Got 15/2 quite a while ago with PP. Still struggle to find 3 better sides than us.
Liverpool, Arsenal, City, Chelsea
I don't see how you can argue against those.
Got 15/2 quite a while ago with PP. Still struggle to find 3 better sides than us.
Agree but City points deduction? If Odegaard and Palmer got injured too….Liverpool, Arsenal, City, Chelsea
I don't see how you can argue against those.
Yet I think the other way round. Villa with champions league football are spluttering whereas spurs overall I think, will finish higher. I can see villa finishing around 8th to 10thCurrent expectations are to finish on about 61 points
Start of the season we were being quoted 49-51, so 11pts better and on the improve.
Personally, I think we'll finish well above Spurs but not so confident about Villa.
Here's the latest Spread Market pre the Newcastle v West Ham game.
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I’ll very, very happily take a number of seasons of qualifying for Europe then having a season in Europe where our league form dips a bit and so on. Staying in/around the top half, regularly competing in Europe and finally winning a cup would be fantastic. This season just might be one where we can take advantage of others spluttering a bit, particularly with potentially 5 CL places up for grabs.Agree to most of your points but think over the season those have European football which in a way helps us NOT having it! City struggling with injures, Arsenal bemoaning their injures and we're in the mix with them. It'll be very tough to keep in the mix but we're in with a chance presently.
This year we could genuinely finish anywhere between 2nd and 12th. I don’t see us any lower than 12th, even if our season falls apart a bit in the 2nd half. Neither Arsenal nor Chelsea are flawless, almost all to play for.
Agree but City points deduction?
If Odegaard and Palmer got injured too….
Liverpool & Arsenal & City at full chat will finish above us. We’ll beat Chelsea at the Amex. Getting done by them, in the manner we did - was the BEST thing to happen to Hurzeler (especially) this season.Liverpool, Arsenal, City, Chelsea
I don't see how you can argue against those.
And to think, three of those sides are well-stocked with many of our stand-out players of recent seasons. Yet in spite of buying up our top talent, they STILL can't shake us off.Liverpool, Arsenal, City, Chelsea
I'll be honest I know very little how these things work, but 61 points when we've currently got 22 after 12 games and a potentially decent run coming up seems a bit shy to me.Current expectations are to finish on about 61 points
Start of the season we were being quoted 49-51, so 11pts better and on the improve.
Personally, I think we'll finish well above Spurs but not so confident about Villa.
Here's the latest Spread Market pre the Newcastle v West Ham game.
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It expects 39 points from our remaining 26 games, or a 57 point rate over a full season. Given the pre season expectation of 49-51, the model now rates us 7 points better over a full season than it did at the start, which feels fair enoughI'll be honest I know very little how these things work, but 61 points when we've currently got 22 after 12 games and a potentially decent run coming up seems a bit shy to me.
"Opta's model suggests Brighton will miss out on the Champions League places, with a 14.1% chance of claiming a top-four finish."Brighton are 'challenging establishment' - but how good can it get?
Since promotion to the top flight in 2017, the Seagulls have become a Premier League staple and now, under Fabian Hurzeler, are showing there is no limit to their ambitions.www.bbc.co.uk
Yeah, we could still get 100 points. Just need to beat all the teams around us and below...I'll be honest I know very little how these things work, but 61 points when we've currently got 22 after 12 games and a potentially decent run coming up seems a bit shy to me.