The_Rev Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Well, visiting the last chance saloon proved to be fruitful (for now) and it's back on again. Highest we can finish is 5th but we'd need Liverpool to collapse, lowest we can finish is 8th Liverpool (62) - Leicester (a) Villa (h) Southampton (a) Spurs (57) - Brentford (h) Leeds (a) Villa (57) - Liverpool (a) Brighton (h) Brighton (55) - Arsenal (a) Newcastle (a) Southampton (h) Manchester City (h) Villa (a) Liverpool are basically out of sight. They can still qualify for the Champions League, they need a four point swing on Newcastle or Man Utd with nine to play for. Brighton's run in is horrible. They've got five games in two weeks and four of them are against teams who have something to play for. Will Southampton turn into Brazil circa 1970 now they've been relegated? I don't know what to think about Spurs. I can see them continuing to drop points, especially if Leeds need something to stay up on the final day. Best case for us I guess is a winner takes all situation against Brighton on the final day. The atmosphere will be incredible if we make it there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 23 minutes ago, CVByrne said: Worry is Leeds being relegated by the time they play Spurs Forest GD is much worse so if they lose to Arsenal then Leeds will still have a chance of staying up on final day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Farlz said: The most pleasing thing about today honestly. A first top half finish in over a decade, feels great. To be a bit of a pendant, we actually finished in the top half, the following season (9th in 2010/11). I know it didn't feel like that given we were in a relegation battle for most of that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Something we may have missed. Aren't we now pretty much guaranteed our first top 10 finish in PL in over a decade? Also, when was the last time we got more than the 55 points Deano got? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 (edited) How did we end 11th with 55 points that season under Deano. 55 points like! Edited May 13, 2023 by CVByrne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 We need Arsenal to be at their best. Hopefully they beat Brighton tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Same amount of points with the team we're competing with for Europe. Yet when we lost to Wolves it was "delusional' for anyone to think we were still in with a shout for Europa League. Scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 5 minutes ago, Don_Simon said: Same amount of points with the team we're competing with for Europe. Yet when we lost to Wolves it was "delusional' for anyone to think we were still in with a shout for Europa League. Scenes. Not delusional but we made it so much harder for ourselves when you look at remaining fixtures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 16 minutes ago, Don_Simon said: Same amount of points with the team we're competing with for Europe. Yet when we lost to Wolves it was "delusional' for anyone to think we were still in with a shout for Europa League. Scenes. Beating the dingles would have made it easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: Beating the dingles would have made it easier. Yepyepyep. My point was the geezer that said its "delusional", is a lunatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, Don_Simon said: Yepyepyep. My point was the geezer that said it’s "delusional", is a lunatic. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 So only the 5th place team makes Europa League, and 6th gets Conference while 7th gets nada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, maqroll said: So only the 5th place team makes Europa League, and 6th gets Conference while 7th gets nada? The fa cup spot will go to 6th and 7th gets euro conference. I think. Edited May 13, 2023 by Sulberto21 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Today's result means that we will go into the last match of the season with a chance of qualifying for Europe. It might be a very distant hope if we get battered by Liverpool and Spurs demolish Brentford. But it has been a long, long time since we've gone into the last match of the season with that being possible. Hopefully if we can get a result at Liverpool we can have a realistic opportunity. I think Brentford have every chance of getting at least a draw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 3 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: The fa cup spot will go to 6th and 7th gets euro conference. I think. So 5th and 6th get Europa League? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Just now, maqroll said: So 5th and 6th get Europa League? I believe so. The Manchester clubs are in the final and should finish top 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Unfortunately can't see us finishing top 7. Hope i'm wrong obviously but think the wolves result killed it. We'll lose to liverpool imo and get no more than a point v brighton. Spurs will draw v brentford and beat leeds. Brighton will beat soton and get a point v us plus one more. Just how i see it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Mad to think 55 points only got us 11th under Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 33 minutes ago, maqroll said: So only the 5th place team makes Europa League, and 6th gets Conference while 7th gets nada? 5th and 6th Europa and 7th Conference 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 13 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: Mad to think 55 points only got us 11th under Smith Aye said that earlier. We're guaranteed 8th now for sure with 2 points more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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