I don't see how Man Utd could compete with Newcastle, maybe even Tottenham, in the Premier league. Of course I am hoping for the best, but the fixtures look very different. Newcastle and Tottenham only have league games left, but Man Utd also Europa league and FA Cup. They are very important and I don't see how the team could try nothing but win both of them. I am afraid the league might come secondary. The best I hope is 4th in the league, win Europa league and a miracle in FA Cup. If all goes wrong, ETH can kick the Carabao cup off a window of his office.
United squad is vastly superior to Spurs and better than Newcastle’s too.
We have two Europa league games with a Forrest game sandwiched in between them, not ideal but with players like Casemeiro and Eriksen back, Sabitzer, Mctominay and Bruno hitting some form I’m quite confident.
Our home form is very good and I can see us getting 3 wins and 1 draw in remaining 4 home games( Villa, Fulham, Chelsea, Wolves) The fixtures away are just as tricky with Brighton, Spurs, Bouremouth and West Ham all to play after Forrest. We basically need to win 3 of those 5 games or 2 wins and 1 draw providing we get 10 points from remaining home games. If we conclude with 17 points from last 9 games that’s 73 points, guarantees top 4 however I think Newcastle would pip us on 74 points. If we get 19 points from last 9 games we finish 3rd simple!
In conclusion Spurs have Newcastle, United and Liverpool still to play they will lose at least 1 of them and probably draw 1 too. That Means even if they win the other 5 they can only get a max of 72 points. They face Newcastle and united in 3 days this month, to qualify they would have to win both games and still hope Newcastle and united drop points.
There is a fixture congestion, yes but we have 4 decent Full backs, 2 outstanding Cbs and 3 very good options, a couple of world class midfielders, three very good pl class midfielders and Fred. All of a sudden that’s a lot of options in defence and midfield. We just need Marcus to have a little rest, hopefully back for Forrest at weekend and hope that Martial, Antony, Sancho, Pellistri, Elanga and Weghorst step up, yeh the last two don’t inspire me with confidence tbf?