Are Newcastle United in pole position to finish sixth in the Premier League?

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Daniel Wales discuss whether Newcastle United’s recent good form has seen them become the favourites to finish sixth in the Premier League and secure a European place.

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00:00 Are they now in poor position to finish 6th in the league? Of course results went for

00:05 them this weekend and that's kept them in 6th place. They're then done playing this

00:09 weekend but neither do Man United of course and neither of those teams will pick up any

00:12 points due to Man United being in the FA Cup semi-final against Coventry. Newcastle's

00:17 next game which we'll come on to is against Crystal Palace but 6th place. Given the fact

00:23 that they've got a game in hand over West Ham, they've still got to play Manchester

00:26 United. Chelsea of course could be a little bit of a threat but you'd argue that Chelsea's

00:32 inconsistency this season would see them still drop some points somewhere. Cold Palmer seems

00:37 to be their only real outlet. So are Newcastle in poor position to finish 6th do you think?

00:43 6th or 5th? I say that jokingly but I was at the league table last night and I found

00:51 it astonishing that Newcastle play twice before Spurs next play and that's against

00:57 Arsenal in the North London Derby. So if Newcastle go and beat Crystal Palace, they go and beat

01:01 Sheffield United, they'll be four points behind 5th place Spurs who then go into a North London

01:07 Derby. Which can you imagine? Look I don't for one second think Newcastle will catch

01:12 Tottenham Hotspur. I think the games have probably run out for them. But I just find

01:16 it incredible that they actually have potential to put the pressure on. I link it back to

01:24 last season. Do you remember when Newcastle won a race to finish 4th and Liverpool started

01:28 to put a little bit of a run together? And it became a little bit nervy towards the end?

01:31 It did. I do wonder if there'll be a little bit in the back of Tottenham Hotspur's mind

01:36 thinking Newcastle are on form, we've got to watch our backs. I wonder if the pressure

01:40 will get them because Spurs have got some really really difficult remaining fixtures.

01:46 They've got Sheffield United and Burnley to play. And then the other four are against

01:50 Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea and then I mentioned Arsenal there. So top five isn't out of the

01:58 question. I don't think it'll happen but I just think it just shows the sort of remarkable

02:05 progress and the change of feel about Newcastle's season that a couple of results can make.

02:11 Chelsea's key, they've been consistent since the return from the international break. Three

02:16 wins in a draw could have been four wins out of four if it wasn't for Paul Dumont's rugby

02:21 tattle which we've spoke about lots of times. So Newcastle are probably in that pack as

02:28 you mentioned there, the in-form team. The sixth place there's are in poor position.

02:34 I feel like they are. I think West Ham might drop off a little bit. There was a bar result

02:41 for them in the weekend against Fulham. They've got Balevacu using the second leg this week.

02:46 I think they'll probably go out there much, may actually kill them in many ways, their

02:50 motivation for the rest of the season. It could be a real bit uphill to swallow. And

02:54 then the deciding fixture really could be the game in hand against Manchester United.

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