Latest installment in the race for 3rd....

Dublin Spur

Wigan 1
Liverpool 0

larry1

Thanks Wigan!:D

tippspur

good result:)heading over for the Blackburn game on sat and we're still 4th:cool:

SuprSi

Thank you Wigan!! Great result and I think everyone except Liverpool fans wanted that scoreline!

tippspur

I see we have Chelsea,arsenal,and Man Utd 3 weeks in a row in April,that's going to be tough for us.

yiddo59

In Rafa we trust

SuprSi

tippspur wrote: »

I see we have Chelsea,arsenal,and Man Utd 3 weeks in a row in April,that's going to be tough for us.

I've always thought April would define our push for 4th. If we're up for the challenge, we should be getting points at home to both Arsenal & Cheslea. Realistically we'll need to win one if not both, considering we're also away to Utd which is a guaranteed loss, regardless of whether we play them at home or away!

April is when the team needs to stand up and be counted.

Bodie Doyle

SuprSi wrote: »

I've always thought April would define our push for 4th. If we're up for the challenge, we should be getting points at home to both Arsenal & Cheslea. Realistically we'll need to win one if not both, considering we're also away to Utd which is a guaranteed loss, regardless of whether we play them at home or away!

April is when the team needs to stand up and be counted.

Great result last night for Spurs. Liverpool have it all to do to make the Champions league next season. And lets face it they do not deserve it. They are a shadow of the team they were last year.

I agree with Tippspur and SuprSi that April will determine our season. But the fixture list could get even worse. If we beat Fulham in the cup replay then our game on April 10 will be moved (home to Ar$$nal)- it would now have to be played midweek. Also the Man City away fixture has let to be agreed on. I don't think they can play it next Wednesday as its too soon and the following Wed. is the cup replay. The week after that City have a game on Monday March 29th so the could not play again in midweek. Its looks like we may have to play City also in April and with a bit of luck an FA cup semi final.

Hopefully Hudd and Lennon will be back for (some of) those games.

So much to look forward to.

everdead.ie

We still have it all to do realistically we need to average two points a game from here on in to get fourth so we'll have to win two out of the city,arsenal,chelsea,utd matches hopefully we can take 6-9 points there which would leave us in a fantastic position but we have a tough enough run in with the likes of stoke still to play

everdead.ie

Oh ya I also just noticed we have the fourth best defense in the league, us spurs:eek:

ziedth

Great result for us,

I can see us doing well in April, I predict 5 or even 6 points from the 3 in a row but equally u can see us pissing it away after that.

mickman

everdead.ie wrote: »

Oh ya I also just noticed we have the fourth best defense in the league, us spurs:eek:

i also noticed this, usually we dont even finish up with a positive goal difference yet here we are with 50 goals scored and a mean defense. i think gomes and dawson are to thank for a lot of that by the way.

great result for us last night. villa are away to stoke and city away to sunderland. if they both dropped points and we won it would be good for us especially with all our injuries

ziedth

I can't see city dropping points there though!

I'm only afraid that beating fulham might actually distract us from this race to 4th.

galinka

tippspur wrote: »

good result:)heading over for the Blackburn game on sat :

Me too

everdead.ie

IF and thats a big if we got fourth place anyone else think it would be worth a cheeky bid for Torres;) obviously a bit more depth in midfield is a priority but a better player then crouch is needed up top someone who can put the ball in the net.

mickman

ha ha - you must be joking . torres will cost 50 milion + and we dont have that kind of money, nor would we be able to pay his wages. if he leaves it will be back to spain id say

everdead.ie

mickman wrote: »

ha ha - you must be joking . torres will cost 50 milion + and we dont have that kind of money, nor would we be able to pay his wages. if he leaves it will be back to spain id say

Ya tbh I doubt he'll come back to the premier league if he goes

unknown13

Great news but our game in hand is against Man City.

SuprSi

unknown13 wrote: »

Great news but our game in hand is against Man City.

The absolute definition of a 6 pointer!

Hatch99

All we can do is look after our own business, starting on Sat.

p.s. I get very worried whe I see who the ref is on Sat..............

galinka

Hatch99 wrote: »

All we can do is look after our own business, starting on Sat.

p.s. I get very worried whe I see who the ref is on Sat..............

doubt if the referee will be the problem - Blackburn are poor - more if we are up for it ala Everton.

Hatch99

galinka wrote: »

doubt if the referee will be the problem - Blackburn are poor - more if we are up for it ala Everton.

