Relegation?

[pauliewalnuts]

It seems very unlikely that we'll go down, but very unlikely things sometimes happen in relegation fights. It would be very nice if we could get a point against Hull!

The problem is that, with each passing game, the likelihood we'll go down is growing, not shrinking.

We could sort this out ourselves if we could manage to overcome Hull City at home. That's home where we've lost 10 league matches already this season.

How many of us would back us to beat Hull at home - with real, actual money?

[aj2k77]

Would a Sunderland Cardiff draw be the best result for us? I can't bring myself to look at the table yet im too angry.

A point against Hull should do it shouldn't it? It's do or die because that defence is going to get taken to the fucking cleaners by Spurs and Man City.

[Ads]

Cardiff, Fulham and Norwich are three for me, fingers crossed. If Man United do us a favour and whip Norwich, with Sunderland beating Cardiff too, then even with us getting nothing, we should squeak through.

[saunders_heroes]

18 league defeats this season. When was the last this happened?

[PeterWithesShin]

As long as Manure win we should just about be ok. It's shit relying on other sides though and have completely fucked up being as good as safe after the Chavski win. 1 point from those 6 games is a disgrace.

[silhillvilla]

Looking at mcleishs last home game (1-1 v spurs)
I think lambert has made us as a side 50% worse. Just dreadful.

[SteveN]

I resigned myself to relegation some time ago......and it feckin hurts.

[Eigentor]

Sorry for my confused contribution on this thread. If we get a point against Hull, we'll have have 36, and Fulham may still get 37. Getting that single point will mostly be helpful wrt. Cardiff as they can't lose another match and catch us in that instance.

Anyway, I don't worry about Norwich, because they have a very difficult run-in. Both Fulham, Sunderland and Cardiff have shown some fight, but none of them (except perhaps Sunderland) seem to have the ability to gain points consistently to overtake us. The season ends to soon for us to be relegated, it seems.

[LeeS]

It looks like we are going to crawl across the line on our hands and knees, covered in shit and with rags for clothing. Because I dont care about the money (its Randy's not mine) I'd swap a season like Leicester have had for this weekly shite-fest.

[sidcowans10]

These are the remaining results in one place, as I got sick of googling them all the time. Cut and pasted from the new thread.

Villa
Hull-H                  (1)
Spurs-A               (0)
Man City-A           (0)       36 Points

Sunderland

Cardiff-H            (1)
Man U-A             (0)
W.Brom              (3)
Swansea            (1)        34 Points

Cardiff

Sunderland-A     (1)
Newcastle-A       (1)
Chelsea-H           (0)        32 Points

Fulham     

Stoke-A             (1)
C.Palace-H        (3)           35 Points

Norwich

Man U-A             (1)
Chelsea-A          (0)
Arsenal-H           (1)          34 Points

W.Brom

Arsenal-A            (0)
Stoke-H               (1)
Sunderland-A      (0)        37 points


So even with my pessimistic head I reckon Sunderland Cardiff and Norwich to go. However, what really worries me is that there's always a few freak results on the last day. Not with us, I'm sure, we'll get stuffed Royally.
It makes next week the biggest game in a long time!!

[Jimmy Rimmer]

I'm sticking my neck out and saying we're already safe. I think 35 points will keep us above Norwich, Fulham and one of Cardiff or Sunderland. So we'll just about make it (and I think we'll get 1 point against Hull).

Then we have to have wholesale change in the summer. As soon as possible.

[Eigentor]

It seems very unlikely that we'll go down, but very unlikely things sometimes happen in relegation fights. It would be very nice if we could get a point against Hull!

The problem is that, with each passing game, the likelihood we'll go down is growing, not shrinking.

We could sort this out ourselves if we could manage to overcome Hull City at home. That's home where we've lost 10 league matches already this season.

How many of us would back us to beat Hull at home - with real, actual money?

I agree that things are looking grim. Fortunately, I think your first sentence is incorrect. With each passing game, there will be fewer permutations that will get us relegated. As I said, what will (hopefully) save us is that the season ends just before Cardiff and Fulham overtake us.

[PeterWithesShin]

If it was still a 42 game season i'd be terrified. I've said for a while though that I thought it would be a struggle for enough teams to catch us. Sucks the big fat one relying on teams being too shit to catch us.

[Rudy65]

18 league defeats this season. When was the last this happened?

A record number of defeats for us in the prem

Another record to add to lamberts growing collection

[Ads]

I think we will be ok, but I have to say I am very worried about it.

Hopefully things will come to a head one way or the other June onwards. Things cannot keep repeating endlessly.