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9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:35 pm
by LoveCurryPies
....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?
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:37 pm
by Rileybobs
I’ll go for 9.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:40 pm
by claretblue
15
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:44 pm
by FactualFrank
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.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:48 pm
by Volvoclaret
28

Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:52 pm
by Goobs
14
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:58 pm
by ElectroClaret
Think we'll end up with 48/49 points.
So nine or ten from the remaining games.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:01 pm
by Zlatan
We’ll get bugger all from the rest of the games...
https://youtu.be/-yXVufG5oV0
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:06 pm
by thatdberight
9 and we'll finish 10th.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:06 pm
by Coolbreeze799
50 or more points
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:11 pm
by ksrclaret
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.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:13 pm
by Spijed
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.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:29 pm
by bfcjg
11.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:31 pm
by Notsosuperstevedavis
Relegate Brighton on last day of the season?
That’d be worth the ticket price alone.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:36 pm
by Claretforever
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.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:40 pm
by dermotdermot
18 points.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 6:53 pm
by claret54
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.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:03 pm
by 4:20
21 points
6 wins, 3 draws
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:18 pm
by warksclaret
6-7 points as we always fade badly at the season end
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:19 pm
by Zlatan
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...
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:55 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
I was underplaying it and calculated 13.
No reason we can’t get to fifty at least.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:00 pm
by Vegas Claret
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
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:07 pm
by Bosscat
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....

Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:08 pm
by JimmyRobbo
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.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:13 pm
by RVclaret
9 max.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:16 pm
by Longsidebogs
13
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:20 pm
by Clarets4me
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 ....
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:01 pm
by Quickenthetempo
Anything less than 27 is pitiful.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:19 pm
by SalisburyClaret
11
- how many points will we need for Europe?
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:24 pm
by Tricky Trevor
This is football, anything can happen.
We could win at Anfield and lose to BHA to keep them up.
I’ll go for 12.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:26 pm
by Bigvince
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
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:39 pm
by MT03ALG
15 = 54 points in total and 8th.position (if similar to last season), just enough to avoid Europe !!
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 1:04 am
by HiroshimaClaret
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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Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 5:43 am
by RammyClaret61
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.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:21 am
by claretandy
9, 2 wins and 3 draws, we will finish 11th.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2020 7:29 am
by CharlieinNewMexico
11
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 5:19 pm
by LoveCurryPies
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?
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:55 pm
by Zlatan
It’s fantastic how wrong I was

Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:06 pm
by cricketfieldclarets
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.

Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:16 pm
by claretandy
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.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:32 pm
by Rileybobs
Rileybobs wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:37 pm
I’ll go for 9.
I still think we’ll get 9, easily.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:44 pm
by bfcmik
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.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 9:02 pm
by Rileybobs
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.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:14 am
by diamondpocket
Win our last 3 games & the Europa League should be coming back to Burnley.
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:24 am
by MT03ALG
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...
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:39 am
by mdd2
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
Re: 9 games to go....
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 8:54 am
by Bigvince
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