First 6 games of the MoN era. Blackburn (h), Spurs (a), QPR (a), Everton (h), Man City (h) & Wigan (a) = 13 points Next 6 Chelski (a), Swansea & Norwich (h), Stoke (a), Arsenal (h) & WBA (a) = ? I'm being realistic now not fantastical. I think we can beat Swansea and Norwich at home and draw with Arsenal (we have a decent record at home to the Gunners tbf) and a draw at WBA. We will more than likely lose to Chelsea and Stoke. So 8 points? Is that a reasonable ask?
I'm going for 12 points. A draw to Chelski, wins against Norwich, Swansea, a draw to Stoke, draw to the Arse, and a win against WBA. If you will it, the universe will deliver it.
Won't guess at how many points, but i wouldn't say these fixtures look any harder than the first six....If this run continues for some time, who knows..
not being greedy, i reckon 8 points from these, which would give us a healthy 32 points with 12 games left. i reckon we can get more if our electric form continues, but as i said, don't want to be greedy, i'm just happy we aren't talking about relegation any more...
Any less than 18 points and I will be highly disappointed and think that the manager should be looking closely at himself with a return of less than that........ Seriously - 8 or 9 points would be a good return - Swansea, Norwich and West Brom should be wins - possibly Stoke as well we should be looking to beat - Although it seems we trade wins with them in the Premier league - maybe O'Neill can change that! If we gain more than 9 points then that'll be a good return for me... If we gain 12+ then great
I had us down for 8 from the next six games too... any less and I'll be dissapointed. 12 would be a big ask IMO.
Looking at current form, only WBA are outside the top ten (14th place) Stoke and Arsenal are the next form teams (5th and 6th respectively) Norwich, Chelsea and Fulham fill the 8th to 10th spots. That looks a fairly tough prospect. However, Chelsea are indifferent at home. Expect a draw. Swansea don't travel well. Expect a win. Norwich have decent away form but will go for the win. Stoke are a bogey team. Expect nothing. Arsenal aren't great away from home. Expect a draw WBA out of form (relatively) and poor at home. Expect a win. 11 points should be possible if we can maintain this fantastic momentum. In reality, we may drop a couple so I'd be happy with 9.
Imagine though Syd if we replicated the first 6 and we got 13 points again, which would be 26 from 36 on offersince he came on board. We would be vitually safe before the March deby with 37 points, that after being strong relegation candidates a mere 12 games prior. Would MoN get Manager of the Season if this happened? Lol.
8 would be very nice and I would be very happy, I have a feeling we might get more though, we have some very good players and a manager who can get the best out of them, I personally think were a striker and defender away from being an extremely good side. We of course have to keep our best players too.
are you trying to say that we are all getting carried away? you're probably right, i personally, just want us to be safe as quick as possible, because im sick of these relegation battles, or being close to it. is a comfortable mid table finish, after all the money we have spent too much to ask for?
10 points is possible, I will still be happy with 8 given that Chelski, Arsenal and Stoke away are in there, not easy fixtures.
