Need to start beating the Top 10 teams today. Just Everton, West Brom and Spurs from them left to play before the halfway point.
Top 4 race 2016/17
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Need to start beating the Top 10 teams today. Just Everton, West Brom and Spurs from them left to play before the halfway point.
Spot on,said it a while back,the current top 4 will qualify for Champions league,couldnt tell you the order though.
We are still a work in progress but I think we will win the EFL cup and might do ok in the FA cup also.
Hope Spurs finish bottom of their group in the CL. We need a clear run at the EL. Also, hope Sevilla qualify for the next round.
9 points behind. In a week where two of the top four lost their games we've widened the gap.
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
Top 6 thread anyone?
Yeah shift every egg in the Europa League basket.
I take that back.
Yeah I don't think United will be getting top four from here. You have to capitalise when teams above you drop points.
Yup that killed it. No way we can make up 9 points
Winning the Europa Leauge is probably best chance of getting into UCL next year.
We've overtaken West Brom.
Absolutely agree. It's been evident for I don't know how long that we can't park the bus and not concede yet José keeps doing it. 100% his fault again.
Mourinho will do nothing for us. What a Ihni binni dimi diniwiny anitaime. Best we can hope for is a lucky cup win.
Top 4 is impossible for this team and most importantly for this manager. Just try to enjoy watching the team without expecting too much.
It's gone, been gone since that Arsenal game IMO. we better focus on the cups and especially the EL.
It's been over for weeks.
Its over. We might not even get top four now.
When will Mourinho learn that the players we have arent good enough to defend a 1:0 lead coming off the bench.
There are so many better and more experienced players like Bastian/Schneiderlin or even Mensah to help defend the lead.
Shit like Fellaini will never do the job. NEVER.
When will Mourinho learn that the players we have arent good enough to defend a 1:0 lead coming off the bench.
There are so many better and more experienced players like Bastian/Schneiderlin or even Mensah to help defend the lead.
Shit like Fellaini will never do the job. NEVER.
9 points from 4th place 
We'll be lucky if that gap doesn't double by the end of the season.
We'll be lucky if that gap doesn't double by the end of the season.
Just get that glimmer of a way back in, with City and Liverpool losing, and we do that
Can we beat Tottenham next week? Or do we see even 5th place start getting way out of reach
Can we beat Tottenham next week? Or do we see even 5th place start getting way out of reach
Only team in the current top 10 that we've beaten is Bournemouth and that was at the start of the season. We just can't hold onto leads so I can't see us winning.Just get that glimmer of a way back in, with City and Liverpool losing, and we do that
Can we beat Tottenham next week? Or do we see even 5th place start getting way out of reach
Another week gone and all we've done is lost ground again. More of the same expected next week.
Ouch. Another weekend where United couldn't threaten the top 4. Liverpool/City despite losing were already quite ahead. The real issue is Spurs gaining 2 points on United.
Horrific stuff. We need a minor miracle to get it now. By fecking December.9 points from 4th place
We'll be lucky if that gap doesn't double by the end of the season.
Forget about it. Europa League Championship or bust! Even that's a tall order.
Could just see that happening today.Just get that glimmer of a way back in, with City and Liverpool losing, and we do that
Can we beat Tottenham next week? Or do we see even 5th place start getting way out of reach
Can't see us getting anything against tottenham. they starting to click again and Kane back scoring
I just remembered why: Every time someone predicts that we should win the next X matches, we fail at the first hurdle. It really shouldn't be a surprise, as we hardly ever win league games.
But yeah, apart from Spurs we'll definitely win the rest of the matches this year
We can hopefully hold on to sixth.
Though Kane, a bit like Lukaku very very rarely scores or even plays well against us.
A few hours of feeling down and it's not worth it, and we go again midweek.
It should be a bannable offence.
It's such an idiotic thing to do, as everyone knows you take one game at a time.
Yeah it happened last week and the week before too.I just remembered why: Every time someone predicts that we should win the next X matches, we fail at the first hurdle. It really shouldn't be a surprise, as we hardly ever win league games.
But yeah, apart from Spurs we'll definitely win the rest of the matches this year
United are practically 7 points off 5th as Spurs have a much better GD.
People should stop hoping for much in the league. Its been obvious for a while we are way too inconsistent and wont grind out enough results in the league. Our confidence is up in the cups and thats where our focus should be this season while we should just use the league to develop our games. So while its annoying as feck to drop points, I'm not really bothered about us falling behind in the league because Ive accepted its a write off this season.
They seem to realise winning TWO games in a row in the league is beyond us at the moment.
Yeah, last time we won more than one game in a row in the league was in the first three games. We're better at going on runs of drawing games.
least we're back ahead of West Brom, that bothered me more than anything.
Getting a draw at Goodison is a sign of Europa League contenders = positive.
Good news is we're only 22 days away from our next league win, Sunderland at home.
Getting a draw at Goodison is a sign of Europa League contenders = positive.
Good news is we're only 22 days away from our next league win, Sunderland at home.
We're a point ahead of West Brom and have scored one fewer goal. Wtf
Well we can always lend Kane a helping hand, like we did Baines tonight.
So.. Europa League?
2 wins in 11 matches. 13 points behind top, and we're only into December. This is quite simply shocking and outrageous considering the resources that have been poured into this team, and hiring a 'serial winner'.
Top 4 is gone, we needed to win as city and pool both dropped points. I cant believe im saying this and its only December
Jose has got to either man up and go for the kill in matches, or leave and let us hire a manager who will. That said, some of these players are completely spineless, and we've been left with a right mess by previous managers (Fellaini!). At this stage, Im not sure what signing anyone in January will actually acheive other than more wasted funds.
Top 4 is gone, we needed to win as city and pool both dropped points. I cant believe im saying this and its only December
Jose has got to either man up and go for the kill in matches, or leave and let us hire a manager who will. That said, some of these players are completely spineless, and we've been left with a right mess by previous managers (Fellaini!
). At this stage, Im not sure what signing anyone in January will actually acheive other than more wasted funds.Games we dropped points in when winning:
Stoke City (H: 1-1) - Martial (69'); Allen (82')
Arsenal (H: 1-1) - Mata (68'); Giroud (89')
Everton (A: 1-1) - Ibrahimovic (42'); Baines (89' pen)
Stoke City (H: 1-1) - Martial (69'); Allen (82')
Arsenal (H: 1-1) - Mata (68'); Giroud (89')
Everton (A: 1-1) - Ibrahimovic (42'); Baines (89' pen)