Are we safe now?

[Lambert and Payne]

5 games left and 7 points above 18th place, are we safe or are we counting our chickens? It's the Villa and all know what can happen...

[Dave]

Yes

[Chris Smith]

Yes, 40 points with 5 games left and three of them at home. What's more we're playing some decent stuff with our best players all in form and a fully fit squad to pick from.

[PeterWithesShin]

Yes.

If we get relegated from this position now we deserve to be sent straight to the Conference.

[Dan England]

One huge massive thank fucking YES

[sidcowans10]

Well not mathematically but I think the confidence from back to back wins and the 6 points will make a massive difference now. I think we will stuff stoke and Wigan and finish in top 8. And two weeks ago i was seriously worried about going down

[cheltenhamlion]

Yes we are

[Chipsticks]

No, not safe yet, need one more win to secure it for me. And that'll come at home to Wigan or Stoke.

I just had a go on predictor and it's still all incredibly topsy-turvy; we just happen to be at the top of the top of the "Could still go down" list. With tough games such as West Brom away, Arsenal away, Liverpool home, and perhaps even Stoke at home; nothing is set in stone yet. Though saying that - today was a massive win for us, and I believe we will stay up, but I hope the lads know there is still plenty of work left to do.

[eamonn]

Even if we were to lose our final five games I think we'd still stay up. West Ham and Blackpool look shot after today, can 't see them making up 8 or 9 points. As it is, play like we did today and we can crack on and beat Stoke, Wigan and the Baggies, maybe even Liverpool on the last today and finish eighth.

[Lambert and Payne]

Do you see us beating Stoke, there having a very good season and aren't an easy team to beat, at the start of the season this was one of those we should be winning games. West Brom i see us winning actually, we dont generally beat Wigan at home
I do think we'll be safe, but its not definate yet. Win next week and we will be

[paul_e]

I've thought 38 points for weeks, blackpool, wigan, blackburn and wolves are all really weak can't see any of them getting many points from here.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd be shitting myself right now if I was a Sunderland fan. 1 point from 9 games is it now?

[TimTheVillain]

Not yet, cigars in the humidor !

[eamonn]

The ''we never beat Wigan at home'' argument is not really valid though is it? It's a different team/and (or) manager every year we play them.
We're above them in the table, we've already beaten them away, there's no reason why we shouldn't go into that game confident of getting three points regardless of what happened 18 months or 3 years ago.

[Deano's Mullet]

Mathematically we're not but i think we are now. Would take a major revival from some of those teams still down there for them to overhaul us now. Blackburn and Sunderland are in horrendous form, WHam have a particularly nasty run of games coming up. I still think Wolves will stay up based on their experience last year and they seem to have a bit of grit about them when they're in the mood.