Topic: How many points do you expect in the next 5 matches 2016-17 edition

[Suareznumber7]

Tough opening 5 fixtures.  Need to average at least 2 points per game this year so we'll need to get off to a good start. 

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 1
Leicester (H) - 1
Chelsea (A) - 1

Hull City (H)
Swansea City (A)
Manchester United (H)
West Bromwich Albion (H)
Crystal Palace (A)

Watford (H)
Southampton (A)
Sunderland (H)
A.F.C. Bournemouth (A)
West Ham United (H)

Middlesbrough (A)
Everton (A)
Stoke City (H)
Manchester City (H)
Sunderland (A)

Manchester United (A)
Swansea City (H)
Chelsea (H)
Hull City (A)
Tottenham Hotspur (H)

Leicester City (A)
Arsenal (H)
Burnley (H)
Manchester City (A)
Everton (H)

A.F.C. Bournemouth (H)
Stoke City (A)
West Bromwich Albion (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Watford (A)

Southampton (H)
West Ham United (A)
Middlesbrough (H)

[Billy Elliot]

Arsenal (A) - 0
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 1
Leicester (H) - 1
Chelsea (A) - 0

[tubby]

Arsenal (A) - 1
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 0
Leicester (H) - 1
Chelsea (A) - 1

[King Klopp.]

Think we'll get 9.

Draws away at Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea and wins against Burnley and Leicester.

9 from those first 5 wouldnt be too bad as I'd expect we'd take 11/13 from the next 5 so looking at having around 20 points from the opening 10 games which should have us up around the top 4.

[Anfield89]

Arsenal (A) - 1
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 1
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 1

[Lemieux]

We can't accept anything less than 6.  At the bare minimum we need that.  I think we will come out with 8 though which would be a solid start and something to definitely build on. Anything above 8 and we will be looking very strong for the season considering we get 3 very big away games out of the way already.

[Bergersrightwingviews]

Surprised many seem to expect a draw at Leicester. I know they are champions, but I don't think they are actually that good and Kante is such a huge loss.

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 1
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 1

That would be a cracking start, but very achievable. I will be very disappointed if we do not take advantage of Arsenal's injury problems.

Depending on how quickly Chelsea settle a win there too would not be that surprising. Spurs will be tough. There would be no shame in getting beat at their place really.

[Shepnois]

Despite the tough fixtures I think we'll have a good start

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 1
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 0

 

[Gnurglan]

Arsenal
Burnley -3
Tottenham
Leicester
Chelsea

Four of these teams need to be considered top half sides. As per usual, I expect us to beat the rest, home and away. Based on that, I expect 3 points vs Burnley. Everything else is a bonus. Meaning we have a great opportunity in those first few games. We can get off to a good start and be 'ahead of schedule'.

If we stand on 7 points after five games, that would be really good.

[Sudden Death Draft Loser]

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[Warks Moustache]

13 points I think. We will draw with Spurs away. All the other teams do not scare me at all.

[rocco]

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 1
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 1

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[UntouchableLuis]

Arsenal (A) - 1
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 0
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 0

[Medellin]

The result at the Emirates is huge,hit the ground running & we could be sprinting by the time we play the rent boys..head over heart I'm going for..

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 1
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 0

Optimistic maybe but I'd take 10 pts right now.

[King_doggerel]

this thread makes me sad. flash back to 2013/2014 and what could have been. 

[AndyMuller]

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 3
Leicester (H) - 1
Chelsea (A) - 1

We'll beat Spurs away, hardly anyone in here thinks that though!

[TheFlyingScouseman]

Arsenal (A) 3
Burnley (A) 3
Spurs (A) 0? - Could change easily with Spurs' form in their first two games, e.g, when their in bad form, they are really shite and we've rolled them over in the past, but judging by their squad a loss wouldn't be a disaster

Leicester (H) 3
Chelsea (A) 3 -  It'll take time for them to get used to their new shithouse manager's tactics.

[LallanaInPyjamas]

8 or 9 points would be a very decent start from these games.

[amirani]

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 1
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 0

[Butcher Knife Roberto]

Arsenal (A) - 3 (last year - 1)
Burnley (A) - 3 (last visit - 3)
Spurs (A) - 3 (last year - 1)
Leicester (H) - 3 (last year - 3)
Chelsea (A) - 1 (last year - 3)

Think we'll catch a few teams cold and given that we didn't do too badly away at those teams last season (Burnley excepted), I see no reason why we shouldn't do as good, if not better, than when we had a less coherent team and a different manager who was coming to the end of his tenure in some of those games. Ok, so Conte will make Stamford Bridge a tricky place again, but we can quite confidently expect to get a point there. Arsenal are probably dreading Sunday more than we are, given their defensive crisis at present. They should be there for the taking, but then we didn't do too badly last year when we had a defensive crisis, so we may encounter a bit of a siege mentality from them. Leicester may be unpredictable, and the loss of Kante should not be underestimated, but I think we'll want to make a statement of intent against them. Spurs, as always, will be hard to judge, but we've got a good recent record against them so I'm confident we can take the points off them in style.

