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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #920 on: February 8, 2014, 03:54:00 pm »
we've been clear favourites for weeks, asks the bookies.

it's obvious we're better than everton, spurs and utd despite the naysayers and fear mongers on here.

who knows what's possible, nothing this team does surprises me any more.
third is certainly on, and if we can keep in touch with chelsea and city and beat them at Anfield, they might start feeling the pressure.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #921 on: February 8, 2014, 03:55:25 pm »
Thank fuck for that!......the Mancs only have 3% T4%...and we're on 85%...and here's me worrying...
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #922 on: February 8, 2014, 03:57:24 pm »
I really hope people don't start talking about title challenges now. Never works out well for us. I would be ecstatic with a 4th place finish and even that is possibly going to go right down to the wire.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #923 on: February 8, 2014, 03:59:10 pm »
As far as I'm concerned, if we can come through March having played Untied and Spurs, with a 6 point gap, we can then start looking above as our goal difference is currently worth an extra point.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #924 on: February 8, 2014, 03:59:41 pm »
Feel like we've been here this season several times already, getting closer to the top three and away from the pack only to drop points and have the teams below us start breathing down our necks again.

It's simple. Performances like today against opponents like Arsenal are huge, but they still just award 3 points for it. Climbing the table is about every week consistency.

Our remaining away fixtures: Fulham, Southampton, Man United, Cardiff City, West Ham United, Norwich City, Crystal Palace. It's about getting maximum points from these if we want to compete for the title, and the majority of points if we want to be head-and-shoulders above our top 4 competition.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #925 on: February 8, 2014, 04:00:20 pm »
I really hope people don't start talking about title challenges now. Never works out well for us.

It seems Brendan may have finally realised this, judging by his interview today.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #926 on: February 8, 2014, 04:02:41 pm »
what result we want tomorrow?
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #927 on: February 8, 2014, 04:03:52 pm »
what result we want tomorrow?
Draw, they both drop points. And a Fulham win too ;D

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #928 on: February 8, 2014, 04:03:58 pm »
what result we want tomorrow?

A draw and then a Fulham victory just to round off the weekend.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #929 on: February 8, 2014, 04:05:57 pm »
ya, a draw will do
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #930 on: February 8, 2014, 04:10:26 pm »
A Fulham win would just make this the perfect weekend.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #931 on: February 8, 2014, 04:13:11 pm »
If Fulham can pick up 3 points against another cellar dweller they might ease up for our game, here's hoping.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #932 on: February 8, 2014, 04:15:06 pm »
I just might prefer an Everton win. Don't think they have enough anyway, but a draw or a Spurs win would do as well. We've done our bit and it was a hard bit.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #933 on: February 8, 2014, 04:15:33 pm »
:lmao :lmao :lmao

you just can't help it can you?

Don't see whats wrong with what he said. 3 points is nothing with so many games left to play for.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #934 on: February 8, 2014, 04:20:39 pm »
After 5-1 vs Arsenal, I'd say it's up to us. We have the quality. Can we bring it out for enough games? If we can, we could fight for the one position everyone wants.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #935 on: February 8, 2014, 04:44:05 pm »
6 points off top it looks like with both City and Chelsea to come to Anfield.  If we sorted out our away form there's still enough games left for it to get interesting at the top.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #936 on: February 8, 2014, 04:54:10 pm »
City have just dropped points, so we've gained ground.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #937 on: February 8, 2014, 04:54:38 pm »
Man City just drop 2 more points.  So now we are 4 points behind City, 5 behind Arsenal (who are sure to capitulate) and 6 points off the leaders Chelsea. We still have Chelsea and City to come at home. We have a real chance of getting the title this season.

Really, we should have been much closer if not for some really poor results.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #938 on: February 8, 2014, 04:55:48 pm »
If we want a serious push onwards, we're going to need some luck in the form of healthy players. If we can have our depth of midfield and defense restored and Sturridge stays healthy I think anything is possible.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #939 on: February 8, 2014, 04:57:37 pm »
Can we re name this thread to "realisitically is it just between us and the plastics for the title now?" :)

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #940 on: February 8, 2014, 04:58:29 pm »
If we want a serious push onwards, we're going to need some luck in the form of healthy players. If we can have our depth of midfield and defense restored and Sturridge stays healthy I think anything is possible.

On the positive side a lot of the players who've been out injured will be returning over the next week or two, and of course there's no Europe to worry about, which may affect the three teams above us.

