsea
Watford vs Arsenal
Then:
Everton vs United
Arsenal vs Palace
Chelsea vs Burnley
Then:
United vs City
Wolves vs Arsenal
Then:
United vs Chelsea
Leicester vs Arsenal
May:
Arsenal v Brighton
Chelsea v Watford
Huddersfield v United
United v Cardiff
Burnley v Arsenal
Leicester v Chelsea
Looking at the fixtures, it could easily come down to the last game of the season and United sneaking in, as both Arsenal and Chelsea have tough final games.
Chelsea vs West Ham tomorrow
Next weekend:
United vs West Ham
Liverpool vs Chelsea
Watford vs Arsenal
Then:
Everton vs United
Arsenal vs Palace
Chelsea vs Burnley
Then:
United vs City
Wolves vs Arsenal
Then:
United vs Chelsea
Leicester vs Arsenal
May:
Arsenal v Brighton
Chelsea v Watford
Huddersfield v United
United v Cardiff
Burnley v Arsenal
Leicester v Chelsea
Looking at the fixtures, it could easily come down to the last game of the season and United sneaking in, as both Arsenal and Chelsea have tough final games.
Arsenal may well have the easiest run in on paper but they have 4 away games from the remaining 7 games and their away form has really let them down
I hope today stops people going on about what an "easy" fixture list Arsenal have.
Any away game for them will be a huge struggle.
Any away game for them will be a huge struggle.
That win over Cardiff could be crucial for Chelsea. They'll go third tomorrow.
And then back down to 5th/6th if Liverpool beats them as expected on the next matchday
I don't know who the bigger idiots are, those who have continually said Arsenal have an easy fixture list or the Arsenal fans themselves who were making excuses for their previous away form and convincing themselves that things are different now
Feck me, all of a sudden Arsenals fixtures look the most difficult.
Watford, Leicester, wolves and Burnley away. Will be surprised if they pick up more than 5 points from those games.
Only 6 games left. They had 5 away games out of 7. Their recent run of form was only because they had like 7 of their last 10 at home and plenty of gimme fixtures.
They always were difficult. Look at their away form and people just thought it was nothing when it's actually a very real thing and a big problem for them.
All of a sudden?
Not to me and those that had some foresight
Arsenal are essentially two different teams, they get regularly outplayed away from home but look like a title challenging team at home. Arsenal are the only team in the league to not keep a clean sheet away from home.
Good result for us. But also worrying that Everton looked so good. Could have scored 2-3 more on another day.Tough to see how we beat them away with the form we are in.
Little digression here, but how teams like Wolves & Everton are able to pass the ball much better than us? They passed the ball quickly & with much better precision on the counter. It's frustrating to see mid-table teams do simple things better than us.
Still think top 3 will be City, Liverpool, Spurs. With 4th either going to Arsenal or us; Arsenal more likely.
Little digression here, but how teams like Wolves & Everton are able to pass the ball much better than us? They passed the ball quickly & with much better precision on the counter. It's frustrating to see mid-table teams do simple things better than us.
Still think top 3 will be City, Liverpool, Spurs. With 4th either going to Arsenal or us; Arsenal more likely.
Ole is right 5/6 wins and we are in. Everton Away will be difficult. City at home is a free shit. It all rests on Chelsea at home though.
It was so annoying. People just not paying attention.I don't know who the bigger idiots are, those who have continually said Arsenal have an easy fixture list or the Arsenal fans themselves who were making excuses for their previous away form and convincing themselves that things are different now
They've been hopeless away from home all season, even on their big unbeaten run they were mostly dogshit in away games. One League away win since November, against Huddersfield, they've even lost both their away Europa League knockout games too.
They are fantastic at home and are a match there for anyone. Away from home they're as bad as you can get.
I can't understand how any Arsenal fan can predict an away win having watched them for the last 2 years.
We have almost as difficult fixtures as Arsenal and their away games. Spurs are still getting the job done. Chelsea unfortunately appear to just sneak wins despite not playing that well like LvG's first season with us.
At this point, I would have Spurs and Chelsea as slight favorites, but both are certainly capable of collapses.
Arsenal definitely still favourites to finish fourth.