Another shock result by Wigan tonight, with the Latics winning 2-1 at the Emirates, after being 2-0 up after just eight minutes.
Roberto Martinez – has Wigan playing great at the moment
And like in their last game, when they won at home to Manchester United 1-0, Wigan deserved the win tonight, and that puts Newcastle within a possible 2 points of Arsenal, who are in 3rd place.
Arsenal are now on 64 points, and if Newcastle win their game in hand, it puts the Magpies just two points behind the Gunners.
Franco Di Santo scored his first goal since late November for Wigan, after 7 minutes, and Jordi Gómez put one in one minute later after some poor Arsenal defending to give Wigan a shock 2-0 early lead.
But then Thomas Vermaelen got one back for Arsenal, with a nice header after 20 minutes from a right wing cross.
But Wigan hung on well, and defended very well, and in the second half their most dangerous player, Victor Moses, missed a gilt edged opportunity to Wigan 3-1 up, when he was put clean through, but then shot too early and straight at goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
That puts Wigan on 34 points from 34 games and 5 points above the drop zone, and it puts extras pressure on Bl;ackburn, Biolton and QPR to start making up the points gap.
And it could be that Wigan will make another incredible escape from relegation this season, just like they did in the very last game of last season.
Newcastle play Wigan a week on Saturday away, and that will be a tough game now, with Wigan having won four of their last five games and they drew the two games before that.
The only loss in that streak was their 2-1 defeat at Chelsea, with both Chelsea goals later shown to be offside on TV replays, with the Blues winner coming late in stoppage time.
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103 responses so far ↓
1 ady // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:13 PM
helps uss my ass i am scared of them hope they wont beat up the way the playing the look unstopable lol
2 HOVIS (the poster formerly known as cheick norris) // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:14 PM
Wigan are like a relegation avoidance machine its crazy
3 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:14 PM
moses play right wing if im correct to thts against guti and santon….. well im reassured i think well i hope
4 HOVIS (the poster formerly known as cheick norris) // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:15 PM
Ady we’ve won our last 5. Surely we are looking unstoppable?
5 9 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:16 PM
Results are all going our way! Incredible!
6 ParisToon // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:16 PM
Agreed played really well and deserved the win against arsehole winger, bloody martinez hqs got them on fire at the mo…..better prepare pards
7 Tommyy // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Unbelievable! I would have put money on them going down a month ago with their run in, but wow have they turned it around!
I just hope they drop in form before we play them, they can’t maintain this level of performance and results for much longer surely!?
Forget Chelsea and City, Wigan could be our sternest test in our remaining games Haha!
8 Toonbyblood // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:18 PM
Hopefully Tottenham play Wigan lol
9 ady // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:18 PM
hovis let wait and see there is no point getting happy that arsenal lose points if we can beat them but my hopes are very high on HBF and his magic left foot hehe
10 Offkey // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:18 PM
nufc786 – Was on the left nearly all night……proper live wire…..our right side should beware
11 Toon Tang // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:18 PM
jesus christ wigan are flying mate. if they carry this form into the summer they could win the euros , who knows.
12 geordiejamie89 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:18 PM
Newcastle need to show the other top clubs how to play Wigan. We’re the experts at riding the storm and unleashing the front three on the break. Against Stoke this weekend, 4-0. Wigan the week after, 1-0
13 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:18 PM
the unstoppable force (us) vs the immovable object (wigan i hope u know why i call em that)
14 ParisToon // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:19 PM
Aye and spuds are playing shite at the minute……..
15 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:20 PM
Offkey
he’s against simmo and hba yikes watch yerselves lads
16 Offkey // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:21 PM
Hopefully QPR get a run of form…… two london derby’s coming up against spurs and chelsea
17 Tommyy // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:22 PM
Wigan have Fulham at Craven Cottage next week, I have a feeling Fulham will put a stop to their run. Thus allowing us to smash and grab the 3 points at the DW!
18 ady // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:23 PM
it would made my day if newcastle crush them 5-0 lol and show other teams newcastle are better then them
but the only thing i am worries about is that we dont have pace and wigan got some killer pace upfront
19 Ben3arfa // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:23 PM
lets try beat stoke first lads , we already looking forward to playing wigan as if we dont have a game this weekend
i think stoke will try batter us , theyre smarting frm when we beat them at the brittania
20 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:23 PM
Offkey
need barton to do us the favor then
21 HOVIS (the poster formerly known as cheick norris) // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:25 PM
@13 that’s just tiote vs tiote surely?
