Irons points total – my head on the block

ClaretandHugh’s associate editor Sean Whetstone has taken a look at our remaining games and come to a brave conclusion on how many points we will collect by the end of the season… read on!

West Ham have now hit the magical total of 40 points at the weekend, we would usually be sighing with relief at this point, content that we have survived in the Premier League for another season.

But this year under Slaven Bilic the expectations are different after 26 games; anything lower than eighth place would be a a major disappointment with many still talking about the possibility of top four or six finish once Sakho and Lanzini are firing on all cylinders again. We are also just 180 minutes away from an FA Cup semi final at Wembley in April and another 90 minutes beyond that from possible FA Cup final in May. But let’s not get carried away.

Apart from our cup game against Blackburn on Saturday we have just twelve league games remaining this season. These are my predictions and possible points total at the end of the season. If it is good enough for Mark Lawrenson it’s good enough for us.

My estimate is twenty six points from the twelve remaining games to take us a magical 66 points this season. That would have been enough to grab fifth place from Spurs last season who finished on 64 points. We finished twelfth on 47 points last season. We can almost guarantee we will pass that points total.

West Ham v Sunderland   Home win over Sam (3 points)

West Ham v Spurs   Home draw 2-2  (1 point)

Everton v West Ham  Away win (3 points)

West Ham v Watford Home win (3 points)

Chelsea v West Ham  Away loss (0 points)

West Ham v Crystal place Home win (3 points)

West Ham v Arsenal Home draw (1 point)

Leicester City v West Ham Away loss (0 points)

West Ham v Manchester United home win (3 points)

West Brom v West Ham away win (3 points)

West Ham v Swansea Last home win ever at the Boleyn Ground (3 points)

Stoke v West Ham away win (3 points)