Should we be worried about relegation

[rutski]

i want to know where the goals are going to come from! we are not exactley worrying defences are we!

[Lambert and Payne]

Not winning, conceding late goals and the supposed wise, experienced heads not putting in a shift are all causes for concern.

As I said in the Post-Match Thread, if we don't get seven points from the next four games, including beating Albion and Wigan, I think it might be time to start getting worried.

Yeah we had some tough fixtures, these two games are where it matters...

[Legion]

No, not in the slightest.

[Jimbo]

We shouldn't worry, but we shouldn't be complacent either. We're piss-poor at the moment and there are few signs that it's going to get much better any time soon. Some signings will be needed in January, and that should help. Whether we'll do what's necessary in the transfer market remains to be seen. We usually fall short in that department.

[ez]

We'll start picking up more points when players come back and the new signings arrive but there may not be much left to play for by then.

[Holtenderinthesky]

We are in big trouble.  I'd love to poach Owen Coyle from Bolton but it looks as though we are stuck with Houllier.  We will certainly be bottom 6 but will we be bottom 3? Hmm, well if we don't start scoring goals, playing for the full 95 minutes and stop defending like c*£ts then we will go down.

[Irish villain]

We have been extremely unfortunate but there's no escaping the fact that we need to fight for every point now. We need a win from somewhere.... It's a strange season with a lot of teams in transition so a couple of good wins could see us back in contention for Europe as quickly as a few more bad results will leave us deep in the drink....

[UK Redsox]

I'm normally pessimistic by nature. However, given all the injured players there are to come back and the potential of new signings in January, I think we can expect to avoid relegation and maybe even push for the heights of mid-table mediocrity. 

[Eigentor]

The problem is that while we have good spells in most matches, we also have dire spells in all. Dire spells in Premier League matches usually translates to goals conceded and points lost. If we can convert the dire spells to not-so-good spells where we, all the same, have defensive control, we will start to pick up (more) points.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Had a feeling some sort of posting regarding this would come up because some people just have not got a clue. Look at the injuries. Look at how, at times, we've played in these games. Sooner or later the results will come with some of the good play we have shown we are capable of.

[TimTheVillain]

I'm normally optimistic by nature, but can see a relegation fight ahead.

[avfcpg]

Not worried by relegation. Severely disappointed about our 2 performances since the promising Man Yoo performance...

[Damo70]

We started the day three points off relegation and three points away from a Europa League place which sums up this seasons Premier League. I'd be more worried if we were in this position with a fully fit squad or even close to one. I would also worry if we hadn't won games like Wolves and Blackpool. We definately need to do the business against Wigan and Albion. Wigan are the worst side in the league for me and we have to make sure Albion have won their quota of big away games for the season.

[Holtenderinthesky]

Not worried by relegation. Severely disappointed about our 2 performances since the promising Man Yoo performance...

That's just it.  People were really pleased after Man U with the way we played.  I was terribly disappointed as it was us at our best and we STILL couldn't beat them, even though Man U were at 60% or so.  We were never gonna be able to play like that every week and results like this are ineveitable as we are simply not good enough. 

[SoccerHQ]

I've had the feeling for a few weeks this season is going to turn out into a bit of an 03/04.

That was O'dreary's first season, we were in the bottom 3 at Xmas and low and behold in May we were 6th.

Obviously the position is not good but I'd be much more worried about someone like Everton who do actually have their first choice 11 more or less out and they seem to be getting worse each game while we still have half of our first 11 to come back.