The Plot to Escape Relegation Thread 2015.

[Dave]

Somebody posted Hull's fixtures earlier, and they look absolutely horrendous.

If only we hadn't gifted them three points, I think they be joining Leicester and QPR.

[maidstonevillain]

Somebody posted Hull's fixtures earlier, and they look absolutely horrendous.

If only we hadn't gifted them three points, I think they be joining Leicester and QPR.

I am glad we did gift them 3 points.  Otherwise Lambert would probably be here still.

[silhillvilla]

Somebody posted Hull's fixtures earlier, and they look absolutely horrendous.

If only we hadn't gifted them three points, I think they be joining Leicester and QPR.

The players didn't even try that night. They wanted Lambert gone.

[Damo70]

I can't see us getting much more, if anything away from home. Swansea, Everton, QPR, West Ham and Burnley at home. I think we need three wins from those five. Ideally against Everton, QPR and Burnley, although hopefully that last game will be a dead rubber like the last game at Wigan a couple of years back.

[Matt Collins]

Our April fixtures are absolutely horrendous so we're still right in it, especially after burnley's win

Need to beat Swansea

Think we could get a result at Southampton and while Spurs / United / citeh look tough I don't think we can be writing them off. Citeh's home form has been poor

[Des Little]

If we can beat Swansea it will go some way to providing some fall back in April, which could be rather damaging. The way I see it we are in a four team league with Burnley Sunderland and Hull (five if Everton lose today); we just need to better their results to stay clear.

[McGraths Dry Cleaning]

April may not be a write off for us - the Burnley result yesterday shows that teams win when its not expected. If they didn't betting wouldn't exist. Didn't Chelsea lose quite a few games against teams down the bottom last year?

[Jon Crofts]

April may not be a write off for us - the Burnley result yesterday shows that teams win when its not expected. If they didn't betting wouldn't exist. Didn't Chelsea lose quite a few games against teams down the bottom last year?

I'm sure they lost to Blunderland, part of their 4 in a row winning streak that saved their bacon.

[john e]

We have taken 6 points out of the last two league games and are still only 3 points clear of relegation

It just shows how deep in the shit we would be if we had stuck with Lambert

[Ads]

I'm not sure Old Trafford is such a write off. Sherwood doesn't seem to give a monkeys about reputations and frankly, Man United look a mesh of expensive players dropped into the pitch without any visible cohesion. And we owe them a hundred fold.

[brian green]

You are right Ads,   I can see us getting at least a point there.

[Percy McCarthy]

I can't see us getting much more, if anything away from home. Swansea, Everton, QPR, West Ham and Burnley at home. I think we need three wins from those five. Ideally against Everton, QPR and Burnley, although hopefully that last game will be a dead rubber like the last game at Wigan a couple of years back.

If not a dead rubber, it's possible that us and Burnley might need a point each to stay up and play out a tame draw. #nextbestscenario.

[SoccerHQ]

I fancy the Spurs game as more of a shock result, Sherwood will be massively up for that going back there.

Think I'm right in saying over the last 5 years our record v Spurs is even worse than the Manchester clubs as under Lambert it just seemed heavy defeat after heavy defeat against them apart from this season when 1 up and the ref decides to win Spurs the game.

[silhillvilla]

I think playing on big pitches such as the etihad and old Trafford will suit our new pacey approach.
I wouldn't write Spurs off either, sherwood will have them bang up for that one.

[Diablo]

I'm not sure Old Trafford is such a write off. Sherwood doesn't seem to give a monkeys about reputations and frankly, Man United look a mesh of expensive players dropped into the pitch without any visible cohesion.

Unfortunately they looked really good today. They tore Spurs apart. You never know but I'm not confident we'll get anything there. I think that result will push them on to finish in the top 4 now.