Where Will We Finish?

[Pureblood]

Where's this season's "Where Will We Finish?" poll?  Here, that's where.

[Jairzinho]

I don't know yet, TK. I just don't know. Sometimes I think we'll be 3rd, then I worry we could be 5th or 6th.

[Pureblood]

I don't know either.  The stench of Van Gaal clouds everything. 

[billypilgrimnz]

4th or 5th or 6th. I don't think that our midfield is strong enough, nor that we will concede that many fewer goals, nor that we will replace Suarez's creative impact. I see Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal as having better squads, and our final position will depend on how Spurs and United do or don't do. If we lose out to one of those teams for Champions League, the season will have been a failure.

[Brigant Moloch]

depends on when we'll start playing with our strongest defense line and make Gerrard an impact player because we'll give away a lot of goals once again otherwise, and we won't score as much goals as in the previous season without Suarez to make up for it

[Jim MM]

"Bottom half" button isn't working.

 

We're fucked.

I think we'll be grand in Europe but our league form will suffer.

 

20th.

 

We will be left back in again though next season though as part of the prize for being European Champions on the 10th anniversary of Istanbul - La Decima . There will be war over it because Everton finished 4th and Man Utd show you can never write them off by rallying behind Giggsy to make 17th.

[Ne Moe Imya]

Somewhere between 3rd and 5th.  I'm going to guess 4th but that's only because I assume Arsenal will get their act together; as it stands I think we're the best team besides City/Chelsea in the league.

[Teflon Don]

3rd. Chelsea will overtake us to fight it out for the title with Man City, but I can't see anyone else getting past. 'The' Arsenal will be 4th as usual.

[Kevin D]

Strong third. A lot of goals, a lot of impressive victories, but about 10 points shy of last season, although well clear of any CL qualification battle. Think we'll see Wembley and get to the quarter finals in Europe, too.

[The Golden Eel]

3-5. Probably 4.

[liverpoolsno9]

4th or 5th or 6th. I don't think that our midfield is strong enough, nor that we will concede that many fewer goals, nor that we will replace Suarez's creative impact. I see Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal as having better squads, and our final position will depend on how Spurs and United do or don't do. If we lose out to one of those teams for Champions League, the season will have been a failure.

I wouldn't swap our squad for Arsenal squad.

[Denny Crane]

We should finish 3^rd and win a cup with the squad we have at our disposal. The midfield is unbalanced but so is Arsenal and Manchester United the later a total mess. Spurs have good and balanced options in midfield but unbalanced in other areas and have spurs flakiness in their DNA. Although I rate Pocchetino so he is a bit of a wildcard but noway should they be finishing above us.

 

So only City and Chelsea have very well balanced squads.But we have lots of options and one of the most expensively assembled squads in Europe. We have also spent over £60million on defensive reinforcements since last August so I expect vast improvement at the back. No more excuses will wash with rickety defensive shenanigans at the back. Falling out the top four would be total failure but I can not envisage that happening under any circumstances.

[Pureblood]

Bump. 

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

3rd

[Section_31]

6th

[Jairzinho]

I don't know yet, TK. I just don't know. Sometimes I think we'll be 3rd, then I worry we could be 5th or 6th.

 

5th or 6th.

[The Golden Eel]

I think 6th probably most likely but possibly even 7th

[Pureblood]

I still don't know.

[BCM]

im starting to think 7th

[Dr Nowt]

Does anyone currently see 3 worse teams than us in the division?

[clangers]

Still think we'll rally after Christmas and break back into the top 10.

[Iceman]

Play Can and Henderson in front of Manquillo Skrtel Sakho and Moreno. Buy a fast, tricky striker/ attacking player to link with Sterling and pray to the gods and we may scrape an EL place but who the fuck wants that?

 

Or if no cash is available get Ibe back and give him and Sterling a go until the horse placenta works for Sturridge and he's finally fit.

 

Alternatively, if we stay as we are now, I think we'll be in a relegation battle. Will SG want a new contract if we are in the Championship>?

[DJLJ]

Voted 7th, but it really depends on how much of the remainder of the season that Sturridge will be available for. If he gets another couple of injuries over the season, I fear we could be looking at something even worse than 7th.

[Ne Moe Imya]

I said 4th but now I'm thinking 5th, maybe 6th.

 

The difference is that while I thought Chelsea, City and Arsenal would finish ahead of us and we'd be fighting it out with Spurs and United for 5th, I didn't see Southampton coming.  At the moment they're looking very tough to beat so I think we're competing with Spurs and United for 5th instead of 4th.

[TheFridge]

I thought 4th too.

 

We're very lucky that our rivals for top 4 are also making a hash out of the season, thing is we're that bad i don't think it'll make a blind bit of difference, if anything our season has the potential to get a lot worse, even with Sturridge coming back i don't see how we get ourselves out of this hole with a manager who as the weeks go by is looking more and more like he's lost it, to be honest i think he's lost it already.