This is the season...

[olaftab]

Nothing changes for us. We just have one less game to escape. No point in getting depressed that other teams are occasionally winning. None of them have turned into Barcelona. Even Newcastle and Bmouth  after their exploits still have no more than one point per game. It is still in our hand as but........it's a big but!

[PaulWinch again]

Have we taken a single point after going behind this season? Don't think so. We are absolutely buried, short of an actual miracle.

Sunderland.

Ah ok, one then. Never the less still pretty dreadful.

[UK Redsox]

No striker on the bench today. I know that he's not exactly Gerd Muller but Kozak must have killed Remi's pet cat or something

[Holte132]

At least Tim was right when he said we wouldn't be in a relegation battle this season - we're not battling at all.

[SoccerHQ]

Nothing changes for us. We just have one less game to escape. No point in getting depressed that other teams are occasionally winning. None of them have turned into Barcelona. Even Newcastle and Bmouth  after their exploits still have no more than one point per game. It is still in our hand as but........it's a big but!

That's true but every time teams win down there the points tally to stay up rises...two weeks ago you could've made a case for 34-35 points staying up. Now Newcastle and Bournemouth just need to scramble another 20 points to get 36.

The reality is this is a hopeless situation for us. I don't even think we've got another 20 points in us.

[gregavfc69/70]

We'd be bottom 4 of the Championship on current form - same as last season.
This has been coming a long time.
A very, very poor squad of players comparable to the 1967 relegation
Then a culmination of selling our best players, replacing them with third rate journeymen.
The current team would easily be beaten by the relegation team of 1987 and very likely by the boys who crashed into the third division in 1970.

[pauliewalnuts]

We'd be bottom 4 of the Championship on current form - same as last season.

That is totally bogus, though, as were we in the championship, we'd have been playing championship teams all season, thus rendering current form meaningless.

[QuintonVilla]

Newcastle are no great shakes and are still a pretty poor team, but how many of our players would actually get in their team? None in my opinion.

[Pat McMahon]

No striker on the bench today. I know that he's not exactly Gerd Muller but Kozak must have killed Remi's pet cat or something

I've been pondering this one and have to assume that both Sherwood and Garde have decided he just isn't up to scratch.

[Jivi lee]

We are truly doomed but no one can take away our history.

[Dave]

We are truly doomed but no one can take away our history.

Thanks for your time Gary, but shouldn't you be celebrating your point at Anfield rather than badly trolling people who don't really care about you?

[oswald funkletrumpet]

We are truly doomed but no one can take away our history.

at least we have one

unlike some other clubs

[Richard E]

We are truly doomed but no one can take away our history.

Thanks for your time Gary, but shouldn't you be celebrating your point at Anfield rather than badly trolling people who don't really care about you?

He probably doesn't even realise his club played today.

[curiousorange]

I saw on Midlands Today there's a new Bishop of Aston. First task, exorcism on Trinity Road.

[NeilH]

I am long past being concerned about us actually going down. I see it as a foregone conclusion frankly. My thoughts are now firmly centered on next season and indeed how we can ensure that we get out at the first attempt. I think it is imperative that we start off well clearly; any slow start to our season coupled with the negativity around the place and lack of confidence would be catastrophic. This to me is a given, as we won’t have the benefit of the Taylor bounce that we did last time around. However, the obvious aside I have a series of lingering doubts that cloud my belief in us being able to reset the club.
1.   Will those running the club finally make right decisions? We are now easily the worst run club in the Premier League and that’s with one ran by Mike Ashley, what confidence is there that Fox and Co will suddenly start making the right decisions when they’ve made 5 years of bad one?
2.   Who stays and who goes? We have basis of a decent Champ outfit, but we have to shift the deadwood from the day we go down and replace them. The question is with you? Do we go with tried and tested lower league pros that know how to fight out of the division, or is it left to Reilly once more to play moneyball on potential new starlets?
3.   Will we give something back to the fans who will have endured a season of hell? Yes there are more games, but our fans are proving that the club is not worthy of their support, if they are taken the pi** out of next season then we could lose a generation of support.