Premier League 2020/2021: 10th is the new 8th

[boonthegoon]

we were nicely setup for an outside shot at top 4 but wolves result kills us. Players might be shot mentally. If they don't recover for the upcoming run, even top 7 is out of the window. Just hoping we can somehow win the Europa. We should have a run like last season's FA cup

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Treading water. Even with the screwjob yesterday.

 

[boonthegoon]

the teams above like Everton, Villa, West ham are just not dropping enough points. It is going to be very tight even for top 7

 

[GeorgiaGunner]

we were nicely setup for an outside shot at top 4 but wolves result kills us. Players might be shot mentally. If they don't recover for the upcoming run, even top 7 is out of the window. Just hoping we can somehow win the Europa. We should have a run like last season's FA cup

I think the Wolves result is one we should / can just laugh off. Bizarre all around.

 

[field442]

the teams above like Everton, Villa, West ham are just not dropping enough points. It is going to be very tight even for top 7

Europa is the only way we’ll be getting in Europe next season. There’s way to many teams above us with games in hand for us to be hoping they all slip up.

 

[Pyromaniac]

If we keep playing like yesterday's first 30 minutes, we can get 6th. That's the maximum. Should go all in the Europa League

 

[DUFFMAN]

Crazy league this year.

Crazy results.

Most managers should be sacked if Arteta should be.

 

[novar]

Somehow retained 10th place but with even Brighton winning our rivals are making ground quickly.

Things can look proper dire by matchday 30

 

[Macho]

Crazy league this year.

Crazy results.

Most managers should be sacked if Arteta should be.

Chris Wilder aside, I’m yet to see another manager survive the run Arteta had to be honest. We probably never will.

 

[DanDare]

Chris Wilder aside, I’m yet to see another manager survive the run Arteta had to be honest. We probably never will.

Not this season but didn't Hassenhutl have a terrible run when he started? And he's lost 9-0 twice

 

[Macho]

Not this season but didn't Hassenhutl have a terrible run when he started? And he's lost 9-0 twice

He did, but it still wasn’t as bad.

Don’t care about 9 nil would still take him, I survived 8-2 under Wenger.

Arteta gets complete immunity after every red card, I don’t see why the same rule doesn’t apply to Hassenhutl.

The player who got red carded in the opening few minutes I’ve never even heard of.

 

[dashsnow17]

Like not only do we have to win more games, but other teams are also winning games, like when will West Ham stop winning games!?!?

 

[SA Gunner]

Points for 6th:

19-20: 59 (+14 GD)
18-19: 66 (+11)
17-18: 63 (+23)
16-17: 69 (+25)
15-16: 63 (+18)
14-15: 62 (+4)
13-14: 69 (+4)
12-13: 63 (+15)
11-12: 64 (+19)
10-11: 58 (+15)

This season is tight so it might be towards the bottom end of that scale, say 60 points and decent GD makes it quite likely for someone to finish in 6th. Our GD isn't decent so let's make it maybe 63.

Currently we're on 31 after 21 games. That leaves 17 games to get 32 points. What does that mean?

- 1.88 points per game.
- We can't win fewer than 7 games from here.
- WDL of 7-10-0
- WDL of 8-7-2
- WDL of 9-5-4
- WDL of 10-2-5

Basically we need to win about half our remaining games, as long as we don't lose more than a couple.

Sounds doable to me, if we have some luck with injuries and keep building on solid form.

Good analysis.

Could you do similar analysis on 4th?

 

[GoonerJay24]

Despite how bad results have gone for us lately, today's other matches actually went our way.

I think we are performing well and confident that we can start getting more wins if Arteta selects the right players for each game. We could still make top 6 in this crazy season.

 

[TornadoTed]

We really lost our chance this week despite not playing particularly badly in either game which is so frustrating. After back to back defeats for Liverpool, if we had of won against Wolves and Villa and we could have been in 7th, 3 points off them in 4th.

I think 6th is the absolute highest we can realistically expect now. All eggs in the Europa basket!

 

[Manberg10]

Does 7th get Europa league football?

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Beat United and we change the thread title to race for top four. Believe.

This aged ****ing well. Thank you Arsenal, never change.

 

[TornadoTed]

Does 7th get Europa league football?

I believe so as long as a team from outside the top 6 doesn't win the FA Cup like us last year 'stealing Wolves spot who finished 7th.

 

[dashsnow17]

Just over halfway through the 'most chaotic and unpredictable' of seasons but basically the winner is nailed on and relegation is nailed on. Race for European places the only thing left.

 

[boxerumble]

If we keep playing like yesterday's first 30 minutes, we can get 6th. That's the maximum. Should go all in the Europa League

I agree, but even Europa is looking like a very outside chance. Leicester, United, Milan, Lille, Sp**s, Sociedad, Napoli... lots of dangerous teams left