The Plot to Escape Relegation Thread 2015.

[Legion]

Hoping for Newcastle and Spurs to both win today.

[supertom]

Beat QPR and take the momentum to Spurs for a 2-2 draw there .

Yeah Spur's CL push is just about dead so I am hopeing that we will be able to nick something there.  Also, don't we still have Everton to play?  They don't really have anything left to play for so I think we should target that to try and win.  I really don't want to go into that final game against Burnley needing a result...

I'd like to think we could get something from Spurs and Everton but our record against both in recent years has been horrific. It's the sort of games when even if we face them on a downturn, or we're in some kind of form, we still bend over and take it up the tailpipe.
I'd like to think that will change, but our pretty standard surrender to Utd doesn't fill me with hope.

In terms of the Spurs game though, that'll have Sherwood fired up more than any other, so that could work in our favour.

[berneboy]

Hoping for Newcastle and Spurs to both win today.

Hoping?
Pleading. Begging. Crying.

.. and more

[Legion]

As it is Easter Sunday, praying.

[berneboy]

Beat QPR and take the momentum to Spurs for a 2-2 draw there .

Sounding like, Timmy. Except he'd be after two wins.

[berneboy]

As it is Easter Sunday, praying.

That's what I meant!

[levico]

Burnley looking the most likely so far.

[tomd2103]

Beat QPR and take the momentum to Spurs for a 2-2 draw there .

Yeah Spur's CL push is just about dead so I am hopeing that we will be able to nick something there.  Also, don't we still have Everton to play?  They don't really have anything left to play for so I think we should target that to try and win.  I really don't want to go into that final game against Burnley needing a result...

With our remaining fixtures, I can't really see us pulling clear (if we indeed do) until the last couple of games. 

[PaulWinch again]

Win on Tuesday and it looks ok. Lose on Tuesday and we're in an awful lot of trouble.

[tomd2103]

Win on Tuesday and it looks ok. Lose on Tuesday and we're in an awful lot of trouble.

Even a win won't get us too far away from it.  Just looking at the remaining fixtures and some of the teams around us have got difficult run-ins.

[myf]

I can see us drawing on Tuesday.  All the positivity of mid march seems to have gone. We never do it the easy way. I suppose qpr have to beat us so will come out all guns blazing which could work in our favour. We also need to improve the GD

[silhillvilla]

I fear it's going to the last day.

[Pete3206]

7 games left. That's still a long way to go at this stage of the season.

Do you want to bet against us?

[ciggiesnbeer]

I am on concerned street turning into panic drive.

[supertom]

Benteke has to turn up. If I'm being generous, he's probably had 3-4 decent performances this season, which is pathetic. He cannot be immune from criticism and blame either. No one makes excuses for players like Tonev etc, so he should be no different. We need a performance from him. The OS posted a picture up advertising tuesdays game. Benteke and Austin head to head. On paper that should be a superb player against an okay player with an exceptional finishing ability. But what it feels more like at the moment is something like a face off between Heskey and Shearer.

It's come to a point now that more than anyone this season, Benteke has disappointed and annoyed me the most. He spends too much time moping and looking languid. I don't think it's merely a confidence issue either (again...more excuses) because after how he played against Sunderland he should have been fired up for the next couple of games but he was piss poor. I know Gabby and Weimann get a lot of stick (rightly) but I actually think Benteke has had a worse season, yet he gets a fraction of the shit they get and they're not half the player he is (or can be).

He needs to pull his finger out. I for one don't think he's putting enough effort in. His expended more energy on moaning and looking dispondent than anything else this season.

I can forgive someone like Weimann because he really works hard. He's just a shit player. That he's playing is a managerial decision. It's the talented members of our squad not giving enough that boil my piss and in the last half dozen games even Zogbia has looked more interested than the big man.

The most frustrating thing is, if he turns up for the last 7 games we'll be home and dry with a couple of games to spare. IF.