Pamplemousse Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 As it stands, a total of 8 clubs can finish in 8th position Here are each team's remaining games West Bromwich Albion 45 points Chelsea (H) - 12/05 Man City (A) - 16/05 Swansea (A) - 21/05 Leicester City 43 points Man City (A) - 13/05 Tottenham (H) - 18/05 Bournemouth (H) - 21/05 Southampton 42 points Arsenal (H) - 10/05 Middlesbrough (A) - 13/05 Man Utd (H) - 17/05 Stoke (H) - 21/05 Bournemouth 42 points Burnley (H) - 13/05 Leicester (A) - 21/05 West Ham United 42 points Liverpool (H) - 14/05 Burnley (A) - 21/05 Stoke City 41 points Arsenal (H) - 13/05 Southampton (A) - 21/05 Burnley 40 points Bournemouth (A) - 13/05 West Ham (H) - 21/05 Watford 40 points Everton (A) - 12/05 Chelsea (A) - 15/05 Man City (H) - 21/05 --------------------------------- West Brom and Leicester above us have some nasty games. I can't see West Brom picking up anymore points in all honesty, especially if Swansea on the final day still need points to guarantee safety. Leicester are in good form but have some tough matches - against Bournemouth you'd expect them to win. I included Watford because mathematically they could reach 8th but looking at those fixtures, probably not! Personally, I think two wins will be enough for us to claim 8th. This is my prediction Southampton - 48 points Leicester - 46 points West Brom - 45 points Bournemouth - 45 points West Ham - 43 points Stoke - 41 points Burnley - 41 points Watford - 40 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Who gives a **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjb7223 Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Who gives a **** 8th gets Europa League if Manu wins the Europa League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 8th gets Europa League if Manu wins the Europa League. Unfortunately not. The Premier League gets an extra Champions League spot and one less Europa League spot in the case that someone outside the top four wins the Europa League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Unfortunately not. The Premier League gets an extra Champions League spot and one less Europa League spot in the case that someone outside the top four wins the Europa League. Are you sure? Maybe we need a thread explaining the permutations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Who gives a **** I actually appreciated the layout and interesting to see others games are relatively tough. Isn't each position like £3million now or put another way £150 off the price of 20,000 season tickets? I dream on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 As it stands, a total of 8 clubs can finish in 8th position Here are each team's remaining games West Bromwich Albion 45 points Chelsea (H) - 12/05 Man City (A) - 16/05 Swansea (A) - 21/05 Leicester City 43 points Man City (A) - 13/05 Tottenham (H) - 18/05 Bournemouth (H) - 21/05 Southampton 42 points Arsenal (H) - 10/05 Middlesbrough (A) - 13/05 Man Utd (H) - 17/05 Stoke (H) - 21/05 Bournemouth 42 points Burnley (H) - 13/05 Leicester (A) - 21/05 West Ham United 42 points Liverpool (H) - 14/05 Burnley (A) - 21/05 Stoke City 41 points Arsenal (H) - 13/05 Southampton (A) - 21/05 Burnley 40 points Bournemouth (A) - 13/05 West Ham (H) - 21/05 Watford 40 points Everton (A) - 12/05 Chelsea (A) - 15/05 Man City (H) - 21/05 --------------------------------- West Brom and Leicester above us have some nasty games. I can't see West Brom picking up anymore points in all honesty, especially if Swansea on the final day still need points to guarantee safety. Leicester are in good form but have some tough matches - against Bournemouth you'd expect them to win. I included Watford because mathematically they could reach 8th but looking at those fixtures, probably not! Personally, I think two wins will be enough for us to claim 8th. This is my prediction Southampton - 48 points Leicester - 46 points West Brom - 45 points Bournemouth - 45 points West Ham - 43 points Stoke - 41 points Burnley - 41 points Watford - 40 points what does the trophy look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 As it stands, a total of 8 clubs can finish in 8th position Here are each team's remaining games West Bromwich Albion 45 points Chelsea (H) - 12/05 Man City (A) - 16/05 Swansea (A) - 21/05 Leicester City 43 points Man City (A) - 13/05 Tottenham (H) - 18/05 Bournemouth (H) - 21/05 Southampton 42 points Arsenal (H) - 10/05 Middlesbrough (A) - 13/05 Man Utd (H) - 17/05 Stoke (H) - 21/05 Bournemouth 42 points Burnley (H) - 13/05 Leicester (A) - 21/05 West Ham United 42 points Liverpool (H) - 14/05 Burnley (A) - 21/05 Stoke City 41 points Arsenal (H) - 13/05 Southampton (A) - 21/05 Burnley 40 points Bournemouth (A) - 13/05 West Ham (H) - 21/05 Watford 40 points Everton (A) - 12/05 Chelsea (A) - 15/05 Man City (H) - 21/05 --------------------------------- West Brom and Leicester above us have some nasty games. I can't see West Brom picking up anymore points in all honesty, especially if Swansea on the final day still need points to guarantee safety. Leicester are in good form but have some tough matches - against Bournemouth you'd expect them to win. I included Watford because mathematically they could reach 8th but looking at those fixtures, probably not! Personally, I think two wins will be enough for us to claim 8th. This is my prediction Southampton - 48 points Leicester - 46 points West Brom - 45 points Bournemouth - 45 points West Ham - 43 points Stoke - 41 points Burnley - 41 points Watford - 40 points do we not get extra points for our 'net spend' efforts? also, if we get 8th, will there be a party on the common or even a open top bus parade? exciting times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 (edited) The "race" lol with 4 wins in our last 16 feels more like a limp? Anyway...... Be great to finish strongly, take some momentum into next season. A win over one of the big 6 will also remove a dark cloud and allow us to start afresh next season. With £2m more paid per extra league finish, finishing as high as possible would be v. good. Think we get a minimum £100m this year regardless, but every little helps... Edited 10 May, 2017 by Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 On those fixtures Puel will surely have massively under-achieved/lost the dressing room/over-rotated if we don't secure 8th? Back on planet earth it will be massively disappointing if we finish below West Ham. (West Ham to beat L'pool and Burnley and us to pick up less than 6 points is worth a cheeky fiver of someone else's money). