November for show - December for dough

November

Chelsea (A)
Man City (H).

Both games, if we're being analytical, in which any points would be a good return.  Chelsea for me is the more important game of the two.  A draw away at Stamford Bridge remains a good result, although our away form has been pretty decent this season and I feel this could go either way. 

But already I'm looking at the busy December which is a far more important month for us with 18 points on offer.

December

Fulham (A)
QPR (H)
Villa (A)
Wigan (A)
Blackburn (H)
Newcastle (H)

Irrespective of what happens in the next two 'glamour' games - December takes us to the half way stage and will either set us up brilliantly for a second half push, or give us a mountain to climb.

After the next two games we could be anywhere between 6 points from the top or 9 points from 4th.  Imagine then how things could change in December.

Worth remembering then - if we beat Chelsea and City don't crack open the champagne, and equally if we lose both - don't smash the bottle and eat the glass.

Good eye, JD. I have the same perspective as you. These two games are glamorous, will get plenty of media coverage, and pundits from all over the place will use them as barometers and talking points, but December is where we will make our push, or fall flat on our faces. 18 points up for grabs, and we should be taking every single one of them.

Like my dad used to say when we would play golf, you drive for show, you putt for dough.

Can you imagine the outcry if we take 6 points of Chelsea and City but then only 6 points from our December fixtures.

24 points from now until the New Year, might as well take all 24. The "glamour" games (can't believe I'm calling games with small clubs like Chelsea and City glamour) are the games we usually win. So it wouldn't surprise me if we win our next two. After that, it's whether or not we can fight against those "lesser" clubs.

Still though, get Chelsea and their plazzy flag waving, banner nicking, money mad fans out the way then look to City.

That's a decent December fixture list and the full 18 is very achievable.

14 out of the 18 would leave us in good stead especially if we can get 4 out of the glamour games in November.

Ha - if we beat Man City then we best bloody had win all 6 in December otherwise the net winners will have been Man Utd.

If we get our **** together, I believe we can get 22 points

November

Chelsea (A)  Draw
Man City (H).  Win

December

Fulham (A) Win
QPR (H)  Win
Villa (A)  Win
Wigan (A)  Win
Blackburn (H)  Win
Newcastle (H)  Win

QPR at home and Wigan away are tricky numbers in December for me. I don't think Newcastle are going to carry on their run of form to the end of December. Fulham and Villa are games we should win ugly. Blackburn at home should really be a formality. 14 points from December and 4 points from the two remaining games in November, shouldn't be too hard to come by.

That said, I think we really should be more concerned about putting more chances away and a few more players chipping in with the goals. Because if that doesn't happen soon, the 'on paper' notion will be crumpled up and lashed in the bin.

Screw. Thump them all.

Some thrashings are long overdue.

If we get our **** together, I believe we can get 22 points

I like your style.

December is going to be a very exciting month.

If we get our **** together, I believe we can get 22 points

November

Chelsea (A)  Draw
Man City (H).  Win

December

Fulham (A) Win
QPR (H)  Win
Villa (A)  Win
Wigan (A)  Win
Blackburn (H)  Win
Newcastle (H)  Win

You got it all wrong.

November

Chelsea (A)  Win
Man City (H).  Win

December

Fulham (A) Win
QPR (H)  Win
Villa (A)  Win
Wigan (A)  Win
Blackburn (H)  Win
Newcastle (H)  Win

^BAM

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    If we get our **** together, I believe we can get 22 points

    November

    Chelsea (A)  Draw
    Man City (H).  Win

    December

    Fulham (A) Win
    QPR (H)  Win
    Villa (A)  Win
    Wigan (A)  Win
    Blackburn (H)  Win
    Newcastle (H)  Win


You got it all wrong.

November

Chelsea (A)  Win
Man City (H).  Win

December

Fulham (A) Win
QPR (H)  Win
Villa (A)  Win
Wigan (A)  Win
Blackburn (H)  Win
Newcastle (H)  Win

^BAM

Boom, theres yer dinner!

I want 24.

I want 24.

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You minx you!

I'm with RLB. 24 is possible if we stick our chances away.

Every game we have played so far, there have been large portions where we have dominated the possession, it's just our finishing that has let us down. Let's start sticking the ball in the back of the net with more than just Luis doing it and hopefully results will take care of itself.

Come on you lads, give us a Merry friggin Christmas.

If we get our **** together, I believe we can get 22 points

November

Chelsea (A)  Draw
Man City (H).  Win

December

Fulham (A) Win
QPR (H)  Win
Villa (A)  Win
Wigan (A)  Win
Blackburn (H)  Win
Newcastle (H)  Win

22 out of 24 points, if we can do that run, we'll be in the title race & definitely in the top 4. 

One game at a time. We'll see. Just convert all those chances.

You got it all wrong.

November

Chelsea (A)  Win
Man City (H).  Win

December

Fulham (A) Win
QPR (H)  Win
Villa (A)  Win
Wigan (A)  Win
Blackburn (H)  Win
Newcastle (H)  Win

^BAM

Surely he only got one wrong there? 

Surely he only got one wrong there? 

Just to make sure the emphasis was clear enough, I put "all" in there.

 If we get over 15 points we will have done well IMO

Screw. Thump them all.

Some thrashings are long overdue.

Love your work.

If we get our **** together, I believe we can get 22 points

November

Chelsea (A)  Draw
Man City (H).  Win

December

Fulham (A) Win
QPR (H)  Win
Villa (A)  Win
Wigan (A)  Win
Blackburn (H)  Win
Newcastle (H)  Win

I think you are living on Planet of the Apes Monkeyman. I am sure you have seen our scoring record - we are shy/sh|te in front of the goal. Where do you think will all the goals come to beat these so called lesser teams in December?

I would say if the King changes his side a bit and also substitutions then we may fall on a team that is scoring goals. I think the King must give other players a chance (e.g. Maxi) to change the game. He seems to be using the same set of 14/15 players all the time. The goals (it seems) will only come if some changes are made in personnel. Let us see what he does.

Out of 24 points, on our current form I would say 12 points max but in reality it could be as low as 8. I think we are fooling ourselves if we think we can get more than 12 points for the year 2011. Hope I am wrong and we bit the sheet out of everyone but on past form this aint happening.

Out of 24 points, on our current form I would say 12 points max but in reality it could be as low as 8. I think we are fooling ourselves if we think we can get more than 12 points for the year 2011. Hope I am wrong and we bit the sheet out of everyone but on past form this aint happening.

To be fair, I think the third post you made on here was your best so far.

Post number 8 was a little bit too obvious.

Whenever we talk about more than one game at a time this is what happens : we get ahead of ourselves, indulge in the idea that we are the mighty LFC and we will win all our games, when in reality, we won't, and as most people here said, getting 15-16 is what I think will realistically happen.Not trying to be pessimistic here,just realistic.