Relegation?

[SoccerHQ]

It was a crucial point today. Now suddenly Norwich need to win one game from their run in from hell and also take a point from another game as their GD is inferior to us so a fluke win for them won't be enough for them.

I'd like Sunderland to stay up tbh. Good fans and a rare team we actually still regularly beat. I can see people worried with their win but surely to stay up they'll need to beat Cardiff and WBA at home?

If they beat Cardiff, then Cardiff would need to win their last two and hope we didn't pick up another point. And WBA would be stuck on 33 with Man, City and Arsenal away still to play and running out of games to overtake us.

And there's still Fulham needing to win 2/3 to overtake us which is not set in stone given the form Palace are in.

I think that point today has kept us up, it was all that was needed.

West Brom have west ham next weekend at home though....

Don't think West Ham will lose at the Hawthorns.

[supertom]

Good result for Sunderland but I think it's too little too late for them. They're gone.

Our defence is good enough to scrape a couple more points which is more than enough. Can we score again though?

[SoccerHQ]

We have been rubbish upfront all season apart from the games when Benteke has lifted the standard like Norwich at home.

Now without him we look rudderless up there, no surprise to me when our team lacks serious creativity and our other two strikers have 6 goals between them.

This has to be a major warning for next season, whoever the manager is and the ownership structure.

I would say if we can draw today against a decent Southampton team it surely won't be a struggle to do the same v Hull who'll be preparing for the cup final?

The point today to my mind at least has steadied the nerves, too many teams below us have to do too much to catch us with little time left.

[olaftab]

It would take a huge tornado of results to relegate us from here

Do you mean like Sunderland currently winning at Chav$ki?

I'm really starting to get nervous. There's just the feeling that everyone we play is better than us.

No need to be nervous. 3 teams at the bottom have played very well in the last few games getting some surprising results however we are still 5 possibly 6 point clear and games are running out. Don't like our position but it will be equivalent of hell freezing over to get us relegated.

[Legion]

[silhillvilla]

Can someone in authority please confirm we can't go down

[django]

Remaining games for the teams below us.

Sunderland: Cardiff, West Brom, Man Utd, Swansea (need 2 wins and a draw to catch us)

Fulham: Hull, Stoke, Crystal Palace (need 2 wins & a draw)

Cardiff: Sunderland, Newcastle, Chelsea (need 2 wins & a draw)

Norwich: Liverpool, Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal (need 1 win & a draw)

West Brom: Man City, Sunderland, Man City, West Ham, Arsenal, Stoke (need 1 win or 2 draws)

I can't see Sunderland catching us, if they do, it means they'll have most likely done it at the expense of West Brom & Cardiff. Fulham or Cardiff might do enough to catch us, but it would mean them and Norwich putting an unlikely run together and I can't see that happening.

I think that point today was vital.

I think we still need another point to ensure this is accurate.

I don't think we will get any more points so the vitalness of today is that it's given us more of a likelihood of staying up.
What I saw today though was a side totally devoid of leaders (Guzan aside), regular above average performers (Guzan aside), a manager with any kind of tactical aptitude or bravery. It's going to be more of the same next season unless we have either a massive turnover of personnel, a new manager, or that the signings we do make are enough to reinvigorate the potential in the players we do have.

At present we're just rudderless.

[adrenachrome]

Can someone in authority please confirm we can't go down

No. We can. Unlikely, though.

[Legion]

We could get relegated if everything goes against us.

[SoccerHQ]

To all the doom mongers, go to the Bookies and put a bet on a) Cardiff winning their last 3 games, b) Norwich winning two of their last 4, c) Fulham to win 2/3, Sunderland to win 3/4 (if you count them losing to Cardiff but beating Man. United) and d) us to lose all our games..........................and you'd probably have enough winnings to buyout Lerner.

[PeterWithesShin]

I don't think there is any chance we will go down. All these could happen but won't scenarios also need us to lose every game. Which also won't happen.

[nodge]

Looks like we need a point as we're as low as 10-1 to go down yet Hull are 66-1 on 36 points.

[clash city rocker]

Sunderland have picked up 4 points this week.just shows anything is possible for any team apart from.......Aston villa

[silhillvilla]

To all the doom mongers, go to the Bookies and put a bet on a) Cardiff winning their last 3 games, b) Norwich winning two of their last 4, c) Fulham to win 2/3, Sunderland to win 3/4 (if you count them losing to Cardiff but beating Man. United) and d) us to lose all our games..........................and you'd probably have enough winnings to buyout Lerner.

Well we are only 16/1 to go down

[PeterWithesShin]

Sunderland have picked up 4 points this week.just shows anything is possible for any team apart from.......Aston villa

They've taken 5 points from 10 games. They need at least 6 from 4 to catch us. Which even if they managed would negatively effect Cardiff and the Bitters. Not going to happen.