Life after December

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26may1989
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Life after December

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There's been plenty of talk of our mega December fixture list but has anyone noticed how kind January to mid-March is:

West Ham (h)
Brum (h)
Fulham (a)
Newcastle (h)
Man City (a)
Blackburn (h)
Brum (a)
Villa (h)
Wigan (a)
Boro (h)

Unless our form changes completely, that should be a minimum of 26 points out of 30.

After that, things get tougher: Chelsea (a), Bolton (a), Liverpool (h) and Man U (a) in the space of three weeks, with the Champs' League QFs in between. But we then have some easy-ish league games to finish: Reading (h), Derby (a), Everton (h) and Sunderland (a) (Champs' League SFs then too).

If (still a big if) we get to the end of December in good shape, we can be optimistic about getting to mid-March on top or at the very least a close second. So we could go into our very intense April period with the pressure very much on our opponents.

Or we could screw it all up and be nowhere.
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Post by T.S »

That run of fixtures does look kind, but if we suffer a crisis of confidence the likes of which the 49ers did, given a bad result or two in December, some of those fixtures start to look a whole lot tougher.
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Post by 26may1989 »

TS, you wise old sage, you.
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we'll have it sewn up by valentines day boys
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highburyJD wrote:we'll have it sewn up by valentines day boys

will make it all the better :P
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took the missus to a 5-1 win over palace obn a recent valentines day
(made up for missing her birthday a few years before for the 5-1 win at the san siro)
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highburyJD wrote:we'll have it sewn up by valentines day boys
Well, we can mathematically have 72 points by then.

However, if we do have 72 points by Valentine's Day, I'll eat my hat (with it firmly in mind of what happened last time I said that!)
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highburyJD wrote:we'll have it sewn up by valentines day boys

:roll: :roll: :roll:
lets not get carried away please :?
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chavs and manure have tougher runs at the beginning of 08
(pools is as easy as ours apart from a trip2 citeh)
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tonysaunders wrote:
highburyJD wrote:we'll have it sewn up by valentines day boys
Well, we can mathematically have 72 points by then.

However, if we do have 72 points by Valentine's Day, I'll eat my hat
can you record it, put it on youtube and then post it here for us all too see :lol: :wink:
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Stearmaster wrote:
tonysaunders wrote:
highburyJD wrote:
we'll have it sewn up by valentines day boys


Well, we can mathematically have 72 points by then.

However, if we do have 72 points by Valentine's Day, I'll eat my hat


can you record it, put it on youtube and then post it here for us all too see
We've had promises of hat eating on here before and I don't think they ever happened! :roll:

At least St Totteringhams Day should be nice and early this year :lol:
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(with it firmly in mind of what happened last time I said that!)
What happened last time you said that? Think being a new boy i missed it
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All of our home matches should be won (West Ham, Birmingham, Newcastle, Blackburn, Villa, Middlesbrough) unless we are in not in form. Wigan, Birmingham and Fulham away are not that hard; Man City is the only tough match in that period, they are the only team with 100% home record so far and will also get stronger during the January transfer-window. I'd be happy with a draw against them. I agree with you, 26may1989, 26 points out of 30 during that period, looks likely :) [/b]
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Post by donaldo »

Life after december means no Toure so that means Swiss Cygan might play.I dont think my nerves can take it after his performance v Seville
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Post by Charlie! Charlie! »

donaldo wrote:Life after december means no Toure so that means Swiss Cygan might play.I dont think my nerves can take it after his performance v Seville

... and thats my day ruined :?
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