20 Apr 2016 13:31:39
Has everyone given up on getting 4th in the league?

I mean i know the probability is very small, but it's still doable.

If you look at each team's maximum points return from here it makes for interesting reading.

Arsenal: 75pts
Man City: 73pts
United: 71pts
Liverpool: 69pts
West Ham: 68pts

5 teams into 2 places.

One loss from United and a draw and a loss from City and we could leapfrog them both.

Granted this means winning every single game from now until the end of the season, but looking at our fixtures this seems entirely possible. Only Newcastle have anything left to play for, and they are poor at best.

Anyway, nothing like a little bit of mindless optimism from time to time. Just hoping for a solid win tonight with no injuries.

All the best everyone

YNWA.

1.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 13:40:41
It's possibly but considering the small number of games, not likely. This situation a few weeks ago made it likely, but today it's just too far for me.

2.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 13:40:50
I thought I was the only one with any hope left for top 4.

3.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 13:46:06
I swear to god, if martin skrtel hadnt handed southampton a 3-2 win from nothing, we would have gone on to claim 4th.

Unfortunately, we still have players like that in the team.

4.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 13:47:01
Oh and United have to play Leicester and City travel to Soton and play Arsenal at home.

5.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 14:22:05
My sentiments exactly. Top 4 is not over. If we win our next two games including the derby, then we are in it for real.

6.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 14:42:10
This may sound crazy but I would just be happy if we got the 69 points. It would mean we would have been consistent in last 6 games and it would have been a decent second half season (aside from the odd game or two)

If we only win three more games this season then let them be in the Europa cup and tonight (we can draw the away leg against Villareal! )

7.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 14:58:37
The way teams are going at the moment I think we have to believe. If nothing else to keep the momentum going which will be a plus for Europa. We definitely need to win our last 6 games to have a shot but at the moment I think we have a great chance of achieving that. If we do that and come 6th then so be it there would still be a lot of positives moving into next year! Still feel Europa league is the better opportunity but I see us winning and united drawing a blank tonight which certainly would make it very interesting!

8.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 14:53:21
Anonymous, you are a fool if you think that one man was responsible for the loss to Southampton. There were just as many mistakes by others as there were by Skirtle.

9.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 15:12:46
Man Utd are definitely catchable, the real targets are City and Arsenal who still have to play each other.

Win all our games and I reckon we will do it. Given a choice though I'd rather win the Europa. Both would be nice.

10.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 15:39:44
Until it's mathematically impossible, we have to believe 😁.

11.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 15:58:54
Yes, 4th is important but given the difficulty of the task and how much it is dependent on others' (mis) steps, I would focus on winning the Europa League. We win a trophy and end up in Champions League for next season. With some really good luck maybe we can do both.

12.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 16:17:03
City have to play Arsenal and S'ton so it's entirely feasible they lose one and draw one, if we win all our game I think we'll get 4th but that's a very tough ask in the PL so let's just take it a game at a time and see what happens.

Main focus should be EL as we only have to win 2 more games there (assuming the 2 leg won't need two wins)

13.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 17:56:33
The problem is will we put out 'weaker sides' on weekends and save the big boys for midweek, ie the Europa league.

14.) 20 Apr 2016
20 Apr 2016 18:59:22
City play So'ton away in between their CL semi vs Real. If I'm betting on that one my money will be on So'ton. Arsenal have a decent chance to beat City away. Manure will end up on about 65 pts, so with 15-16 points from our 6 games we could just steal 4th.