West Ham have earned twenty-seven points from their first nineteen Premier League games at the official halfway point.
With a further nineteen League games remaining the Hammers could amass another 57 points in theory if they never lose another game putting them on 84 points for the season.
A similar performance of ups and downs to the first half of the season would match the 27 points earned in the first half of the season giving the Irons a total of 54 points for the season.
Based on last season 84 points would be enough to secure second place and Champions League football for next season for the Hammers while 54 points was enough last Season to secure seventh place and a European place.
In today’s Claret and Hugh we ask you to give your estimate on how the second half of the season could go and how many points we will total when the final whistle is blown on away at Watford on 12th May 2019.
We have had a superb recent run of form, but it has been against lower and mid table opposition. It’s difficult to see how well we are prepared for sterner tests, especially with our present injury list. We could, of course bring one or two in in the Jan window and some of the walking wounded are due back soon – so, logically the team should be stronger
I’m inclined to err on the side of caution, but the optimist in me would love to see 60 points at the end of the season.