The next 5 games are not the ones I'm overly concerned about; it's the following 5 I'm casting a wary glance at. If we get off to a storming start, we take a head of steam into them 2013/14 style. If it's less than perfect, or even verging on disastrous territory, then I see the usual banana skins of Pulis, Palace and fucking Hull rearing their heads. Shitcoat will no doubt want to bring his special blend of c*ntishness to the fore as well, although by then I'd imagine his collection of individuals will be falling apart at the seams so it might be a good time to thrash them.

Anyway, the footy's back, Jurgen's in charge, get fucking in.

[Ratboy3G]

Is 16 too much to ask for?

[rob1966]

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 3
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 1

[Upinsmoke]

Arsenal 3
Burnley 3
Spurs 1
Leicester 3
Chelsea 0

[Lone Star Red]

Arsenal (A) - 1
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 0
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 1

[Djimi Smicer34]

10-15.

I don't look at those games and see one that genuinely worries me or think we'll realistically lose.  I'm not sure there's any team in the PL I fear now, I think we can be at the very least a match for anyone.

We've got a very good squad IMO, a lot of options for Klopp to utilise and change things around if needed so I could see us winning at least three of the first five in what is a tought start. 

[BritishGas]

I think we'll beat atleast one of the London teams (Arsenal please, by 3 goals thanks) as well as Leicester and Burnley.

[chromed]

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 3
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 1

I think we are going to come out the traps absolutely flying.

[Jake]

Arsenal (A) - 0
Burnley (A) - 1
Spurs (A) - 0
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 0

Don't expect a strong start at all. We're going into the season without making improvements at the back, apart from in net, but he's injured, which was the problem area to begin with.

[the_red_pill]

Surprised many seem to expect a draw at Leicester. I know they are champions, but I don't think they are actually that good and Kante is such a huge loss.

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 1
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 1

That would be a cracking start, but very achievable. I will be very disappointed if we do not take advantage of Arsenal's injury problems.

Depending on how quickly Chelsea settle a win there too would not be that surprising. Spurs will be tough. There would be no shame in getting beat at their place really.

Depends on their manager though.. and he's good.
He turned the likes of Kante and those guys into the players they are. He will do it again. If it wans't for him, we'd laugh at Everton being in for "the likes of" Kante, Mahrez etc. They'd be considered(note, I said "considered") midtable players now.

If fatigue has no affect on them, I expect Leicester to challenge for a CL place.

In fact, it should be "easier" for them to win the league this time around seeing as they've got the experience coursing through the team, know and worked on their limits and know the opposition, so If they don't succumb to 2nd season syndrome(Ranieri's history shows he's consistent with his finishes even though he's never won the league before last season), then I'd gather they'll challenge for 2nd.
Last year's feat was extra-ordinary, meaning they did it under extra-ordinary circumstances, so this year it should be easier since they're in a better position.


In any case, I predict:

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 1
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 0

[Le_Mot_Juste]

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 1
Leicester (H) - 1
Chelsea (A) - 0


Think we'll beat Arsenal, and then the usual over-confidence will set in.

Would be reasonably satisfied with 8 points from that opening 5 games, to be honest. Anything more would be a very positive sign.

[CHOPPER]

Not enough as I'd want, but not so few to have me worried.

Hull or Stoke to be top of the table after 5 games, so nothin to flap about if its not what we'd all hoped for. I predict a topsy-turvy league position start to the season.

[Warks Moustache]

Arsenal (A) - 0
Burnley (A) - 1
Spurs (A) - 0
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 0

Don't expect a strong start at all. We're going into the season without making improvements at the back, apart from in net, but he's injured, which was the problem area to begin with.

We made two signings at centreback...

[L666KOP]

Arsenal (A) - 0
Burnley (A) - 1
Spurs (A) - 0
Leicester (H) - 1
Chelsea (A) - 0

Slow start this year I think, new players to get accustomed.
Panic will set in, the usual suspects will be out in force playing fuck.
However, once we get the first 5/6 games out of the way I think we'll get ourselves together and start handing some tonkings out.

[OsirisMVZ]

We will beat Arsenal, Burnley AND Spurs and the collective jizz of Rawk would be able to feed a small nation. Think we might crash back down to earth afterwards.

The other big teams will drop points too. The start of the season includes Leicester/Arsenal and City/Utd. If you offered me 9-10 points from our first 5 I'd take that right now.

[Jake]

We made two signings at centreback...

Yes and we made two removals at centreback... Matip is similar in quality to Sakho, Klavan wasn't signed to be first choice. I used the word improvement, not addition.

Anyway back to the point of the thread

[the_red_pill]

We will beat Arsenal, Burnley AND Spurs and the collective jizz of Rawk would be able to feed a small nation. Think we might crash back down to earth afterwards.

The other big teams will drop points too. The start of the season includes Leicester/Arsenal and City/Utd. If you offered me 9-10 points from our first 5 I'd take that right now.

9-10's pretty optimistic, make it 7/8 and you've got a deal.

[riismeister]

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 3
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 3

[AndyMuller]

Arsenal (A) - 0
Burnley (A) - 1
Spurs (A) - 0
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 0

Don't expect a strong start at all. We're going into the season without making improvements at the back, apart from in net, but he's injured, which was the problem area to begin with.

State of that.

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[J-Mc-]

Arsenal (A) - 1
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 3
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 1

[Garlicbread]

Arsenal (A) - 3
Burnley (A) - 3
Spurs (A) - 3
Leicester (H) - 3
Chelsea (A) - 3