22 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:27 PM
HOVIS
player for player yes but team for team
we r on a great run of form
and wigan refuse to be relgated from the epl each season even though they look like they r going down every season
23 ady // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:28 PM
who ever watched a game will agree with me RVP is a joke did u guys see what he did at the end :S he dident shake hand what a nob the guy was after him just to shake hand and he wont shake it with him i think he should say sorry
24 ParisToon // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:29 PM
See we have Martin(the ball didnt cross the line,sorry Harry)Atkinson as 4th official on Saturday…hope the other 3 are better….
25 shitehawk // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:29 PM
Great game for the neutral tonight. Great for Newcastle! RVP again showed what a bad sportsman he is whenever things are not going Arsenal’s way.
26 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:30 PM
rvp is worse than a joke first with krulo
then with caldwell he is ummmmmmm im trying to find an adequate insult here its coming…..
27 Thump // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:30 PM
@Paris: His middle name would be too long if we counted up all of his errors mate.
28 Oleg G // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:30 PM
Some people maybe forgot but…. we won our last 5 games! What are you afraid of Wigan for?
29 toonarmydownsouth // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:30 PM
Is that muppet wenger seriously not gonna do an interview after the match what a loser
30 Thump // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:31 PM
@nufc786: The words you’re looking for is “utter cnut”
31 Oleg G // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:31 PM
nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:30 PM
And a**hole ? (with a Tony Soprano’s accent?)
32 Offkey // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:32 PM
nufc786 – I am hoping for another old boy to story, like Carroll. It could be the best business this club has done in recent years, bringing in class, getting rid of players who damage our rivals…… if only….
Ady – RVP needs get his head out of his own !!!!!……really unsporting……
33 Oleg G // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:32 PM
*an
34 geordiejamie89 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:32 PM
Van Persie is a complete tool, his head won’t fit through the tunnel soon. QPR still to play spurs and chelsea will hopefully do us a favour to keep themselves up. Bolton will have a big say in it too. Arsenal to come back and beat Chelsea or a draw would be nice. But most importantly Newcastle to win our own games.
35 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:34 PM
Oleg G
thts something like it
Thump
i wudnt like to insult the leader of the viking! but yes rvp is a cnut
36 MagpiesFlyHigh // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:36 PM
adt
We haven’t got pace up front ?
Benny’s pretty quick pushin his zimmer frame…:-)
37 ady // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:36 PM
offkey i agree that ass hole needs to be fixed when he wins games then he loves it goes away shaking others hands but when he loses then cries like a baby i think he should say sorry front ov every 1
38 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:39 PM
Mr T pitys the fool, Cheik tiote pitys Mr T
39 ady // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:39 PM
i mean over defenders dont have much pace compare to wigan strike santon is the only one with little pace
40 MagpiesFlyHigh // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:40 PM
I used to like RVP as a player but he’s been chucking his toys oot the pram an awful lot lately.
Almost as petulant as Neil Lennon..
41 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:40 PM
Chuck Norris has no shadow….nothing’s stupid enough to follow Cheik tiote.
42 HOVIS (the poster formerly known as cheick norris) // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:41 PM
If van persies head gets any bigger he will think he can turn back the tide so he might be like cnut
43 toonarmydownsouth // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:41 PM
Wow wenger is unbelievably disrepctful to opposition
44 Offkey // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:42 PM
Ady – To be fair, another of our old boys (Caldwell) put in a sterling performance. Headed everything away……and I mean everything. He showed his class dealing with RVP, conducted himself very well on the pitch and seemed a good leader in the post match interview.
45 HOVIS (the poster formerly known as cheick norris) // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:42 PM
@41 ha you left chuck Norris in. Fail
46 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:43 PM
Contrary to popular belief, the uk and usa is not a democracy, it is a Cheiktatorship.
47 ady // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:44 PM
well all i wana see is win dont matter how it comes just win lol wana see us in not in EL in CL lol need more money so we can by even better players and start getting CL every season
48 toonarmydownsouth // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:44 PM
Captain colocini is in gary nevilles team of the year!
