Anyone starting to get worried?

[Drummond]

Oh for those heady days of 10 wins in a row, we can't string 10 passes in a row these days.

As many others have pointed out, these next 3 league games are everything, 6 points has to be the absolute bare minimum, I'd prefer 7 and but absolutely over the moon with 9. Imagine that, 3 wins on the trot.

I wonder when we last did that in the top division.

2010.

10 fucking years.

That's disgraceful but shows just what we're having to come back from. We are a long term project.

[ChicagoLion]

We have to get at least draws against Brighton and Watford and beat Bournemouth.
Just to stay in touch, any worse and I thing we are done and any better will give us a fighting chance.
It’s pretty desperate now.

[chrisw1]

We have to get at least draws against Brighton and Watford and beat Bournemouth.
Just to stay in touch, any worse and I thing we are done and any better will give us a fighting chance.
It’s pretty desperate now.

I know it feels desperate, but we're only 1 point off safety and have suffered some really bad luck both in terms of decisions and injuries in getting into this position.  It was always going to be a tough season and realistically somewhere between 15-20th was always on the cards.  It still is.

[Ads]

A point Saturday would be good, although a win would really flush Man City out the system.

We have to be looking to beat Watford and I think Bournemouth away is the most winnable of the lot.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Watford game at Tranmere tonight in the cup replay has been called off. New date is Thursday 23rd. We are supposed to play them on Tuesday the 21st. It may get moved.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Watford game at Tranmere tonight in the cup replay has been called off. New date is Thursday 23rd. We are supposed to play them on Tuesday the 21st. It may get moved.

That's potentially good news - gives us time to get the new strike force in place and "Drinky" up to match fitness

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Watford game at Tranmere tonight in the cup replay has been called off. New date is Thursday 23rd. We are supposed to play them on Tuesday the 21st. It may get moved.

That's potentially good news - gives us time to get the new strike force in place and "Drinky" up to match fitness

Too soon to lock the thread?

[chrisw1]

Watford game at Tranmere tonight in the cup replay has been called off. New date is Thursday 23rd. We are supposed to play them on Tuesday the 21st. It may get moved.

They've picked that date in knowledge of the league fixtures.  Surely they wouldn't move our game at that short notice?

[Richard]

It's definitely staying as the 21st the FA insisted on the replay 23rd to get sorted before the 4th round.

Won't affect us much as Pearson has already stated the cup is not important compared to staying up.

[sickbeggar]

Brighton stayed up with 36 points last time so even 40 points in 16 games - 1.2 points per game - is extremely gettable. I'm also not convinced that teams like Watford and Southampton have turned it round. Possibly a bit of new manager bounce in the case of the former.

[SoccerHQ]

Oh for those heady days of 10 wins in a row, we can't string 10 passes in a row these days.

As many others have pointed out, these next 3 league games are everything, 6 points has to be the absolute bare minimum, I'd prefer 7 and but absolutely over the moon with 9. Imagine that, 3 wins on the trot.

I'd be happy with 5 personally.

Point at Brighton is obviously good on the back of an awful defeat. While it would be great boost to beat Watford at home you have to accept they're most inform team outside of top 2 and we could easily lose that.

Bournemouth is the critical one. We really need a win there otherwise things will start to get pretty difficult.

Anyway 5 points would put us on 26 points with still 13 games left. We could only then need 3 wins and a couple of draws to stay up.

[SoccerHQ]

We have to get at least draws against Brighton and Watford and beat Bournemouth.
Just to stay in touch, any worse and I thing we are done and any better will give us a fighting chance.
It’s pretty desperate now.

We'd be clear of bottom 3 if we got 5 points I think. Obviously keeps Bournemouth down below us and West Ham have Everton, Leicester and Liverpool as their next 3 so can't see much there although like so many they can pull off a shock result from time to time.

[Legion]

9 would be infinitely preferable.

[SoccerHQ]

9 would be infinitely preferable.

Feels like we last won three in a row at this level when Pongo Waring was still leading the line so wouldn't hold your breath on that one lee!

[Legion]

John Gregory might beg to differ.