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If all else fails we can also bribe a chef to feed them dodgy lasagne!

They’ve got Lennon’s speed and Defoe as well as Adebayor, so they have goal threat and I wouldn’t write them off. They’ve had a terrible start to the season, and a change of gaffer, and yet they're breathing down our necks, that says something about them. Also they’re starting to believe in themselves and their new manager, so they could well step their performance up a notch.
However having said all that, and if, as I expect, they lose to Chelsea, draw to Arsenal and lose again to us, that's 7 points dropped, with a possible 2 more to West Brom, and then we’re already an effective 4 points ahead of them! So despite the threat, I can’t see them getting ahead of us, unless we ship an injury to a key player or two. Therefore I think top 4 is now all about us staying injury free

We need them to do us a favour v Chelsea and Arsenal. We are not fighting for 4th. We are now fighting for the title. A lot of the sides we have to play like to play football. That has to be to our advantage. Spurs still have to go to WBA and Stoke and I am pretty sure I would rather have our away games than theirs. We may yet see a situation where we both go past the teams above us.

A lot hinges on the CL and Europa league with all our rivals. How much are those games going to disrupt their preparations for league games?

We are now unbeaten in 7 league games and have taken 15 points from those 7 games. We now need to take 16 from the next 7. Five wins a draw and a defeat would set us up for a shot at the title.

The European games could have a big affect on them. Their upturn in form has come while not playing in Europe. Could be coincidence but could also be a sign they might slip back again.

They have to travel to Ukraine for a game next Thursday, that's a 5 hour flight. Lovely, I just hope they go all the way to the final.

Then away to Norwich on Sunday, hopefully Norwich take some points off them

I wonder if Arsenal are thinking the same about us. Are goal difference is a major factor in all this.

If we lose we still fourth on goal difference
If Arsenal lose and we win we go above them on goal difference

More importantly, it has come with changing their manager and restoring Adebayor to the first team. Hope you're right and I'm wrong on this one tbh.

But he doesn't leave til the end of the season.

I will also depend on how seriously they would take the Europa league games, they could put their not yet settled (not performing to expectation) players in those games. Their priority has been the CL with all the purchases they made in the summer. That said, if we continue playing as we have, we should be in the top 4.