49 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:45 PM
HOVIS
it was something to do with somethining i drunk
50 ady // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:47 PM
nufc786 u drink ? cuz i thought may be u dont since u got 786 end of your name hope u know what i am talking abt
51 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:48 PM
ady
upppp upp u dont know what i drunk i cud be high cudnt i ?
52 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:48 PM
ady
so u know what 786 stands for?
53 ady // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:49 PM
TRUE …..
54 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:49 PM
i know what 786 stands for
55 ady // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:50 PM
yes 786 stand for bismila lol muslim religious word lol
56 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:51 PM
ady
dnt worry mate i dont drink. i dont like to drown my sorrows ( not that there is anything wrong with drowning ur sorrows for the rest wid u)
57 ady // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:53 PM
hehe any ways i am gona get off from here now gota work 6am :S so better get some sleep now
good night allah khafiz 
58 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:54 PM
ady
khafiz
59 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:55 PM
so errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr about stoke and hoofball we shall rip em and tear them through with our pace and ferocity
60 HOVIS (the poster formerly known as cheick norris) // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:57 PM
Multicultural blog. I love it
61 HOVIS (the poster formerly known as cheick norris) // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:59 PM
@59. They hoof it and we run it back at em. Think we’ll have another 2-0 victory
62 nufc786 // Apr 16, 2012 at 10:59 PM
HOVIS
as u shud as u shud but this is nufc blog so nufc has to be in the subject
wait wait
HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY this aint sarcasm is it
63 MUTINYbyLEMONS // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Wigan awesome today. I’m more worried about them than stoke but one game at a time. Hopefully Wigan will drop in form by the time we play them but I think we are good enough to beat them anyway. Hope arsenal beat Chelsea.
64 NUFC_LEAZES END // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:00 PM
I’m trying so hard not to get carried away about the possibility of a 3rd or 4th finish for us, but it’s just too hard
65 IrishToon009 // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:00 PM
On the flip side to the result…Wigan away is gonna be a tough game!!
66 gonufc (up and Hatem) // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:01 PM
totally deserved for wigan- well bloody played!
67 HOVIS (the poster formerly known as cheick norris) // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:02 PM
@786 no sarcasm. Im glad we can all get along. And we mostly do talk about football anyway (how novel) lol
68 MUTINYbyLEMONS // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:03 PM
Lost respect for van persie, I really liked him as a player and actually thought he was a nice humble guy (I know silly me) but he is showing his true colours this season when things don’t go his way
69 GeordieToon89 // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:06 PM
Van Persie has always been a tw*t
70 MUTINYbyLEMONS // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:07 PM
fellow supporters, I know this isn’t being very optimistic etc. but I don’t think we will manage to get top4 this season. I think we will get 5th which is so amazing already considering our target was to 10 this year and Europe next year. Really happy and hoping we end our season like we started it…unbeaten.
71 9 // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:12 PM
Lemons @63 – I reckon you couldn’t be more wrong, mate. Chelski to beat Arsenal is our dream result. We’ve already made up 5 points over Spurs in one weekend; if Arsenal lose two and we keep on rolling, we could make 6 points on them – 3rd spot here we come!
72 Offkey // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:16 PM
Mutiny – I’m not expecting 4th, just hoping. But if it does happen…….it will be amazing.
I’m especially looking forward to see HBA in europe (EL or CL), a bit more time and space means we could see a lot more from him
73 IrishToon009 // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:17 PM
relax this coming 4th talk lads…….remember we haven’t played any of the big teams yet….
74 MUTINYbyLEMONS // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:19 PM
At 9
Interesting, I still wasn’t Chelsea to lose so we can increase our gap and at least secure 5th. we can catch Tottenham maybe and get 4th.
75 MUTINYbyLEMONS // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:21 PM
ofcourse it will be amazing. be lovely to see our front trio of Cisse, Arfa and hopefully BA tear apart Europe hehe
76 9 // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:31 PM
Pardiola has already proven he’s the master of the extremely limited tactics Stoke has to offer, so, given current form, 3 points on Saturday would not be unexpected. The almost-top of the table would then look very interesting from a black and white perspective, and however good a roll Wigan etc may be on, nobody is on a roll like we would be, should we actually achieve our 6th succesive win.
77 DONYWIRL // Apr 16, 2012 at 11:32 PM
Just a thought: If we were to win our next two games and get a point at Chelsea and the title race is over would Mancini play a weakened team as if arsenal don’t qualify then can get RVP, if spurs don’t Modric etc. Whereas if we qualify we aren’t as as much of a threat?
