How many points will be needed to win the league? (74 GD)

[Coatigan]

The second places team can’t get 85+ which is why that option has been taken off the table.

edit, reading through it seems this point has been made and you all had a jolly nice chat about it.

That is pretty clear.

Why does the vote change though, why do people get to/need to change it throughout? Surely that defeats the purpose, as it basically writes itself.

I voted for 85+, i think, early on when we were like 9th. Obviously now, i was wrong, but does that then just automatically drop into the 80+ bracket?

Just curious.

 

[aguero93:20]

Our weakened side is probably something like this....

Ederson
Walker
Mendy
Laporte
Garcia
Fernandinho
Silva
Gundo
Foden
Torres
Aguero

That will still beat Everton.

Not if they follow instructions.

 

[SWP's back]

That is pretty clear.

Whilst you say that, one poster was confused and wanted to vote for 85+ yesterday.

 

[TravisBickle]

Our weakened side is probably something like this....

Ederson
Walker
Mendy
Laporte
Garcia
Fernandinho
Silva
Gundo
Foden
Torres
Aguero

That will still beat Everton.

If we make the Champions League final there is no way Ederson, Bernardo, Gundogan and Foden start that game imo

 

[lee one pen]

We would be risking a points deduction if we played a weakened team that scuppered the top four chances of the beloved rags and scousers.............................

Could mean we only win the league by 20 points!

Can we even put out a weak team? We can make 10 changes and still have a strong side out.

 

[johnnytapia]

Happily chuck the Everton game on the final day if it costs United or Liverpool top four ;)

I remember going to villa when they were 2nd to United circa 1995 and near the end of the season. Keith curle gave away a pen and a few blues cheered. Got put on their arses soon after. Similarly when Blackburn lost at Liverpool final game of season when neck and neck with United. Liverpool fans still cheered when they scored even though it could have helped United. Cheering for your own team just seems preternatural. I’d rather we beat Everton and fuck worrying who qualifies for what. Might be only game we get to see live too. Imagine that and we all boo if we win!!!

 

[Andy TheCatalyst Morrison]

Don’t really think ‘ the chips were down?’
Going back to the deafeat at Spurs it left us on 12 points and Spurs then top on 20 , but we still had a home game in hand( villa)
We was hardly ‘out of it !’
It was just that the media wanted to portray it that way ?

The saying "the chips were down" doesn't mean it's hopeless, it means there's not much margin for error. I'd say it's a pretty accurate description of where we were at that point.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

If we make the Champions League final there is no way Ederson, Bernardo, Gundogan and Foden start that game imo

Is the champions league final one week or two weeks after the season? If it’s two, they would play in the last game of the season to keep up match sharpness.

 

[flook]

think we probably have enough points already don't we? the rest are that fucking shite

 

[LucahArchie10]

27 points.

I don't see anyone below us getting more than 72 points, Chelsea will be 2nd, utd & Liecester make up the top 4 imo