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by **heimdall** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:58 pm

I just did the BBC football predictor, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2....ult.stm

and I have us just sneaking 4th.
Arsenal 84
Chelsea 82
Man U 80
Liverpool 69
Man City 69
Villa 68
Spurs 65

A lot of if's and maybe's though but fingers crossed.

by **matrix** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:56 pm

i cant se us finishing 4th unless we win at utd on sunday
winning at utd might just spring board us to go on a run
tbh with torres anything is possible

by **LFC2007** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:28 pm

Used Heimdall's predictor and this was the final table:

1 Chelsea 85
2 Arsenal 84
3 Man U 82
4 Liverpool 69
5 Man City 67
6 Villa 67
7 Spurs 62
8 Everton 56
9 Birmingham 52
10 Fulham 45
11 Sunderland 45
12 West Ham 42
13 Stoke 42
14 Bolton 40
15 Wigan 39
16 Blackburn 37
17 Hull 35
18 Wolves 34
19 Burnley 28
20 Portsmouth 17

by **bigmick** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:49 pm

So we finish 17 points ahead of Birmingham

Owwww!!!!!!!! :buttrock

.

Feck me I knew they'd fall away but fecking hell :laugh:

by **LFC2007** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:48 pm

bigmick wrote:So we finish 17 points ahead of Birmingham Owwww!!!!!!!! .

Feck me I knew they'd fall away but fecking hell

Of course, high aspirations and all that

They have a pretty tough run-in in fairness. Ourselves and the other top teams should open up a considerable gap. Interestingly enough, at the same stage four seasons ago we were six points ahead of Spurs and at the end of it all we were sixteen ahead. Similarly in the same season, after the same number of games, Arsenal were only four points ahead of Wigan and seven ahead of Everton and they finished 16 and 17 ahead respectively. And also two seasons ago after 30 games we were three ahead of Everton and finished 11 ahead. Clearly, then, not beyond the realms of possibility if on the outer limit.

by **Sir Roger** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 10:50 pm

matrix wrote:i cant se us finishing 4th unless we win at utd on sunday
winning at utd might just spring board us to go on a run
tbh with torres anything is possible

Vidic red carded
Again...

by **Dundalk** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:10 pm

In answer to the original question - NO

by **akumaface** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:11 pm

We will be either sixth or seventh....Can't believe we are so shlt.....What bothers me even more is that the situation has no solution.

by **Greavesie** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:20 pm

Dundalk wrote:In answer to the original question - NO

if City get fourth next season will be a lot harded because they'll go on a massive spending spree in the summer

Hopefully God's looking down on us with a wad of cash :alien:

by **account deleted by request** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:23 pm

Oh ye of little faith !

by **Kerry07** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:29 pm

akumaface wrote:We will be either sixth or seventh....Can't believe we are so shlt.....What bothers me even more is that the situation has no solution.

The negative nature of Rafa is now strangling us

Arsenal have an inferior first XI.. yet Wenger picks creative players and allows them to express themselves. Pass, move, triangles, beautiful free flowing play...and with a budget far lower than Rafas. A technical player in Aquilani would be ahead of an inferior carthorse in lucas every day of the week in a Wenger team.. not rafas.

This was on Rawk, if you didnt support Liverpool would you watch us?? I sure as hell wouldn't and the vast majority said no as we are ugly as hell to watch.

Theres no method.

by **damjan193** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:38 pm

Yes I am sure that we will be fourth, I see improvment in our players and I am optimistic about this... at least thats what Rafa would have said

.

by **Dundalk** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:38 pm

Its okay I forgot that its guaranteed :;):

by **bigmick** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:43 pm

Kerry07 wrote:This was on Rawk, if you didnt support Liverpool would you watch us??

The odd thing is that if you'd never seen us before, we look like a really well drilled team (apart from when we defend set-pieces when we are shambolic). We hunt in packs, close down well, shut spaces, defend in banks of four etc etc like a really efficient unit. We don't play a lot of offside but we hold the line really well and are difficult to play well against. If Rafa had taken over two months ago, you'd say he was a magician for having us so well organised and for making a bunch of players of which far too many are average into a competitive team.

The unfortunate thing is of course that Rafa didn't take over a couple of months back, he took over six seasoons ago. The average players are his buys, often better players have been moved on to make space for them. Ouur paucity of imagination going forward is a travesty, the blame for which lies firmly at the managers door, and the best Houllier teams would IMHO have eaten this lot for breakfast in a match up.

On the question of fourth, despite everything I think we might still make it. The pressure on the others around us will start to have an effect onthem before long, and as long as our fair play cup thing exploits on a Thursday night don't impact too heavily on us for the weekend, I think we might still just make it.

by **Kerry07** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:56 pm

bigmick wrote:
Kerry07 wrote:This was on Rawk, if you didnt support Liverpool would you watch us??

The odd thing is that if you'd never seen us before, we look like a really well drilled team (apart from when we defend set-pieces when we are shambolic). We hunt in packs, close down well, shut spaces, defend in banks of four etc etc like a really efficient unit. We don't play a lot of offside but we hold the line really well and are difficult to play well against. If Rafa had taken over two months ago, you'd say he was a magician for having us so well organised and for making a bunch of players of which far too many are average into a competitive team.

The unfortunate thing is of course that Rafa didn't take over a couple of months back, he took over six seasoons ago. The average players are his buys, often better players have been moved on to make space for them. Ouur paucity of imagination going forward is a travesty, the blame for which lies firmly at the managers door, and the best Houllier teams would IMHO have eaten this lot for breakfast in a match up.

On the question of fourth, despite everything I think we might still make it. The pressure on the others around us will start to have an effect onthem before long, and as long as our fair play cup thing exploits on a Thursday night don't impact too heavily on us for the weekend, I think we might still just make it.

Thing is Houllier was merely functional/efficient also... it was a well organised unit, 10 men behind the ball... then hoof (looking for Owen to pinch).

It was in early 2000's that Arsenal fans started to chant "hoof the ball" at us... and with Alonso gone we have reverted back to that this season as theres no one in central mid who takes the ball off the back 4 and initiates play.

The last manager that played football was Evans... but he had no nous as regards developing a tight/cohesive unit.

We haven't yet got a Premiership title winning standard manager

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