21 Mar 2023 07:21:18
I don't understand why everyone is so convinced that we will not be playing Chapions League next season.

12 matches to go, 7 behind Spurs with 2 in hand, and 5 behind Newcastle.

This isn't the place to come if you need a bit of a morale boost.

1.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 07:44:40
I don’t understand why people think we’ll struggle to sign players if we don’t make it.
We’ve made 3 finals in 5 years, and Chelsea seem to sign players quite easily.
No panic ?.

2.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 08:33:57
It’s still doable but it means finding some half decent form. That’s the bit so many struggle with after many false dawns and failed resets so far this season.

3.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 08:37:24
Top 4 certainly isn’t off the table but the players will need to buck their ideas up if they want to achieve it.

No one knows how many points will be needed to get top 4 but over the last 5 seasons it indicates we need another 26-30 points to get there and there’s only 36 points to play for.

Our next 9 points will be extremely hard to get and could very well be make or break.

4.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 08:43:49
Tristan, your comment is valid if you look at things on a macro level. Now when we dg into the weeds, you cannot really blame people who think that. We are so inconsistent and it is not even cos we are crap for real. IMO, it is cos we are playing a set of tactics for big teams and another for lesser teams. Vs big teams, we play the Klopp way and get good results. Vs lesser teams, we deliberately do NOT press, reactive, move the ball slowly, play with NO intensity and I can keep going. These tactics do NOT suit this team and we all know it. We did this to ourselves, IMO.

What is more annoying is that this is by choice and it is killing any type of attempt at consistency hence for every City, Newcastle or even a Utd battering, there is a Forest, Leeds, Wolves and Bmouth waiting to be had. Personally, I have no opinion on this and we will get what we deserve and we will all get over it. Just my take.

5.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 09:12:56
Who is struggling with that, Pelican? Has anyone said that we don't need to improve on how we've played this season?
We all know we've been shyte but some have a different-and less hysterical- way of expressing it.

6.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 09:17:27
We will not be in champs league and what’s worse is that between us and Tottenham we have put Newcastle in pole position. If they get 4th and United takeover gets complete we will really struggle again next year unless we actually do have enough money to buy 3/ 4 quality players.

7.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 09:41:21
Are Newcastle a big team now?

We’ve only beaten City, Utd and Napoli this season in 3 games as big teams.

If we’re going to count Newcastle as they are competing for top 4 then I guess we can throw in Brighton, Brentford and Fulham as they are just as close to us and we didn’t beat them either.

So technically we’ve lost more big games than we’ve won.

8.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 09:42:21
Rigsby - congrats, your “I’m less hysterical” medal is in the post.

9.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 10:14:22
Newcastle have tons of cash @JK and they need a project to sell. Adding CL in their kitty becomes attractive to players. They can blow most teams from the race on money. Newcastle are scouting a host of top end players now!

10.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 10:16:10
Tristan, it’s just being realistic and accepting where we are and what our limitations are, we are incapable of stringing more than two wins together without dropping points stupidly, that is a fact. We’ve lost games against teams in the bottom three more times than we should do, those are the games we need to be winning. We’re too inconsistent and we’re too weak mentally and physically. Our chances are slim at best. As for struggling to buy players, we worked on a very limited budget when we were in the champions league, those purse strings aren’t getting looser when we’re out. It’ll be sell to buy as always, with a much lower additional budget. That’s the message being put out in the more reputable corners of the press. So yes there’ll be money to spend, but not very much.

Unless we can put a run or wins together Champions League is not happening, I think our next three games are City, Spurs and Chelsea. So it’s not getting any easier.

11.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 10:45:53
Capitol I get that mate. Newcastle have the potential to be a big club and most likely will be and challenging in the next few seasons but for me if we add them to the we beat a big club list this season because we are competing against them then Brighton, Brentford and Fulham could arguably be in there as well.

12.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 10:50:15
Awk aye op, it's doable alright. Let's face it Arsenal and City should be the top 2. Man Utd you'd think will get there, unless the wheels come off, few things going their way atm, case in point the Fulham match - crazy, crazy scenes and Fulham were the better team too until that madness - will their run continue? Who knows, certainly more solid this season so I think they'll make top 4 ok

Then you have Spurs, who look like they're doing a Spurs and their mgr has publicly called them all out for doing a Spurs. Talk he's going to leave this week so the implosion could well cost them top 4

Imo it is Newcastle we are in direct competition with. They've been playing well this season and have a good 'project' there

Definitely doable though, need to address our own flittering form though, we go on a good run though and it's definitely doable lads - we'll see how we get through the next telling couple of weeks though.

13.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 11:06:21
this is probably the least optimistic i've been about finishing top 4. the first three matches in April will determine that in my opinion. if we get 9 points off of City, Chelsea and Arsenal, I'll like our chances, but I don't see that happening unfortunately. hope i'm wrong.

14.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 12:29:33
Has the novelty of just being in it not worn of for any of you? I don’t think this team can win it without 2 summers work done. Chelsea United are out of it every other year and bring players in Arsenal haven’t been in it in years and bring players in.

15.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 13:48:19
5 more games at home and 6 more away. I'd say its all hinging on the next two (both away) to city and chelsea. We are fairly solid at home but away is a didferent story this year. Fingers crossed.

16.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 14:21:11
We've brought players in, Oney.
What makes you think we haven't?
And where's the novelty of just being in the CL? We've been in it for years and made the final three times under the current leadership.

17.) 21 Mar 2023
21 Mar 2023 21:56:32
We got battered by RM In arguably our biggest game of the season. Are they somehow not a big team?

18.) 22 Mar 2023
22 Mar 2023 15:30:23
Mark, we are talking about the PL and our chances of getting top 4. Beating RM would not have done diddly squat for our push to getting top 4. Try to keep up. Peace and Love.