For the first time, I think it could happen sooner. We went down when we gave a new manager less than 10 games. We're still around 9 games from the point of no return, and there'll be no Bruce after the Everton defeat regardless.
From those 9 games though I can honestly only see 4-6 points (Palace and West Brom) - after 27 games we'd be on 23-25 points needing to win 5/6 of our last 11 to stay up on 40 points. We are on the worst run of form in the league and only 7 points clear of relegation. Bruce should have been sacked weeks ago, honestly already feel like it is to late to remedy this as Bruce has lost the dressing room and the players confidence is shot.