He has been a problem before, but hopefully a good positive performance will see us get 3pts.

mickman

saw this a few mins ago. dont know how true it is though

Hudd progressing really well, even a possibility he could make the weekend’s squad, will let you all know tomorrow.
Lennon is feeling positive, and is now healing well.
Woodgate still in America, has been away for nearly 2 months now.
Bentley back running, also could be in contention for the weekend.

tippspur

Good news if true.

everdead.ie

Very good if true Liverpool had a bad day at lille hopefully they can turn it around in the return leg and stay in europe as long as possible

el diablo

Good day today with us winning and Villa dropping points. I reckon Sunderland can get at least a point v Manc tomorrow. can't see the Poo dropping points v Pompey on Monday though.

ziedth

I dunno I reckon Portsmouth have one big result in them.

Sometimes dead teams like that pull one out of the bag, we might get lucky.

keane=cock

good news

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city one down a half time a sundeland!!!!

fingers crossed

SuprSi

Keep it up Sunderland! That'd be a great result for us.

keane=cock

SuprSi wrote: »

Keep it up Sunderland! That'd be a great result for us.

injury time equaliser:mad::mad:

SuprSi

Argh! At least they didn't win, and will only go 1 point ahead if they win their game in hand.

ziedth

Makes a big difference,

Well done to Sunderland.

Who is their GIH against?

RichMc70

Great results for us so far this weekend. Let's hope Pool slip up again tomorrow night to make it complete.

Fourth spot is still too early to call at this stage, other than it's a battle between 4 teams. Spurs, City, Pool and Villa.

The pundits keep saying that Spurs have the hardest run in out of the four but IMO, after looking at the other three teams remaining fixtures, I don't think that any side has strongger advantage than the other. I thinks its come down to a bit of luck and pure bottle on the part of the team that gets it.

It's gonna go to the wire and let's just hope we are in control of our own destiny come the 9th May.

COYS

larry1

ziedth wrote: »

Who is their GIH against?

Us

ruiseal

larry1temp wrote: »

Us

:D:D

everdead.ie

The other game in hand they have is against Everton at the city of manchester stadium

ziedth

Hmmm, I'd think everton could have anyone on their day.

Interesting time ahead, maybe someone could stick up the 4 teams remaining fixtures and we have a look?

I'd do it but I'm on the mobile site.

everdead.ie

Thanks to jesus_thats_great on the soccer forum

[B]        Tottenham        Man City        Liverpool        Aston Villa        Everton[/B]


[S]Sat 13/03 PL    Blackburn (h)                                Stoke (a)        Birmingham (a)
Sun 14/04 PL                Sunderland (a)
[/S]
Mon 15/03 PL                            Portsmouth (h) 
Tue 16/03 PL                                        Wigan (a)
Sat 20/03 PL    Stoke (a)                                Wolves (h)        Bolton (h) 
Sun 21/03 PL                Fulham (a)        Man Utd (a)    

Wed 24/04 PL                Everton (h)                    Sunderland (h)        Man City (a) 
Sat 27/03 PL    Portsmouth (h)                                Chelsea (a)        Wolves (a)
Sun 28/03 PL                            Sunderland (h)    

Mon 29/03 PL                Wigan (h) 
Sat 03/04 PL    Sunderland (a)        Burnley (a)         Birmingham (a)        Bolton (a)     
Sun 04/04 PL                                                    West Ham (h)

Sat 10/04 PL    Arsenal (h)                                Everton (h)        Aston Villa (a)
Sun 11/04 PL                Birmingham (h)         Fulham (h)

Sat 17/04 PL    Chelsea (h)        Man Utd (h)                                 Blackburn (a) 
Sun 18/04 PL                                        Portsmouth (a)

TBC       PL    Man City (a)        Tottenham (h)                    Hull (a)

Mon 19/04 PL                            West Ham (h)    
Sat 24/04 PL                Arsenal (a)         Burnley (a)                    Fulham (h)     
Sun 25/04 PL    Man Utd (a)                                Birmingham (h)

Sun 01/05 PL    Bolton (h)        Aston Villa (h)        Chelsea (h)         Man City (a)        Stoke (a)

Sun 09/05 PL    Burnley (a)        West Ham (a)         Hull (a)        Blackburn (h)         Pompey (h) 

ruiseal

everdead.ie wrote: »

Thanks to jesus_thats_great on the soccer forum

[B]        Tottenham        Man City        Liverpool        Aston Villa        Everton[/B]


[S]Sat 13/03 PL    Blackburn (h)                                Stoke (a)        Birmingham (a)
Sun 14/04 PL                Sunderland (a)
[/S]
Mon 15/03 PL                            Portsmouth (h) 
Tue 16/03 PL                                        Wigan (a)
Sat 20/03 PL    Stoke (a)                                Wolves (h)        Bolton (h) 
Sun 21/03 PL                Fulham (a)        Man Utd (a)    

