Next Few Games

[Username]

Also Newcastle aren’t playing.

[wassy04]

Final 10 games, on the one hand mainly bottom half teams but aside from Leicester I don't see many rock solid wins on the schedule. Suspect there'll be a lot of tight, tense games.

Ipswich (a) - win
Man Utd (h) - draw
Villa (a) - loss
Everton (h) - draw
Spurs (a) - loss
Brentford (h) - win
Palace (a) - draw
Leicester (h) - win
West Ham (a) - draw
Chelsea (h) - draw

3 wins, 5 draws, 2 losses.

Tried to be negative, feels close to realistic worst case scenario. 65 points, would that be enough?

[ozzyten10]

Could with 5 wins here….

[wassy04]

After the international break we have 3 games in a week.

FA Cup QF, Man Utd home, Villa away.

2 wins and we're either going to Wembley or top 4 is looking pretty very strong. What a defining week that'll be, how exciting.

[Plymouth red]

If its any consolation then villa have similar plus champions league a few days after we play them. Will they rotate for us - particularly if they make the semi final of fa cup as well.

As for us those three games are really going to stretch our squad. But then the same applies to Brighton who play villa a few days later after the qf.

Offers a massive dilemma for nuno. As much as I would love an fa cup win, I don't want us to lose momentum in the league but don't think we can afford to play strongest team 3 times in a week

[wassy04]

If its any consolation then villa have similar plus champions league a few days after we play them. Will they rotate for us - particularly if they make the semi final of fa cup as well.

As for us those three games are really going to stretch our squad. But then the same applies to Brighton who play villa a few days later after the qf.

Offers a massive dilemma for nuno. As much as I would love an fa cup win, I don't want us to lose momentum in the league but don't think we can afford to play strongest team 3 times in a week

Of course we can, three games in a week isn't that bad. Rotate for the Utd game if you have to. Look at all the Newcastle fans in London today. Getting to Wembley would be well worth it.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

6 games before next international break, 3 league, 2 europa, 1 league cup

League games
Burnley away
Sunderland home
Newcastle away

Got to be looking at 6 points from them and something from Europa.
Dont care if he plays the under 18s vs Swansea although there are a few in the squad that need some match fitness.

[wassy04]

6 games before next international break, 3 league, 2 europa, 1 league cup

League games
Burnley away
Sunderland home
Newcastle away

Got to be looking at 6 points from them and something from Europa.
Dont care if he plays the under 18s vs Swansea although there are a few in the squad that need some match fitness.

Surely Swansea is the time to start all the new guys or alternatively start his best team in his proper system (or maybe a bit of both!)

[stirred]

The whole point of the squad depth was to have a go in the cups, not just Europa, as well as the league surely. And you need them to give regular minutes across the larger squad else people will become restless.

[Username]

I’ll be annoyed if I travel all the way to Swansea and we don’t give it a proper go.

[BadDog]

I’ll be annoyed if I travel all the way to Swansea and we don’t give it a proper go.

We definitely will be doing, Luiz is starting, probably Bakwa, Hutch etc, will be a strong side.

[Trailer Park Tom]

Burnley looking like a tough game.