UnitedViews

Sorry for the lack of effort on the site recently. A new job has meant that I’ve had little or no time to spend on United. They seem to have managed all right without my input…

Anyway, JW has kindly stepped into the breach and come up with a set of predictions for the remaining fixtures. He’s usually pretty accurate with these things but let us know if you disagree with him…

Have you been doing your usual end-of-season results prediction stuff?

Based simply on United’s form so far this season, they should get 16 or 17 points from their remaining seven games, so 5-1-1 or 5-2-0 in terms of W-D-L over the seven matches. That would give us 89 or 90 points, versus a maximum 89 points for Chelsea and 88 points for Arsenal, which means we should win the title even if it’s only on goal difference from Chelsea.

It largely depends on the Chelsea and Arsenal games, of course, and my personal feeling is that we won’t lose either — we’ll beat Arsenal at OT and, given our record in the matches against the other Big Four clubs this season, should get a point at Stamford Bridge. But also given our record against the more modest sides this season, I can see a slip-up in a nominally more straightforward game, e.g. losing at Blackburn or Middlesbrough, or held at home by Villa or West Ham.

Chelsea and Arsenal also, of course, need to really put a run together to challenge us, something Chelsea might do but Arsenal seem unlikely to given the way their confidence has evaporated in recent weeks. But Chelsea will need to win pretty much every game, and they have some interesting away games at Everton and Man City.

Anyway, can’t believe how good we’re looking after the despair I felt after the home defeat to Cit-Eh. And amazing how Arsenal have nosedived in the wake of the 4-0 cup mauling at OT and the Eduardo injury.

my predictions — guess who ends up league champions?

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Man Utd	31	23	4	4	64	15	+49	73
Chelsea	31	20	8	3	55	23	+32	68
Arsenal	31	19	10	2	59	24	+35	67

……

Mar. 29-30

Man Utd 2-0 Aston Villa

Bolton 1-1 Arsenal

Chelsea 3-0 Middlesbrough

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Man Utd	32	24	4	4	66	15	+51	76
Chelsea	32	21	8	3	58	23	+35	71
Arsenal	32	19	11	2	60	25	+35	68

……

Apr. 5-6

Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool

Man City 0-2 Chelsea

Middlesbrough 1-3 Man Utd

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Man Utd	33	25	4	4	69	16	+53	79
Chelsea	33	22	8	3	60	23	+37	74
Arsenal	33	20	11	2	62	26	+36	71

……

Apr. 12/13/14

Man Utd 2-0 Arsenal

Chelsea 5-1 Wigan

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Man Utd	34	26	4	4	71	16	+55	82
Chelsea	34	23	8	3	65	24	+41	77
Arsenal	34	20	11	3	62	28	+34	71

……

Apr. 19

Arsenal 3-0 Reading

Blackburn 1-0 Man Utd

Everton 2-2 Chelsea

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Man Utd	35	26	4	5	71	17	+54	82
Chelsea	35	23	9	3	67	26	+41	78
Arsenal	35	21	11	3	65	28	+37	74

……

Apr. 26

Chelsea 1-1 Man Utd

Apr. 28

Derby 0-4 Arsenal

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Man Utd	36	26	5	5	72	18	+54	83
Chelsea	36	23	10	3	68	27	+41	79
Arsenal	36	22	11	3	69	28	+41	77

……

May 3

Arsenal 0-0 Everton

Man Utd 4-0 West Ham

Newcastle 1-3 Chelsea

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Man Utd	37	27	5	5	76	18	+58	86
Chelsea	37	24	10	3	71	28	+43	82
Arsenal	37	22	12	3	69	28	+41	78

……

May 11

Chelsea 2-0 Bolton

Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal

Wigan 1-2 Man Utd

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
Man Utd	38	28	5	5	78	19	+59	89
Chelsea	38	25	10	3	73	28	+45	85
Arsenal	38	23	12	3	71	28	+43	81