Is it ON

[Woodsyla]

8pts behind City, top of the form guide, and both City and Spurs to come to Anfield. Spurs with the added distraction of Real Madrid, City with a HUGE cup game.

 

I'd say it's definitely not off, it's MAYBE.

[fred milne]

What are three team's fixtures?

[Falconhoof]

whenever we do this we drop points in the next game. Lets go to Roy's Fortress West Brom and win.

[Woodsyla]

What are three team's fixtures?

They are very very interesting Fred, Spurs have a nails run in

 

City

 

Man City v Sunderland

Monday, 11 April 2011

Liverpool v Man City

Saturday, 16 April 2011

The FA Cup - Man City v Man Utd

Monday, 25 April 2011

Blackburn v Man City

Sunday, 1 May 2011

Man City v West Ham

Saturday, 7 May 2011

Everton v Man City

Saturday, 14 May 2011

Man City v Stoke

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Bolton v Man City

 

City v Spuds to be rearranged

 

Spurs

 

Wigan v Tottenham

Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Uefa Champions League - Real Madrid v Tottenham

Saturday, 9 April 2011

Tottenham v Stoke

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Uefa Champions League Tottenham v Real Madrid

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Tottenham v Arsenal

Saturday, 23 April 2011

Tottenham v West Brom

Saturday, 30 April 2011

Chelsea v Tottenham

Saturday, 7 May 2011

Tottenham v Blackpool

Sunday, 15 May 2011

Liverpool v Tottenham

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Barclays Premier League

Tottenham v Birmingham

 

City to rearrange

 

US

 

West Brom v Liverpool

Monday, 11 April 2011

Liverpool v Man City

Sunday, 17 April 2011

Arsenal v Liverpool

Saturday, 23 April 2011

Liverpool v Birmingham

Sunday, 1 May 2011

Liverpool v Newcastle

Saturday, 7 May 2011

Fulham v Liverpool

Sunday, 15 May 2011

Liverpool v Tottenham

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Aston Villa v Liverpool

Edited March 21, 2011 by Woodsyla

[fred milne]

They are very very interesting Fred, Spurs have a nails run in

 

City

 

Man City v Sunderland, 16:00

Liverpool v Man City, 20:00

Man City OFF Tottenham, 13:30

Blackburn v Man City, 20:00

Man City v West Ham, 16:10

Everton v Man City, 15:00

Man City v Stoke, 15:00

Bolton v Man City, 16:00

 

Spurs

 

Wigan v Tottenham, 15:00

Tottenham v Stoke, 15:00

Man City OFF Tottenham, 13:30

Tottenham v Arsenal, 19:45

Tottenham v West Brom, 15:00

Chelsea v Tottenham, 17:30

Tottenham v Blackpool, 15:00

Liverpool v Tottenham, 15:00

Tottenham v Birmingham, 16:00

 

US

 

West Brom v Liverpool, 15:00

Liverpool v Man City, 20:00

Arsenal v Liverpool, 16:00

Liverpool v Birmingham, 15:00

Liverpool v Newcastle, 12:00

Fulham v Liverpool, 15:00

Liverpool v Tottenham, 15:00

Aston Villa v Liverpool, 16:00

Too few games for us to get 4th. Outside chance of 5th - that's all I reckon.

[Woodsyla]

Too few games for us to get 4th. Outside chance of 5th - that's all I reckon.

If we get 24pts we can get 4th. As someone said one game at a time but we are effectively in the same position as Chelsea are points wise, difference we have is we are chasing two teams not one but we are chasing two teams who drop more points.

 

In the last 6 games we have gained 5pts on City. Repeat that (and beating them will help) and Spurs have a blip (CL distraction) and we will be 3pts behind with 2 games left. Win those two and who knows? They still have to play each other as well.

Edited March 21, 2011 by Woodsyla

[Stupid Sexy Flanders]

Too few games for us to get 4th. Outside chance of 5th - that's all I reckon.

 

Sadly I share this view. I've gotten my hopes up about forth place too many times this year.

[épieur]

Henry left it too late.

[goose island]

to stand any chance we need 20+ points from the remaining fixtures (ideally the full 24 available). even then it's a slim possibility.

 

edit - just looked at the fixtures, I can only see City dropping points against us and Spurs. 16 points from them fixtures (2 points a game) takes them to 69, which is the most we can get. we will more than likely drop points somewhere so 4th is too long gone. 5th is very possible with the fixtures Spurs have. let's hope they have an end of season burn-out!

Edited March 21, 2011 by iwam russell

[Tosh]

If we get 24pts we can get 4th. As someone said one game at a time but we are effectively in the same position as Chelsea are points wise, difference we have is we are chasing two teams not one but we are chasing two teams who drop more points.

 

In the last 6 games we have gained 5pts on City. Repeat that (and beating them will help) and Spurs have a blip (CL distraction) and we will be 3pts behind with 2 games left. Win those two and who knows? They still have to play each other as well.

 

I was thinking this last night - Chelsea are suddenly considered as possible title contenders again yet we are closer to fourth than they are to 1st and we are "outsiders". Put like that it's but as you say, we need two teams to slip up. Oh, and so do Chelsea.....unless it's being considered as a given at this point that Arsenal will f*** up

[Chili Palmer]

I don't think we can do it, but the run in has more significance for next season. Show Nesv that Kenny is the man and show Pepe that we have a strong future.

[Woodsyla]

to stand any chance we need 20+ points from the remaining fixtures (ideally the full 24 available). even then it's a slim possibility.