78 geordiejamie89 // Apr 17, 2012 at 12:07 AM
I don’t think Man City would do us any favours.
79 2_goal_tino // Apr 17, 2012 at 12:11 AM
Don’t think Mancini would play a weakened team, if the title is over he won’t want the season to just fizzle out. Besides how weak a side can he really put out?
Think the Chelsea game being three days before FA cup final is fantastic for us, that could be what decides it. Stamford bridge is always tough but our last two results there (victory and draw) have been encouraging, coupled with a weakened side. That’s our FA cup final right there!
80 tdt // Apr 17, 2012 at 12:32 AM
Great result for the Toon tonight, all we need now is 3 points on Saturday and we’ll be en route for a top 4 finish!
1 game at a time, we can do it. Everyone around us seems to be dropping like flies – this is our great opportunity to break into the top 4 and establish ourselves there with shrewd investment and long-term planning.
Stability is the key in the long-term. To be a regular top 4 team we need Pardew to be our Ferguson or Wenger, in the sense that he’s a preminent fixture for a very long time and pushes the club forward (not in the sense that he’s a baby like Wenger was tonight!).
I’d be happy if Pardew signed a 5 year contract extention tomorrow. Along with Guthrie and Simpson too.
81 JAMSHA // Apr 17, 2012 at 12:41 AM
http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/mike-williamson/profil/spieler_10642.html
is this willo pic?
82 Novocastrian66 // Apr 17, 2012 at 12:43 AM
I reckon Wigan have done well recently because the opposition have been have been doing all the pushing and Wigan have picked them off on the break. When we play them we will be looking to pick them off. We’ll be content to hold them and bide our time. As well as they played tonight some of their defending was last ditch stuff.
83 obatoyou // Apr 17, 2012 at 12:59 AM
End of season table:
1. Man u
2. Man city
3. Newcastle
84 NorseMag // Apr 17, 2012 at 1:04 AM
Do people here seriously want chelsea to beat arsenal? Cuz we’re going for third spot?
Looking forward to fans revolting against Pardew next season as we struggle to win the League.
85 tdt // Apr 17, 2012 at 1:08 AM
A draw between Arsenal and Chelsea would be perfect, but i’d also be happy for Chelsea to loss too.
86 Novocastrian66 // Apr 17, 2012 at 1:28 AM
We will have to go unbeaten until the end of the season to get into the top four, because of our goal difference is so inferior. A big ask in my opinion.
87 out of toon // Apr 17, 2012 at 2:07 AM
we won’t have to go unbeaten
but we will need chelski and spurs to drop some points – and thats a huge possibility. Spurs have some teams deep in the relegation battle and we all know that teams facing the drops will bare their teeth and fight like dogs. Luckily for us Spuds have shown that they have the backbone of a squid and all the fight of a damp cloth…
My predictions for this weekend:
Arsenal are going to draw with Chelski
we’re going to beat Stoke comfortably
Chelski draw with QPR (or maybe an offside goal in the ninth minute of injury time to seal win!!!!!)
just an FYI – wigan have fulham at craven this weekend… they should win that and they’re proven performers at the end of seasons.
Not at all a good fixture for us next weekend, but i’m confident and especially with a good performance at St James this weekend we should walk it in….
88 out of toon // Apr 17, 2012 at 2:08 AM
*Spuds draw with QPR
89 AK Malaysia // Apr 17, 2012 at 2:11 AM
Wigan looks destined to survive.. hope they won again this weekend so they will put off the gas again Newcastle in 2 weeks time… Stoke is a must win game but the mother of all games is vs Chelsea! A few of my friends from Malaysia namely Toon Army Malaysia will be watching the game live at Stamford Bridge and stay in UK till Man City game at SJP!! all the 8 lunatics fans will be sitting at Milburn Stand for City game.. Please give them a shoutout / hi 5 & said that you are from nufcblog.com!
90 ~Perchinho the Pheonix~ // Apr 17, 2012 at 2:22 AM
@Jamsha.
HAHAHAHAHA. Willo looks like a backstreet boy in that photo.
