The Race for Top 4 Thread

[Blueboylewis]

Thought i would create this thread as every weekend or week day or whenever a premier league game is on that involves the race for the fourth spot or maybe third then i will update this first page and put the league table on here so we can keep an eye out for how we are doing for that sacred fourth position.

I am not going to put United or Chelsea in the race for the fourth spot as i cant see them getting any lower than first or second. I think it will be them two in the title race again this season.


Manchester City

09 February 2010 19:45 H Bolton Wanderers
16 February 2010 19:45 A Stoke City
21 February 2010 15:00 H Liverpool
27 February 2010 12:45 A Chelsea

06 March 2010 12:45 H Tottenham Hotspur
14 March 2010 16:00 A Sunderland
20 March 2010 15:00 A Fulham
29 March 2010 20:00 H Wigan Athletic

03 April 2010 15:00 A Burnley
10 April 2010 15:00 H Birmingham City
17 April 2010 15:00 H Manchester United
24 April 2010 15:00 A Arsenal

01 May 2010 15:00 H Aston Villa
09 May 2010 15:00 A West Ham United



Liverpool

10 Feb 2010 Arsenal A 19:45
21 Feb 2010 Man City A 15:00
28 Feb 2010 Blackburn H 15:00

8 Mar 2010 Wigan A 20:00
15 Mar 2010 Portsmouth H 20:00
21 Mar 2010 Man United A 13:30
28 Mar 2010 Sunderland H 16:00

3 Apr 2010 Birmingham A 15:00
11 Apr 2010 Fulham H 15:00
17 Apr 2010 West Ham H 15:00
24 Apr 2010 Burnley A 15:00

1 May 2010 Chelsea H 15:00
9 May 2010 Hull A 15:00



Tottenham

February
10 Wed Away Wolverhampton 19:45
21 Sun Away Wigan Athletic 16:15
28 Sun Home Everton 13:00

March
06 Sat Away Man City 12:45
13 Sat Home Blackburn 12:45
20 Sat Away Stoke City 15:00
27 Sat Home Portsmouth 15:00

April
03 Sat Away Sunderland 15:00
10 Sat Home Arsenal 15:00
17 Sat Home Chelsea 15:00
24 Sat Away Man Utd 15:00

May
01 Sat Home Bolton 15:00
09 Sun Away Burnley 15:00



Arsenal

February
07 Sun A Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal
10 Wed H Liverpool 19:45
20 Sat H Sunderland 15:00
27 Sat A Stoke City 17:30

March
06 Sat H Burnley 15:00
13 Sat A Hull City 17:30
20 Sat H West Ham United 17:30
27 Sat A Birmingham 15:00

April
03 Sat H Wolverhampton 15:00
10 Sat A Tottenham Hotspur 15:00
17 Sat A Wigan Athletic 15:00
24 Sat H Manchester City 15:00

May
01 Sat A Blackburn Rovers 15:00
09 Sun H Fulham 15:00



Aston Villa

February
10 Wednesday Aston Villa v Man Utd, 19:45
Sunday 21 Aston Villa v Burnley, 14:00

March
Saturday 6 Aston Villa v Sunderland, 15:00
Saturday 13 Stoke v Aston Villa, 15:00
Tuesday, 16 Wigan v Aston Villa, 19:45
Saturday, 20 Aston Villa v Wolverhampton, 12:45
Saturday, 27 Chelsea v Aston Villa, 15:00

April
Saturday, 3 Bolton v Aston Villa, 15:00
Saturday, 10 Aston Villa v Everton, 15:00
Saturday, 17 Portsmouth v Aston Villa, 15:00
Sunday, 25 Aston Villa v Birmingham, 12:00

May
Saturday, 1 Man City v Aston Villa, 15:00
Sunday, 9 Aston Villa v Blackburn, 15:00

[edge275]

Can someone give confirmation this this is the official thread or not?

