
Matches left
Newcastle -Liverpool/Spurs League Cup 2?
League - Leicester, West Ham, Forest, Man U, Chelsea, Fulham, Everton, Brentford, Ipswich, Palace, Bournemouth, Liverpool, Newcastle, Southampton 14
Champions League 7?
Total 23
An impossible dream?
So, we are still in 3 trophies. Scramble a win over Newcastle and we are one game away from the League Cup, possibly against the Spuds. If that happens, and the Spuds lose, they will be devastated beyond words. We will be disappointed if we lose, but accept it and move on. I reckon that Spurs would prefer not to get us because we might beat them and they won’t be able to handle that. They will know on Thursday whether we have beaten Newcastle. Will their fans cheer Liverpool? Will they be singing You’ll never walk alone and The Fields of Anfield Road? Will Ange Postecoglou spontaneously combust as his famous talk of always winning a trophy in his second year is not even wanted by the fans? Will he walk into the crowd and start beating up the fans who are cheering for Liverpool?
Cheer up Postecoglou
Strangely we have never faced the Spuds in either the FA Cup or the League Cup final. Probably we won’t this season either. But you never know. Would that do us? Winning the League Cup by beating the Spuds and qualifying for the Champions League? For lots of fans no. Expectations are higher now. For me, with the injuries we have had, and bad luck in decisions, I would take that and look forward to next year, hopefully with a top notch striker in place , whether emerging from our own ranks ( e.g, Havertz not only getting into great positions but actually scoring), or we buy in a great one finally.
The first cup gives us strength
2 matches will give us the League Cup. It might help us with stress, knowing we have a cup in the bag. And we would have a happiness inducing win over Liverpool as we fight them on the final 2 fronts or seeing the Spuds crying helplessly at Wembley as their worst nightmare happens. We will remember and sing about that forever.
We owe them a tanking
It is only 2 wins after all. Not an impossible task.
We have 14 matches left in the league. The list is above. Winning the league is probably impossible without beating Liverpool at Anfield. We are 6 points behind now and hoping for an Everton victory in the game in hand. We can’t afford to drop any points and we have a massive task to win the league. It will go down as one of our greatest ever if we somehow manage it. I am not sure if even our biggest optimists believe we can do it. However, we are above all these teams except Liverpool at the moment so it is possible. They do have to go through a bad spell and they have been lucky in many matches. Bournemouth outplayed them for quite a bit of the match on Saturday but came out 2 goals behind. This pattern was the same last year under Klopp but when they started to lose, they dropped like a stone. Will it happen again? We have to stay in touch and hope.
Big Ears is the trophy I want
On to the one trophy I have never experienced – the Champions League. It is my dream and this year looks more likely than most. Big teams will go out in the playoffs, and Liverpool have been the best team so far. I would feel we have a good chance against them over one or two legs as long as we have a strong team. Saka should be back. We have seven matches to play to win it. It is never going to be easy.
Big Ears would look very nice in our trophy room
Man City face Real Madrid and honestly I would prefer to play City as their confidence is not too good at the moment. Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Juventus make up the rest of the Champions League royalty who might just go out. Throw in PSG and it could be a strange looking final 16 this year. We did beat PSG very comfortably at the Emirates earlier on.
We mustn’t fear anyone
Can we say that there is nothing to fear? In comparison to other seasons, less so. If all goes well for us we can beat anyone. Our defence, at full strength, is very strong. We don’t get tankings. A good end to the season with injuries is crucial. We could win enough of these 7 matches to finally march up the steps in Munich as winners.
We have to go there and win
That would make me the happiest Irish fan ever. No longer would we be second class. We would have a new trophy to sing about. Arteta would become an Arsenal great. Would I take that over the league? In a heartbeat if you offered that now. Liverpool look strong for the title anyway. and even winning all our matches doesn’t stop them winning the league as that only gives us 3 points against them. We don’t even have to win all our Champions League matches to lift the trophy.
Dubai gives us power?
That is what is left now, maybe 2 matches in the League Cup. Maybe 7 in the Champions League and definitely 14 in the Premier League. Win them all and we might just get a treble. 23 matches for immortality. Will Dubai perform another miracle? Looking at it from a February perspective it is hard to feel confident. But our first step is Newcastle. We are still in 3, and I would prefer our players to believe we can win all. And if it turns out to be an Arsenal Spuds final and we win it as our only trophy this year it will be truly great fun to see the poor Spuds fans streaming out from Wembley knowing their team are beaten. We will never forget that.
Beating them in a final would be incredible
Oh, and by the way, did I ever say that Myles Lewis Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri are strong little fuckers?
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