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Something to aim for is 39 points from our last 13 games.
We could realistically win, lose or draw any of those gamesHAVE YOU SEEN APRIL?!?
It's going to be close. If we hit form we'll be hard to stop. But we are all just waiting to see if the highwater mark of the first ten games was simply the shock of the new or if its form we can regain. Honestly I don't know.According to a podcast geezer, for the last 11 PL season, 71 points will get you fourth place. We’re currently on 47, so need another 8 wins from the remaining 13 games, or 7 wins and at least 3 draws
Our remaining games are:
Palace (H)
Villa (A)
Fulham (A)
Luton (H)
West Ham (A)
Forest (H)
Newcastle (A)
City (H)
Arsenle (H)
Liverpool (A)
Burnley (H)
Sheffield (H)
Chelsea (A)
why u so negative ?
Confidence dented massively from the Fulham game, I think.
The drop off in performance from that Villa game to Fulham within one week was staggering. Almost felt like Tyson going into the Buster Douglas fight thinking we'd walk over them due to past results.
Since that game, our players have absolutely shat themselves at the sight of any opposing pressure. But tbh, it wasn't the recent fixtures and results that have cost us. It was the November/December period when we lost our key players (who were in form) and dropped points at home to Villa (when we should have won) and not hanging on against the likes of Wolves.
Villa have done all they could to hand us top four. Got a man sent off and lost to us at home. Then dropped points the following week. Threw away a 2 goal leads to both Brentford and Chelsea over the last month. Lost to Brighton...
If anything the pressure has got to them more than it's got to us. We just haven't been able to capitalise.
But so is the way of Tottenham. I've seen seasons like this for over 20 years now. Start seasons well, little blip in the middle, pick up form again only to end the season poorly. From Jol, to Redknapp, to AVB, to Poch to Conte.
Mentality is weak through the core of the club
Now that how we should be aiming.
100%. I have no idea WTF is going to happen in that month. We also have Liverpool away immediately after of course, but we're obviously going to lose that one. It's a tough run-in.
More than 10 years ago...
How to achieve 68 points?
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Dont let this be another one if those threads...
Too late.
The thread exists and 24 points in not going to be enough to get 4th.
We are 100% living in the matrix where everything repeats itself.
We'll probably just about get 5th. That'll be thanks to Newcastle having a poor start and united also being a shit show rather than us being brilliant. We'd get embarrassed in the champions league imo. Levy enic won't do what's required to get us to the level required to compete but they'll just be happy to get their 8 champions league games for their revenue.
Absolutely, Fulham was the key one. We produced genuinely commanding performance in a huge game away at Villa and we got massively complacent. The Fulham game was an enormous kick to the balls and caused total panic because we had mostly brutal fixtures left after that.
That’s the problem with our team and our club in general. They get complacent very quickly and when that complacency is punctured they immediately lose all confidence. Villa were there for the taking we didn’t have the courage to believe it.
Fulham are a really decent side and I can understand teams losing there, but for me it was the nature of the thumping which concerned me so much and which saw me lose even more faith in Ange.
I also have to say, people got far too carried away with the Villa win. It was never a 4 nil match. Yes we did play well, and we were clinical, but the scoreline hugely flattered us, Villa were well in the game until the sending off.
In my mind we haven't been that convincing in pretty much any game since Chelsea at home, I may be missing one or two but that is about it at most.
Yeah no shit, it’s not an exact science, but it’s something to aim for without worrying about what the other teams are doingEr, all that means is that if we get 71 points we would have got top 4 in the last 11 seasons. Not necessarily this one.
Indeed.Er, all that means is that if we get 71 points we would have got top 4 in the last 11 seasons. Not necessarily this one.
If Villa match our points tally over their remaining games, they'll finish at least 4th.
We won those ten games with a dysfunctional forward line thanks to the midfield and defence. We need the fullbacks back and the midfield to pull its finger out.
I’d change podcasts if I were you! That’s a bullshit stat!
Last 11 seasons….. was that in Scotland??
And even so 24 points in 8 games is essentially the PPG which has got us to 5th place. Which tells you it’s not quite good enough.
Chances are we will need more. Be interesting to see anyway.
24 points in 8 games is a PPG that'd seen us win the league mate. What are you on?
And the exact reason why that isn't happening
24 points in 8 games is a PPG that'd seen us win the league mate. What are you on?
And the exact reason why that isn't happening
Yeah no idea why I typed 8 - (well actually I know full well it was the reference to needing to win 8 games - clearly my maths game is strong!)
