I said they were nine points ahead effectively. I know a team has to win its games in hand but the chasing team has to assume that they will.Originally Posted by Letters
That wasn't my intention
Weren't you one of the people saying they were effectively 12 points ahead with the games in hand?
They've got a few tough games coming up. They'll drop points. If they don't then fair play, they'll end up champions, but I don't think they're coming out of the next 3 games with 9 points. The question is will we, given that half our squad is dead?
The title is over. Even talking about the possibility is absurd. Half of the goals we’ve scored this season have come from players now on the treatment table, two of who there is no chance of them appearing again this season. We can’t remedy this in the transfer market.
The objective now is somehow to get over the line in top 4. And in reality we are reliant on the results of city, forest, chelsea and Newcastle.
I think it’s looking unlikely that we can stay in the top 4, but I thought it was unlikely Liverpool could maintain a title challenge so there we are. What appears to make sense and be likely outcomes this season haven’t tended to be the case.
The likely outcome is that we get a maximum of 7 points from next 5 games (and I think that’s generous). I think we will be city in reverse, where as they couldn’t avoid shipping goals…we just won’t be able to score them. However who knows for certain..
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