....a small one maybe:)
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The battle for 4th place
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uwe rosler 28
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10 points definitely sees us in top 4 top 3 with 12 points but I feel 8 points will see us reach top 4 the next 2 home matches are massive a win v stoke and Madrid will have confidence flying through the club! Also we need to have nasri/silva available for every game as our ball retention without them is just awful.
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That's absolutely nothing to do with fate.
Fate, destiny, luck, karma, the big joojoo man in the sky, a little fairy that pops a penny under your pillow if you've lost a tooth - none of that actually exists. None of them are real.
Attributing those things to events that have happened in the real world is pure barmy talk!
You said it yourself, we've done things the hard way. We've done some amazing things as a club, there have been some bizarre things happen and mad coincidences. But "fate" has never touched anything real.
You can't prove any of those things don't exist the same way I can't prove they do. Pointless.
IanBishopsHaircut
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So Stoke, Southampton, Arsenal & Swansea...Reckon we will be fine for top 4 from them fixtures
So Stoke, Southampton, Arsenal & Swansea...Reckon we will be fine for top 4 from them fixtures
You'd think so, wouldn't you. But if we play like we did at the Toon we'd lose all 4
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I agree with most of your post but not this. We were never going to be top 4 forever and we have to be able to cope and rebuild without the CL money. I'm not saying it will be a good thing but it won't be a "disaster". Leicester, Spurs and Liverpool have all been out of the CL this season and all are better than us. The challenge, whether we're in the CL or not, is to be a great deal better than we have been this season. If we are, and it would be a truly Cityesque cock-up if we aren't, we'll qualify next year or the year after and someone else will have this terminal angst from which our fans seem to suffer unduly.
Hahaha.... thanks for at least attempting to cheer me up. I really hope you are right, but I'm not as optimistic as you re our ability to resurrect ourselves.
Leicester, and to a lesser extent spurs, are exceptions to the rule, emerging from the ashes of a freakish season. Next season, we will not only have to contend with these two, but also a resurgent Liverpool who will buy players even more suited to Klopp's style, Rags who will go big again in the transfer market and may even have a decent manager in charge, Arsenal who will do an Arsenal and take up a top 4 spot, a re-invigorated Chelsea under Conte's guiding hand, and the likes of West Ham who will benefit greatly from their move to the Olympic Stadium. This is without the possibility of another 'Leicester' emerging next season!
The only bright light on the horizon is that Pep will be our manager, and he is without doubt one of the best in the business. However, as good as he is, he is no miracle worker, which is what I think we will need if we drop out of the top 4.
You'd think so, wouldn't you. But if we play like we did at the Toon we'd lose all 4
3 of them teams have nothing to play for thankfully.
Whereas United have Leicester going for League, West Ham for CL still and Norwich to stay up.
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Great post Yaya, and anyone who wants to see the financial implications of no top four this year should read Prestwich Blues excellent piece "we're in the money" . It makes alarming reading if no top four.
I can't see Liverpool dropping another point and that would take them to 69 points, we would therefore need 2 wins and 2 draws. We would then be reliant on Leicester and West Ham taking points off Utd. How have we got in this mess ??
Exactly. And to those who say being out of the top 4 hasn't effected Liverpool and United, well I agree to a certain extent. But the unpalatable truth is that those clubs have a fan base and media support like no others in England, and therefore any impact of dropping out of CL is always going to be much less than it would be for a club like ours.
IanBishopsHaircut
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3 of them teams have nothing to play for thankfully.
Whereas United have Leicester going for League, West Ham for CL still and Norwich to stay up.
Been on the stoke forum and their fans reckon the players hit the beach three weeks ago
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