I'm better suited to Real or Inter than Blackburn!!11!1! (Other teams thread) [R]

Well Carroll achieved his boyhood dream of scoring the goal that puts us in Europe. It's still not properly sunk in that next season we'll be playing in Europe (barring some sort of massive collapse) one more win and we can't finish worse than 6th. Good times, and as TD says hopefully this takes some of the pressure off and we can push for fourth. I've still seen a lot of the pundits talking about 4th without properly mentioning us. Why have they done this all season? Is there an '*' next to us in the table that I can't see?

On the subject of other teams though... Ashley Young is a horrible diving cheat. Watch as the British media don't take him to task on it as they would with Suarez/any other foreigner doing the exact same thing:

 

Yeah I heard he said something about him being the biggest cheat in the English game?

It'll be interesting to see how the new rules being applied to Chelsea affects our hopes of top four. Seemingly offsides don't count and there's a new "close enough" rule to scoring.

 

The odds of keeping up with Tottenham for 4th place are slim. They have the easiest last four matches I've ever seen, while we face Chelsea and Man City. I'll celebrate when we clinch Europa League.

 

Spurs run in does look easy on paper, QPR (A) - Blackburn (H) - Bolton (A) - Villa (A) - Fulham (H). However there are no easy games in the Premier League particularly at this point of the season. The easiest games should be against teams who have nothing to play for, the teams in the relegation zone aren't walkovers especially when they're fighting for their lives. QPR seem to play better against the bigger sides too.

Wigan only start playing in April apparently and having beaten Man Yoo and Arsenal now, and were robbed of at least a point at Stamford Bridge, we'll have to be on it when we play them. They're the PL's turd that just won't flush.

For us a lot could depend on whether City are still in the title race when they come here on the penultimate weekend of the season.

4 points should wrap up 6th, but since Everton go to Old Trafford on Sunday I'd think we're there if we get three points against Stoke. We could also do with Arsenal beating Chelsea.

 

Hilarious take on Ashley Young's diving habit...

‘Ashley Young Is A Diving Wanker’

 

Seems as though the wheels are coming off at Spurs, I know Redknapp is the media's lap-dog because of the amount of bullshit he gives them to fill their papers, but now there are reports that he's lost the dressing room. Apparently Adebayor refused to play against QPR, and he also had arguments with Kyle Walker, Kaboul and Lennon. None of it will feature in the press too much though.

Hopefully it continues but I wish they'd all f*ck off with the "speculation about the England job is hurting Spurs' season." It's such a cop-out excuse.

Its nice to know that we're in fourth and its all in our own hands. Hopefully we get the win against Wigan next weekend. Seeing City lose the derby next Monday would also be good for us, City would then come to our place effectively out of the title race. If we win our game in hand we're joint third. Crazy season.

 

Since they cannot be eliminated, I would be just as happy to see City beat their rivals with all those glory hunting fans. I used to be adamantly opposed to clubs that want to buy the trophy, but since Chelsea has already done it recently, why not City?

The lads will have to humble at least one of the overspenders to have a chance, but fortunately that can happen even if they don't come here demoralized. There is no easy path to the top four.

 

However if Chelsea win the Champions League it is possible for us to get third and keep both Arsenal and Spurs out. That seems more like a dream scenario than doomsday.

 

Well done to Chelsea, however for the final they'll still have to get past Real or Bayern, and do it without Terry, Meireles, Ivanovic and Ramires, plus injuries to Cahill and Luiz (depending on how serious they are). It'll be interesting to see how Chelsea do in the league now, since they have two cup finals to focus on.

Although it would be just our club's luck to be the first team to finish in the top four and not get CL football.

Regarding catching Arsenal, we're level on points with them if we beat Wigan, of course our last three games are going to be the real test, plus the goal difference is like an extra point for Arsenal.

 

Nile Ranger helped the Owls earn automatic promotion to the Championship. It must be that work ethic and winning mentality he learned in Newcastle.