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dealcanvey 1:33 Fri Mar 5
Race for the top 4

Still very tight.

Manchester United's recent slump has brought them into the scrap.

Even Arsenal down in 10th have an outside chance. Teams like Villa with 2 games in hand.

I would say Liverpool have the easiest run in out the lot. We probably have the hardest but then we don't have any cup/European games. Leicester's last 3 are tough.

Can we do it? Heart says yes. Head will say yes if we beat Leeds and get a point against Man U.

COYI

Man U - Played 27 Points 51.

Fixtures - Man City, Irons, Brighton, Spurs, Burnley, Leeds, Liverpool, Villa, Leicester, Fulham, Wolves

Leicester - Played 27 Points 50

Fixtures - Brighton, Sheffield United, Man City, West Brom, Irons, Palace, Southampton, Newcastle, Man U, Chelsea, Spurs

Chelsea - Played 27 Points 47

Fixtures - Everton, Leeds, West Brom, Palace, Brighton, Irons, Fulham, Man City, Arsenal, Leicester, Fulham

Everton - Played 26 Points 46

Fixtures - Chelsea, Burnley, Palace, Brighton, Spurs, Arsenal, Villa, Irons, Sheffield United, Wolves, Man City

West Ham - Played 26 Points 45

Fixtures - Leeds, Man U, Arsenal, Wolves, Leicester, Newcastle, Chelsea, Burnley, Everton, Brighton, West Brom, Southampton.

Liverpool - Played 27 Points 43

Fixtures - Fulham, Wolves, Arsenal, Villa, Leeds, Newcastle, Man U, Southampton, West Brom, Burnley, Palace

Tottenham - Played 26 Points 42

Fixtures - Palace, Arsenal, Villa, newcastle, Man U, Everton, Sheffield United, Leeds, Wolves, Villa, Leicester.

Norflundon 5:28 Mon Apr 12
Re: Race for the top 4

Norway I thought they’d scrapped FFP

Mike Oxsaw 8:29 Mon Apr 12
Re: Race for the top 4

In the remaining games, we can lose 4th spot if:

Chelsea get 1 more point than us,
Liverpool win one more game than us,
Spurs win 2 more games than us,
Everton win 3 more games than us,
Arsenal or Leeds win 4 more games than us,
Villa win 5 more games than us.

We drop a place for any of those outcomes. A win at Newcastle all but rules out the last two.

Mex Martillo 7:47 Mon Apr 12
Re: Race for the top 4

After beating Leicester you can see we can win all our remaining games, and therefore no one can stop us.
It’s a big ask though isn’t it, win our last 7 games.
I am most concerned about Liverpool catching us up. Perhaps Leicester drop more points and we can pass them and get more of a cushion.
One thing is for sure, it’s great to have an end to the season like this!

jfk 12:16 Mon Apr 12
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Pub Bigot 11:00 Sun Apr 11

dealcanvey 11:55 Sun Apr 11
Re: Race for the top 4

Is this the same Chelsea that spent 250 million last summer?

The owners can spend money this upcoming window. Whether they want to however is a different discussion altogether. Financial fair play is just a yarn that the owners like to spin.

norwaytips 11:42 Sun Apr 11
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Pub B. You’re not really into rules and regulations, are you? The owners can’t just spend. You have heard of the Fair Play Rules? The days of Chelsea and Man City, just buying success are over. We can only buy within our budget and guess what? WE ALREADY DO THAT. Pellegrini spent a fortune and look where that got us.

Pub Bigot 11:00 Sun Apr 11
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Mind blowing that it's part of a conversation, has challenging for the Champions League. A tournament I never watch, but would be fucking euphoric if we end up it with our threadbare squad, with the worst owners and facilities in the league, but with a tight group of players, coaches and management fighting for each other.

Getting the ECL almost guarantees we keep our best players and forces GSB to spend.

Davie Moyes, incredible job so far.

daveyg 10:57 Sun Apr 11
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I think every game is a Cup Final for most teams now
Newcastle v Us will be huge.
I hope Newcastle are complacent like Bruce has mentioned.
I feel Moyes will double up against Maxim, but Bruce could switch him to the left and right. Playing a back 3 with Coufal and Johnson covering the flanks would be better defensively.
Chelsea are more than likely to beat us than WBA. Liverpool staying in the CL is a must for us as I can see them finsihing 3rd.
We should keep the same approach but get a bloody 4th to ease our worries.

Nutsin 10:47 Sun Apr 11
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I have a strong feeling we will beat Newcastle handily.

We are a good team ffs! We have the bit between our teeth and the momentum, plus we can score a hatful of goals against practically anyone, especially Newcastle.

I’m going for a comfortable 3-0 win.

pdbis 10:46 Sun Apr 11
Re: Race for the top 4

Wilson back for Newcastle means he will score and they have their speedster back. Will need to score 4 against Chelsea to win.

nychammer 10:25 Sun Apr 11
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Tomshardware 9:38 Sun Apr 11
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I have a strong feeling we will lose to Newcastle but we still will be in with a shout for top 4.

its one of those games that has banana skin potential and we will be wanting a victory going into the Chelsea game. Luckily they now have a 6 point cushion on Fulham so a win may not be looking so critical for them.

CanningTownWA 10:06 Sun Apr 11
Re: Race for the top 4

Fine margins
The home game against Man Utd when the ball was 2 yards out for the first goal, if we had won that we would be equal 2nd

Hammer-ed 9:50 Sun Apr 11
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The main concern I had was the Gooners game, we could have been sitting in third place tonight!

Darlo Debs 9:40 Sun Apr 11
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Tom.yes i can't help but feel we'll lose to the Toon but think we'll get something againat Chelsea.

Hammer-ed 9:39 Sun Apr 11
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Tomshardware don't jinx us!

Tomshardware 9:38 Sun Apr 11
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I have a strong feeling we will lose to Newcastle but we still will be in with a shout for top 4.

Hammer-ed 9:29 Sun Apr 11
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If we had Jesse Lingard at the start of the season we could have been pushing for the title let alone going for the top 4!

daveyg 9:27 Sun Apr 11
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We had a great season in 2015/16.
At this stage we were,match week 31
https://www.premierleague.com/match/12410

or
https://www.premierleague.com/match/12419

Thought we had an allround better team then.

We had a good chance but drew 3 games in row.

Mike Oxsaw 9:20 Sun Apr 11
Re: Race for the top 4

Games between teams vying for CL places:

Leicester

Fixtures - Chelsea(D), Spurs(W)

Chelsea

Fixtures - Irons(D), Leicester(D)

Everton

Fixtures - Spurs(W), Irons (D)

West Ham

Fixtures - Chelsea(D), Everton(D)

Liverpool

Fixtures - NONE

Tottenham

Fixtures - Everton(L), Leicester(L)

Romfordboy 8:59 Sun Apr 11
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I can’t be bothered to get the calculator out but with Chelsea/Everton/Leicester/Spurs playing each other in games means the points total needed could be lower for 4th

Manuel 8:59 Sun Apr 11
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Thing is it changes weekly, but if you're looking at it right now you'd probably fancy Leicester to do again what they did last season. They finish with 3 tough games too, plus as said cup distractions.

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