All our rivals spend more on wages than our entire turnover. I admit I used to think like you before I joined this forum and saw the figures that other people posted. It’s a shame, but a reality.
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The race for second place.
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All our rivals spend more on wages than our entire turnover. I admit I used to think like you before I joined this forum and saw the figures that other people posted. It’s a shame, but a reality.
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form is temporary and although we are unable to read the future it is highly unlikely that we will be able to replicate an output of 4 wins and 2 draws in our next 6 Premier League matches to:- Man U (H)
- Liverpool (A)
- Woolwich (H)
- Crystal Palace (A)
- Huddersfield (H)
- Bournemouth (A)
If we can get 14 points from those fixtures considering we have Champions League and FA Cup fixtures sprinkled in between, we will finish in the top 4, maybe even top 3. However, the only result I am confident in is a win at home to Huddersfield. The others can easily be a draw or a loss.
In short, do not use the form argument when it is convenient. Talk about schedule now. We have a tough tough tough schedule ahead, and therefore, the least we should have done was beat Southampton, a team who were bottom or thereabouts in the form table as they hadn't won a game in 10 if we truly have this ambition Poch speaks of... We need to beat teams like Soton whether home or away.
Perspective.
As for hitting a run of form, we currently the most inform team in the league, even after todays draw. (a win for Liverpool tomorrow will see them two points better on current form).
# Club(s) W D L Goals +/- Pts Form
1Spurs 6 4 2 0 16:4 12 14 W W D W W D
2Liverpool 5 4 1 0 16:8 8 13 D W W W W
3Man City 6 4 1 1 14:6 8 13 W W D W L W
4Chelsea
6 3 3 0 13:2 11 12 D W W D D W
5Man Utd
6 3 3 0 10:4 6 12 D D D W W W
6Woolwich
6 2 3 1 14:11 3 9 D W D D L W
Meant to quote this in my previous post*
Welcome back Joe, good to see you back.
Thank you Swansea!
We've been let off big time this weekend by Liverpool pulling a classic Spurs, beating a great team one week and losing against a shit team the next...
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We've been let off big time this weekend by Liverpool pulling a classic Spurs, beating a great team one week and losing against a shit team the next...
Nah if anything Liverpool own that!
But form is also actual, it's definite, it's happened and factual. We could lose all of our next games, but that would be a guess and you'll need to be a mind reader to know the out come.
- Man U (H)
- Liverpool (A)
- Woolwich (H)
- Crystal Palace (A)
- Huddersfield (H)
- Bournemouth (A)
If we can get 14 points from those fixtures considering we have Champions League and FA Cup fixtures sprinkled in between, we will finish in the top 4, maybe even top 3. However, the only result I am confident in is a win at home to Huddersfield. The others can easily be a draw or a loss.
In short, do not use the form argument when it is convenient. Talk about schedule now. We have a tough tough tough schedule ahead, and therefore, the least we should have done was beat Southampton, a team who were bottom or thereabouts in the form table as they hadn't won a game in 10 if we truly have this ambition Poch speaks of... We need to beat teams like Soton whether home or away.
Perspective.
We have been playing well recently, and poorly at the weekend against a determined Southampton. The negative outlook taken by many after the weekend is driven by rival teams picking up points in the same weekend, funny the reversal of emotions felt over the Christmas period when we were winning and those same rivals were dropping points. As I type this now it looks like Liverpool might lose to Swansea, a side that that sit bottom of the League, who have only won 4 games all season. Yet there is great fear and trepidation amongst fans as we are about to play Liverpool, you yourself don't think we'll get anything from the game.
So, by the time I've gotten to the end of this reply Liverpool have just lost, watch the pendulum of optimism start to swing back towards us, because this is how it works, filled by betting company odd's and media baiting and narratives. It's why I posted the current form of ours and our rivals, because it's quantifiable, factual and not an unknown punt into the future. BTW now that Liverpool have lost we remain the most inform side in the league, right now. Use it to guide your optimism or pessimism the choice is individual.
- Man U (H)
- Liverpool (A)
- Woolwich (H)
- Crystal Palace (A)
- Huddersfield (H)
- Bournemouth (A)
If we can get 14 points from those fixtures considering we have Champions League and FA Cup fixtures sprinkled in between, we will finish in the top 4, maybe even top 3. However, the only result I am confident in is a win at home to Huddersfield. The others can easily be a draw or a loss.
In short, do not use the form argument when it is convenient. Talk about schedule now. We have a tough tough tough schedule ahead, and therefore, the least we should have done was beat Southampton, a team who were bottom or thereabouts in the form table as they hadn't won a game in 10 if we truly have this ambition Poch speaks of... We need to beat teams like Soton whether home or away.
Perspective.
Our last 11 games consist of 8 wins, 2 draws and loss. There's your perspective. And you're saying we can't talk about that as it's convenience?!
Then go on to say you're only confident of 1 win in our next 6. But that's not based on form (something that has actually happened), so basically your own negativity.
What a load of old shite. Laughable.
Top 4 well and truly back on. The Swansea manager talking about a formula one car in traffic in London at 4pm. What a nutter!
Errr...... yesterday?
I think Southampton away is tad harder than Swansea away. Plus, we generally win those games. Liverpool are pretty well known for smashing the top clubs and then going on to lose the likes of Swansea and Burnley.
Liverpool have by far the 'easiest' fixtures remaining out of the rest of the clubs competing for top four, yet in some way for them it's the hardest.
Liverpool did us a favour, if we have a good run in January i'm confident about our top 4 chances.
It was foolish to even think we were out of the race even if Scousers won tonight. But I think the next five or six games will show us if we'll be in the mix or out of it. If the gap widens, it'll be hard to catch up.TOP FOUR IS BACK ON BOYS
Melting dippers on talk sport is sooooooooooooooooo funny!
It's in our hands, which is the most important thing at this stage. Get through he next three games still a couple of points in touch and I think we'll have a great chance
