9 games to go....

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:35 pm

....and a possible 27 points available to win.

Currently on 39 points and that’s enough to see us in the PL for another season.

So now we are playing for pride and a top 10 finish.

4 matches at home, 5 away.

Manchester City (away)
Watford (home)
Crystal Palace (away)
Sheffield (home)
West Ham (away)
Liverpool (away)
Wolves (home)
Norwich (away)
Brighton (home)

So how many points do you see us picking up?

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:37 pm

I’ll go for 9.

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:40 pm

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:44 pm

Remove Man City and Liverpool and you have:

Watford (home)
Crystal Palace (away)
Sheffield (home)
West Ham (away)
Wolves (home)
Norwich (away)
Brighton (home)

On paper, they are all winnable. No reason why we can't get 12-15 points from the remaining games.

Volvoclaret · Post by **Volvoclaret** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:48 pm

Goobs · Post by **Goobs** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:52 pm

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:58 pm

Think we'll end up with 48/49 points.
So nine or ten from the remaining games.

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:01 pm

We’ll get bugger all from the rest of the games...

https://youtu.be/-yXVufG5oV0

thatdberight · Post by **thatdberight** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:06 pm

9 and we'll finish 10th.

Coolbreeze799 · Post by **Coolbreeze799** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:06 pm

50 or more points

ksrclaret · Post by **ksrclaret** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:11 pm

I'll go for 7 more points because we're never at our best when we've not got much to play for (we're already safe), and I think they are a very tough set of fixtures.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:13 pm

ksrclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:11 pm
I'll go for 7 more points because we're never at our best when we've not got much to play for (we're already safe)

Spurs probably think they have every chance of getting into Europe and they are only two points ahead.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:29 pm

Notsosuperstevedavis · Post by **Notsosuperstevedavis** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:31 pm

Relegate Brighton on last day of the season?
That’d be worth the ticket price alone.

Claretforever · Post by **Claretforever** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:36 pm

Providing we don’t take our foot off the gas I think we can get another 12-14 points. I don’t think it will be enough for European qualification.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:40 pm

18 points.

claret54 · Post by **claret54** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:53 pm

We should be looking for a European place. After getting 7th place two years ago that felt as though it was the best we could do. But now we could do it again. Two big home matches against Sheffield and Wolves if we can win those we give ourselves a great chance. I'm hoping for 16 more points. That's realistic.

4:20 · Post by **4:20** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:03 pm

21 points

6 wins, 3 draws

warksclaret · Post by **warksclaret** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:18 pm

6-7 points as we always fade badly at the season end

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:19 pm

claret54 wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:53 pm
We should be looking for a European place. After getting 7th place two years ago that felt as though it was the best we could do. But now we could do it again. Two big home matches against Sheffield and Wolves if we can win those we give ourselves a great chance. I'm hoping for 16 more points. That's realistic.

Agreed, and the fact we owe both of them teams for the away games at theirs...

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:55 pm

I was underplaying it and calculated 13.

No reason we can’t get to fifty at least.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:00 pm

the more points they get the higher up the league they finish which means the more money they will get as their bonus - madness to ease off at any stage where a win can lift you a place

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:07 pm

Prior to the last 7 games... the consensus was we woud struggle to get to 36 points after 38 games.

Hhmmmm we are now on 39 points after 29 games, and now there are some saying "oooooooohhh we are going to struggle to get another 4 or 5 points"

9 games left ... minimum 9 points ... If we continue our season average we should get 12 points plus.

Vis a vis we will have 51 points and a probable top 10 finish....

JimmyRobbo · Post by **JimmyRobbo** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:08 pm

Best case 15. Worst 4. I'll plump for 9.

I tend to be a pessimist these days. Generally means I'm happy with our results.

RVclaret · Post by **RVclaret** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:13 pm

9 max.

Longsidebogs · Post by **Longsidebogs** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:16 pm

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:20 pm

I understand each League place finish is worth around £2m to the Club, in extra merit payments, which then feeds down to the players in increased bonus's ..... I'm sure the players don't need me to point this out ! Ashley Barnes could upgrade his " Minibus ", and Westy could buy a proper scarifier, for his beloved lawn ....

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:01 pm

Anything less than 27 is pitiful.

SalisburyClaret · Post by **SalisburyClaret** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:19 pm

11
- how many points will we need for Europe?

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:24 pm

This is football, anything can happen.
We could win at Anfield and lose to BHA to keep them up.
I’ll go for 12.

