The race for the Top 4 - RUNNERS UP, a game to spare

[mancity1]

Re: The race for the Top 4

We beat the rags we finish in the top 3. The rags have to go to Chelsea and they're unlikely to win there. It will be touch and go whether we can finish above Arsenal though. We're in appalling form but form goes out the window for a derby and if we win we will have the confidence to carry us to the top3. If we lose or draw we have a fight on our hands and we've been there and done it under pressure. We do NOT want to finish 4th. This thread should be about the top 3 - we don't want a qualifier during what should be pre-season.

The fact of returning from their holidays early to play that qualifier should be incentive enough. I can't imagine Merlin, Sergio, Zabba being too pleased considering they had the World Cup last year.

Then they had better get of their lazy arses in the next 7 games and win them all.

Zabba has had a poor season , Silva has been in effective in far too many games when defences press us with 10 behind the ball as he has little answer as to how to find the passes he once was producing in his sleep and Kun has gone to water since the the new year.

They had better learn that the days of passing through a 10 man defence are long gone in the premiership.

If they care about the club and the supporters they owe it us and themselves to start earning their salaries and help us seal a top three position.

Lose on Sunday and they might not have to worry about coming back early for anything but the Europa League.

 

[cleavers]

Re: The race for the Top 4

The fact of returning from their holidays early to play that qualifier should be incentive enough. I can't imagine Merlin, Sergio, Zabba being too pleased considering they had the World Cup last year.

The earliest we would have to play in the CL if we finished 4th is August 18th, and the PL starts on August 8th, so no early return from their holidays, they'll already be back. Also our Argentinians will be playing in Cop America this summer, this finishes on 4th July if they get to the final.

 

[mancyman]

Re: The race for the Top 4

just to worry people a bit more. apparantly the qualifying round for champs league goes off coifficient so arsenal who usually finish 4th get seeded and therefore get a lesser team than i think city would. we could get going off current positions lazio sporting club marseilles the 4th in spain or germany or yes you knew it csfucking ka moscow. 3rd is a must i think.

 

[tonea2003]

Re: The race for the Top 4

just to worry people a bit more. apparantly the qualifying round for champs league goes off coifficient so arsenal who usually finish 4th get seeded and therefore get a lesser team than i think city would. we could get going off current positions lazio sporting club marseilles the 4th in spain or germany or yes you knew it csfucking ka moscow. 3rd is a must i think.

going off this seasons we would be seeded so i think you need not not worry as it is likely to be similar teams.

the highest unseeded was bilbao with a coefficient of 54, we have one of 72 and if i read it right we are going up to 87

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[GaudinoMotors]

Re: The race for the Top 4

just to worry people a bit more. apparantly the qualifying round for champs league goes off coifficient so arsenal who usually finish 4th get seeded and therefore get a lesser team than i think city would. we could get going off current positions lazio sporting club marseilles the 4th in spain or germany or yes you knew it csfucking ka moscow. 3rd is a must i think.

going off this seasons we would be seeded so i think you need not not worry as it is likely to be similar teams.

the highest unseeded was bilbao with a coefficient of 54, we have one of 72 and if i read it right we are going up to 87

<a class="postlink" href="http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/trank2015.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uef ... k2015.html</a>

That's a bit more reassuring, although at the moment a team of part-time teachers and postmen from Lichtenstein would give us problems.

 

[BobKowalski]

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We need top 3. 4th has Champions League cock up written all over it. I wouldn't trust this lot to beat a girls U15 side when it comes to qualifying for the CL.

 

[ZZmaestro]

Re: The race for the Top 4

We need top 3. 4th has Champions League cock up written all over it. I wouldn't trust this lot to beat a girls U15 side when it comes to qualifying for the CL.

Then, how do you think they would do at the swamp ?
We have all the reasons to dread this end of season.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Re: The race for the Top 4

We need top 3. 4th has Champions League cock up written all over it. I wouldn't trust this lot to beat a girls U15 side when it comes to qualifying for the CL.

Then, how do you think they would do at the swamp ?
We have all the reasons to dread this end of season.

We've no reason to fear anything at the swamp. We are better than them and only our inept approach against park the bus sides has seen us waste the title this season. They won't be parking the bus and our boys won't have a problem finding their net as a result.

 

[cleavers]

Re: The race for the Top 4

They won't be parking the bus and our boys won't have a problem finding their net as a result.

I admire your confidence, but they've parked the bus against us a couple of times recently (without much success thankfully), so I wouldn't totally rule it out, and we're not so great against teams that bypass midfield either.

We'll score, but so will they, the important thing is who scores more. On the positive side, we must be due a bucket full of goals, the number of chances we've missed recently.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Re: The race for the Top 4

It should be "top 3" we're concentrating on anyway, fourth does not get you into the Champions League.

Thanks for pointing that out.