Watford look like a functional team now. Norwich are probably going. Leaving Bournemouth, Wham, Villa and maybe Brighton(?) fighting it out for the other 2 places. It does depend how many points the others pick up while the hammers have the run of fixture horribilis, if two of those teams get a 5 point gap then it is going to be very difficult for them.
Looking at their remaining fixtures I can't see more than 12 points which will give them 36.
36 could possibly be enough this year
It's why I'm happy that we're almost at 40, especially with the Chelsea and Liverpool games looming
I'm not especially afraid that we'll get dragged in, but the league has been kind of nuts outside the top 2 this season when it comes to everyone taking points of everyone else