Next 5 aka the northern gauntlet

Burnwinter

Liverpool (A)
Newcastle (H)
United (A)
Everton (A)
Southampton (H)

Real shame we couldn't have played NUFC and United a few weeks ago …

On current form this looks like about 8 points to me.

Big Willie

Why's this in the other football section?

Qwiss

Old man Burns gets confused. I've fixed it for him.

Clrnc

8 points would be very acceptable for me. 7 points is the bare minimum if we are worth our salt.

10 points is top 4 challenging form and would confirm we are the real deal for a champions league place this season with this group

Qwiss

Yeah you'd want home wins there and at least a point or two away.

The good news is we are playing Liverpool at just the right time by the looks of it.

QuincyAbeyie

Liverpool (A) - 0
Newcastle (H) - 3
United (A) - 1
Everton (A) - 1 or 3
Southampton (H) 1 or 3

8 sounds probable.

Mirth

Clrnc wrote:
8 points would be very acceptable for me. 7 points is the bare minimum if we are worth our salt.

10 points is top 4 challenging form and would confirm we are the real deal for a champions league place this season with this group

Sounds about right.

goon

We should be winning both home games 100%. A couple of draws from the 3 away games would just about be acceptable I guess as a minimum, but we should really be looking to beat what is quite a poor Everton side.

I'm going to be optimistic and go with:

Liverpool (A) - 0
Newcastle (H) - 3
United (A) - 1
Everton (A) - 3
Southampton (H) - 3

Would be good to keep the unbeaten run going though if we can get some sort of result at Anfield.

jones

I'd forgive a slip up vs the shit teams afterwards if we won at Anfield.

Qwiss

Beat Liverpool and we go above them!

Clrnc

jones wrote:
I'd forgive a slip up vs the shit teams afterwards if we won at Anfield.

If we beat Liverpool and United, I'd forgive losing to the other 3 ffs 😆

Sicario

jones wrote:
I'd forgive a slip up vs the shit teams afterwards if we won at Anfield.

That would literally cancel out winning at Anfield.

Sicario

Qwiss! wrote:
Beat Liverpool and we go above them!

When was the last time we won there? Aug 2012!?

Meatwad

8 isn't the end of the world.
but we really should be beating everton, yanited, newcastle and soton at home.

jones

Sicario wrote:
jones wrote:
I'd forgive a slip up vs the shit teams afterwards if we won at Anfield.

That would literally cancel out winning at Anfield.

It literally wouldn't

Youre normally the first one to spout shit about intangible effects of big wins like that

Qwiss

Sicario wrote:
Qwiss! wrote:
Beat Liverpool and we go above them!

When was the last time we won there? Aug 2012!?

Overdue. :hat:

Sicario

jones wrote:
Sicario wrote:
That would literally cancel out winning at Anfield.

It literally wouldn't

Youre normally the first one to spout shit about intangible effects of big wins like that

What’s the point of a big win if you go and lose to Newcastle at home next game? Anyway we are in danger of going round in circles in this chat.

Win at Anfield and win everywhere else.

jones

Obviously you want to win everywhere which is why I said I'd forgive a slip up. The point is its important to break this inferiority complex we have when we go there. Since our win at OT in the FA Cup with Welbecks winner we haven't had too many bad performances up there either

Gazza M

that liverpool game is big. whether or not we get thrashed will probably impact how we turn up for the remaining games

I think 7 points. 2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses

gut feeling is we're on around 6th-8th placed pace, looking at the gap in GD with the teams above us. going need a few more breakout performances before I'll start feeling we're a top 4 shout

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Are we actually supposed to take West Ham seriously FFS?