Relegation Watch

[Pete3206]

Not going down, no way.

[Villanation]

Not going down, no way.

Is that Rocky!!!!!

[Californian Villain]

Absolutely no way. 35 points will be enough to survive, and we have that already.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

we will survive this season but statistically, if AM is in charge, we will go down next season, as he simply can't win enough games. The wider question is, if nothing changes, i.e. the holy trinity of RL, AM and PF remain, they may not have a business to preside over for very much longer. No one will want to join, players we may wish to keep may well want to leave, those players we want to go will stay as they know they will not command their hugely inflated salaries anywhere else,fans will stay away due to the mind-dumbing mediocrity of the entertainment on offer, investors and sponsors will look at more exciting, progressive and entertaining options, etc etc. I realise this sounds like a doomsday senario and I pray it never comes to fruition, but its not totally inconceiveable that it might.

Based on statistics, we will go down next season with AM in charge? How does that work. If we stay up this season, which I think we will, it means that, statistically, we have enough points so then how can it be proved, statistically, that we will then get relegated next season? In his 3 full seasons as a Premier League manager, he has stayed up twice and been relegated once so surely, statiscally, we will stay up next season?

I agree we will stay up this season and go down next season if he's in charge, but you can't base it on statistics. I base it on the opinion that we're shit, have got progressively worse as the season has gone on and the players are not with him anymore (bit like the fans in that respect, we gave him a chance).

[john e]

Not going down, no way.

Is that Rocky!!!!!

no, my wife actually

[Californian Villain]

Don't think you can prove it with stats, but it seems that when a team survives marginally one season they often go down the next, unless there is a change of manager, large investment in the squad, or big turnover of players etc.

[Billy Walker]

Don't think you can prove it with stats, but it seems that when a team survives marginally one season they often go down the next, unless there is a change of manager, large investment in the squad, or big turnover of players etc.

This really reminds me of the situation we were in in the mid-eighties.  I remember when Sir Graham Taylor first arrived he said there was stench around the club.  He also said that when a big club starts to slide it takes a whole lot more effort to stop that slide and reverse it.  I wish he would come out now and give Randy a piece of his wisdom!

[Pete3206]

Not going down, no way.

Is that Rocky!!!!!

Ain't so bad!

[tarzansbrother]

Wolves,Blackburn,Villa are 33/1 to go down as a three with sky bet.

[Steve67]

Lose next week to Bolton and we'd be favourites for the drop.  Hope we pick something up against Sunderland first. I wonder if the goal difference will be our savour. I cannot see where the next win is coming from.

[Nirog72]

We won't go down but will finish 17th.

[Dave Clark Five]

Wolves,Blackburn,Villa are 33/1 to go down as a three with sky bet.

Wolves, the eclipse of Venus and postage stamps going down are 45/1 with Ladbrokes.

[pauliewalnuts]

QPR winning at half time against Spurs.

Just to show how worrying things could get if we were to lose to Bolton on Wednesday, the table would look like this

Aston Villa   35   36
QPR           35   34
Bolton   34   34

Wigan   35   34
Blackburn   35   31
Wolves   34   23

That is what I call very frightening.

[hawkeye]

A draw against Bolton would almost certainly keep us up.

[mikeb1982]

QPR winning at half time against Spurs.

Just to show how worrying things could get if we were to lose to Bolton on Wednesday, the table would look like this

Aston Villa   35   36
QPR           35   34
Bolton   34   34

Wigan   35   34
Blackburn   35   31
Wolves   34   23

That is what I call very frightening.

That is petrifying. If we end up in that position I don't see us staying up, we haven't got the fight for it