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Here are the remaining fixtures left to play. Tottenham & City both with 2 teams left to play in the top 4 race and Arsenal & United with 3.
Liverpool
Liverpool v Everton
Liverpool v Bournemouth
Stoke v Liverpool
West Brom v Liverpool
Liverpool v Crystal Palace
Watford v Liverpool
Liverpool v Southampton
West Ham v Liverpool
Liverpool v Middlesbrough
Tottenham - plays 2 teams in the top 4 race
Burnley v Tottenham
Swansea v Tottenham
Tottenham v Watford
Crystal Palace v Tottenham
Tottenham v Bournemouth
Leicester v Tottenham
Tottenham v Arsenal
West Ham v Tottenham
Tottenham v Manchester United
Hull v Tottenham
Arsenal - plays 3 teams in the top 4 race
Arsenal v Manchester City
Arsenal v West Ham
Crystal Palace v Arsenal
Southampton v Arsenal
Arsenal v Leicester City
Middlesbrough v Arsenal
Arsenal v Sunderland
Tottenham v Arsenal
Arsenal v Manchester United
Stoke v Arsenal
Arsenal v Everton
Manchester City - plays 2 teams in the top 4 race (and Chelsea)
Arsenal v Manchester City
Chelsea v Manchester City
Manchester City v Hull
Southampton v Manchester City
Manchester City v Manchester United
Manchester City v West Brom
Middlesbrough v Manchester City
Manchester City v Crystal Palace
Manchester City v Leicester City
Watford v Manchester City
Manchester United - plays 3 teams in the top 4 race (and Chelsea)
Manchester United v West Brom
Manchester United v Everton
Sunderland v Manchester United
Southampton v Manchester United
Manchester City v Manchester United
Manchester United v Chelsea
Burnley v Manchester United
Manchester United v Swansea
Arsenal v Manchester United
Tottenham v Manchester United
Manchester United v Crystal Palace
"A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are." - Bill Shankly
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To be honest I prefer to have more games against the top4 at this stage. We seem to play a top notch game against offensive teams but struggle to breakdown weaker opponents due to our lack of strikers. I'd love to play a bit differently like 2 up top but Origi lacking quality and Sturridge is always missing with injury. Looks promising on paper but thats it...
Back to Back World Champions baby!
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The good news is we are only playing 2 teams involved in the relegation battle, that's Crystal Palace (who will probably pull away by then) and Middlesbrough last game of the season when they will probably already be relegated, so most of our games should be against middle of the table teams with not allot to play for, so if we don't get top 4, we don't deserve it.
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The good news is we are only playing 2 teams involved in the relegation battle, that's Crystal Palace (who will probably pull away by then) and Middlesbrough last game of the season when they will probably already be relegated, so most of our games should be against middle of the table teams with not allot to play for, so if we don't get top 4, we don't deserve it.
The table doesn't lie, so if we don't get top 4, it will definitely mean we didn't deserve it.
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To be honest I prefer to have more games against the top4 at this stage. We seem to play a top notch game against offensive teams but struggle to breakdown weaker opponents due to our lack of strikers. I'd love to play a bit differently like 2 up top but Origi lacking quality and Sturridge is always missing with injury. Looks promising on paper but thats it... I think it's most likely to be 1. Chelsea 2. Spurs 3. City 4. Liverpool 5. United 6. Arsenal I believe Arsenal and Man United will be the teams we will battle it out for - both with 3 of the top teams left to play and United still to face Chelsea too. Hopefully United just drop the league and go for the Europa (ignoring the possibility of Leister winning the CL), they definitely have the toughest schedule to deal with and they've not been great against the big teams. Difficult to bet against Arsenal getting top 4 given their record but again they've been poor against the top teams this season and their form currently is awful, with wenger looking like he might leave as well.
"A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are." - Bill Shankly
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To be honest I prefer to have more games against the top4 at this stage. We seem to play a top notch game against offensive teams but struggle to breakdown weaker opponents due to our lack of strikers. I'd love to play a bit differently like 2 up top but Origi lacking quality and Sturridge is always missing with injury. Looks promising on paper but thats it... I think it's most likely to be 1. Chelsea 2. Spurs 3. City 4. Liverpool 5. United 6. Arsenal I believe Arsenal and Man United will be the teams we will battle it out for - both with 3 of the top teams left to play and United still to face Chelsea too. Hopefully United just drop the league and go for the Europa (ignoring the possibility of Leister winning the CL), they definitely have the toughest schedule to deal with and they've not been great against the big teams. Difficult to bet against Arsenal getting top 4 given their record but again they've been poor against the top teams this season and their form currently is awful, with wenger looking like he might leave as well. Worried about United who looks to have forgotten how to lose a game. Chelsea could only win by 1-0 at home despite playing against 10 men
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Worried about United who looks to have forgotten how to lose a game. Chelsea could only win by 1-0 at home despite playing against 10 men Utd have a large amount of games coming up, some where they will lose points/take them off top 4 rivals, so I think they will drop points, but as you say, they have been getting through games somehow, if they lose a few/drop points they may target the Europa League for CL qualification, like we did last season. Arsenal are difficult to read, they always make it to CL, so it's difficult to discount them, it depends how they react to Arsene's decision either way, a few of the players look like they aren't interested and the fans are piling the pressure on, so it might be the year they do not make it, I don't remember them being in such poor position/form at this stage of the season.
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Hopefully we will hammer Everton and end their Top 4 hopes, but they are on the same points as Arsenal and playing well, they have a feel good factor ATM, so I would not rule them out yet.
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To be honest I prefer to have more games against the top4 at this stage. We seem to play a top notch game against offensive teams but struggle to breakdown weaker opponents due to our lack of strikers. I'd love to play a bit differently like 2 up top but Origi lacking quality and Sturridge is always missing with injury. Looks promising on paper but thats it... I think it's most likely to be 1. Chelsea 2. Spurs 3. City 4. Liverpool 5. United 6. Arsenal I believe Arsenal and Man United will be the teams we will battle it out for - both with 3 of the top teams left to play and United still to face Chelsea too. Hopefully United just drop the league and go for the Europa (ignoring the possibility of Leister winning the CL), they definitely have the toughest schedule to deal with and they've not been great against the big teams. Difficult to bet against Arsenal getting top 4 given their record but again they've been poor against the top teams this season and their form currently is awful, with wenger looking like he might leave as well. I'd have been a lot more confident of wresting a top 4 finish had we won yesterday, but now I feel we'll fall short as we don't have the consistency to win enough of our remaining games even if our competitors take points off each other. For example who among us would put money on us taking all three points off the blues in our next game? There is of course still an outside chance, but we'd need everything to fall our way including all our key players staying fit and suspension free. Then there's the slight problem of finding the long lost key to the door of those several big ugly bus's we're going to encounter from here on in!
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I don't feel confident about any of our fixtures away from home, but I think looking at those fixtures all the teams will drop a lot of points. Win the next 2 home games and we should have a bit of a gap. I think we'll probably get third or fourth.
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