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Just done that BBC match predictor thing (didn't bother with specific score lines just who would win) and this is how I've got it

1- Man City 93pts
2- Man Utd 93pts
3- Tottenham 79pts (only having played 37 games though)
4- Arsenal 69pts (again only having played 37 games)
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5th- Chelsea 68pts
6th- Liverpool 62pts (having only played 36 games)
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16th- Blackburn 29pts (having only played 37 games)
17th- Wolves 29pts
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18th- QPR 26pts (having only played 37 games)
19th- Bolton 26pts (having only played 37 games)
20th- Wigan 26pts

Not sure when the added fixtures are going to be added but I doubt they'd effect things to much. For the record in reality there's no chance of us and City finishing level not least on 93 points

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/predictor/default.stm
 
City got any tough away games in the run in?

I presume Spurs and City away for you is as hard is it gets? Can't see City stuffing up, Tevez should make an impact, get him in and Dzeko out.
 
City have got some tough away games yes and tbh I think I was very generous with some of the victories I did give them but always best to air on the side of pessimism
 
i do hope blackburn survive. wolves, bolton, qpr will join them in the scrap as it's almost certain wigan will drop. i'd like to see villa in the mix too. wouldn't miss any of them.
 
cm1179 said:
i do hope blackburn survive. wolves, bolton, qpr will join them in the scrap as it's almost certain wigan will drop. i'd like to see villa in the mix too. wouldn't miss any of them.
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To be honest, had nothing but contempt for Warnock, disgraceful in relegation, disgraceful football but the manager who sent players on just to both get red carded, injure players and get a game abandoned is just the single worst instance of completely unsportsman like behaviour I've witnessed in sport.

But QPR without him I wouldn't mind seeing up over all those clubs, why, money. Blackburn have rich owners clearly not willing to spend, they stay up they'll play the same crap football next year, Wolves, Bolton, Wigan, same story.

QPR with an owner both willing to spend and a decent manager(but the worst most championship worthy side to start with unfortunately) if they stay up could actually end up a significantly better side with another transfer window than any of those other sides.

THe league is in desperate need for improving quality as the general quality top to bottom is laughable right now.

I don't like QPR but they have easily the best chance to improve over any of the other relegation contenders.

Villa fall in that category as well...... as long as they fire the manager, the turgid, painful, boring, **** football he's producing deserves nothing less than relegation.... but Villa, squad/strength/money can clearly do a LOT better.
 
Can only see these games not being walk overs and a couple may be clutching at straws:

Man City V Chelsea 19th March
Man City V Stoke 24th March
Arsenal V Man City 9th April
Wolves V Man City 22nd April (Wolves could be desperate)
Man City v Man Utd 30th April
 
drunkenmaster said:
A very brief look at the number seems to be a circa 50mil profit with circa 50mil profits from player sales.

The only really sellable asset that would attract a similar fee this time around is RVP, so I think all things being even we could fail to break even next year even if we sold RVP... largely as I can see RVP wanting to leave and not attracting the kind of super fee that his current form might have demanded 2-3 years ago.

If we miss out on the CL and don't sell players we could quite easily slip into a loss next season as seemingly from the number of players we've lost vs number we've bought in on poor deals we are likely worse off wage wise compared to last year already, with a few new deals negotiated already and the predictable and likely Walcott bigger deal...........

Selling most of your best players and making a big profit while putting loading higher wages and getting worse can look good short term, long term it could be exactly the opposite.

People are seemingly reading a heck of a lot into a 5-2 win and forgetting an almost identical "thrashing" of Chelsea which was also somehow seen as a great win rather than a truly farsical performance from Chelsea.
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I was thinking what you just wrote. For a club thats been praised for its economic policy recently it does seem odd that they could post a loss if they don't sell players. Has the emirates been paid of yet?
 
The most dangerous games in the run in are the ones that look easy, especially against teams battling relegation as their survival instinct starts to kick in.
 
Moses said:
They made a profit outside of playing trading, they wouldn't have made a loss.

Yeah, they still owe ~£263m... but they have £115m in the bank.

They're praised because they're still breaking even/making money, and will soon have paid off their debts and will be able renegotiate numerous headline sponsorship deals, which currently bring in substantially less than the market could bear (arguably)... which'll all result in a business making good money, with no significant debts.
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Thats good but that 115m doesn't score you goals or keep clean sheets.
 
RVP isn't for keeping you a clean sheet!

also be interesting to see if he sticks around if you don't get cl football, though i'd rather you got it than chelsea or liverpool
 
Tom84 said:
Just done that BBC match predictor thing (didn't bother with specific score lines just who would win) and this is how I've got it

1- Man City 93pts
2- Man Utd 93pts
3- Tottenham 79pts (only having played 37 games though)
4- Arsenal 69pts (again only having played 37 games)
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5th- Chelsea 68pts
6th- Liverpool 62pts (having only played 36 games)
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16th- Blackburn 29pts (having only played 37 games)
17th- Wolves 29pts
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18th- QPR 26pts (having only played 37 games)
19th- Bolton 26pts (having only played 37 games)
20th- Wigan 26pts

Not sure when the added fixtures are going to be added but I doubt they'd effect things to much. For the record in reality there's no chance of us and City finishing level not least on 93 points

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/predictor/default.stm
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Well I never.
 
Well I'm back, reading the last page of this thread has been an excellent reminder of why I haven't missed this place. :o

Edit: the RvP debate in the other thread is laugh a minute too. :p
 
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