How many points will keep us up?

[levico]

19th with 32 points for me.

Sadly this sounds about right.

[Brend'Watkins]

19th with 32 points for me.

Sadly this sounds about right.

With 27 points to play for you can only see us getting only another 5?
 

[peter w]

Well we've played for 87 and got 27 so its not a completely 'left-field' assumption.

[Damo70]

I have just done that BBC predictor for the first time. I had us, Southampton and Sunderland all staying up on 38. QPR going down with 36, Wigan 33 and Reading rock bottom.

[eamonn]

Well we've played for 87 and got 27 so its not a completely 'left-field' assumption.

Yeah but you're meant to be reasonably optimistic, not a misery arse.

[Concrete John]

Well we've played for 87 and got 27 so its not a completely 'left-field' assumption.

That means we've got 31% of the available points so far and you're now suggesting we'll get 18.5% of the remainder.  That's a dramatic slump in our form to this point, when we've actually been doing reasonably well since the 2nd half against Newcastle.

So yes, I would say it's a left field assumption.

[peter w]

We haven't been doing reasonably well. We beat a very poor West Ham and an even worse Reading. If teams open us up as easily as Reading seemed to we'll get a beating. We did okay at Arsenal but again conceded late and were poor against a relatively poor Man City. As the pressure intensifies I think the less experienced players will crumble. if we win on Saturday I'll do the predictions again and will probably be a little more positive. As it is i've gone from 100% certain of relelgation to 90% after Saturday.

[mr underhill]

i'm 110% certain we will know at the end of the season. i think.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I have just done that BBC predictor for the first time. I had us, Southampton and Sunderland all staying up on 38. QPR going down with 36, Wigan 33 and Reading rock bottom.

I had very similar.  I had Southampton(38), us(39) and Sunderland(40) all staying up. QPR going down with 30, Wigan 33 and Reading rock bottom(24).

[Concrete John]

We haven't been doing reasonably well. We beat a very poor West Ham and an even worse Reading. If teams open us up as easily as Reading seemed to we'll get a beating. We did okay at Arsenal but again conceded late and were poor against a relatively poor Man City. As the pressure intensifies I think the less experienced players will crumble. if we win on Saturday I'll do the predictions again and will probably be a little more positive. As it is i've gone from 100% certain of relelgation to 90% after Saturday.

Well, I think we have, but that's just a difference of opinion.  However, it still leaves us in the position where your prediction of 32 points represents a total collapse in form from both our recent games (12th in the form table) and our overall return since the season began.

[Dave]

I have just done that BBC predictor for the first time. I had us, Southampton and Sunderland all staying up on 38. QPR going down with 36, Wigan 33 and Reading rock bottom.

I had very similar.  I had Southampton(38), us(39) and Sunderland(40) all staying up. QPR going down with 30, Wigan 33 and Reading rock bottom(24).

I'd be really surprised if there is a five point gap between 17th and 18th at the end of the season.

[myf]

19th with 32 points for me.

Sadly this sounds about right.

With 27 points to play for you can only see us getting only another 5?
 

We should be good enough to take another 8 points based upon 0.9 points per game thus far.

[eastie]

19th with 32 points for me.

Sadly this sounds about right.

With 27 points to play for you can only see us getting only another 5?
 

We should be good enough to take another 8 points based upon 0.9 points per game thus far.

8 points won't keep us up in my opinion, I believe if we get 38 we should just about survive, and I think we have every chance of achieving that.

[Ads]

We have played well since the second half against Newcastle.

I think the suggestion that we will only get 5 more points is way off the mark.

[Matt C]

I hope we'll look back at that second half against Newcastle as a watershed moment.