Bigvince · Post by **Bigvince** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:26 pm

My best guess
Manchester City (away) 0 pts
Watford (home) 3 pts
Crystal Palace (away) 0 pts
Sheffield (home) 1 pts
West Ham (away) 1 pts
Liverpool (away) 0 pts
Wolves (home) 1 pts
Norwich (away) 3 pts
Brighton (home) 3 pts

12 points
51 total

MT03ALG · Post by **MT03ALG** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:39 pm

15 = 54 points in total and 8th.position (if similar to last season), just enough to avoid Europe !!

HiroshimaClaret · Post by **HiroshimaClaret** » Mon Mar 09, 2020 1:04 am

4 matches at home, 5 away.

Manchester City (away) 0
Watford (home) 1
Crystal Palace (away) 1
Sheffield (home) 1
West Ham (away) 1
Liverpool (away) 0
Wolves (home) 1
Norwich (away) 1
Brighton (home) 3

So how many points do you see us picking up? 9
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RammyClaret61 · Post by **RammyClaret61** » Mon Mar 09, 2020 5:43 am

I’ll go for;
Manchester City (away) 0 pts
Watford (home) 3 pts
Crystal Palace (away) 0 pts
Sheffield United (home) 1 pt
West Ham (away) 1 pt
Liverpool (away) 0 pts
Wolves (home) 1 pt
Norwich (away) 1 pt
Brighton (home) 3 pts

10 points. Could be another 4 with wins against Sheffield Utd & Wolves.

claretandy · Post by **claretandy** » Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:21 am

9, 2 wins and 3 draws, we will finish 11th.

CharlieinNewMexico · Post by **CharlieinNewMexico** » Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:29 am

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Sat Jul 11, 2020 5:19 pm

Revisit your predictions for the last 9 games. We’ve still got 3 to go but were you correct or did you underestimate the mighty Clarets?

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:55 pm

Zlatan wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:01 pm
We’ll get bugger all from the rest of the games...

https://youtu.be/-yXVufG5oV0

It’s fantastic how wrong I was

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:06 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:55 pm
I was underplaying it and calculated 13.

No reason we can’t get to fifty at least.

claretandy · Post by **claretandy** » Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:16 pm

claretandy wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:21 am
9, 2 wins and 3 draws, we will finish 11th.

My revised prediction is 5 wins and 3 draws, 18 points.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:32 pm

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:37 pm
I’ll go for 9.

I still think we’ll get 9, easily.

bfcmik · Post by **bfcmik** » Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:44 pm

Rileybobs wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:32 pm
I still think we’ll get 9, easily.

You see us ending on 59 points - that would be an extremely good total for a limited resource club like us.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sat Jul 11, 2020 9:02 pm

bfcmik wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:44 pm
You see us ending on 59 points - that would be an extremely good total for a limited resource club like us.

No - I predicted 9 points from the 9 games before the restart - I thought we’d be on the beach. How wrong was I. It wouldn’t actually surprise me to see us pick up 9 points from the remaining 3 games now. That said Wolves will be extremely tough - I expect us to beat Norwich, Brighton will also be a tight one. So I’m going to go for 5 points from the remaining 3 games.

diamondpocket · Post by **diamondpocket** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:14 am

Win our last 3 games & the Europa League should be coming back to Burnley.

MT03ALG · Post by **MT03ALG** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:24 am

MT03ALG wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:39 pm
15 = 54 points in total and 8th.position (if similar to last season), just enough to avoid Europe !!

We may get more than 54 points and break our Premier League Total...

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:39 am

diamondpocket wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:14 am
Win our last 3 games & the Europa League should be coming back to Burnley.

Hard task to keep above Spurs AND Arsenal and I doubt we will catch Sheffield United who are 4points up on us and Wolves may be 5 points ahead by the time we play them on Wednesday and then with us there is always 'after the Lord mayor's show" as we did last season at Newcastle. But it would be good to reverse a poor trend of results for our last 3 games in this league where I think we have only ever won one game which was our win against Spurs in 2010; I think of the 12 games over 4 seasons we have P12 W1 D2 L9

Bigvince · Post by **Bigvince** » Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:54 am

mdd2 wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:39 am
Hard task to keep above Spurs AND Arsenal and I doubt we will catch Sheffield United who are 4points up on us and Wolves may be 5 points ahead by the time we play them on Wednesday and then with us there is always 'after the Lord mayor's show" as we did last season at Newcastle. But it would be good to reverse a poor trend of results for our last 3 games in this league where I think we have only ever won one game which was our win against Spurs in 2010; I think of the 12 games over 4 seasons we have P12 W1 D2 L9

Think we could finish above arsenal, there next 2 games are spurs and Liverpool, followed by villa and Watford
Also spurs have arsenal Leicester Newcastle and palace, by no means an easy run in