- Sep 2, 2004
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I've maintained that many sides above us owe their league position at least in part to the fixture list. Have a look at the remaining home & Top Four fixtures below:
Spurs ManU (h), Chelsea (h), Liverpool (h) 8 home matches left
Everton Liverpool (a), Chelsea (h), Arsenal (a) 8
Newcastle ManU (h), Liverpool (a), Chelsea (h) 7
Villa Arsenal (a), ManU (a) 6
Liverpool Chelsea (a), ManU (a), Arsenal (a) 8
Man C Arsenal (h), ManU (a), Chelsea (h), Liverpool (a) 7
Blackburn Arsenal (a), Liverpool (a), ManU (h) 7
Portsmouth ManU (a), Chelsea (h) 8
West Ham Liverpool (h), Liverpool (a), Chelsea (h), ManU (a) 8
The only one I would exchange for is Portsmouth. Now we're 13 or so points behind the majority of teams fighting for Europe but i think we can pull that back if we take four or more points from the three Top 4 games which is well within our grasp. I look at those teams and I can see Citeh, Portsmouth and Blackburn fall away dramatically, Newcastle utterly imploding and West Ham start to struggle in the tougher fixtures. Seventh place is still a very plausible target. How many points will we take from the Top 4 games?
Spurs ManU (h), Chelsea (h), Liverpool (h) 8 home matches left
Everton Liverpool (a), Chelsea (h), Arsenal (a) 8
Newcastle ManU (h), Liverpool (a), Chelsea (h) 7
Villa Arsenal (a), ManU (a) 6
Liverpool Chelsea (a), ManU (a), Arsenal (a) 8
Man C Arsenal (h), ManU (a), Chelsea (h), Liverpool (a) 7
Blackburn Arsenal (a), Liverpool (a), ManU (h) 7
Portsmouth ManU (a), Chelsea (h) 8
West Ham Liverpool (h), Liverpool (a), Chelsea (h), ManU (a) 8
The only one I would exchange for is Portsmouth. Now we're 13 or so points behind the majority of teams fighting for Europe but i think we can pull that back if we take four or more points from the three Top 4 games which is well within our grasp. I look at those teams and I can see Citeh, Portsmouth and Blackburn fall away dramatically, Newcastle utterly imploding and West Ham start to struggle in the tougher fixtures. Seventh place is still a very plausible target. How many points will we take from the Top 4 games?