Where Will We Finish?

[s(k)aturation]

I'm feeling it's going to be lowly... so I'll say "I don't know".  Because I honestly don't.

[cmuller]

4th if Rodgers makes best use of the squad he's got. 8th if we continue as we've started.

[Anubis]

If Rodgers gets his act together then 4th is still a possibility at this point (the next three gamee may decide that, though). If he doesn't I coukd see us drifting out as far as between 10th-12th.

[El Dangerous]

I can't believe people think Southampton will still be in the reckoning for top four come May. It's like people forget that there's a team who does this every year but always drops off. It took Spurs a few years of banging on the door to break in and they spent s fair bit.

[Gnasher]

Depends on getting Sturridge fit and buying two quality players in January to instantly improve the team as we did a few years ago when we bought Courtinio & Sturridge. So its looking bleak. However on the off chance the rabbits are pulled out of the hat, top half could become an oyster.

[Gnasher]

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

God there's been some negatively on this forum recently but this post takes a nutmeg of negative to a whole new level.

 

Three teams worse than us? Get a grip of yourself man! There's Burnley for a start, we'd do them, then there's... erm.. oh fuck I'm struggling a bit now.

[Creator Supreme]

20th, absolute dross on the pitch, led by a Hodgsonesque manager who also has the worst qualities of Houllier and David Brent!

[an tha]

We probably need 56 pts minimum from our remaining 27 games to finish 4th. That looks like a big ask. If we can get to 32 after 19 I would think we could do it. That is 18 from the next 8 and right now that looks unlikely. I fear we will fall short of that and have too much to do in the 2nd half of the season. 6th would be my guess.

[tenner]

Still think we can get top 4 if we can find a bit of form and keep Sturridge fit.

[Russ Atmosphere]

Last year we were much better than the sum of our parts, this year the opposite. We may have bought badly yet again but we're not even getting par performances from almost the whole team. Rodgers deserved his praise last year and he deserves a kicking if we finish lower than fifth this year.

[Tony Moanero]

Relegated. To the Football Conference.

[ngogswilly]

We probably need 56 pts minimum from our remaining 27 games to finish 4th. That looks like a big ask. If we can get to 32 after 19 I would think we could do it. That is 18 from the next 8 and right now that looks unlikely. I fear we will fall short of that and have too much to do in the 2nd half of the season. 6th would be my guess.

 

Exactly how I see it. 

 

We'll rally at some point and put together a decent run. We always do. But it'll be too late. 

[Strontium]

5th or lower.

[Anubis]

Relegated. To the Football Conference.

 

I don't think it works that way, Tony. Not even with a major match-fixing scandal.

[Guest davelfc]

Depends if Sturridge spends a lot of time injured, plus what we do in January. Everyone is waiting for it to 'click' but the longer it takes, the more points we drop and the further behind we fall.

 

A fully fit Sturridge banging in the goals for the rest of the season just might see us get 4th, might! It's not looking good at the moment though.

[Paul]

I've got genuinely no idea. It's certainly conceivable (although highly unlikely) that we could finish as high as 3rd, but I think we could sink as low as 8th. Sturridge's fitness holds the key to our entire season, in my view.

[Kevin D]

I don't think it works that way, Tony. Not even with a major match-fixing scandal.

Match-fixing would go a long way to explaining signing Lovren.

[Dr. J]

4th, I think, although everything depends on Rodgers getting it together. If so, then 4th is within reach, especially as City are starting to look quite fragile - 2nd is no where near nailed down.

[Grinch]

If no one signed in January around 6th or 7th.  Harsh reality is that would be the rightful place for this squad.

[Etienne77]

4th. For no other reason than the league is full of average sides apart from the cockney cunts.

2nd,3rd and 4th are all there to play for. We need to step up very soon though 

Massive set of fixtures after the break until Xmas. We could have only the FA cup to look forward to come Jan. Cue utter fucking mayhem when Bury knock us out.

[lebron]

Anything between 3rd and 6th is possible. We've got too much quality to be overtaken by Spurs and Everton. I still firmly believe we'll finish above the Mancs, as they are even worse than us. Southampton will tail off, but if it gets to 12-15 pts before they do so, we'll face an uphill battle to catch them. Arsenal aren't much better than us either, so it all depends on who puts together a winning run first. Agree with Paul about Sturridge, keep him (relatively speaking) fit and we'll get 4th I think, which is what I've voted.

[mouse1989]

Was having a debate with my mates and one of them said that the team that finishes second this season, with Chelsea pretty much wrapped up the league, would struggle to finish in the top 4 in La liga, I think he's got a point.

[RoboRiise]

Can't realistically vote this side of the January window because that could have a huge impact or none whatsoever depending what (if anything) we do in it.

 

If the squad stays the same as it is now, I'd say 6th.  That's based on Chelsea, City and Arsenal definitely being above us, my suspicion that the mancs are going to improve as the season goes on (the only thing that I can see screwing them is Rojo's injury but I expect them to sign another CB in January) and the fact that I really don't see the wheels coming off Southampton's season in any major way.  Not sure I'd have them top four but I can definitely see them hanging on in fifth.  It's also a best estimate - a couple of places below that wouldn't shock me at all.

 

It's all guesswork though, the transfer window is key.

[KMD7]

4th, though we could possibly finish 10th if we don't get our act together quick

[ZonkoVille77]

8th