91 geordiejamie89 // Apr 17, 2012 at 2:23 AM
I think given the last few games, Newcastle don’t have to go unbeaten until the end of the season. I think it’s fair to say in the Chelsea Arsenal match one of the teams will drop points, or maybe both. Liverpool could do us a favour yet again this season when they play Chelsea in the league. Add to that clubs like Bolton and QPR playing some of the teams around us, there could be plenty points dropped. We could afford to lose against Man City or Chelsea, as long as we win the others.
92 Level 7 Hero // Apr 17, 2012 at 2:37 AM
Firstly, we should all be praying for Chelsea to beat Arsenal on saturday, simply becauase as most of you agree we have a Europa League spot pretty much guarenteed. The difference finishing 5th or 6th is tiny. Maybe 600,000 grand prize money, but enter same the competiton. So even if Chelsea win Arsenal and finish 5th and we eventually finish 6th will it matter?
The difference between finishing 5th, 4th & 3rd however is absolutly massive, for obvious reasons. We would get 20M more for qualifying CL, and failing at the qualification stage, if we could get to the group stage then the money will be ridiculous.
We are in a win win situation in my opinion, we never expected to be anywhere near Europa qualification & get it, but if we were to somehow acheive Champions League qualification at the expense of 3 of Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham & Liverpool it would surely have to go down as one of the greatest seasons and upsets by a team since the Premier League began, and I don’t even think I’m exagerating that one bit. We were touted as relegated foder at the beginning of the season.
So I say come on Chelsea, beat Arsenal, and help us out.
I think we’ll beat Stoke simply because we have a better team. No devine insperation, no tactical duel. We simply have the better players.
Hope Perch gets a goal, would love to see him get one before the seasons over.
93 phoonck // Apr 17, 2012 at 3:13 AM
actually, any result for the Arsenal and Chelsea game would do me fine, cos if Chelsea lose, means we have an advantage over them and clinch the 4th or 5th spot, and if Arsenal lose, means we have the slightest of chance to go and nick the 3rd or 4th spot! and if the game ends in a draw, its still a positive result for us as we’ll be gaining points and we’ll be pulling away from Chelsea and nearing Arsenal! Win-Win situation here i think! hahaa
HWTL
94 ~Perchinho the Pheonix~ // Apr 17, 2012 at 3:47 AM
@Level 7 Hero.
Totally agree with you. Chelski conjuring up a victory against the Arse would be the best result for us. A draw being second best and a win for the arse being the worst.
However either way you look at it, all 3 outcomes will benefit Newcastle.
95 NEWEXPATMAGPIE // Apr 17, 2012 at 5:13 AM
Great win for Wigan!
van Persie is a tool ! Thing is lads he may end
up winning the PFA Player of the Season award~!
He,s a good player alright but the word- Sportsmanship -
is,nt a part of his english vocabulary!
A lot of my mates here in Holland despise the guy!
Excepting of course when the national team plays~!
One game at a time! Need to beat Stoke at home! And
Wigan may turn out to be more difficult and tricky than Chelsea will be!
One footnote; Bit pissed off that Jack Wilshire has been ruled out of the Euro,s later this year!
96 Geordie Mitch // Apr 17, 2012 at 5:53 AM
A Black and White Fantasy….
After Arsenal suffering defeat at the hands of Wigan all the upcoming and likely scenarios have been entered into my newly developed super prediction computer….
The results, as can be seen, are astonishing…
SPOILER ALERT (If you dont want to see next weeks results please DO NOT continue reading.)
Wednesday 18th of April 2012…. Chelsea Skipper John Terry admits that his team lacked the cutting edge in their first leg 6-0 humiliation at home to Barcelona saying,
“The boys just wernt going for it… I tried my best but the ref was wearing black and I just lost it…”
Terry himself was dismissed for launching a tirade of racist insults at the man in the middle. He went on to admit that Chelsea were still in the fight for the next leg,
” I think Drogs needs a bit of fire in him, I hopefully will spur him on from the stands when I’m sat next to his wife….”
Saturday 21st of April….
The early kick off sees Arsenal bounce back from their defeat at Wigan and secure all 3 points in a 3-2 win at the Emerites. Didier Drigba was sent off 3 minutes into the game for rushing into the stands to attack team mate John Terry after a supporter handed him a Sun on sunday exclusive regarding Terry’s 3 way with Drogba’s wife and 67 year old Male stripper. Robin Van Persie unfortunatly ruptured a stomach ligament from laughing at the incident and will be ruled out for the remainder of the season.
