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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1005 on: July 15, 2020, 11:07:13 AM »
There's an awful lot of straw clutching on here.


Necessary at this stage as we don't have the comfort of other teams getting 12 point deductions.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1006 on: July 15, 2020, 11:11:10 AM »
If we can beat Everton and it's a big if the momentum going into the Arsenal game would be huge.

If West Ham beat Watford it's conceivable that 2 draws and a win on the last day would be enough. Even a draw and a win might be enough although not the way I'd like to do it.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1007 on: July 15, 2020, 01:42:00 PM »
We have to take care of our own business and rely only on ourselves.  If Leicester are anything to go by, we cannot rely on anyone else.

Offline gpbarr

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1008 on: July 15, 2020, 05:33:37 PM »
We have to take care of our own business and rely only on ourselves.  If Leicester are anything to go by, we cannot rely on anyone else.

Yep. Lots of permutations but what's certain is that if we don't focus and take care of our own business  tomorrow (and just getting two wins on the bounce would be dramatic after our run of form), it wont matter much what happens elsewhere.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1009 on: July 16, 2020, 10:09:11 AM »
It’s a big ask and I think we have to win all 3 games. One win each for Watford and Wham and we’re stuff if we haven’t won all our games.

Online Russ aka Big Nose

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1010 on: July 16, 2020, 11:55:12 AM »
Clearly unlikely to happen, but I would love it - the full Keegan 'love it!' - if we go into the last game with a draw meaning both we and the kit stealers are safe ... and we stuff them to send them down.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1011 on: July 16, 2020, 01:02:13 PM »
I can genuinely see us finishing on 35 points and being relegated by goal difference.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1012 on: July 16, 2020, 02:23:53 PM »
I think if we end up on 35 we’ll be relegated on the basis of our points total.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1013 on: July 16, 2020, 08:02:59 PM »
so 38 points is definite safety now.

Brighton could do that tonight and West Ham or watford could get to 37 tomorrow.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1014 on: July 16, 2020, 08:14:05 PM »
Realistically for the other teams, 37 is safety with our goal difference.

I think I would probably prefer West Ham to win tomorrow and be safe and keep Watford under pressure as they have two tough games afterwards.

However beating Arsenal at home for the first time in over 20 years is a big ask for this team, let alone following it up with another at West Ham.


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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1015 on: July 16, 2020, 08:23:19 PM »
Watford are the kind of team to beat Arsenal as they will be in their faces unsettling them. I fear we are the opposite, letting them play.


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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1016 on: July 16, 2020, 08:23:31 PM »
I sometimes feel like I'm going mad but why oh why do people want West Ham to win so we're relying on two different teams to do us a favour in beating Watford? We have to want it in our hands as much as we can which means being able to catch West Ham with a win on the last day.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1017 on: July 16, 2020, 08:28:44 PM »
I sometimes feel like I'm going mad but why oh why do people want West Ham to win so we're relying on two different teams to do us a favour in beating Watford? We have to want it in our hands as much as we can which means being able to catch West Ham with a win on the last day.

As Watford as just as likely to get turned over against Man City and Arsenal and it makes West Ham safe come last day...bar a 10 goal swing.

We have to win our last 2. Just have to. But now West Ham have to win tomorrow. It would probably mean we're out the bottom 3 going into the last day.

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1018 on: July 16, 2020, 08:31:50 PM »
We really don’t deserve to stay up.

Offline Meanwood Villa

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Re: Relegation Watch
« Reply #1019 on: July 16, 2020, 08:39:53 PM »
I sometimes feel like I'm going mad but why oh why do people want West Ham to win so we're relying on two different teams to do us a favour in beating Watford? We have to want it in our hands as much as we can which means being able to catch West Ham with a win on the last day.

As Watford as just as likely to get turned over against Man City and Arsenal and it makes West Ham safe come last day...bar a 10 goal swing.

We have to win our last 2. Just have to. But now West Ham have to win tomorrow. It would probably mean we're out the bottom 3 going into the last day.

We'd need a six goal swing with Watford to go into last day out of bottom 3. Ultimately whatever happens tomorrow has its plus points but winning on the last day and still going down would be a choker.

 


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