Kendrick Says It's Time To Ask Questions

[Concrete John]

I've said literally a million times before on here,
if your desperate to get Lambert out then you had better start hoping we lose a load more games and put ourselves in the bottom 3 or 4
Because there's no way he's going anywhere as long as we sit in 11 th position in the league

Mid table teams are always inconsistent that's why they are mid table, they win one,lose two, draw one, lose one then win another and so it goes on
If we pick up 3 points out of the next 5 games we will probably still be pretty much mid table, sitting on 34 points with 5 to play, there will still be no pressure on the manager because that's what mid table ness is all about, just getting by,

Lose the next 6 or 7 games on the trot and then Randy has a choice to make

Sounds like you're desperate.

No not me , I'm prepared to see how it goes with Lambert
But there are those who want him out and can't see any reason why he should stay

And I'm saying if we stay mid table that's reason enough for Randy not to fire him,
I can't see him getting the sack while we are inconsistent but mid table, that's what most of us would have settled for at the start of the season

I hope he is still there next season, although its not been a bowl of cherries at times he deserves another window, and I'm sure hel get one if things stay pretty much the way they are

Pretty much sums up my thoughts on it.

The key is the next window, but I think it may say more about Randy than it does Lambert.  Can we start investing to go forward again or is it more of the same?

[Dave Cooper please]

If we stay up on 37 points with the three relegated teams obviously getting less, I think it would be fair to say that, in nearly every other Premier League season, that amount of points would have seen us drop. The only reason that we wouldn't is the below average points total of the relegated teams. Below average - worse than normal.

Nope, the average amount of points a team has needed to avoid being in the bottom three since 1996 (when the league went to 20 teams) is exactly 37.

[peter w]

What did Wigan have last season? Who were 4th bottom? Sunderland? I've tried to erase most of it.

[PeterWithesShin]

Wigan 36 points, Sunderland 39.

[PeterWithesShin]

Working backwards in time (ooooh I'm Doctor Who), 18th place has had 36, 36, 39 (small heath haha), 30, 34, 36, 38, 34, 33, 33, 42, 36, 34, 33. I got bored by the time I reached that last season which was 99/00.

[Dante Lavelli]

I've said literally a million times before on here,
if your desperate to get Lambert out then you had better start hoping we lose a load more games and put ourselves in the bottom 3 or 4

But you've got less than 8000 posts.  Or did you repeat it lots in the same post?
[smiley/annoying face thingy]

[Damo70]

Working backwards in time (ooooh I'm Doctor Who), 18th place has had 36, 36, 39 (small heath haha), 30, 34, 36, 38, 34, 33, 33, 42, 36, 34, 33. I got bored by the time I reached that last season which was 99/00.

TSM beat his target of 38 points from 38 draws by 1 and still took them down.

[Colin B]

On the subject of relegation I have worked on the theory that as long as we average more than a point a game and there are three more teams below us who average less than a point a game I have not been worried about us going down.
For that reason I have not worried about relegation all season

Which is an improvement on last season

Even if the football has not been too entertaining

[Dave Clark Five]

Its that much of an improvement that I am being trampled on in the stampede to get to the Ticket Office for next year's ST.

Dave is right. 37 points is the average to be safe according to this:
http://ampp3d.mirror.co.uk/2014/02/21/how-many-points-do-you-need-to-avoid-premier-league-relegation/

[peter w]

Okay, we're being asked, maybe, to put our hands deeper into our pockets on the back of some ugly performances. But, we can't have it both ways. we want more investment into the club but only if it's from a hugely rich money no object benefactor. If we are struggling surely us digging deeper won't hurt that much? Easy for me to say I know as I watch maybe no more than 2 or 3 games live a season and don't have a season ticket. But, can it be viewed as similar to taxes, those that can should dig a little deeper because its money that we hope is being used for the goodof the club/team?

[Legion]

It would depend on how and where the extra money is being spent.

[peter w]

True. But surely any money flowing into the club is needed however it's spent? if its to help with running costs then fine, if it's to pay the wages of a chef at VFM would we think that is a useful or sustainable project?

[not3bad]

True. But surely any money flowing into the club is needed however it's spent? if its to help with running costs then fine, if it's to pay the wages of a chef at VFM would we think that is a useful or sustainable project?

Bit of a weird comparison considering the annual pay of a chef at VFM will equal about half a day for a premier league footballer.

[Dave Clark Five]

True. But surely any money flowing into the club is needed however it's spent? if its to help with running costs then fine, if it's to pay the wages of a chef at VFM would we think that is a useful or sustainable project?

Bit of a weird comparison considering the annual pay of a chef at VFM will equal about half a day for a premier league footballer.

I calculated how much I had paid to watch football over the years and it still wouldn't pay the weekly wages of some of the footballing clowns of today. The money paid in by the average punter is just a drop in the ocean. Who will be first to say the words 'bubble and burst'?

[Witton Warrior]

I sometimes toy with the idea of just sending some money so I don't have to turn up...