Fellow Reds,
I'm not getting too carried away but the fixture list for all challengers makes great reading for us.
Obviously, Spurs are in the driving seat with the points on the board but that was a truly big win today and keeps the door slightly ajar.
Considering that most teams above us still have to play each other, if we can keep chipping away we have a big chance still.
Of all the teams above, I feel Chelsea are in the biggest danger of missing out. We can deffo turn them over on our patch and now they have a F.A. Cup reply as well as fixtures piling up in The Europa League and the League. They have to play us at Anfield and Man Utd in the League, also.
Pretty sure Spurs and Arsenal still have to play City and Man Utd, so there is a possibility of further inroads being made!
It's just sad that we didn't have these signings at the beginning of the season (Sturridge/Coutinho) although fair play to BR, cos he needed half a season to work out that Skrtel and a few others are not up to par.
Got to give Downing some credit too. Finally found his gonads after a season and a half of wearing 'the heavy LFC shirt'. Not magnificent, but a massive improvement and finally getting goals and assists.
Very, very optimistic for the near future and next season and dare I say it, the rest of this season!!!
What do you reckon after today's result guys?
YNWA
Feet on the ground, my man. We need to worry about winning our own games. That alone won't guarantee us a CL spot. The other teams need to drop a lot of points.
We need to be realistic. Today we won 3 PL games on the bounce. Think I read that it's the first time that's happened in 68 games - which is almost 2 years! With this in mind, the chances of us winning our next 3 or 4 games on top of that, are slim. We WILL drop points. Chances are, that whenever that is, some of the teams around us will gain on us, and the people who've foolishly got their hopes up will be annoyed.
I think 5th is certainly within reach, but 4th is very much an outside chance - pretty much a mountain to climb.
On the positive side of it, our remaining games are largely against teams in the lower half of the table (whom we've been prolific against this season), aside from our games against Chelsea and Everton - both of which are at Anfield. These 2 games may prove vital, as they'll be 6-pointers. If we're to have ANY chance of getting 4th, we'll have to win
both of these games, and also continue our impressive form against the lower sides.
