Relegation?

[adrenachrome]

At this stage I think goal difference tells you a lot and of the strugglers Fulham, Cardiff  and Nowich are the worst and therefore I reckon the favourites to go.

I agree however it will be a shame as Chris Hughton is a very decent bloke. If they are to survive they need to be on 38 points before their last 4 tough games. I don't think they will get 10 from 6.

I would also agree, but this was Gobby Savage's prediction a good few weeks ago, so it cannot be right.

[dekko]

The teams from Swansea upwards probably have enough points in the bank already that they'll be ok barring a total collapse in form.

I think Sunderland, while not great, are better than the league table suggests and they'll probably stay up.

I think Palace will stay up because one thing Pulis can do is organise a defence - they'll grind out enough 1-0s at home to be ok.

So for me, its either Norwich or the Baggies to go down with Cardiff and Fulham.

[john e]

I've written Tonev and Sylla of totally and completely,

neither of them will make it at this level, or a few down for that matter,
you can hold on to your 'I still think there is something in them' guff, but believe me there is not

i know what I'm talking about with this kinda stuff, i predicted Gary Penrice would take div 1 by storm when he first joined, so i have form

[john e]

oh bollocks, wrong thread should have been the worst signing thread,

[john e]

fuck it, i'm not repeating it again over there

[Smirker]

Can anyone tell me how next season will be any different from this or last season?  Because I don't think it will, apart from a different kit of course.

The games will be played in a different order and some teams will have been promoted and others relegated.

 

[Steve kirk]

Summed up by the Norwich fans singing "4-1 and you still don't sing", considering how important a win it was and the fact it's been so long since we gave someone a shoeing at VP it struck me as strange it was so subdued.

To be honest I was quite subdued in the second half because I kept wondering how long was left and if Norwich pulled one back now would there still be time for a collapse to 4-4!! 

Thats exactly how I felt in the 2nd half on Sunday Richard, I watched it on the telly and kept constantly studying the time left and counting down the minutes, I also thought we could collapse if Norwich got one back, my nerves were shot before it started due to how critical the game was.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

At this stage I think goal difference tells you a lot and of the strugglers Fulham, Cardiff  and Nowich are the worst and therefore I reckon the favourites to go.

On this day last year we were struggling, third from bottom and had the worst goal difference in the league and we managed to stay up. Saying that, I can't see Cardiff or Norwich surviving but third place is still up for grabs. Probably Fulham as the have the biggest mountain to climb but Sunderland and the Baggies will push them hard to get the other spot.

[olaftab]

oh bollocks, wrong thread should have been the worst signing thread,

Not your fault. It's easy to get confused when  there are about a dozen threads all describing how shit our owner/Manager/Players are.

[eric woolban woolban]

Whilst their home games aren't bad, Sunderland have five of the top seven to play away.

[Ad@m]

Patience will be thinner next season. If such a thing is possible

Quite so.

There was a menacing murmuration gathering momentum early doors on Sunday, and the attendance should set alarm bells ringing in the corridors of power at B6.

I think a crap kick off time and the fact it was on sky played a part.

It remained a low key atmosphere even at 4-1 I thought.

I remember thinking something similar, although the fact that the second half was really dull (in a good way) might have had something to do with it.

Also lot of the people around me seemed to come for 'Lambert Out Day' and left disappointed.  I mentioned it in the post match thread, but there was one guy who was hurling some pretty nasty abuse from before the first whistle (including gems like 'What the f*ck do Scots know about football').  He didnt celebrate our goals, and once we turned the game around the only thing he came out with was more abuse when a pass or shot went astray.  He also broadcast his opinion that we were shit and 'lazy' because 'we shouldve scored more goals'.

Its no wonder the younger lads play like a bag of nerves at home when there are fuckwits like him about.

I agree with the point about 'Lambert out' day. I know we went a goal down and it'd be nervy but I thought the crowd were ready to jump on any mistake and fact there was a murmuring for Albrighton after seven minutes showed how quickly some people were ready to have a pop at the manager, which I disagree with.

There's a guy who sits near me who after 30 seconds when there were some groans from the crowd shouted 'don't have a go at them yet - give them chance to be shit first', then after each of our goals he screamed 'we might be winning but you're still shit!'.

I really wonder why he pays so much money to put himself through it.

[olaftab]

Fulham and Cardiff stay where they are going to be come 38 games so the third place, as I have been saying for weeks, will go to Palace. Despite the loss today I think Sunderland will escape.

[Richard E]

Think you may have called that spot on. Palace's new manager bounce seems to have ended.

[ChicagoLion]

Don't write off Tonev and Luna just yet.

That's a joke, right?

No it's not a joke. These are young lads parachuted in from a different country and had to play in a struggling team. We should no more write them off  at this juncture than Arsenal writing off Ozil or for that matter  van Persie in his first few seasons.

Its the way you tell em. Tonev is useless.

[pauliewalnuts]

Despite games in hand, I think Sunderland are in big trouble.