The battle for 4th place

[Father Paul]

I see us beating Newcastle.

Chelsea, Southampton and Arsenal are the ones we will struggle in, Particularly the last one. With Arsenal's fixtures, if they can beat West Ham then I don't think they are totally out of the picture for the title. It would be a long shot but I think other than us and West Ham, they will easily win the other 5 games. They could be coming to us with a chance I think although it is still Leicester's to lose. I cant see Spurs winning it with the games they have.

Cleary as you point out the degree of difficulty of the Arsenal game will depend on what they require. If they are out of the league but 4/5 points ahead of us I would fancy our chances. You would have to say we have a fairly difficult run in but it can be hard to predict. If Newcastle and Southampton lose their next couple of games they are likely to be easier fixtures then they might turn out to be otherwise. Think it will go down to the last day and we better hope we are ahead of the rags or arsenal given their fixtures.

 

[East Level 2]

I hope so but we haven't won 5 out of 8 all season!!!

You've forgotten August and September when we won six out of the first eight?

 

[BlueAnorak]

No 4th is very achievable now we have KDB and Nasri back. Cna't see us getting any higher mind.
Here are the run ins (other games included)...

CITY
06/04 PSG CL QF (A)
09/04 West Brom (H)
12/04 PSG CL QF (H)
16/04 Chelsea (A)
19/04 Newcastle (A)
24/04 Stoke (H)
01/05 Southampton (A)
07/05 Arsenal (H)
15/04 Swansea (A)

RAGS
10/04 Spurs (A)
13/04 Wet Sham FA Cup Replay (A)
16/04 Villa (H)
20/04 Palace (H)
FA Cup West Ham ...
01/05 Leicester (H)
07/05 Norwich (A)
10/05 West Ham (A)
15/05 Bournemouth (H)

WET SHAM
09/04 Arsenal (H)
13/04 Rags FA Cup Replay (H)
17/04 Leicester (A)
20/04 Watford (H)
30/04 West Brom (A)
07/05 Swansea (H)
10/05 Rags (H)
15/05 Stoke (A)

In Chronological Order...
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06/04 City - PSG CL QF (A)
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09/04 City - West Brom (H)
09/04 Wet Sham - Arsenal (H)
10/04 Rags - Spurs (A)
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12/04 City - PSG CL QF (H)
13/04 FA Cup Replay Rags - Wet Sham (A) / Wet Sham - Rags(H)
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Sat 16/04 City - Chelsea (A)
Sat 16/04 Rags - Villa (H)
Sun 17/04 Wet Sham - Leicester (A)
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Tue 19/04 City - Newcastle (A)
Wed 20/04 Rags - Palace (H)
Wed 20/04 Wet Sham - Watford (H)
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Sun 24/04 City - Stoke (H) {FA Cup Semis on 23&24/04 BTW}
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Sat 30/04 Wet Sham - West Brom (A)
Sun 01/05 City - Southampton (A)
Sun 01/05 Rags - Leicester (H)
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Sat 07/05 City - Arsenal (H)
Sat 07/05 Rags - Norwich (A)
Sat 07/05 Wet Sham - Swansea (H)
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Tue 10/05 Rags - West Ham (A) / Wet Sham - Rags (H)
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Sun 15/05 City - Swansea (A)
Sun 15/05 Rags - Bournemouth (H)
Sun 15/05 Wet Sham - Stoke (A)
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[goatersnipple]

I think we will get 4th place.
And for what it's worth we will beat PSG.
I'd take that.
Win a cup.
Get top 4 and semi in champs league

 

[117 M34]

I reckon we will finish 2nd.
Also think spurs will capitulate and finish 5th

 

[CC1]

You've forgotten August and September when we won six out of the first eight?

Cheered me up. It was so long ago I'd forgotten!! Come onnnnnn City

 

[rnblade]

We cannot afford to finish outside top 4. Unthinkable. But with PG coming alot of this team know they're gonna be shown the door. Hopefully they'll sort their shit out and show us a grand finish to the season with at least 5 wins!! Here's hoping.

 

[oz1975]

Consider this possible outcome :

Rags finish 4th
We finish 5th/6th

We win this years CL and deny rags their place

 

[bobmcfc]

I think we need to get them on those steroids.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

I think that, if the OC decides to employ tactics v PSG, we have a decent chance of knocking them out.

That could be the most dangerous thing as regards 4th place.

OC?