[Albion] Final Position Predictions

[Brightonfan1983]

I can't find a thread about where we (NSC) think we (seaguulllls) will end up come May. And having just read this line in The Guardian:

"The Battle for Fourth Place is a routinely depressing phrase, but it looks an open battle, with West Ham, Arsenal, Manchester United, Wolves, Brighton, Spurs and Leicester lurking hopefully."

...am moved to say I snorted in derision at the idea we're hoping for fourth. We could be 13th come Sunday tea-time. And I'm pretty confident of levelling out at 14th at the end of it all.

Am I in a minority?

*I'd do a poll but don't know how to.

 

[albionfan37]

We’re better than 14th not anywhere consistent enough to be 4th but I’d say top 10 is a reasonable and achievable goal

 

[Brightonfan1983]

We’re better than 14th not anywhere consistent enough to be 4th but I’d say top 10 is a reasonable and achievable goal

To end up in 14th, there only need to be 6 teams below us - Norwich, Burnley and Newcastle have a fight on their hands and won't catch us. Neither will Watford. I can see Villa and Leeds improving, Brentford falling, and Southampton are a bit of an unknown quantity to me after Ings left.

There are going to have to be a few 'bigger' teams imploding for us to get to 10th, I reck.

 

[dazzer6666]

12-14th I reckon and around 50 points. Good progress.

 

[JonnyCLately]

12-14th I reckon and around 50 points. Good progress.

Exactly this - few clubs achieve and maintain exponential improvements to go 15th to 4th without it being a blip. Id take 13th followed by 10th followed by 10th followed by 7th etc. Let's not do Sheffield United and have an incredible season followed by oblivion

 

[Eric the meek]

12-14th I reckon and around 50 points. Good progress.

That would be good progress, but I think it may be a bit cautious.

1) We've already got 17 points from 11 games. (W4, D5, L2), albeit against mostly 'weaker' teams. We haven't played a proportionate number of games against top 6 teams, partly because
we were a top 6 team ourselves for several weeks.
2) With 27 games to go, even if we draw them all, that's still 44 points in total.
3) For the rest of the season, W8, D9, L10 will elicit 50 points.

I'd like to think we can do better than W8, D9, L10.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

12-14th I reckon and around 50 points. Good progress.

I'd bite you hand off for that, little old Brighton half way up the Premier League table, who would have thunk it?

10th probably a tad optimistic this season though.

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

Anywhere between 10th and 14th, but being safe by late March early April is the ideal

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[GT49er]

After all those interminable and irritating international breaks, the seaon picks up here - after 11 matches in three months, we've now got 9 games in 6 weeks up to the end of the year (or 7 games in 5 weeks to the midway pont of the season). Win 4 or 5 of those 9 games - and maybe the odd draw or two - and we could be in dreamland.

 

[Bold Seagull]

That would be good progress, but I think it may be a bit cautious.

1) We've already got 17 points from 11 games. (W4, D5, L2), albeit against mostly 'weaker' teams. We haven't played a proportionate number of games against top 6 teams, partly because
we were a top 6 team ourselves for several weeks.
2) With 27 games to go, even if we draw them all, that's still 44 points in total.
3) For the rest of the season, W8, D9, L10 will elicit 50 points.

I'd like to think we can do better than W8, D9, L10.

In 4 completed seasons we have averaged 1.04 points per game, so you would hope 28 more points is an absolute minimum leaving us on 45, our highest PL tally, and one that has in the past delivered 10th.

We need to better our average ppg by just converting just 1 defeat into a win, and 1 draw into a victory in order to hit 50 pts, which I’m sure the club and 98% of supporters would be delighted with. Anything above 47 will be our best season in the top flight.

Obviously right now we’re on 1.5 ppg, if we continued that to the end of the season we’d be hitting 58 or so pts which would be stunning. But, that feels a hopeful dream rather that realistic outcome.

 

[warmleyseagull]

After another depressing result against at best a mediocre team, all this looks rather optimistic. 3 games in 8 days coming up; must get a win out of those else bottom 6 by May beckons.

 

[Danny Wilson Said]

After another depressing result against at best a mediocre team, all this looks rather optimistic. 3 games in 8 days coming up; must get a win out of those else bottom 6 by May beckons.

By May? Sooner than that if we can't find a way to win some games.

 

[Jeremiah]

16th.

but i reserve the right to change my mind.

 

[Hampster Gull]

I'm still 14th

 

[maltaseagull]

We’re better than 14th not anywhere consistent enough to be 4th but I’d say top 10 is a reasonable and achievable goal

We need to sort out the goalscorer issue.
Either from within maybe Ferguson is worth a try or sign one for once.
Then top 10 is achievable.
If we don't then bottom 6 beckons.

 

[Swansman]

Somewhere between 5-15.

 

[1066familyman]

I think I voted 12th on that poll a while back. I'm sticking to that.

I'm not reading too much into current form. It's a snickers, not a sprint.

 

[oldboyroy]

Still sticking with 9th/10th which is achievable......that could change dramatically if we don't start scoring again soon!

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This thread is USELESS without a poll.

 

[banjo]

15th 46 points.