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Best run-in
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:28 am
by Napoleon
As it stands Burnley have best remaining fixtures out of the whole league!
Re: Best run-in
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:43 am
by tim_noone
This is where Sean will be able to put new systems into practice ...not that there's anything wrong with current style. But I think a lot more flair is on the way. And how he re jigs the defence when players are out injured from the bare bones of a squad is amazing.
Re: Best run-in
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:55 am
by LeadBelly
It's not looking good for Stoke if I'm reading those figures correctly. Looks like, to add to their poor position, the have a tough set of games. They badly need to beat B&HA at home next week or they'll be odds-on with WBA and Hudd.
The 3 teams just below us in the league also appear to have decent run-ins so we need to work hard to stay 7th/8th and earn all those extra £millions.
Re: Best run-in
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:59 am
by ElectroClaret
I'd like to see Lennon and Nkoudou running at these defences, think they'd have
a lot of joy, particularly after seeing some of the hopeless defences on display
last night on MOTD.
Quite a few more points to come, methinks.
Re: Best run-in
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:18 pm
by Clarets4me
Obviously, no " easy " games in the Premier League, but out of 12 games left, only two are against the top 6, Chelsea ( H ) and Arsenal ( A ), both of whom are capable of " throwing one in " every now and again...
After Swansea next Saturday, we have a 14 day break which should help us in terms of getting players back from injury....
Re: Best run-in
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 12:25 pm
by conyoviejo
It might look good on paper, but I'd say they were all hard games left.Lets not forget these teams (including us)are playing to stop in the richest league in the world..If they are relegated it becomes a real struggle for them to get back into the premier league..
Our next match away at Swansea will just prove how hard it will be ..Every point will have to be earned,so we can't afford to relax and feel we have done enough.. We need every game to be on the lines of the Citeh game where we kept going and I'm sure Sean will be telling them so..
Re: Best run-in
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:09 pm
by nil_desperandum
Interesting that - theoretically - the 2 teams with the hardest fixtures are WHU and Brighton, who both appear to be in mid-table at present, but who in fact are only 3 points clear of relegation zone.
Edit:Just spotted that Southampton's fixtures are supposed to be slightly harder.
Re: Best run-in
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:18 pm
by Colburn_Claret
It's time to remember one game at a time.
There are no easy games in the prem, just some are 'easier' than others.
A great opportunity to experiment with a more attacking flair, true, but why risk losing games on an experiment, when the club is financially better off the higher we finish. I suspect Sean will carry on regardless, and try to win every game.
Re: Best run-in
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:26 pm
by Vegas Claret
nobody wants to play us that's for sure
Re: Best run-in
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:05 pm
by IanMcL
At the end, form goes out the window. Survival at one end and Champs League the other.
Arsenal are catchable.
Re: Best run-in
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:24 pm
by gawthorpe_view
Traditionally, two or three teams around the bottom suddenly find a bit of form in the run in.
This often results in teams that looked safe at the turn of the year dropping into the relegation scrap.