Rival Watch

Win at Wolves and we almost home.

Good day will become an even better one by winning on Wednesday. Then we'll be 5 clear of Spurs and Newcastle and 7 ahead of Chelsea.

If we beat Wolves, Wigan and Chelsea (our next three games), it will be mathematically impossible for us to finish below Chelsea.

If we win those three games and Spurs and Newcastle drop 5 points (i.e one draw and one defeat) we will be guaranteed 3rd place.

Incidentally, neither Spurs, Chelsea or Newcastle play this weekend while we do (on the Monday afterwards, anyway), so all going well we could be 10 points clear of Chelsea and 8 ahead of Spurs and Newcastle by next week. It's a great opportunity to really put the pressure on them.

LOL Jay you have 3rd on lock, no one is catching you its just a question of how many points.

4th is a lot closer obviously, Tottenham while they have an easy run in seem to enjoy bottling it atm

We are in the best form of anyone ( won 5 on the spin) but our last 3 games are very difficult on paper......

Reckon Chelsea will burn out because of the fixture list, if we avoid defeat against them we will finish above them of that iam certain.

Now do us a favour and beat them next week so we have the opportunity to go 5 points clear of them

Still reckon Spurs will cling on to 4th but i hope iam wrong, do reckon we will do enough to get 5th tho.

Newcastle to pip Spuds to CL .

It's a very exciting end to the season, the race for 3rd and 4th.

Arsene Wenger, and us fans, will fully expect Arsenal to beat Wolves and Wigan, but as ever, it's one game at a time.

Good day for us, but only if we beat Wolves.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:LOL Jay you have 3rd on lock, no one is catching you its just a question of how many points.

4th is a lot closer obviously, Tottenham while they have an easy run in seem to enjoy bottling it atm

We are in the best form of anyone ( won 5 on the spin) but our last 3 games are very difficult on paper......

Reckon Chelsea will burn out because of the fixture list, if we avoid defeat against them we will finish above them of that iam certain.

Now do us a favour and beat them next week so we have the opportunity to go 5 points clear of them

Still reckon Spurs will cling on to 4th but i hope iam wrong, do reckon we will do enough to get 5th tho.

Only team who best Spurs at bottling it is Arsenal.

Wolves haven't won any of their past nine home games :vagi:.
8 losses and one draw.

Goals for: 9.
Goals against: 27.

that stat worries me so much

beatrixasdfghjk. wrote:Wolves haven't won any of their past nine home games :vagi:.
8 losses and one draw.

Goals for: 9.
Goals against: 27.

I might be wrong here, but i think since Mccarthy was sacked we are the only team to drop points against Wolves.

2-0 up at home, i just cant get over that diabolical f*ck up

Why did they sack McCarthy, I loved that guy's face .
Reminds me of Count Olaf :L.

Looking at some more stats...

Fewest home league goals scored in a season: 10, Manchester City, (Premier League, 2006–07)
Oil .

Don't think we've got 3rd on lock just yet. A loss against Chelsea and the whole thing is flipped. The Wolves game is extremely dangerous too, they haven't won in ages, and they're gonna come out like caged dogs on Wednesday.

Great day today though, would have liked a Chelsea loss, but with the FA trying its hardest to get Chelsea a CL spot, I'm content with the draw.

Hopefully Newcastle can keep it going, would love to see Cisse in the CL, he's an absolute monster in the final third. Plus it would give them a financial boost to pick up some quality players and potentially knock down Pool and Spurs even further next year.

Spurs deserve CL this season and damnit we're gonna get it.

COME ON YOU SPURS STOP GIVING OTHERS A CHANCE FOR ONCE

^lol
:lol!:

Amar wrote:Don't think we've got 3rd on lock just yet. A loss against Chelsea and the whole thing is flipped. The Wolves game is extremely dangerous too, they haven't won in ages, and they're gonna come out like caged dogs on Wednesday.

Seriously, we're playing Wolves, and you use 'caged dogs' instead of 'caged wolves'? .

CBARCA, NO CHANGE .

I would love Spuds going down to 6th.. And Newcastle finishing 4th.. And Chelski 5th playing the Europa league..

Next two games are a relegation team who haven't won in their past 9 at home

and Wigan at home, anything but two victories for the Arsenal will be bottling it plain and simple

Fulham could have easily beaten Chelsea if they had played with a traditional No.9. They had no 1 holding the ball up for them in the final third. Dempsey tried but he's more of a midfielder and dropped too far back to get the ball meaning the Chelsea backline was not really troubled.

If it had not been for the Dodgy penalty awarded to Chelsea, I dont think they would have scored.
All in all, Jol has done us a favour

beatrixasdfghjk. wrote:Seriously, we're playing Wolves, and you use 'caged dogs' instead of 'caged wolves'? .

Cause over the past couple of weeks, they've looked more like dogs rather than Wolves

Chelsea under Di Matteo have sorted themselves out defensively above anything else. Their attack is still lacking some chemistry, and I don't think its something they'll find by starting Kalou and Torres.

analysis of wigan win over utd
http://redrants.com/the-tactics-board-did-wigan-expose-united-weakness/
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so beausejour and maloney did the job on valencia with support of figueroa damn!
time for chambo kid to start and attack boyce
surely no chance to dominate midfield here
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wigan record vs top 6

P	W	D	L	CS	FTS	F	A	GD	PTS
10	1	1	8	1	5	5	22	-17	6

FTS:failed to score

though these stats mean nothing wigan always! turn up late on the season

Playing against a 3 man defence will be an interesting prospect, as I do not recall any situation where we've actually gone up against one. 3-4-3 is a formation you never see in England.

Undoubtedly, the two wide men in the "4" will drop deep and create a 5 at the back, and Maloney and Moses will provide the width. So essientially we'll probably face a 5-4-1.

It'll be a tough game but I don't expect to actually have that much trouble against them. The midfield of Song, Arteta and probably Rosicky should be able to play around United's pressure, while Sagna will do the job marking out Maloney and supporting Walcott. The trick against 3 man defences is to use width and pace in order to suck them out of position, so if we play quickly with Walcott and preferebly one of Gervinho or Ox we should do well.

lol everyone this was on 9gag homepage



http://9gag.com/gag/3818825

Our rivals? They are all not in league action this weekend.

Chelsea v Spurs (Sunday 6pm) in FA cup semi-final.

Newcastle v Stoke is not until next weekend.

Opportunity to go 8 points clear of Spurs/Newcastle, 10 clear of Chelsea, when we face Wigan on Monday night.

Sina wrote:analysis of wigan win over utd
http://redrants.com/the-tactics-board-did-wigan-expose-united-weakness/
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so beausejour and maloney did the job on valencia with support of figueroa damn!
time for chambo kid to start and attack boyce
surely no chance to dominate midfield here
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wigan record vs top 6

P	W	D	L	CS	FTS	F	A	GD	PTS
10	1	1	8	1	5	5	22	-17	6

FTS:failed to score

though these stats mean nothing wigan always! turn up late on the season

One win and one draw means six points? .
How do you manage to do these tables? .

aleumdance wrote:lol everyone this was on 9gag homepage



http://9gag.com/gag/3818825

I made this for my facebook page but didn't put a watermark on it

Someone just grabbed it and put it on 9gag