WBA Post match chunter

[Shaggy]

i think what im disappointed with the most is that if we would have beaten west brom yesterday that would have put us out of man u's reach for fourth.

realistically they are our biggest rivals for that spot and being 9 points ahead with 14 games to go is a big gap to make up. even for utd.

Absolutely. It is/was gutting. But look it like this...we are 8 ahead of them in essence. 7 points clear and a goal difference that is impossible for them to overhaul. So they need 8 to get ahead of us.

[souliv]

It really was a bad loss because we have to get a result against Arsenal whereas if we had 3 points from WBA game would be less pressure

Need to refocus and ensure the mistakes from the last game against Arsenal are not repeated , allow the front 3 to push Arsenal onto the backfoot.

[el matador]

Absolutely. It is/was gutting. But look it like this...we are 8 ahead of them in essence. 7 points clear and a goal difference that is impossible for them to overhaul. So they need 8 to get ahead of us.

like you say our goal difference is worth a point but you cant write off united. we just need to keep winning our games and see what happens and would have put us within a point of 3rd.

but a win yesterday all but writes off united chances of top 4 imo.

[Exiled_red]

Absolutely. It is/was gutting. But look it like this...we are 8 ahead of them in essence. 7 points clear and a goal difference that is impossible for them to overhaul. So they need 8 to get ahead of us.

That sounds like a large points turn around, but we still have to play them at their place though, it only takes one mistake, or a ****ty refereeing decision, (we've had plenty of them over the years) and that 7 (or effectively 8) point difference is down to 4 (or 5) in the other 13 games which is very do-able.

[meffin]

Absolutely. It is/was gutting. But look it like this...we are 8 ahead of them in essence. 7 points clear and a goal difference that is impossible for them to overhaul. So they need 8 to get ahead of us.

Don't think it's UTD we need to worry about- it's Everton for me, they just don't drop enough points.

[Fosterbloke]

WBA Post match chunter

Let's hope Man U don't beat arsenal again!

[Exiled_red]

Don't think it's UTD we need to worry about- it's Everton for me, they just don't drop enough points.

Everton are certainly our main rivals at the moment as they are closest to us, but I do worry that Man Utd will improve, I don't think they can remain this bad all season, and with Rooney, van Persie and Mata all available they should be more capable of picking up points than they were before.

[PTP]

Don't think it's UTD we need to worry about- it's Everton for me, they just don't drop enough points.

i know it's impossible to predict in this league - but i'd say they have

6 bankers for 3 points.
Palace home
Swansea home
West Ham home
Cardiff Home
Fulham Away
Hull Away

Plus 5 tough games -
Spurs away
Chelsea away
Arsenal Home
United Home
City away

and 3 i'm not sure about
Newcastle Away
Sunderland Away
Southampton Away

i reckon for no other reason than being bored - they will get 25 points from that lot. Thats being over worried, expecting them to somehow continue playing well

70 points -

i said a while ago looking at our fixtures etc - that if we can get anything over 70 points we'll be in top 4 -

i'd say for us, another 23 points minimum should be secured from our remaining games, but we are going to have dig deep and get a couple of 'big ones' against some of the top sides.....and we need to try and stop dropping ****ty silly points

it would just be typical liverpool to go and beat arsenal and then lose to fulham etc

[Shaggy]

Plus 5 tough games -
Spurs away

United have played Spurs home and away already.

[PTP]

i was talking about everton

[~LFCHistory~]

In hindsight it was obvious we were going to drop points - Spirits are raised after the Derby win making the players and supporters overconfident, an injury ravaged back 4, United losing and Spurs dropping points puts pressure on us plus our record at the Hawthorns is terrible.

[Shaggy]

i was talking about everton

[souliv]

Very valid points

http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2014/02/the-turning-of-the-screw/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=the-turning-of-the-screw

[Pablo]

Very valid points
http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2014/0...g-of-the-screw

Good read that. I went to Junior school with him. In fact I went on a camping holiday with him and his family once

[Rigadon]

The Toure gif is very funny However, can't just blame him for yesterday's dropped points. Too many players had an off-day.

Truth is - four dropped points against Villa and WBA is not top four form. We need to get our act together, quickly.