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we should be aiming for 12pts in those games but 9pts would be ok. i think 3 wins and 1 draw is quite possible

To be honest, all the games are so hard these days, its sad but we have scooped to that level now that even the midtable teams are hard fough out games for us but Suarez is back and hopefully he is hungry for goals, if we can win one more that will be 3 on the trot something we have not done in 2 years? If we can do that, confidence will be high and we might continue the streak with the other games. Fingers crossed.

Suarez hasn't got a league goal in a few games either and has been overtaken in the race to 20 goals... These games are very important. I was looking at the fixture list for us and the teams around us, We need to match Arsenal as they play similar games to us most of this Season, Swansea, Spurs and Everton could be dropping points as well from my look at it,

12 points... i doubt it, Thats like League winning form forget fourth place form

8 would be good, 10 outstanding but 12?! I just dont see it.

8 pts will not be good enough considering the teams that we are playing. the only real decent team out of those four is stoke

i don't think we'll win all four. Stoke away is always tough.

to win all four we would have then won 6 league games on the bounce. when was the last time we did that?

i'm not saying it's impossible but it's certainly unlikely.

I really hope we can stay within touching distance of the top four, maybe 2 wins and 2 draws from the next four games (more than optimistic, I know!) and invest smartly in January to leave us with a very exciting second half of the season.

2 wins and 2 draws isn't optimistic given the fixtures. I guess considering the form this season you can't argue with 8 points, but we're playing better, have Lucas back, so I think 10 points is the min we can hope for (not expect). If we can only get 8 points in these fixtures, 4th is a non-starter for me. We need to be 4 points off 4th at the very most come Jan 1st.

1 game at a time...

have been looking at the december fixtures of the other teams around us.

my prediction is that we will take 8pts and that we will be in 7th on 1st January. level on points with everton

1. the mancs
2. the mancs city
3. chelski
4. arsenal
5. spurs
6. everton
7. liverpool

swansea, stoke and west brom have fixtures that i reckon witll see them all fall off the pace a bit.

Not gonna even try with our Points total - think we'll be more or less still in the thick of it in that tight group of teams..... 7th or 8th I'd say.

I'll be happy regardles of of standing as long as we're still within reach // hope of 4th.

All of those upcoming games are winnable but winning them is another matter and giving our tendency to drop points to the lower ranks, I'll accept 8 points and consider anything more as a bonus. I don't like stating that since I know in my heart we need to be beating those teams if we hope to make the top 4. If we can take maximum points or even 9 or 10 with this depleted squad with no striker (I don't consider Suarez a striker, he is a great playmaker) it will be an outstanding achievement imo.
Having said that if we start January with 30 points and sign a top finisher (as a minimum investment) I believe we can still have a decent shot at 4th place, I haven't given up on it yet.