Relegation Possibility

[claret and blue blood]

the only thing we as fans can do is get down Villa Park for the next 3 games and support which ever 11 players are out there as passionately and loudly as we can! Forget that ginger prick is manager wait til the season's over to sort him out but what those mainly young players need now is for us to get behind them and make as much noise as possible, at least we can hold our heads up as fans .

[hawkeye]

I honestly can't see why people are assuming we're going to lose our next five matches. Giving up against ManYoo is fully expected, but if there is one thing that our manager is capable of, it's playing out a couple of tedious draws against mid-table sides.

We'll be desperately dull and short on imagination, but there's no way we will lose to ALL of Bolton, West Brom, Norwich, Spurs and Sunderland.

I dont see us losing our next 5, its hard to see us winning any of them,

[TonyD]

On the otherhand we could lose all remaining games. It wouldnt suprise me.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I honestly can't see why people are assuming we're going to lose our next five matches. Giving up against ManYoo is fully expected, but if there is one thing that our manager is capable of, it's playing out a couple of tedious draws against mid-table sides.

We'll be desperately dull and short on imagination, but there's no way we will lose to ALL of Bolton, West Brom, Norwich, Spurs and Sunderland.

Negative I know Dave, but I can see us losing 4 of those games pretty easily the way we are playing. That just leaves Bolton to play well in one game against us and nicking a win against the odds. It happens all the time. It happened tonight.
I really hope you are right and we have nothing to worry about, but we have shown very little passion, tactical nous or team selection to do anything about the the situation we are in. Why should that suddenly change because we are playing Sunderland and Bolton?

[Greg N'Ash]

we don't need to lose all the games just only pick up two draws. Its still very unlikely that all three of the teams directly below us will keep winning and if bolton mess up then we'll probably be safe on 37 but still even bolton only have to show average premeriship form to be round the 37 point mark....squeaky bum time as Lerner's idol would say

[myf]

The whole concept of winning seems so unreal at the moment

[SoccerHQ]

I was worried after Chelsea beat us. I thought there was a real possibility we would go on a real downward spiral with Stan being ill. Since then we've lost like we normally do at Old Trafford and scraped two draws out of Liverpool and Stoke.

If we can get two draws against those two then I don't understand why we can't get some draws in our remaining games?

That's all it's going to need, 2-3 points. That will require Bolton or QPR to get to 38 or 39 points, I just don't see it.

[hawkeye]

Is our manager capable of picking a team, coming up with a system and making tactical decisions to win us a game?
This is my biggest worry.

[levico]

As I've said before, all the other teams have got the capacity to win games, except Wolves. We are truly stuffed.

[claret and blue blood]

he really does have to get the team right on Saturday, no Hutton at right back for a start

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Is our manager capable of picking a team, coming up with a system and making tactical decisions to win us a game?
This is my biggest worry.

This

[Eigentor]

Another thing: if QPR don't win against Spurs this weekend, we're more or less safe, regardless of how we do. In that scenario QPR would have to win two against Stoke, Chelsea and Man City, while we keep losing. I don't see it.

[hawkeye]

I was worried after Chelsea beat us. I thought there was a real possibility we would go on a real downward spiral with Stan being ill. Since then we've lost like we normally do at Old Trafford and scraped two draws out of Liverpool and Stoke.

If we can get two draws against those two then I don't understand why we can't get some draws in our remaining games?

That's all it's going to need, 2-3 points. That will require Bolton or QPR to get to 38 or 39 points, I just don't see it.

Its not too difficult to imagine us still needing points after the next 3 games. We just need one performance, the longer this goes on the more likely we will struggle.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

he really does have to get the team right on Saturday, no Hutton at right back for a start

I guarantee Hutton will be in the team.
AM is stubborn enough to stick with a plan that is not working. We see it every week. He's not going to change now!

[JUAN PABLO]

I dont think we are down but If Randy was watching that Wigan game  ( which he probably wasnt ) , that wigan performance would make my mind up and I would be phoning McLeish now  and giving him the bullet with a big FUCK OFF on it .