Gambling is the best reverse jinx- The Other Teams Thread [R]

Well done Arsenal, we need them as confident as possible for the upcoming match with Liverpool.

 

Well ill be damned if I watch Newcastle vs. Stoke.

 

Unfortunately Villa's collapse means that Arsenal don't really need to get a result at Liverpool.

 

Motta is on fire atm for Genoa.

 

Pride, dislike of Benitez, galvanising his players for next season, getting Cesc, Adebayor, Walcott big-game sharp against English-level oppo before the FAC..

That's plenty to play for. Arsenal do not like to be ignored. Beating Liverpool sends all the right kind of messages about them being back to us and Chelsea.

 

Iaquinta ties it at 2-2 for 10-man Juve.

six minutes to go.

 

If Villa win tomorrow and Arsenal lose @ Anfield, Villa are right back in it.

3 point gap then with Villa having a bunch of relatively easy games left and Laursen, Heskey and Bouma all returning and Arsenal having visits to Chelsea and OT to negotiate in a packed calendar.

Wenger wouldn't want Villa to get a sniff at them again.

 

wow, Geona should win this now. Palladino with a tap-in. 3-2 now.

this has been a great game... too bad for Juve considering Inter's result.

 

Hey everyone. I come in peace. I posted this over on our Other Team Thread in the LFC Forum, and I thought I would share it with you all. Enjoy.

Remaining League Fixtures For Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United.

Chelsea - 67 points, 6 matches remaining

• Everton
• @ West Ham
• Fulham
• @ Arsenal
• Blackburn
• @ Sunderland

Liverpool - 70 points, 6 matches remaining

• Arsenal
• @ Hull
• Newcastle
• @ West Ham
• @ West Brom
• Tottenham

United - 71 points, 7 matches remaining

• Portsmouth
• Tottenham
• @ Middlesborough
• Manchester City
• @ Wigan
• Arsenal
• @ Hull

If United, Chelsea, and Liverpool win all of their remaining game, the final league total will look like this...

United - 92
Liverpool - 88
Chelsea - 85

Basically, to be level/ahead of United at the end, Liverpool need to win the rest of our games, while hoping one of the two things happens in United's 7 games:

• United draw once and lose once, which would put them at 87 points.
• United draw twice, which would put them at 88 points. Leaving it to goal difference.

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If the teams are level on points, then it will come down to goal difference. Right now, with a game in hand, Liverpool lead goal difference (38 to 33).

If the teams are level on goal difference, which isn't likely, then it goes to goals scored. Right now, with a game in hand, Liverpool lead goals scored (59 to 54).

If the teams are level on goal differential and goals scored, very unlikely, the teams go to a single-game playoff at a neutral venue (Wembley? ).

This is just for your information, a lot of this is hypothetical. I would wish you all luck, but that would be a lie now wouldn't it .

 

The Villareal game and the first half of today's game definately reaffirmed the fact that we have a lot of work to put in, and I just don't see us letting up in the league until we make it a mathematical impossibility. Ideally we would want at least the current 6 point gap to hold when we meet you guys as our superior goal difference should see them off at that point.

We would be going all out against Liverpool either way. The fact that we lost Djourou as well, to leave Silvestre and Gibbs as starting players in our back 4 has us somewhat nervy about our chances.

 

After the Arsenal game you guys have an absolute cakewalk. The bolded games for us on the other hand...are rough.

 

Still sticking to Keane scoring in front of the Kop come last day...if not in front the other end and then jumps into a sea of Spurs supporters.

 

You know, Keane would get a winners medal should the dippers win the Prem....

 

How poetic that would be..

 

Or....he can throw a dagger in the fatman that treated him so badly. I hope he chooses wisely if push comes to shove.

 

Some very good luck for Arsenal. Apparently Senna got injured in the last league game.

 

The run-in looks scary. Now, I'm Mr. Pessimist, I always underestimate us and overestimate the opposition. But I can't see us dropping less than 4 points in that run of games the way we are playing. I'd add Spurs at home as a dangerous fixture as well.

So unless we get back on form (maybe the return of Brown will be the key to getting clean sheets again) then we will be dependent on Liverpool dropping points. If they beat Arsenal then they will be in a great position.

 

Villa is falling fast. 0-2 against Everton.

 

You are just being yourself. It is fairly easy to give a positive twist to the fixtures -- Wigan having conceded 4 in their last two, Spurs' poor record against us and good record against pool, Hull most likely being safe by the time we play them, Arsenal securing 4th spot by the penultimate round etc.

We need to up our performances, the rest should fall in place. Hopefully, the return of Rio and Brown does the trick.

 

Aston Villa 3-3 Everton now. 10 minutes to play. Saha about to come on.

News from the other game is that Petrov starts in place of Robinho. Good to see the former return from injury. Same with Bojinov, who starts ahead of Sturridge.

 

I've seen a few posts now touting the return of Wes Brown. I doubt that we'll see the Wes Brown that we relied on last season until he's been back for awhile, which could mean after the end of the run-in. He's been out for practically the whole season; it will take time to come back.

Don't get me wrong, I can't wait to see him back. It just sounds like our expectations might be a bit too high for him at the moment.

 

Aston Villa vs. Everton games this season have been amazing.

 

You're probably right, but we're getting a bit desperate for a magic bullet to solve our defensive frailties.

 

Citeh's PotY gets his 12th of the season, and makes it 1-0. Benni is an arsehole for taking him from us in the World Draft...

 

Class player he is.