Newcastle United at home to Stoke follow up their trmendous form by beating the long ball mechants at there own game. A Tim Krul long throw opened the scoring in the 9th minute, a rocket into the top right hand corner. A Demba Ba brace and Cisse’s stunning second half Hat Trick helped increase the Home teams goal difference in a 6-0 win.
An Ecstatic Pardew admitted after the match,
“After the Success of the Goat curry last week I allowed Chieck Tiote to kill a wild Lion with his bare hands, ofcourse, this wasnt necessary as the lion immediately died of fright at the thought of enetering the arena with Chieck.”
It is understood that the Lion meat was used in the Friday afternoon stew which went down well especially with Papiss Cisse.
The Evening showcase saw QPR take on Tottenham Hotspur at Loftus Road. Joey Barton opened the scoring by confusing Cudicini in the Spurs goal, quoting several inane lines from his twitter page. Redknapp tried deflecting critism of his tactics of using Modric as a punch bag for Adel Taarabt by disclosing that Taarabt had a release clause in his contract allowing him to leave the R’s if they were compensated to the tune of 6 packets of Aldi cous cous….
So a good result from Newcastle sees them up to fourth in the table with 4 games to play at the expense of Tottenham and Chelsea…..
Premier League Table 21st April
Man Utd 82
Man City 77
Arsenal 67
Newcastle 62
Spurds 59
Chelski 57
Is there more to come in this series of events…… I’m currently feeding in the fixtures from the Sunday the 22nd and I’ll hopefully find out!!!
HWTL
97 only magpie of nepal // Apr 17, 2012 at 6:18 AM
Fantastic Result for Wigan and us. Now we need following results this weekend and things could be even more interesting:
Firstly Chelsea to beat Arsenal in early kickoff.
Then we should beat Stoke at Tea time.
Then Tottenham losing/drawing against QPR at late kick-off which is not impossible at all looking at Spurs’ dismal recent form.
After that league table will look something like this:
Rank Team Played Pts
3. Arsenal 35 64
4. Newcastle 34 62
5. Chelsea 34 60
6. Spurs 34 59 (or 60 if they manage draw)
Now, we will only be 2 pts. behind Arsenal with a game in hand. That game in hand is against Chelsea and if we win that we can go a point clear of Arsenal. This means not only 4th but even 3rd Champions League spot has opened up now. It’s up for grabs.
Just think had we managed to hold on for few more seconds at Emirates, had Ba scored that penalty against mackems and had we closed the game out against Wolves who went on to lose next 6 games after that. Those were 5 pts dropped. If we had gained those 6 points, we could have now guaranteed Cham League football for next season.
98 redondo77 // Apr 17, 2012 at 6:46 AM
Can’t wait to see us play in CL again.
99 redondo77 // Apr 17, 2012 at 6:55 AM
Sorry, I’m commenting on previous topic regarding Ashley Young and Refs.
It’s not just up to Refs and FA to do something about divers. The clubs have the most important role, especially when they already know and admit that their players are divers and they keep playing them, it just means that those clubs will do anything to win even if it means cheatting. FA should be punishing the team instead of individuals if they keep doing it game after game.
100 check the toastie // Apr 17, 2012 at 8:14 AM
Morning – hope Perch takes Simpson place at the weekend, Simmo seems a bit down currently, Perch is flying, plus extra height needed against this band of thugs.
101 Tsunki // Apr 17, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Morning chaps haven’t been on lately as i am in the canary isles and just got the wifi working, and the tv as they are linked,cable i think….anyway enough tech stuff what the heck is going on?
102 Garreth // Apr 17, 2012 at 9:18 AM
The interesting debate on here is what result we want from the Arsenal vs Chelsea game. I have to agree with level 7, we could do with Chelsea beating Arsenal.
If we finish 5th or 6th it makes very little difference really. It just means we have to play one qualifying round (and if we can’t get through that then we have no chance in the actual competition). However finishing 4th means a lot more money and finishing 3rd (if Chelsea beat Arsenal and we win all our games we will get 3rd) means going straight into the group stages of the CL. Imagine that!
103 geordiejamie89 // Apr 17, 2012 at 11:26 AM
we already knew man utd will cheat to win, they’ve done it for years.
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