I think we will be fine. We arnt a top 4 team so a decline or dry spell was inevitable at some point in the season. Hopefully today was us begining to come out of it but if not we will soon. I still think we will finish around 15th.
I predicted 16th at the start of the season, I still think that's around where we'll end up. Mid-season has flattered us, but a couple of 1-0's where we got lucky penalties have flattered us, we're about good enough for 12-16th.
No way will Villa go. Said all along Sunderland and West Ham won't go down, and they won't. It will be Fulham, Norwich and one other. I thought Palace were nailed on, but it looks like they will be ok (incredible turn around) unless their bubble bursts. So, it's the 'one other' slot that's worrying me. Too many City fans were getting far too carried away earlier. Make no mistake, we're in a right relegation battle. The other slot is between us, Palace, Swansea, Stoke, Cardiff and West Brom. I'm not sure we're any better than any of them, but equally no worse. Maybe West Brom could be the dark horses to fall as the straight approaches.
This. We haven't really played poorly all season and our worst result (and only loss of more than 2 goals) was 4-1. Sorry but we've had far more refereeing decisions go against us than for us. We got two soft penalties early in the season from a defender's point of view but they were penalties, that's what happens if you push someone over in the area, even if the ball is in the air. Games against United, Tottenham, Everton, Palace, Swansea off the top of my head were hugely turned against us by bad refereeing decisions and we really could be 5-6 points better off were it not for those. Add to that the luck that has gone against us in the last two games in terms of the bounce of the ball and it's clear we've played a lot better than our league position suggests, even with some of our best players missing for half the season.
Agreed mate. I think we can still get points from West Ham, Villa, Sunderland etc, but they should stay up. If City get 17th i'll be well happy.
Exactly, I keep saying to mates that say how well we're doing that we should be doing much better. The right decisions being made against Everton (Barry putting Aluko out for half the season then scoring an offside goal), Spurs away (Elmo's non-handball pen), Palace (Long pen), United (incessant diving) and a few other games would have seen us much higher in the table. We have been very unfortunate this year.
Poyet is a great manager - Sunderland were always going to improve swapping a lunatic for a quality manager. I can see Poyet managing a big 6 club in the next few years
I'll be happy with finishing 17th on goal difference, don't give a **** as long as we have three teams below us after 38 games.
Our strikers are better than Sunderland's but they have the best winger in Johnson. Defence-wise I think it's even. Poyet's had a positive effect on them. They're in form but I think they've played Newcastle at just the right time, the Toon having lost their best player (Cabaye) and best striker out (Remy) Will be tough, I'd take a point.
I'd also say it wouldve been better for us if Villa and WBA drew. Villa are in the relegation shake-up so in games involving them and another such team we should want 2 points awarded instead of 3.
Not anymore. Other than Newcastle and Southampton who are battl;ing for 8th and 9th places the PL is a great watch. Any 3 from Aston Villa (now 10th) are in trouble still. But nothibng has changed for Hull City since August. We still need 40 points to be safe.
At the moment you can see Fulham, Cardiff and Swansea going down. Cardiif got very lucky against Norwich whilst Fulham and Swansea were just so very poor.
you need to score goals, so perhaps over-paying for Long & Jelavic in the january sales is a gamble worth taking, I don't see Fulham, Swansea, Cardiff & Palace scoring many more than us.
Defeat this weekend will put Hull bottom of the current form league. On the plus side we could go top four. Scocco to score in a 2-0 victory.
