6th is Europe then?

[ronnie38]

When a manager says what he said about his players ''no matter how true'' I can only see it ending badly.

 

[neil999]

Deffo have to finish 6th or more now, good to have a target

 

[Lee Smith]

Well, no Europa for finishing 7th now then

 

[davek]

Deffo have to finish 6th or more now, good to have a target

Agreed. No coasting to May now. EL place now means we'll have to probably get a record number of PL points, which is more my concern.

Anything over 65 points should do it...which would beat our previous total.

 

[Welton Toffee]

Damn those warm balls.

 

[Tubey]

Cannot see us finishing above Spurs or United. Would love to be wrong but just can't see it - will fall short by a good five points due to lack of squad depth creating fatigue in key areas.

 

[ianefc]

Can anyone imagine our current league standing if we had played an additional 10 games this season 10 games that wouldn't give us the revenue to buy a single decent player

 

[ianefc]

Cannot see us finishing above Spurs or United. Would love to be wrong but just can't see it - will fall short by a good five points due to lack of squad depth creating fatigue in key areas.

Yet next season we are supposed to compete in Europe with the same squad

 

[CrabbyPaddy]

can't say spurs will go into freefall just based on that. squad harmony will be interesting though, they're obviously going to suffer a few bad results this month and will still be focused on europe, we must take advantage with 3 wins in a row

I agree, but I have never seen a manager speak as badly about his players in such a high profile interview. I've always thought he was a bell, and I've been predicting a Spur's implosion for a few weeks now.

Hope I'm right

 

[davek]

Cannot see us finishing above Spurs or United. Would love to be wrong but just can't see it - will fall short by a good five points due to lack of squad depth creating fatigue in key areas.

You're massively overestimating Spurs, IMO. I'll be very surprised if we cant get the points together to split United and Spurs up...I reckon we can get 5th to be honest. Win our games in hand right now and we would be 5th in fact.

 

[Tubey]

Yet next season we are supposed to compete in Europe with the same squad

Says who?

 

[Tubey]

You're massively overestimating Spurs, IMO. I'll be very surprised if we cant get the points together to split United and Spurs up...I reckon we can get 5th to be honest. Win our games in hand right now and we would be 5th in fact.

I think neither of the three sides are up to much really, but United and Spurs will have the fresher legs in the run in.

Think United are favourites for 5th (despite Moyes), Spurs 6th, us 7th.

 

[davek]

I think neither of the three sides are up to much really, but United and Spurs will have the fresher legs in the run in.

Think United are favourites for 5th (despite Moyes), Spurs 6th, us 7th.

Why? They are still playing in Europe and have been all season. We have players who've been injured and out a long time and are back fresh and Jagielka to come back in.

If Lukaku stays fit I cant believe we'll miss out on Europe.

I'm realistically looking for a strong last 11 game finish and getting close to, if not reaching, 70 points and 5th place. I certainly dont think we'll allow both Sours and United to finish above us.

 

[sbbefc]

Probably a blessing in disguise. We wont buy enough players in the summer to compete on two fronts, which is a shame because I like watching us in Europe even if it is the Europa.

 

[ianefc]

Says who?

Well id be amazed if we had a stronger squad with a better first xi. Nobody knows of course they don't but given our board, squad age, some of our better players being loanees and no CL it's just an educated guess with all things considered