Relegation Possibility

[Irish villain]

Look at the table guys. Just look at it and weep.

I bet MON would love to beat us now.

[Chipsticks]

The problem is for every argument of why we should beat the teams we're playing you need to remember that we are absolutely terrible. We have won 1 game in 12 and that was a last gasp winner. We could very easily lose our remaining games. The fact the manager hasn't been sacked for this performance is laughable.

I honestly think sacking McLeish now, or in the last month would have been a terrible decision, and I think that because of what's happened to Wolves.

[Irish villain]

Collymore tweeting that's he'll be in the Holte End to roar the team over the line.

[pauliewalnuts]

The problem is for every argument of why we should beat the teams we're playing you need to remember that we are absolutely terrible. We have won 1 game in 12 and that was a last gasp winner. We could very easily lose our remaining games. The fact the manager hasn't been sacked for this performance is laughable.

That's my concern.

If you look at the matches we have left, you're absolutely right in saying we should easily get the points to keep us safe. The problem is, we've had plenty of matches when that has been the case on paper this season, and we've got very little.

Fair play to Wigan, though. To have taken six points from Man United and Arsenal is highly impressive and spirited.

[VILLA MOLE]

From oddschecker's daily email:

Aston Villa gifted Man United three crucial title race points with an inept performance yesterday - even given Young's continuation of the Tom Daly impersonation show. The Villains have now won just one of their last twelve - Birmingham managed just two wins from their final thirteen last year. Sunderland, Spurs, WBA and Norwich all look good to beat the beleaguered side which leaves only Bolton to mop up next week at Villa Park where the hosts boast just one victory from the last ten. Given McLeish's relegation record it looks worth taking the 18/1 on offer now before a further plunge into obscurity.

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Don't know what to say to that! 

tell them to bugger off and then get yourself down the bookies me thinks 

[PaulWinch again]

The problem is for every argument of why we should beat the teams we're playing you need to remember that we are absolutely terrible. We have won 1 game in 12 and that was a last gasp winner. We could very easily lose our remaining games. The fact the manager hasn't been sacked for this performance is laughable.

I honestly think sacking McLeish now, or in the last month would have been a terrible decision, and I think that because of what's happened to Wolves.

I don't because we aren't in the same position as Wolves, they needed to win nearly all their games. We only need a brief lift, and that's possible with KMac in charge with the games we have.

[VILLA MOLE]

Collymore tweeting that's he'll be in the Holte End to roar the team over the line.

oh thank god thats me off to sleep tonight 

[richard moore]

I think its very easy to disagree with.

The Albion have shit home form and a massive inferiority complex when it comes to us. We could easily win that.

Sunderland are dour and predictable, with one eye already on the beach, we could easily beat them.

Norwich did well to only be smashed six. We could easily win that.

Tottenham have collapsed quicker than an English middle order and will have nothing to play for, so we could easily win that.

Bolton are shite and we can easily win that.


See. Its very easy and I'm not even trying to make a fool part from his money.

I agree with all of this.


The thing people need to realise is that three teams need to pass us for us to go down, and I don't think there's three teams in that bottom three that can do it.

You can just as easily find justifications to disagree with every one of those statements. And that's before we even ponder who is going to be scoring the goals for us to do it. We are sleepwalking our way towards relegation if we are not careful and losing at home to Sunderland and Bolton is no way as impossible as some fear on here. I still think we will just scrape it but this idea that there is no way we are going down seems very shaky to me

[hawkeye]

Any one who thinks Sunderland wont be fired up for the game are deluded. It really does look like the bolton Game is pivotal. Lose that and we are down.

[PaulWinch again]

What's strange is, and I'll quantify this by saying I don't necessarily think we'll go down, but each week people come on here and say 'here are the games we can get points' or 'the teams below us won't win enough games'. Well we aren't picking up these points and the games are ticking by and some of the teams below us are reeling us in.

[ozzjim]

I would can him by email right now if I were Faulkner.

[Dave]

Any one who thinks Sunderland wont be fired up for the game are deluded. It really does look like the bolton Game is pivotal. Lose that and we are down.

Which two of Spurs, Chelsea or Man City are QPR going to be beating?

[andyh]

Wigan winning at Arsenal has condensed the table. With them just below us, the points gap doesn't look so good. I think what it does, is massively increase the pressure on the team on saturday. If things don't go well then the crowd will get agtitated and the pressure will increase.
I think there is every chance we can get well and truly sucked into a 2 or 3 horse race to avoid the drop.

[john e]

What's strange is, and I'll quantify this by saying I don't necessarily think we'll go down, but each week people come on here and say 'here are the games we can get points' or 'the teams below us won't win enough games'. Well we aren't picking up these points and the games are ticking by and some of the teams below us are reeling us in.

are they ?
we were 6 points clear before we played Man Utd, and woe we are still 6 points clear, with games in hand, and we have been picking up points where people said we wouldnt, re liverpool and Stoke

[richard moore]

What's strange is, and I'll quantify this by saying I don't necessarily think we'll go down, but each week people come on here and say 'here are the games we can get points' or 'the teams below us won't win enough games'. Well we aren't picking up these points and the games are ticking by and some of the teams below us are reeling us in.

Ah ha, well done Paul, at least someone else has woken up to what is actually happening rather than what they think will happen. Never ever ever understimate this twat of a manager's ability to take us down. I have said it time and time again