Oh a league table standing is not determined by points? Interesting theory, tell us more.
We do not have to "outplay" those teams.
We have Woolwich, United and Leicester in our last 13 games. 3 games I would class as tricky. We should be favourites to win all the others.
Not sure if you understand how a league works but everyone plays each other, twice.
That means fixture order is important. I'm not going to go through the fixture lists of all our top 4 rivals but I'm sure based on what I've said above that it's one of the easiest run ins on paper.
As an example, Leicester still have to play:
- Man City
- West Ham
- Man United
- Chelsea
-Spurs
They are currently 3rd and 10 points ahead of us. But with that mounting injury list and tough run of fixtures don't be surprised to see them bottle Champions League qualification once again.
Couple that with the fact that we look like hitting some form and have almost everyone back from injury, things are looking good.
Yes the table is determined by points which is why if one of those teams have more than us it doesn't matter if we make up the 4 point difference on the team currently in 4th.
I understand how the table works which is why I am pointing out the reality of the situation not ignoring it to try and spin the chances we have at top 4 to look better.
The issue with catching Leicester is that to catch them we likely need them to drop points to the teams ahead of us. It is possible they lose to the lower teams on their schedule but unlikely so the most likely scenario if they drop below us is that they do so by losing to teams like Chelsea and WH and those teams replace Leicester in the top 4 ahead of us.