[Wooders]

this will be on the 3rd page before the day is done - sorry lewis mate

[Blueboylewis]

this will be on the 3rd page before the day is done - sorry lewis mate

Nah your right it will be. But it will be coming straight back up in the week :)

[Vhero]

Man Lewis is desperately trying to get a popular topic eh?? lol

[Blueboylewis]

1 Chelsea Played - 25 Points - 58
2 Man Utd Played 25 Points - 56
3 Arsenal Played - 25 Points- 49
4 Liverpool Played- 25 Points- 44

We are sitting in 6th place with two games in hand and on 41 points.

[ashton287]

we play liverpool, spuds and villa at home so we just need to beat them and not lose stupid points to shit teams like hull and were there

[Somerset Blue]

we play liverpool, spuds and villa at home so we just need to beat them and not lose stupid points to shit teams like hull and were there

Yeah, and the way we are playing at the moment I actually fancy our chances against those kind of teams more than against the likes of Hull, Bolton etc.

[DoomMerchant]

Man Lewis is desperately trying to get a popular topic eh?? lol

at least he's trying. Someone please quote me so doughboy can read this.

cheers

[Somerset Blue]

Man Lewis is desperately trying to get a popular topic eh?? lol

at least he's trying. Someone please quote me so doughboy can read this.

cheers

My pleasure.

[gillie]

Lewis you have more threads than a fuckin seamstress!.

[john68]

DROPPED POINTS LEAGUE
Chelsea...dropped 17pts
rags.......dropped 19 pts

Arsenal....dropped 26pts
CITY.......dropped 28 pts
Villa........dropped 31pts
L'Pool......dropped 31 pts
Spurs......dropped 32 pts

Apart from the fact that we lost, the main damage to the City cause was allowing Chelsea and the rags to move another 3pts each further out of reach. It also allowed L'Pool to get within 3pts of us.
We still occupy 4th place and are still within 2pts of Arsenal in 3rd.
The main change of the last 2 weeks is the gap that has opened up between the top2 and the chasing pack.
It seems Arsenal's 2 losses has seen them drop into the chasing pack and made it a race for 3rd and not 4th place.

This race is still wide open.

[DoomMerchant]

DROPPED POINTS LEAGUE
Chelsea...dropped 17pts
rags.......dropped 19 pts

Arsenal....dropped 26pts
CITY.......dropped 28 pts
Villa........dropped 31pts
L'Pool......dropped 31 pts
Spurs......dropped 32 pts

Apart from the fact that we lost, the main damage to the City cause was allowing Chelsea and the rags to move another 3pts each further out of reach. It also allowed L'Pool to get within 3pts of us.
We still occupy 4th place and are still within 2pts of Arsenal in 3rd.
The main change of the last 2 weeks is the gap that has opened up between the top2 and the chasing pack.
It seems Arsenal's 2 losses has seen them drop into the chasing pack and made it a race for 3rd and not 4th place.

This race is still wide open.

Sounds like we better stop losing ASAP. i like it.

;)

[john68]

It is only relatively recently that an elite group of clubs has created such a huge financial gap with the rest that they have totally dominated who wins the trophies.
There was always a group of "big clubs" that dominated but it was easier to break into and the power shifted regularly, leaving the league race more open to be challenged.
A number of factors have come into play this year; The high debt levels of the top 4 clubs has inhibited their progress and the financial gap has closed significantly, allowing the chasing pack to challenge at the top more seriously.
It has also made the top 4 clubs more vulnerable and made it possible for the smaller clubs to get more of those results that were not unusual in the more distant past but considered freak results in more recent times.
The result is that everyone is dropping points regularly and it is a situation we have not seen for some years.
The rags and Chelsea have opened up a small gap but it is not yet insurmountable and we are in a good position in the chasing pack to take full advantage if we can put a sustained run together.
Our big advantage is that we have a large squad that is returning to full fitness and we have no crucially difficult CL games to drain our energy or distract us, as do the those teams above us.
It is in our own hands and it is still possible at the moment for us to push on to the top.

[Chinners]

Surely the 'dropped points' league should and deserves to be, in a thread of it's own ... an 'official' one obviously

[john68]

Surely the 'dropped points' league should and deserves to be, in a thread of it's own ... an 'official' one obviously

But that might mean that BBL has to take it over and I would lose it...I'm keeping it unofficial for that reason.
Beware of your official bollox mate....it could be under threat as i type.