 

edit - just looked at the fixtures, I can only see City dropping points against us and Spurs. 16 points from them fixtures (2 points a game) takes them to 69, which is the most we can get. we will more than likely drop points somewhere so 4th is too long gone. 5th is very possible with the fixtures Spurs have. let's hope they have an end of season burn-out!

You can't see City dropping pts away at Bolton or Everton? I can see City dropping loads of points. They dropped 10pts in their last 6 fixtures by the way yet you can only see them dropping 6 in 8 games?

 

I was thinking this last night - Chelsea are suddenly considered as possible title contenders again yet we are closer to fourth than they are to 1st and we are "outsiders". Put like that it's but as you say, we need two teams to slip up. Oh, and so do Chelsea.....unless it's being considered as a given at this point that Arsenal will f*** up

Arsenal have already gone, I wouldn't trust them to finish 4th (sorry wrong thread)

 

I don't think we can do it, but the run in has more significance for next season. Show Nesv that Kenny is the man and show Pepe that we have a strong future.

City are in a shocking run of form and we are playing them before their biggest game of the season. One eye on next week doesn't begin to describe it. I think City could easily blow it. Spurs is trickier, however they have two massive games against Real, they have to come to us, they have to play Arsenal and still have to go to City and Chelsea. If they can get past Madrid they could be undone by the sheer volume of fixtures.

 

We are outsiders but we are not pissing in the wind even if we lose to Arsenal. I think 19pts and a win against both City and Spurs would be enough. to put it in context, we got 19 in our last 8 games and if we beat West Brom away next week we will have achieved the mythical 7 of 9 that was mentioned last year.

[goose island]

You can't see City dropping pts away at Bolton or Everton? I can see City dropping loads of points. They dropped 10pts in their last 6 fixtures by the way yet you can only see them dropping 6 in 8 games?

 

not at Bolton, but possibly at Everton given their recent record against them is atrocious. haven't Everton got a number of players out for the season now though (Cahill, Arteta & Fellaini - I could be wrong about this)? Everton have also be really inconsistent at home this season.

 

we've also got to beat City at home first for this to mean anything.

Edited March 21, 2011 by iwam russell

[Jarg Armani]

Henry left it too late.

 

Maddening isn't it.

[Chili Palmer]

Maddening isn't it.

 

I don't think we can blame them, they are not only new to the premier league, they are new to football altogether. You have got to blame those who were advising them.

[Woodsyla]

not at Bolton, but possibly at Everton given their recent record against them is atrocious. haven't Everton got a number of players out for the season now though (Cahill, Arteta & Fellaini - I could be wrong about this)? Everton have also be really inconsistent at home this season.

 

we've also got to beat City at home first for this to mean anything.

We have to beat both City and Spurs for this to mean anythign but I'd back us to beat anyone at home or away at the moment. City's recent results suggest they are far more capable of dropping points than you give them credit for.

 

Chelsea 2-0 Man City

Man City 1-0 Wigan

Man City 1-1 Fulham

Man Utd 2-1 Man City

Man City 3-0 West Brom

Birmingham 2-2 Man City

Aston Villa 1-0 Man City

[fred milne]

We have to beat both City and Spurs for this to mean anythign but I'd back us to beat anyone at home or away at the moment.

apart from Wigan and West Ham of course.

[Stupid Sexy Flanders]

apart from Wigan and West Ham of course.

 

And just about beat Fulham. We're playing better but not great or consistent.

[Sion]

We'd have to win all 8 games. Come back to this thread if we've won the first 5.

[Frosty Jack]

There's always the possibility of a City Meltdown too, it'll become increasingly obvious that Mancini will be out the door. Much more likely they'll fall apart than Spurs in my opinion

Edited March 21, 2011 by Wyndham Lewis

[David Hodgson]

Too few games for us to get 4th. Outside chance of 5th - that's all I reckon.

 

 

It's kind of 'in our hands' though. City lead us by 8 points and Spurs by about (effectively) 6 points. If we can beat both, and they both draw with each other, things look interesting. The gap over those two sets of games falls to 3 and 1 point respectively, with 7 games left to close. It's a big ask, but I felt if things went for us yesterday it was sort of 'on' again.

 

Odds remain that we'll get 6th, but with just 9 games less a decent run would do it now.

Edited March 21, 2011 by David Hodgson

[Woodsyla]

apart from Wigan and West Ham of course.

We can afford two blips in 8 games in my view. If we beat Arsenal away we can afford to lose to someone else (as long as it's not City and Spuds). I'm not saying we will do it I'm saying we are in the race not just for 5th but for 4th.

[Gilps]

We've been doing really well under Kenny to be averaging 2 points a game, given the squad we've got available. Don't see much chance of us improving on that over the remaing 8 games, which we'd need to.

[crisps]

If only Roy would have been sacked in October when realistically he should...

 

...although yes, he shouldn't have ever had it

Edited March 21, 2011 by crisps

[Rimbeux]

not at Bolton, but possibly at Everton given their recent record against them is atrocious. haven't Everton got a number of players out for the season now though (Cahill, Arteta & Fellaini - I could be wrong about this)? Everton have also be really inconsistent at home this season.

 

we've also got to beat City at home first for this to mean anything.

 

 

I think City might be running low on motivation and goals in the run in. A few looking elsewhere and past the manager perhaps, they've certainly picked a bad time to go off the boil, and the way they set up isn't really made for killing games early or easily.