The Plot to Escape Relegation Thread 2015.

[silhillvilla]

We just don't create enough. If we have more than 2 shots on target tomorrow that will be good by our standards .

[Drummond]

It's shame we are away this weekend, the coaching staff have had a bit if time together with the players and that tied with a home crowd may have been enough. As I see it, we are, yet again, playing a team that really needs to bounce back following a caning.

Fingers crossed.

[itbrvilla]

We just don't create enough. If we have more than 2 shots on target tomorrow that will be good by our standards .

Think I read somewhere that there are 9 shots per goal in the PL, 3 of which are on target.  Couple that with the fact that most of our shots are speculative shots probably means we need more than 9 shots on goal to get 3 on target.

[Tuscans]

Anyone else noticed how he keeps calling a "throw in" a "throw on", or am I getting lost in his cockney.

[Marton]

Think we will get exactly 12 points at home. On paper it would be WB, Swansea, QPR and Burnley but we probably botch one game and find a surprise win in another (like Everton maybe). But 12 at home it will (and has to be).

Drawing on the premise that 37 points will be enough we then need to find 3 on there road. Likely that has to be Newcastle or Sunderland....maaaaybe Hammers. Or else we are screwed.

[Toronto Villa]

We simply have to show we are more desperate to win than a Newcastle side that are now playing to see out the season. Realistically on form they are not going to break into a Europa League spot so are essentially rooted to mid table. If we cannot show more passion than them given our circumstances we deserve what we end up with. Based on that alone we should be winning this game.

[ozzjim]

Trouble is hitting them on the back of them getting smashed at City is the worst time. A draw would be a great result this weekend. And playing 4-4-2 away won't work, which I hope the Sheriff is aware of.

[john e]

We simply have to show we are more desperate to win than a Newcastle side that are now playing to see out the season. Realistically on form they are not going to break into a Europa League spot so are essentially rooted to mid table. If we cannot show more passion than them given our circumstances we deserve what we end up with. Based on that alone we should be winning this game.

we said this about Stoke though, they were supposed to be playing for nothing and with loads of injuries,
I'm not hopefull

[Toronto Villa]

Trouble is hitting them on the back of them getting smashed at City is the worst time. A draw would be a great result this weekend. And playing 4-4-2 away won't work, which I hope the Sheriff is aware of.

they might be saying the same thing though. I know if we were playing a side that had lost 6 straight, we'd be all saying they are due a win and it will just typical if it came against us.

[Toronto Villa]

We simply have to show we are more desperate to win than a Newcastle side that are now playing to see out the season. Realistically on form they are not going to break into a Europa League spot so are essentially rooted to mid table. If we cannot show more passion than them given our circumstances we deserve what we end up with. Based on that alone we should be winning this game.

we said this about Stoke though, they were supposed to be playing for nothing and with loads of injuries,
I'm not hopefull

you're right, but barring an horrendous error that game should have petered out to at worst a draw which while not perfect would have been ok. Off course I realize that's not how it works. We do need to show more desire and hopefully a week of reality kicking in will have given Sherwood plenty of food for thought. He only needs look back at some of the games from this weekend let alone vs Stoke to identify where the issues lie. I hope he decides to shake things up a little and really just go for it this weekend. Play Grealish, drop Gabby, play Lowton even to supply Benteke. i don't know the answer but it has to be something relatively new and ultimately different to what we've doing.

[Ads]

Playing a side that has just been twatted is the best time to play them, especially if you can score first.

[myf]

I'd revert to counter attacking, especially in away fixtures.  It worked in our first season under Lambert and we've got essentially the same players.

I always think back to the performances at Anfield in the previous 2 seasons when we looked brilliant, controlled the game and created loads of chances.  I know Gabby has lost his pace but with Delph, Gil, Bacuna, Benteke and Wieman it can still work.

[ozzjim]

Playing a side that has just been twatted is the best time to play them, especially if you can score first.

Stoke game proved that theory

[Ads]

Stoke were awful and lucky to get more than a point. I fail to see how having your confidence shattered the previous week by a mauling gears you up to turn somebody over so certainly the next.

[supertom]

Stoke were awful and lucky to get more than a point. I fail to see how having your confidence shattered the previous week by a mauling gears you up to turn somebody over so certainly the next.

Newcastle also look like a side who could always go on a half decent run, but by the same token a pretty shit run. That was par for the course with Pardew. I think they're in a rut at the moment, so we need to take advantage.
Stoke on the other hand are a very solid club. Reliable. If they get twonked one week, you'd expect a good reaction soon to stop any potential rot. The Toon are a side who could quite easily go 5-10 without a win.

We've got to be getting points off Newcastle and Sunderland in the upcoming games. They're both all over the shop at the moment. And granted no ones in a bigger state than we are at the minute, but we've still got that glimmar of hope for a new manager bounce.