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfield Saint Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 If (not unimaginable but may regret this tomorrow!) we won all 4 we could end up about 7 points behind Everton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suewhistle Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 also, if we get 8th, will there be a party on the common or even a open top bus parade? exciting times Yeah. On Southsea Common. That would be exciting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
There when Franny scored Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 This thread title sums up everything that's wrong with the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 This thread title sums up everything that's wrong with the Premier League. Why? As with any leagues in the home straight of matches there are many teams that have nothing to play for in regards to titles, European qualifications or relegation. Perhaps having another European competition and say six relegation places there would be something to play for besides teams trying to get to the highest position possible for each set of league matches. Unfortunately that isn't the case so we are left with the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
There when Franny scored Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Why? As with any leagues in the home straight of matches there are many teams that have nothing to play for in regards to titles, European qualifications or relegation. Perhaps having another European competition and say six relegation places there would be something to play for besides teams trying to get to the highest position possible for each set of league matches. Unfortunately that isn't the case so we are left with the latter. Point taken, my response was a little obtuse and poorly-justified. What I meant was that we were only ever playing for 8th or at a stretch 7th this season (as were most of the teams in the league). This will be the case in virtually every season for the foreseeable future. Last season was a very rare exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret Site Agent Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 The "race" lol with 4 wins in our last 16 feels more like a limp? Anyway...... Be great to finish strongly, take some momentum into next season. A win over one of the big 6 will also remove a dark cloud and allow us to start afresh next season. With £2m more paid per extra league finish, finishing as high as possible would be v. good. Think we get a minimum £100m this year regardless, but every little helps... Wow, I actually agree with Glasgow here. He's being very positive lately, have you been visited by 3 ghosts me old mate? Back to the post, well I think we should at least try and finish a bit stronger than we have lately, but it seems we may perhaps be on the proverbial beach already. Someone should say that they wont get sold to Liverpool if they finish so poorly:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 10 May, 2017 Author Share Posted 10 May, 2017 The thread title was tongue in cheek, I was just trying to add some drama into the last remaining fixtures But, it is important from a financial point of view to finish as high as possible. And 8th would also match where Pochettino ended up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Just think where we could have been if we had a manager who knew what he was doing and inspired the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Point taken, my response was a little obtuse and poorly-justified. What I meant was that we were only ever playing for 8th or at a stretch 7th this season (as were most of the teams in the league). This will be the case in virtually every season for the foreseeable future. Last season was a very rare exception. And that was mainly due to some of the big clubs arsing about. All the club can do is prepare a squad to be able to take advantage. This season has been difficult with European games, injuries to essential players but hopefully now the club understands what is necessary and can plan better for it for next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingeletiss Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Just think where we could have been if we had a manager who knew what he was doing and inspired the players. �� Or our top striker at the time, and our top CH hadn't got injured, don't put it all on Puel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjosaint Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 Or our top striker at the time, and our top CH hadn't got injured, don't put it all on Puel! That's right they were all injured in the beer sheeva home game, oh hang on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 10 May, 2017 Author Share Posted 10 May, 2017 I'm still maintaining that two wins will be enough for us to get 8th. Where we get them from is another matter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 10 May, 2017 Share Posted 10 May, 2017 9th or 10th I reckon. The middle of the league this year has been ****ing garbage. The gap to the 'rest' is way too big, a lot of clubs will be trying to rectify that over the summer I'm sure. A clever transfer window by one of the 'middle pack' and they could potentially drive away from the rest..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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