We haven't had one of these threads in a while..... Far easier run than what we have been on, can we take advantage? Fulham (a) - W Stoke (h) - D Hull City (a) - W West Ham (a) - D Liverpool (h) - L Crystal Palace (a) - W Norwich City (h) - W I'm going for 14 points, taking us to 46 pts and in the direction of almost certain mid-table, err, sort of glory.
I'd agree, less than 4 wins would be a real disappointment. I really, really want to beat West Ham, but I think we'll cock it up.
If we're to seal a spot in the top nine and push to overtake Newcastle, we'll need a minimum of 12 from that stretch, but yeah...14-17 would be nicer.
Fulham (a) - D Stoke (h) - D Hull City (a) - W West Ham (a) - D Liverpool (h) - D Crystal Palace (a) - W Norwich City (h) - W 13 points.
Be interesting to see if losing Cabaye stalls their progress, he was without doubt the engine. Their next three games are very tough, Sunderland, Chelsea and Tottenham, I reckon they'll only get 1 point from those.
I was saying to FLT at the game the other night that the fact we have nothing to lose in the run in could make us really dangerous, Arsenal looked a bit scared of losing, we looked like we didn't give a **** (but not in a bad way). We'll see, but not having to look over your shoulder, or ahead must be quite liberating, and I don't think our team is the type to become demotivated by it.
I'm not as worried as I was after the other night, Fonte was quality and Yoshida really wasn't bad, he'll get better with a run of games.
He should be back for West Ham & Liverpool, so I'd say we could get 5 wins and a couple of draws, so 17 points.
Nice run of games full of possibilities. Don't like the fact that Villa are now only 5 points behind us...ninth is ours! Please, Saints....can we just win the games against lower sides...too many draws. Going for 14 points: wins against Fulham, Hull, Norwich and Palace; draws against West Ham and Stoke, and a loss against Liverpool (because I don't want to seem overconfident).
With so many teams involved I suspect the point score to stay up will be relatively low...GD all important. Relegation battle will be such fun this year.
Hoping we will start winning again...I don't think our form has dropped much, but we aren't getting the points we deserve. I think we are good enough to be 1-2 places higher. However, those above us deserve to be there as well, so not expecting to get higher than 8-9th.
