Champions League Contention

[Brazilian Villain]

Spurs are capable of beating those notorious bottlers arsenal. A draw wouldnt be end of the world. Have a feeling they will beat chelsea and lose to Liverpool.

I'd like Arsenal to beat them 2 or 3-0. If we can beat Chelsea, that would effectively put us 10 points ahead (with GD) and I think that would do it.

[Somniloquism]

Arsenal have won 4 of the last six meetings. At Tottenham home, then the advantage does swing to them. However with Spurs supposedly losing Van Der Wen and Udogie for the match, then I suspect Odegard to just wander straight through them.

[DeKuip]

We still need four points to confirm even qualifying for the Conference League again.

Nothing less than six wins and a draw (as long as it’s v Olympiakos) will do in our remaining games… is how I hope and expect Unai is thinking.

[PeterWithesShin]

3 points guarantees top 5.

Newcastle, Man U and Chelsea can all only reach 68 maximum and we're on 66.

[Smithy]

3 points guarantees top 5.

Newcastle, Man U and Chelsea can all only reach 68 maximum and we're on 66.

This is the main reason I'm still a little bit pissed at the English teams capitulating in Europe.  We're taking care of business, and if they hadn't all shat the bed we could have been celebrating Champions League football next weekend!  As it is, we'll probably have to wait another three weeks!

[Somniloquism]

3 points guarantees top 5.

Newcastle, Man U and Chelsea can all only reach 68 maximum and we're on 66.

But Chelsea are fourth!??!

[Pete]

Exactly. It could be done and dusted and we've pretty much qualified in two games time. Or it might go down to the wire on the last day.

[paul_e]

Spurs are capable of beating those notorious bottlers arsenal

They're capable of beating all of them. They're also capable of losing to all of them.

The real importance of us getting the last 2 wins is that it creates "scoreboard pressure" and spurs are at their 'spursiest' when that sort of pressure comes on. Get the 3 again next weekend and that pressure will be unbearable, no one wants to go into a run of games like they have knowing that draws aren't good enough.

[Dante Lavelli]

I reckon our away games might be our best bet, Palace and Brighton will hopefully be on the proverbial beach when we play them.

[Somniloquism]

Spurs are capable of beating those notorious bottlers arsenal

They're capable of beating all of them. They're also capable of losing to all of them.

The real importance of us getting the last 2 wins is that it creates "scoreboard pressure" and spurs are at their 'spursiest' when that sort of pressure comes on. Get the 3 again next weekend and that pressure will be unbearable, no one wants to go into a run of games like they have knowing that draws aren't good enough.

I actually wish we were playing Chelsea after them or KO the same time. We do an FA Cup replay and it takes some of the pressure off Spurs. Of course we get three points and I would take the season as wrapped.

[KevinGage]

Spurs are capable of beating those notorious bottlers arsenal

They're capable of beating all of them. They're also capable of losing to all of them.

The real importance of us getting the last 2 wins is that it creates "scoreboard pressure" and spurs are at their 'spursiest' when that sort of pressure comes on. Get the 3 again next weekend and that pressure will be unbearable, no one wants to go into a run of games like they have knowing that draws aren't good enough.

Indeed.

[Risso]

If Spurs had two of their games this week, ie Burnley and Sheff U, they’d need to win by a combined score of 6-0 to go ahead of us. They’d then need more points from Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City than we get from Chelsea, Liverpool, Brighton and Palace.

[Pete]

Chelsea and Liverpool are a bit hot and cold at the moment, and Palace have decent recent form, so it's all a bit tricky to predict anything really.

[Ads]

They'd be more worried about us.

[Mellin]

That's a good way of looking at it and also shows we're not there yet. I'm gonna presume they'll beat Sheff Utd and Burnley. They might not, but they probably will, which will mean sticking 6 points on in short order at the end of the season, which is essentially their games in hand. Two more wins will probably do it judging by their other four fixtures.