Ten Hag masterclass getting us to 8th.
Call our final position in the PL table
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Will be 8th 
I don’t get this mentality
Being out of Europe doesn’t help league position. It’s a myth. Ask spurs, us and Chelsea
I’d rather be in the conference league than nothing. It might be 90% boring but it would still be interesting in the semis and the final
I initially voted for 7th, but now it is time to revise to 8th.
Lowest point post-Fergie. I hope INEOS are serious about selling players.
There will be some who think they deserve CL football, so might make their job easier.
Penandes
No European football and a new manager, has to be a new start now. Clear out most of the squad and give the new manager 2-3 years to rebuild.
Maybe a silver lining! But the vast majority just seem to be happy enough being United players and just doing the minimum possible.
Not sure they will get away with that sort of attitude with the new regime.
Although West Ham, Bournemouth & Brighton could mathematically overtake us and drop us lower than 8th, it's very unlikely looking at their fixtures..
We are more or less nailed on for no lower than 8th place.
We are more or less nailed on for no lower than 8th place.
Finishing 8th while Newcastle and Chelsea have been poor/awful for large parts of the season, Spurs nothing special and Villa only real contenders for 4th place is really bad and can't be justified by injuries (Newcastle and Chelsea have had them as well).
With the current squad, with the I juries we have had, any good coach is getting us into top 5 but we don't have one, so it'll be 7th or 8th.
8th
The whole theory of being out of Europe and having a week rest is better is the biggest load of nonsense ever
This exactly. Being out of Europe will hurt us next season.
As @peridigm says we will be getting exactly what we deserve as a club.
We're doing a treble.
Worst PL finish
Worst points total
Negative goal difference
Worst PL finish
Worst points total
Negative goal difference
Welp, it's looking like things are going to wind up worse off than I had anticipated, in probably every category, except our final position in the table, simply because West Ham would need to win both of their matches to pass us and it's not physically possible that they beat City on the final day.
I don’t buy this. Palace signed olise for 8m without European football. We spaff 80 on Antony
there are good ways and bad ways to run a club.
Good players in foreign leagues want to play in the EPL. We just have to be (a lot) smarter
Something feels familiar..
At this rate, 9th.
9th is still on.
Most likely we'll need just 1 point to seal 8th from the last 3 and I honestly don't think we can do it. What a time to be a United fan.
Can we hold onto 8th?
Depends how highly you rate Moyes and a WH on the beach. They need to win both their final games to overtake us. Brighton have J Pedro back, i..e their one reliable goalscorer; without that, I'd say 1 more point, but now i think we're toast as far as collecting any more this season
8th it is. We're not finishing below that, West Ham/Bournemouth/Brighton ain't catching us.
Things are dire but some of you really need to use math correctly.
Only WHU and Bournemouth can pass us and WHU are playing City, so that's not happening. Chelsea are playing Bournemouth as well, unlikely they win all three games to pass us.
8th it is.
* As long as theres good progression year on year.
We are not finishing lower than 8th.
Even if it’s mathematically possible, it’s not at all likely, looking at West Ham and Bournemouth’s remaining games and their far worst negative goal differences.
Brighton would have to win all of their 3 remaining games and Utd only gain no more than 2 points, for them to be a threat.
Newcastle and Chelsea play their next games on Saturday, a day before we play Arsenal at OT.
They can both put daylight between themselves and Utd.
8th is looking like a solid bet ATM.
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Even if it’s mathematically possible, it’s not at all likely, looking at West Ham and Bournemouth’s remaining games and their far worst negative goal differences.
Brighton would have to win all of their 3 remaining games and Utd only gain no more than 2 points, for them to be a threat.
Newcastle and Chelsea play their next games on Saturday, a day before we play Arsenal at OT.
They can both put daylight between themselves and Utd.
8th is looking like a solid bet ATM.
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Used to be a top 4 race, now a race for 8th place finish. At least it looks we're winning in it
Ive been thinking for some time that 8th is the best we'll manage and as I doubt we'll get any more than 4 points from our last 3 matches, 3pts v Brighton, 1 v Newcastle 8th is the best we'll do. As for Arsenal and City in the Cup Final, damage limitation will be the best we can hope for.
Despite United not picking up another point this season, they'll only fall to 8th.
Chelsea thought they beat us.Used to be a top 4 race, now a race for 8th place finish. At least it looks we're winning in it
Suckers
Hats off to you guys.
Considering how bad the team is ATM and looking back on the terrible season we’ve had, the greatest mystery is how the feck are we as high as 8th place ?
The rest of the PL can’t be worst, surely ?
I‘ve watched a fair few matches involving mid and lower table teams and even if they’ve lost, they’ve generally looked far more competent and played much better football than Utd have given us for most of this season.
It feels like we’ve flooked 8th without deserving it.
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The rest of the PL can’t be worst, surely ?
I‘ve watched a fair few matches involving mid and lower table teams and even if they’ve lost, they’ve generally looked far more competent and played much better football than Utd have given us for most of this season.
It feels like we’ve flooked 8th without deserving it.
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Originally thought nailed on 6th ….I was wrong
Looks like I might have been a bit optimistic. With Newcastle’s uptick in form, a win against them would now be a surprise. 4 points from the last 9 will be tough.