This is the season...

[Chico Hamilton III]

We've failed at everything else over the past 5 or so seasons so there's every hope we'll fail miserably to go down when we're looking odds on.

You say we have failed miserably but we have not been relegated.

It's all about standards. Finishing 1 place above the drop represents miserable failure for us. Well, it does for me.

[Dave]

For people concerned about the state of our squad, this is the Bournemouth team today:

Bournemouth XI: Federici, Smith, Francis, Distin, Daniels, Ritchie, Gosling, Surman, Arter, Stanislas, King

There's absolutely no reason that we're not going to overhaul that lot at the bare minimum.

[Monty]

For people concerned about the state of our squad, this is the Bournemouth team today:

Bournemouth XI: Federici, Smith, Francis, Distin, Daniels, Ritchie, Gosling, Surman, Arter, Stanislas, King

There's absolutely no reason that we're not going to overhaul that lot at the bare minimum.

Even so, they're dominating against Newcastle. Which, I suppose, could also be seen positively, i.e. look how crap Newcastle are.

[peter w]

They play well as a team and are organised. Sum of the parts and all that.

[Bottom Right 89]

They're a jeckyll and hyde team Bournemouth, last week they got mullered for 45 minutes against Southampton, second half they played really well and looked far more organised than we do currently. As it stands I can only see Norwich that are possibly worse than us, in the previous few seasons there have been at least 3 crap teams to keep us in with a shout. I think Garde has the toughest task on his hands since Graham Turner keeping us in the top flight, would love to be wrong but I see nothing to change my mind that we'll be in the Championship next May.

[Villa in Denmark]

Sunderland, where Advacaat's departing interview was to say that the squad was nowhere near good enough and he was going now to give a new manager as long as possible up to January to look at the squad to decide what he needed to do in the transfer window to give them a chance?

So that's 2

[gpbarr]

They're a jeckyll and hyde team Bournemouth, last week they got mullered for 45 minutes against Southampton, second half they played really well and looked far more organised than we do currently. As it stands I can only see Norwich that are possibly worse than us, in the previous few seasons there have been at least 3 crap teams to keep us in with a shout. I think Garde has the toughest task on his hands since Graham Turner keeping us in the top flight, would love to be wrong but I see nothing to change my mind that we'll be in the Championship next May.

I also believe its highly probably we are going down. However, I do think Bournemouth are locked on, and one of Sunderland or Newcastle will go down. That leaves a three horse race - us, Watford (despite their bright start), or Norwich. Watford will stumble, Norwich are up & down, we are currently a mess. Toss up between the three of us - but based purely on the table today, odds are on we are the third team heading out of the PL unless as others have said, the Remi effect is dramatic and swift 

[Monty]

The problem we have is how horrible our fixtures look. We're in a position where we have to look at the Everton and Southampton matches as vital opportunities for points, which is hardly ideal.

[tomd2103]

Six points from safety now. 

[QuintonVilla]

Now two wins from safety. We won't be getting even a point in the next two games so we could easily be 9 points adrift by the time we play Watford at home.

[Matt Collins]

I really think this is going to be tough. Even if he improves the defence and gets the team passing, I just think we're very short in attack. Ayew has at least started to look a threat. I'd be after a striker in January, no doubt

[Toronto Villa]

The best example of how things can change dramatically is how we started the season and how we barely got a point thereafter to when Lambert was canned. Just because the gap seems big right now means nothing because teams above us will drop points and will get sucked in. Look at the run Swansea and Bournemouth are on. Watford lost today as did Sunderland. Newcastle got the jammiest of victory of all time. Some people are going on like we will never win again. That's simply not true, and as soon as we win, get a bit of confidence we will close the gap ahead of us.

[ozzjim]

We haven't got a prayer this season. I how Garde has a building for the future brief.

[PeterWithesShin]

It looks crap being 6 points adrift of safety but as I said in 'Other Games', it doesn't change anything. We have to get to 35+ points if we want to stay up. Other teams will be hitting the 30+ points mark so that means they will win sometimes. It's up to us do what we need to do. We won't go down because Norwich and Newcastle won today, it will be because we failed to reach 35+ points.

[QuintonVilla]

Last home game of the season, Newcastle. Could be a winner takes all...