Will we finish above ManU/Saints? (Where will we finish?)
I can't see us getting in to top 4
Man c on fire
We scored more goals then Man U
But let few more in
We should finish above them , but will we ?
Man c on fire
We scored more goals then Man U
But let few more in
We should finish above them , but will we ?
Comments
I still look st the United team and except from De Gea or Martial there isn't really anyone I would take from them
Problem we have now is we need to make sure our heads don't drop....which could very well happen and we need to utilise our squad as we've looked a little ragged and slow atm
But yea I still feel we can if Bilic gets his team right
Champo, I would take Smalling and Rashford as well as Martial and De Gea. And their right back looked pretty useful the other night.
Think they'll finish fifth, and I think Liverpool will probably nick sixth.
Would be great to finish 5th and with 5 games to play we can't just stop applying pressure to arsenal and city, 2 teams who've shown they aren't elite a couple times already this season
Plenty to play for.
;biggrin
Would you like to finish below them ;clown
If you said at the start of the season, Top 8 and a fa cup quarter final you'd take that?
Win our last five and we finish above them - not at all a bad position to be in
Liverpool will go ahead of us if they win their game in hand.
We need to finish strong or we could easily finish 8th or 9th which would be a huge disappointment imo.
I know it's all relative, but anything below sixth will disappoint me given how this season has panned out.
Watford, WBA and Swansea are must wins for me if we want to secure sixth
But.
This season has been one hell of a ride.
;wahoo
My bigest fear was going down and moving to the Olympic
Our recent dip in form has been draws to Leicester (1st), Arsenal (3rd), Chelsea (ex champions) and Palace. We haven't lost any of those games, and chelsea we should've had 3, likewise Leicester and had kouyate not got a bad red maybe palace
Our next 3 games are very very winnable. Home to Watford who have a semi final to worry about, away to West Brom who won't have much to play for and home to swansea who should be safe, 7 points out of 9 and we are well back in fight for 5th
Atm we are 3 points behind United with a game in hand and a superior GD so if we can match their results till the last game and beat them we finish above them.
Liverpool (unfortunately) seem to be hitting form at the right time but everytime they build up pace they lose a couple so can see them dropping points especially if the europa league catches up to them in the next few games
We do need to change things up a little if we are gonna finish 5th though
1.) Play a RB at RB. I like Antonio and feel behind payet he's our most effective attacker but he's been far too exposed and it's been hard for him. Tomkins is a lot more defensive and narrows the gaps and Byram offers a lot of energy and running. One of these NEEDS to play as we'll have a better defensive shape and would free up Antonio to cause havoc
2.) Carroll needs to play. Emenike just doesn't cut it, he moves well sometime but offers no penetration up front whereas carroll, even on his poorer days, can occupy the CB's and with 8 goals in the premier league (only 8 starts too) he's our top striker. Having Byram/Antonio in the right hand side would also help give him service with 2 wide players unlike lanzini who cuts in when he's on the right hand side
3.) Ginge needs to come back. Since he's gone we've let in a shed load of goals and think having 2 CBs who like being on the ball in Ogbonna and Reid isn't quite working. You need one of those and one no nonsense guys like collins.
5th is more than achievable, lots to play for us still
Its been a crazy season.....the good news is we're scoring nearly every game, have a match winner in Payet and Carroll has got back his fitness.
We've been a bit naive and dropped silly points/goals and had a disproportionate amount of decisions go against us.
We've learned a lot this season, if we can just find that winning mentality when needed then I see no reason with a couple of additions we can do as well next season if not better.
I've loved it, terrific entertainment (which pretty much everyone wanted) just that the ref mistakes have taken the edge off it.
We have a manager who is growing, yes he's made dome dodgy selections in hindsight but he does know how to change a game when required.
coyi