2024/25 Season

[kingfunk]

I’d be pretty devastated if we don’t see it through now, expectations were top 4, but now especially with city out of the picture, to lose it would be unpalatable. We need to get back to the form we had at the beginning of the season. I think Saturday will tell us a lot against Brentford, if we struggle here we could be in big trouble.

[Sus]

I’d be pretty devastated if we don’t see it through now, expectations were top 4, but now especially with city out of the picture, to lose it would be unpalatable. We need to get back to the form we had at the beginning of the season. I think Saturday will tell us a lot against Brentford, if we struggle here we could be in big trouble.

It would be disappointing for sure, given the position we are in and the fact that City are in freefall this season

We only are two points better off than at the same point last season, actually, it just looks like no one this season looks capable of peeling off a run of 5-7 wins in a row to ease away from the pack

However, Arsenal really are on the edge here, despite their win last night. If we can just win the next 2-3 games, even if performances are still ropey, then I reckon there's a good chance they will drop points in this period (given their injuries and lack of ability to rotate), in which case it's almost over.

If we keep dropping points and keep them in the race, their fixtures turn from early Feb, by which time they will get some bodies back / new signings, and suddenly it's a dogfight in which they have momentum and we have arguably the hardest run in

[BigChief]

The biggest factor in our favour is that it's Arteta hunting us down and not Pep. If it was City 4 points behind then I would already be waving the white flag.

[Doc_Piptorious]

It would be disappointing for sure, given the position we are in and the fact that City are in freefall this season

We only are two points better off than at the same point last season, actually, it just looks like no one this season looks capable of peeling off a run of 5-7 wins in a row to ease away from the pack

However, Arsenal really are on the edge here, despite their win last night. If we can just win the next 2-3 games, even if performances are still ropey, then I reckon there's a good chance they will drop points in this period (given their injuries and lack of ability to rotate), in which case it's almost over.

If we keep dropping points and keep them in the race, their fixtures turn from early Feb, by which time they will get some bodies back / new signings, and suddenly it's a dogfight in which they have momentum and we have arguably the hardest run in

If we draw at the weekend then we will be on the exact same amount of points after 21 games as we were last season so we are holding pretty steady to be fair despite a new manager and a lot of injuries already this season


Last season after 21 games it was

Liverpool 48 points
Man City 46 points
Arsenal 43 points
Villa 43 points

And in 9th and 10th place

Chelsea 31 points
Newcastle 29 points



This season


Liverpool (20 games) 47 points
Arsenal (21 games) 43 points
Forest (21 games) 41 points
Newcastle (21 games) 38 points
Chelsea (21 games) 37 points
City (21 games) 35 points



So last season the team on top (was us again) has more or less the same points as at the same stage last season and the team in sixth place ( was West Ham last season) is on 35 points again. Slight dip in the point tallies per position but that is probably off set by the lower half of the top ten having taken more points that the teams in that position did last season.

Think a dog fight is on the cards no matter what, though our game in hand may well be a straw that breaks a few backs should we win it.

[DerKrampus]

No one, us included, looks capable of winning 10 in a row this season.

Newcastle have won 9 in a row and their next opponents are Bournemouth.

[Buzzo]

Hmm I’m not sure I fully agree with that. They looked sharp yesterday against an underpowered, naive Spurs side who gave them plenty of space and lots of errors

In other games they have looked incredibly laboured on the ball, with far less variety in terms of their passing than us or City for example. They seem to have a Plan A which is to work a team out of shape on the right and look for a pullback but not much of a plan B or C

They didn’t look sharp yesterday at all. They deserved the win but they weren’t banging the door down. They heavily rely on set pieces I don’t think their play in possession is all that. And it’s definitely even less effective without Saka.

[DerKrampus]

They didn’t look sharp yesterday at all. They deserved the win but they weren’t banging the door down. They heavily rely on set pieces I don’t think their play in possession is all that. And it’s definitely even less effective without Saka.

Spurs looked more like Southampton, and their keeper was total ****e. Why didn't this version of Spurs turn up in the League Cup?

[Scratch]

Newcastle have won 9 in a row and their next opponents are Bournemouth.

They've played 9 games in the league since we drew 3-3 with them? Doesn't seem that long ago?

[Buzzo]

Spurs looked more like Southampton, and their keeper was total ****e. Why didn't this version of Spurs turn up in the League Cup?

Spurs were tactically abysmal

[Sus]

They've played 9 games in the league since we drew 3-3 with them? Doesn't seem that long ago?

I think 9 in all comps - Isak though has scored 8 in a row in the league, and is closing in on Vardy

[chadrtc]

Spurs were tactically abysmal

I'd be quite worried, if was them.

They look as bad as any team in the division.

[Sus]

How did we lose to them

[BigChief]

How did we lose to them

Because we're in a mental rut at the moment. Hopefully won't last too long.

[vlahka]

We're usually garbage in january. This is why we need to be 20 points in front of everyone to counter this.

[fabinho]

If the form continues with us and Arsenal from either the last 5 or 10 games, they win the league, so we need to get out of this slump and put a run together.