Biggus wrote:

there is no such thing as experienced and pointless

He's very pointy if anything

est wrote:

Biggus wrote:

there is no such thing as experienced and pointless

Nice pic Est I think it twitched.  :drool:

Pesky spurs. They now look a shoe in for top four. Kane and eriksen on a mission

Biggus wrote:

Don't be silly Klaus, there is no such thing as experienced and pointless.

Mikaël Silvestre says hi.

pity we took so long to get our shit together; looks like spurs and pool have done the same. euro disney and CC should put a dent in spurs form though

Yup, we're in a right battle now. Man Utd have it easy for the rest of the season and those other two have recently started to hit their top form. Liverpool have Sturridge back but were looking a lot better even without him recently. Need to get our arse into gear quick time or this might be a bit of a struggle! Read today that this season we haven't won more than 2 PL league games on the trot, shocking stuff.

Klaus wrote:

Biggus wrote:

Don't be silly Klaus, there is no such thing as experienced and pointless.

Mikaël Silvestre says hi.

Touche.

We will easily finish 4th, if not 3rd.

2 points dropped by both Citeh & CFC = could not be better.

I'm not worried about Liverpool or Spurs, I'm worried about Southampton. Even if we win today and they lose we're still behind them (unless its a big goal difference swing). And they're as likely to beat Swansea at home as we are to beat Villa.

Have you seen their upcoming fixtures, qs? Points will be dropped.

Taken from earlier in this thread

[size=x-small][font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetic, sans-serif]The top 4 challengers and their remaining results against top 8 teams:[/font][/size]

[size=x-small][font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetic, sans-serif]Man United have to face: West Ham (A), Tottenham (H), Liverpool (A), City (H), Chelsea (A) and Arsenal (H).[/font][/size]
[size=x-small][font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetic, sans-serif]Southampton have to face: West Ham (H), Liverpool (H), Chelsea (A), Tottenham (H) and City (A).[/font][/size]

[size=x-small][font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetic, sans-serif]Arsenal have to face: Tottenham (A), West Ham (H), Liverpool (H), Chelsea (H) and United (A).[/font][/size]
[size=x-small][font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetic, sans-serif]Tottenham have to face: Arsenal (H), Liverpool (A), West Ham (H), United (A), Southampton (A) and City (H).[/font][/size]
[size=x-small][font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetic, sans-serif]Liverpool have to face: West Ham (H), Tottenham (H), Southampton (A), City (H), United (H), Arsenal (A) and Chelsea (A).[/font][/size]
[size=x-small][font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetic, sans-serif]West Ham have to face: Liverpool (A), United (H), Southampton (A), Tottenham (A), Chelsea (H), Arsenal (A) and City (A).[/font][/size]

[size=x-small][font=verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetic, sans-serif]Southampton and Arsenal have the least fixtures against the top 8 remaining (5) and Liverpool/West Ham have the most (7).[/font][/size]

Doesn't seem to be a big difference between their fixtures and ours. Plus they played Chelsea, us, Utd in a row over December/Jan and got 7 points. Their 2 away fixtures are the only ones they're not favourites there. We won't be favourites in our 2 away games plus Chelsea at home.

shampton will run out of goals and drop too many points in close games imo. you need firepower to keep pace in this league

I think they'll come close and won't Finish lower than 6th.

Our next 6 league fixtures all in London with Spurs the toughest team. We really need to aim for 15-16 points in that period to put us in position to challenge for 3rd

Fuck third. With enough momentum we can push for the title.

No reason why not.

Always aim for the highest.

Always good to be positive, fons, but seriously... we need to win each our next 5 games with Chelsea drawing each of theirs for us to catch up with them. Realistic aim is for a good third in the league, top 4 in the FA Cup and top 8 in the Champions League.
2nd could happen if City don't get out of their funk, but we also need to contend with United in the process. Pool and Spurs are still around. This is definitely our toughest season since spaghetti-gate

I was honestly thinking before the game that we'll finish 2nd. I found myself more excited for this game than any Arsenal game since Fabregas left. It did not disappoint.