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Interesting run of games coming up.

We have three tough games left in February, but so have Newcastle, who play Manchester City away, us at home and then Liverpool away.

Manchester City have Newcastle and Liverpool at Home and Spurs away

Bournemouth are the team to be wary of; they have Southampton away, Wolves at Home and Brighton away, they are capable of winning all three

Chelsea have Brighton away, Villa away and Sothampton at Home

And Villa have Ipswich at home, Chelsea at home and Palace away

Brighton returning to form would not go amiss
 
mao tse tung said:
Interesting run of games coming up.

We have three tough games left in February, but so have Newcastle, who play Manchester City away, us at home and then Liverpool away.

Manchester City have Newcastle and Liverpool at Home and Spurs away

Bournemouth are the team to be wary of; they have Southampton away, Wolves at Home and Brighton away, they are capable of winning all three

Chelsea have Brighton away, Villa away and Sothampton at Home

And Villa have Ipswich at home, Chelsea at home and Palace away

Brighton returning to form would not go amiss
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Bournemouth have a winner able run of games till April. They could make big inroads and challenge third place.
 
mao tse tung said:
That CL grahic shows how much we have to do to catch up, starting with a mere 22500 coefficient points.
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How do they work those co-efficiency points out? It must be based initially on domestic performance - otherwise we would be on zero?
 
mao tse tung said:
Interesting run of games coming up.

We have three tough games left in February, but so have Newcastle, who play Manchester City away, us at home and then Liverpool away.

Manchester City have Newcastle and Liverpool at Home and Spurs away

Bournemouth are the team to be wary of; they have Southampton away, Wolves at Home and Brighton away, they are capable of winning all three

Chelsea have Brighton away, Villa away and Sothampton at Home

And Villa have Ipswich at home, Chelsea at home and Palace away

Brighton returning to form would not go amiss
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You would think that Brighton would have a reaction to losing 7-0. Just as we did after losing to Bournemouth.
I have a strange feeling that Soton might surprise Bournemouth - very much a local derby and Soton showing some fight at last and not as bad as they were under Martin
 
Geedo61 said:
How do they work those co-efficiency points out? It must be based initially on domestic performance - otherwise we would be on zero?
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The points are based on two factors, performance in Europe over a 5 year window and financial performance in Europe over a ten year window - not really skewed towards the big Clubs, is it?

I think the only reason we do not start on zero is due to the fact that PL clubs qualify automatically for the group stage - a team who have gone through the pre qualifying would have accrued 22500 points so that is the entry level.
 
Polly 433 said:
Independent panel, some 17 days after the event, has delivered a verdict on Forest v Southampton. The panel decided that VAR missed a red card for Saints and wrongly disallowed Milo’s goal. VAR decisions continue to go against Forest but fortunately this season do not alter the result that often.
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If they’d have got things right would have saved us al that excruciating end to the game. That “goal” could still turn put to be importaant as GD is very tight between several clubs
 
Polly 433 said:
Independent panel, some 17 days after the event, has delivered a verdict on Forest v Southampton. The panel decided that VAR missed a red card for Saints and wrongly disallowed Milo’s goal. VAR decisions continue to go against Forest but fortunately this season do not alter the result that often.
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But no comment on the forearm smash delivered by the Southampton player
 
Polly 433 said:
Independent panel, some 17 days after the event, has delivered a verdict on Forest v Southampton. The panel decided that VAR missed a red card for Saints and wrongly disallowed Milo’s goal. VAR decisions continue to go against Forest but fortunately this season do not alter the result that often.
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Yep, here is The Guardian's analysis of the four incidents where VAR wrongly intervened to affect the decision, one of which being Milenkovic: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cd9qvdg57n0o

Before the tinhatters say that this is conspiracy rather than incompetence (and incompetence is serious anyway), the teams who lost out were Bournemouth, Manchester United, Brentford and Forest. The teams who benefited were Newcastle United, West Ham United, Everton and Southampton. I cannot see much benefit to the PGMOL or Premier League "narrative" from those.
 
I think we have done phenomenally well this season. 47 points from 24 games is incredible.

Last season, from game 25 onwards we only scored 15 points (4 wins against West Ham, Fulham, Blades and Burnley, and three draws).

Even if we only scored the same again this season, we would be on 62- enough for 6th-8th place in most seasons.

It we collapsed and only scored another 5 points to reach 52, that would be enough for a top half finish (just) most seasons.
 
AdebolaCornflakes said:
There's whispers that the CG will be hosting an England friendly against Senegal in the summer.
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I mentioned this a few weeks ago and this gossip was courtesy of @Will.NFFC who got it directly from his contact at the club.

I would urge anyone who is interested in the latest goss to drop Will a PM. He's always happy to share and has got info that even journalists haven't been reporting. One of the good guys.
 
AdebolaCornflakes said:
I mentioned this a few weeks ago and this gossip was courtesy of @Will.NFFC who got it directly from his contact at the club.

I would urge anyone who is interested in the latest goss to drop Will a PM. He's always happy to share and has got info that even journalists haven't been reporting. One of the good guys.
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June 10th. Senegal.

Also a whisper that Taylor stand rebuild will happen in summer of 2026. Few ducks to get in line but ….
 
AdebolaCornflakes said:
I mentioned this a few weeks ago and this gossip was courtesy of @Will.NFFC who got it directly from his contact at the club.

I would urge anyone who is interested in the latest goss to drop Will a PM. He's always happy to share and has got info that even journalists haven't been reporting. One of the good guys.
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Truly pathetic stuff
 
mao tse tung said:
The points are based on two factors, performance in Europe over a 5 year window and financial performance in Europe over a ten year window - not really skewed towards the big Clubs, is it?

I think the only reason we do not start on zero is due to the fact that PL clubs qualify automatically for the group stage - a team who have gone through the pre qualifying would have accrued 22500 points so that is the entry level.
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That sort of makes sense - I guess
The graphics I saw showed 4 pots of 9 clubs - so 36 clubs - which is the same as there are this season. Does this mean there are now no qualifying rounds?
I honestly have have no idea how it works - I haven’t had to up until now
 
Geedo61 said:
That sort of makes sense - I guess
The graphics I saw showed 4 pots of 9 clubs - so 36 clubs - which is the same as there are this season. Does this mean there are now no qualifying rounds?
I honestly have have no idea how it works - I haven’t had to up until now
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No, each Nation has a coefficient which is calculated in a similar manner.

The Clubs from the top ranked Nations go straight into the group stage, the others have to go through qualification.
 
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