Wed 24/04 PL                Everton (h)                    Sunderland (h)        Man City (a) 
Sat 27/03 PL    Portsmouth (h)                                Chelsea (a)        Wolves (a)
Sun 28/03 PL                            Sunderland (h)    

Mon 29/03 PL                Wigan (h) 
Sat 03/04 PL    Sunderland (a)        Burnley (a)         Birmingham (a)        Bolton (a)     
Sun 04/04 PL                                                    West Ham (h)

Sat 10/04 PL    Arsenal (h)                                Everton (h)        Aston Villa (a)
Sun 11/04 PL                Birmingham (h)         Fulham (h)

Sat 17/04 PL    Chelsea (a)        Man Utd (h)                                 Blackburn (a) 
Sun 18/04 PL                                        Portsmouth (a)

TBC       PL    Man City (a)        Tottenham (h)                    Hull (a)

Mon 19/04 PL                            West Ham (h)    
Sat 24/04 PL                Arsenal (a)         Burnley (a)                    Fulham (h)     
Sun 25/04 PL    Man Utd (a)                                Birmingham (h)

Sun 01/05 PL    Bolton (h)        Aston Villa (h)        Chelsea (h)         Man City (a)        Stoke (a)

Sun 09/05 PL    Burnley (a)        West Ham (a)         Hull (a)        Blackburn (h)         Pompey (h) 

Spurs have 3 home games and 6 away left (how did that happen?); City 6 home and 4 away; Lpool 5 home (4 of which are very winnable); Villa have the easiest run-in.
Trying to be as unbiased as possible, this is how I think it will finish up:

Final Table after 38 games:

Villa 66pts
Lpool 65 pts
Spurs 64pts
City 62pts

(That's giving Spurs 5 away draws - Stoke, Sunderland, Chelsea, City and Burnley - and a loss at Old Trafford. At home, 2 wins - Bolton and Portsmouth - and a draw - ar5ena1).

An away win or two instead of the draw would put us into 4th.

everdead.ie

chelsea's at home sorry forgot to correct that

ruiseal

everdead.ie wrote: »

chelsea's at home sorry forgot to correct that

Does that put us closer to 4th?;)

everdead.ie

ruiseal wrote: »

Does that put us closer to 4th?;)

if we beat them 1 0 again it does

mickman

no point in making these predictions people. we can beat anyone on our day even arsenal and chelsea especially having them at home. we could also get killed in all of them. its impossible to predict with any near certainty how the top 7 will finish. great battle for first to third and an even better one for fourth

tippspur

4-1win for Liverpool tonight,I really think that Portsmouth don't give a **** about the League now cos they know they are going to be relegated,They are putting all there efforts into the FA cup that's for sure and if we get past Fullham we're going to have it tough against them because they are really going to be up for it.

SuprSi

I know there's hardly any point, but based on the remaining fixtures this is how I see it panning out;

Man City : 50 + 18 = 71
Liverpool : 51 + 18 = 69
Villa : 46 + 17 = 66
Spurs : 52 + 13 = 65
Everton : 42 + 21 = 63

Naturally enough anything could happen, but we have the toughest run-in and I just feel the way the games have panned out that City will be battling Liverpool until the last day and we'll be out of the running by the end of April

ziedth

I'm afraid I have to agree,

Of course anyone really could hit the right fourm and get 4th but I think we will be out of it with3 or 4 games to go.

Still hell of a season IMO if we finished 6th and hopefully the FA cup.

SuprSi

Bad result for us, Villa nicking the 3 points away to Wigan. They've two home games coming up, Hull and Sunderland or something like that, so they'll be thinking 6 points from those. Big, big match this weekend for us, where most of the other challengers have dropped points.

slegs

To have any chance we have to win the next 3 and take at least 4 points out of the Chelsea/United/Arsenal games. Probably too much to ask but stranger things have happened.

Bodie Doyle

I just noticed on the offical Spurs site that the Man City game is now re scheduled for Wed May 5th 8:00 k/o. That would be our second last game of the season. 4th place playoff perhaps?

Hatch99

Bodie Doyle wrote: »

I just noticed on the offical Spurs site that the Man City game is now re scheduled for Wed May 5th 8:00 k/o. That would be our second last game of the season. 4th place playoff perhaps?

Id be well happy if we are going in to that game still with a chance of getting 4th.

ziedth

Villa are 2-1 down to wolves.

Could be good day for us