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Online Sexual Ealing

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #780 on: July 07, 2020, 08:52:28 PM »
Did anyone think Watford wouldn't win? Does anyone think we'll get anything on Thursday?

I'd imagine that the answers would be a couple of resounding "No"s. As such, why is everyone losing their shit tonight?!

If we fail to beat Palace, fair enough,we'll look cooked. This week has been, and will be, entirely predictable.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #781 on: July 07, 2020, 08:53:26 PM »
It was also entirely predictable that Norwich would take the lead, just to get our hopes up.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #782 on: July 07, 2020, 08:54:15 PM »
I didn't expect either. I gave up after West Ham showed how not to bottle it against Chelsea. That's when I knew we were gone.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #783 on: July 07, 2020, 08:54:24 PM »
It was also entirely predictable that Norwich would take the lead, just to get our hopes up.

Absolutely. Especially with it being so early. Almost a blessed relief that they only led for six minutes.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #784 on: July 07, 2020, 09:01:50 PM »
It’s quite something to get yourself relegated from the worst Premier League for years, but we’re in prime position to do it. What a sad state of affairs.

bit extreme. We finished 5th in the championship. 18 points off the leaders.

there have been lots of bad decisions this year but odds were stacked against us having to build a new squad, regardless of how much we spent.

Offline VinnieChase84

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #785 on: July 07, 2020, 09:01:59 PM »
If Watford beat Newcastle then we’re toast.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #786 on: July 07, 2020, 09:02:15 PM »
I didn't expect either. I gave up after West Ham showed how not to bottle it against Chelsea. That's when I knew we were gone.

Yep we are going down because we are frequently wretched, much like those teams just above us, but the difference is we can never pull off the surprise win.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #787 on: July 07, 2020, 09:04:05 PM »
Understand we are in deep mire but I don't understand the meltdown on the forum tonight just because another struggling team won a match  which was bound to happen.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #788 on: July 07, 2020, 09:07:01 PM »
Understand we are in deep mire but I don't understand the meltdown on the forum tonight just because another struggling team won a match  which was bound to happen.

It’s not a meltdown. It’s the realization that the gap that was once small with a game in hand just got larger. And that there is nothing at all to suggest we can close it.

Offline brian green

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #789 on: July 07, 2020, 09:07:47 PM »
It is the Brummie gene aftab.  We are born to moan.  That is why God gave us Brummie accents.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #790 on: July 07, 2020, 09:12:58 PM »
lose against Man Utd and we're gone.
We have already gone.   Effectively 5 points from safety and cannot score goals. 

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #791 on: July 07, 2020, 09:13:11 PM »
Understand we are in deep mire but I don't understand the meltdown on the forum tonight just because another struggling team won a match  which was bound to happen.

It’s not a meltdown. It’s the realization that the gap that was once small with a game in hand just got larger. And that there is nothing at all to suggest we can close it.

Indeed. Our negative goal difference means we need 5 points to go above Watford.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #792 on: July 07, 2020, 09:15:17 PM »
Not really. If we gain 4-6 points to pull in front of them, then that means the gap is no more than 1-2 goals. If we're to stay ahead then the goal difference swings further.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #793 on: July 07, 2020, 09:16:03 PM »
Understand we are in deep mire but I don't understand the meltdown on the forum tonight just because another struggling team won a match  which was bound to happen.

After beating Watford at home in January we needed three wins out of 14 remaining games.

Now we need three from five.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #794 on: July 07, 2020, 09:19:37 PM »
If we were level on points after round 35 we'd have a decent chance of being above them on GD.

 


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