Optimism abounds after today.  Well until the next game anyway lol

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #941 on: February 8, 2014, 05:00:35 pm »
Honestly, if you had asked me before the last two matches if I'd take 4 points, I most definitely would have taken it. It works out well for us that we took maximum from the gunners. Keeping with our 2 points per a game output is really something to build on.  Wouldn't mind us storming up the table though... ;)
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #942 on: February 8, 2014, 05:03:07 pm »
After today's results, the people who were writing off our title chances in the last few weeks should take a long hard look at themselves.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #943 on: February 8, 2014, 05:10:37 pm »
6 points off the top. I think it's a good idea that Rodgers has "written off" our title chances and letting the results do the talking. Still worried about our defending especially against lower teams. Also at least twice we almost undone from our own set-pieces today. But if we continue playing this, we'll give everybody a bloody good game.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #944 on: February 8, 2014, 05:12:07 pm »
You think a 3 point gap with 13 games to go makes 4th a certainty?

We're slight favorites. Nothing more at this stage.
We're far more than slight favorites for anyone who counts anything other than the pure points on the board. First of all, 3 points is actually a big gap at this stage of the season. Historically very few teams make up that gap toward the top of the table. Secondly, and more importantly, our performances by any measure blow away those below. We're simply a better team than them.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #945 on: February 8, 2014, 05:13:03 pm »
After today's results, the people who were writing off our title chances in the last few weeks should take a long hard look at themselves.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #946 on: February 8, 2014, 05:14:50 pm »
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Exactly.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #947 on: February 8, 2014, 05:15:24 pm »
You need consistency though. As long as we are averaging more than 2 points a games there is a chance, but we got to depend on other results as well. 

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #948 on: February 8, 2014, 05:21:16 pm »
If you're 6 points off the top in feb you're in the mix. If we win all our games we will be champions.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #949 on: February 8, 2014, 05:28:26 pm »
To look at it realistically, if we won all 13 of our remaining games we'd be on 89 which is the total that has won the league the last 2 years. Obviously we can't expect that. A lot of titles have been won in the mid to early 80s though. Can we drop less than 10 points for the remainder of the season?
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #950 on: February 8, 2014, 05:30:16 pm »
Statement win. Pressure is on everton, spurs, and united more than anyone now.

One of them is falling behind this weekend , the mentality of our team at home is a joy

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #951 on: February 8, 2014, 05:33:46 pm »
I know we were 5-0 up but thats another sloppy goal conceded... for me that Gerrard tackle is just as poor as Toure's mis-pass against West Brom.

If we could cut that shit out we would definitely be in the conversation for the title. Hopefully our back 4 coming back will help us cut some shit out, though that tackle apart we were excellent defensively today.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #952 on: February 8, 2014, 05:36:17 pm »

Excellent result for us today. It really brings us closer to a top 3 finish this season.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #953 on: February 8, 2014, 05:38:20 pm »
Until Utd is out of the CL our target should be the Top 3.  I would hate to finish 4th and see the Mancs win the CL to bump us out.  While it is a long shot it is not unheard of for a new mangager with a struggling team to go on and win the damn thing.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #954 on: February 8, 2014, 05:45:04 pm »
We can get third. Arsenal will fall away. All we need is for the mancs to fluke a draw and voila, 3 points gap with them having CL to deal with. We can definitely get third and gain automatic qualification.
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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #955 on: February 8, 2014, 05:52:33 pm »
There are 3 teams above us, there is every chance that even Man city and Chelsea could be pulled back into the scrap or caught, especially after drawing to Norwich and West ham respectively ... Those results and Arsenal's loss have almost negated our draw to WBA. We cannot take any team in the league for granted

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #956 on: February 8, 2014, 05:54:09 pm »
Until Utd is out of the CL our target should be the Top 3.  I would hate to finish 4th and see the Mancs win the CL to bump us out.  While it is a long shot it is not unheard of for a new mangager with a struggling team to go on and win the damn thing.

It is when that manager is David 'run dem laps' Moyes.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #957 on: February 8, 2014, 05:55:44 pm »
I've always thought Arsenal would get pulled back into the fight for 4th, and that we'd nip them to 3rd. Realistically though, City and Chelsea have massive squads full of quality and should pull away more between now and the end. If they do drop silly points like City did today though then we could definitely keep within touching distance.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #958 on: February 8, 2014, 05:55:55 pm »
If you're 6 points off the top in feb you're in the mix. If we win all our games we will be champions.

How do you figure, the gap at the top is 6 points not 3 points.

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Re: Realistically, is it just a battle for 4th spot with 2 other teams now?
« Reply #959 on: February 8, 2014, 05:56:19 pm »
for me that Gerrard tackle is just as poor as Toure's mis-pass against West Brom.

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