The Final 8

Fortuneseeker

Drew at home to Manchester United 2-2 & beat CFC @ home and Tottenham away both 2-0.

yoyo

Citeh make 9 changes and Chelsea 5. Difficult to see how this is going to go. Praying Citeh do it

EXETERHAMMER

For me 67 or 68 points would be outstanding.
I think 68 could be enough for CL.

steve

You just know it will end up being Man city,Man utd,Chelsea,Liverpool Top 4 ,Makes you sick really .

Hammerwombat

Nah, with a bit of luck we could be sick in their handbags. Just for the hell of it. 🥰

Fortuneseeker

Wouldn’t it be great just for a change if one team other than one of the “greedy six” could finish in the top 4?

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

Not many managers have achieved that in the Premier League era.

Claudio Ranieri and some bloke called David Moyes.

OldCastleSwift

steve said:

You just know it will end up being Man city,Man utd,Chelsea,Liverpool Top 4 ,Makes you sick really .

I don't think there's much doubt that this is what the PL, FA and UEFA would prefer. Leicester and West Ham in 3rd and 4th wouldn't be as lucrative.

yoyo

3 wins out of 3 and we're at least 6th. Would have seemed unbelievable at the start of the season

IronHerb

OldCastleSwift said:

steve said:

You just know it will end up being Man city,Man utd,Chelsea,Liverpool Top 4 ,Makes you sick really .

I don't think there's much doubt that this is what the PL, FA and UEFA would prefer. Leicester and West Ham in 3rd and 4th wouldn't be as lucrative.

I disagree. This is what all the recent fuss has been about with the ESL. I think the powers that be, or at least the English ones, would love to see us and Leicester in the CL.

yoyo

It looks unlikely we'll get there now. I'm hoping Leicester hold off a Liverpool surge

Fortuneseeker

Hopefully Leicester win on Tuesday & then United put their big guns out v Liverpool.

alderz

I think Man Utd will be thinking that until it’s over it’s not over, and they will want to win both matches this week so they can hope to chase down City.

OldCastleSwift

IronHerb said:

OldCastleSwift said:

steve said:

You just know it will end up being Man city,Man utd,Chelsea,Liverpool Top 4 ,Makes you sick really .

I don't think there's much doubt that this is what the PL, FA and UEFA would prefer. Leicester and West Ham in 3rd and 4th wouldn't be as lucrative.

I disagree. This is what all the recent fuss has been about with the ESL. I think the powers that be, or at least the English ones, would love to see us and Leicester in the CL.

I'm not convinced. Money will always trump sentiment for those running the game, including in this country, IMO.

Yeoldhammer

West Ham

Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion v West Ham United
West Ham United v Southampton

Leicester City (Also in the FA Cup Final)

Manchester United v Leicester City
Chelsea v Leicester City
Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur

Chelsea (Also in the Champions League Final and FA Cup Final)

Chelsea v Arsenal
Chelsea v Leicester City
Aston Villa v Chelsea

Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa
Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur

Liverpool

Manchester United vs Liverpool
West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool
Burnley v Liverpool
Liverpool v Crystal Palace

Everton

Aston Villa v Everton
Everton v Sheffield United
Everton v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City v Everton

Yeoldhammer

Man City 80
Man Utd 70
Chelsea 64
Leicester 63
West Ham 58
Liverpool 57
Tottenham 56
Everton 55

Everton and Liverpool with a game in hand against Aston Villa and Man United respectively

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

7-9 points and I think we'll be top 6. 9 we definitely would.

Top four is likely gone with Leicester only needing 5 points, and even if they do drop then Liverpool more likely to catch them than us.

buffybegood

buffybegood said:

So, after tonight's game, I honestly think it's down to 2 from 3 (based on City and Man Utd finishing 1st and 2nd). I can see Leicester dropping out again; after last season they're going to be nervous, and they've got a tough final 3 fixtures. So, for me, it's 2 from us, Chelsea and Liverpool.

Liverpool have found some form, and I can see them dropping very few points from here on in; I think they'll finish 3rd, leaving us and Chelsea fighting for 4th. This obviously places huge importance on next week's game; if we beat Newcastle tomorrow and avoid defeat against Chelsea I might start to believe, but if we lose to Chelsea I fear it may be beyond us.

I wasn't too far off in the end, made this prediction on 16th April. Leicester bottled it, Liverpool finished 3rd, Chelsea beat us and pipped us to the last Champions League spot.

MrsGrey

Crooks team of the season. Man City, Man U, and one each of Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs.

IronHerb

You lost me at Crooks. 😊