I wasn't suggesting that we'd beat them in the race for 2nd. in the Premiership. We probably won't, simply because they have far more home fixtures left to play in comparison to us. It was the suggestion that we're 'out of form' at the moment that I found amusing. We beat Arsenal, knocked manure out of the FA Cup, lost 0 - 1 away to Benfica (when our dominance of the game should've had the tie wrapped-up there and then, by a good two or three goal margin), beat Man City, drew with Charlton, lost 0 - 2 to Benfica (we deserved a draw at least in a game that should've been merely a formality), lost 1 - 2 to Arsenal (only because of a last-gasp fluke, in a game we deserved to win), beat Fulham 5 - 1 (it could easily have been double figures), and beat Newcastle 3 - 1 (it should really have been double that). I don't think many teams in any league would mind having a run of form like that. And we're not five points behind with manure having a game in hand, we're two points behind and manure have two games in hand.
However, once the derby is out of the way, we've not got anything too challenging left, on paper at least. And manure still have Arsenal (H) and Chelski (A) to play, and I can't see them picking up anything more than one point from those two fixtures. They also play Bolton and Spurs away, and I'd expect them to pick up no more than four points. So there's seven points for manure to drop.
Remaining fixtures and predictions:
Liverpool
Everton (H) 3
West Brom (A) 3
Bolton (H) 3
Blackburn (A) 1
West Ham (A) 3
Aston Villa (H) 3
Portsmouth (A) 3
manure
Birmingham (H) 3
West Ham (H) 3
Bolton (A) 1
Arsenal (H) 0
Sunderland (H) 3
Spurs (A) 0
Middlesbrough (H) 3
Chelski (A) 0
Charlton (H) 3
Liverpool 80 points manure 79 points
