The Dreaded Drop: A Bookmaker's View

[peter w]

It has always been a bit of a myth that is important to win your home games. It isn't sides that go down invariably are the ones with the worst away records. most fo the teams that go down, and those in the places just above them, have roughly comparable home records.

What is stilla  worry for us is our absolutely abysmal form on the road. A couple of wins and we should pull free quite comfortably. But if we continue to be turned over as has been seen -thankfully not recently -  all too often and all too embarrassingly easily then we will be looking over our shoulders until May.

Poor position to have gotten ourselves into, lessons hopefully learned, let's just get this season over and done with and move on to 2011-12.

[Holtenderinthesky]

I can't believe the title "The dreaded drop".  I thought everyone loved getting relegated.  I had the audacity to point out that most people I knew hated going down only to be "corrected".  I'd have thought with some of the posts in another thread that people would be starting to get excited about the prospect by now.   

[damon loves JT]

I won't start worrying until William Hague tells me we're safe.

[cdbearsfan]

[ozzjim]

Lose tomorrow and for the first time I will be genuinely worried about the situation. Win, and I will be sure of a surge to mid table mediocrity.

[KevinGage]

He's looking better these days.

[SoccerHQ]

Who bet on Blackburn to go down on here?

Comfortably the worst side I've seen at VP this season, other than us.

[jeowje]

Who bet on Blackburn to go down on here?

Comfortably the worst side I've seen at VP this season, other than us.

West Ham on opening day?

[Chipsticks]

Blackburn won't be as easy as the FA cup game.

Oh really?

[cdbearsfan]

They were a lot better than West Ham.

[pauliewalnuts]

Who bet on Blackburn to go down on here?

Comfortably the worst side I've seen at VP this season, other than us.

West Ham on opening day?

I thought Blackburn were worse, comfortably so.

I could at least work out what West Ham were trying to do. Yesterday, I had no idea what Steve Kean thought he was doing. What was RSC doing up there on his own, about three miles away from a five man midfield, four of whom were hopeless, functional cloggers, and one was Gamst Pedersen who clearly didn't give a toss.

They were absolutely terrible. That Keith Andrews - the one who gave away the penalty - has looked like terrible every time I've seen him play for Blackburn.

[luke25]

Who bet on Blackburn to go down on here?

Comfortably the worst side I've seen at VP this season, other than us.

Had a quick scan through the match thread on one of there sites (its a game I play quite reguarly if I can't sleep) and its worse than anything I can remember on here, its been the tightest relegation battle I can remember in years, usually atleast one team is cut adrift by now but not this season, just when I think thats it Wolves are gone now, they go and beat Utd, same with Westham, I've thought a couple of times thats it now they're gone and then they pull off a shock result, if I had to bet here and now on who's going to go then my money would be on Westham, Blackburn and Blackpool

[ozzjim]

Blackpool look doomed to me. West Ham have some really tough games and Wolves the easier run in on paper, but Wolves seems more suited to playing the top 4 than the scrappers. Blues have games in hand, but if Johnson is out, Davies is not a replacement on a consistent basis. Think 42 points might be needed to survive. We are 9 points away.