Bottom 7 Remaining Fixtures

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This is the season Sunderland finally go down, Palace look doomed under BFS, and Leicester play like condemned men. Looking at the current bottom 5 (it looks like Swansea are going to be okay, and though you could make an argument for Bournemouth being in trouble it's beginning to look like 3 from 5. Over the past 6 matches we have picked up 7pts (despite having arguably the toughest opponents), Sunderland 5, Boro 3, Palace 3, and Leicester just 1. We now have 4 winnable games in the next 6 matches. I'm fairly confident we will survive.
 
This is the season Sunderland finally go down, Palace look doomed under BFS, and Leicester play like condemned men. Looking at the current bottom 5 (it looks like Swansea are going to be okay, and though you could make an argument for Bournemouth being in trouble it's beginning to look like 3 from 5. Over the past 6 matches we have picked up 7pts (despite having arguably the toughest opponents), Sunderland 5, Boro 3, Palace 3, and Leicester just 1. We now have 4 winnable games in the next 6 matches. I'm fairly confident we will survive.

It worries me everyone assuming these 'easy' games are in the bag. I bet you Burnley come and play like they have against Chelsea today with a 4-4-2 when in possession and a 6-2-2 when out of possession. Parking the bus, whilst we have improved massively, when a team comes to dig in and take a point, I'm not convinced we have the artillery to break them down. The teams we have played so far at home have been quite adventurous in attack, leaving space behind, so we have been able to score goals.
 
It worries me everyone assuming these 'easy' games are in the bag. I bet you Burnley come and play like they have against Chelsea today with a 4-4-2 when in possession and a 6-2-2 when out of possession. Parking the bus, whilst we have improved massively, when a team comes to dig in and take a point, I'm not convinced we have the artillery to break them down. The teams we have played so far at home have been quite adventurous in attack, leaving space behind, so we have been able to score goals.
I think given enough room our two new wingers will put some cracking crosses in, it's just about will anyone get on the end of them, the pole looked like he could terrorise lesser right backs down his wing and mr 20mill Liverpool reject could do the same...
 
I can see Palarse surviving, along with us.

Boro
Lesster
Sunlan

I cant see us losing ANY of our fixtures TBH
 
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Colour Code; Top six club and Bottom seven club

Sunderland Fixtures

Everton V Sunderland
Sunderland V Manchester City
Middlesbrough V Sunderland
Sunderland V Burnley
Watford V Sunderland
Leicester City V Sunderland
Sunderland V Manchester United
Sunderland V West Ham United
Arsenal V Sunderland
Sunderland V Bournemouth
Hull City V Sunderland
Sunderland V Swansea City

Chelsea V Sunderland

Crystal Palace Fixtures

Crystal Palace V Middlesbrough
WBA V Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace V Tottenham Hotspur
Crystal Palace V Watford
Chelsea V Crystal Palace
Southampton V Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace V Arsenal
Crystal Palace V Leicester City
Liverpool V Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace V Burnley
Manchester City V Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace V Hull City
Manchester United V Crystal Palace

Hull City Fixtures

Hull City V Burnley
Leicester City V Hull City
Hull City V Swansea City

Everton V Hull City
Hull City V West Ham United
Hull City V Middlesbrough
Manchester City V Hull City
Stoke City V Hull City
Hull City V Watford
Southampton V Hull City
Hull City V Sunderland
Crystal Palace V Hull City

Hull City V Tottenham Hotspur

Swansea City Fixtures

Chelsea V Swansea City
Swansea City V Burnley
Hull City V Swansea City
Bournemouth V Swansea City
Swansea City V Middlesbrough

Swansea City V Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United V Swansea City
Watford V Swansea City
Swansea City V Stoke City
Manchester United V Swansea City
Swansea City V Everton
Sunderland V Swansea City
Swansea City V WBA

Leicester City Fixtures

Leicester City V Liverpool
Leicester City V Hull City
Arsenal V Leicester City
West Ham United V Leicester City
Leicester City V Stoke City
Leicester City V Sunderland
Everton V Leicester City
Crystal Palace V Leicester City
Leicester City V Tottenham Hotspur
WBA V Leicester City
Leicester City V Watford
Manchester City V Leicester City
Leicester City V Bournemouth

Middlesbrough Fixtures

Crystal Palace V Middlesbrough

Stoke City V Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough V Sunderland

Middlesbrough V Manchester United
Swansea City V Middlesbrough
Hull City V Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough V Burnley
Middlesbrough V Arsenal

Bournemouth V Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough V Manchester City
Chelsea V Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough V Southampton
Liverpool V Middlesbrough


Bournemouth Fixtures

Bournemouth V Manchester City

WBA V Bournemouth
Manchester United V Bournemouth

Bournemouth V West Ham United
Bournemouth V Swansea City

Southampton V Bournemouth
Liverpool V Bournemouth

Bournemouth V Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur V Bournemouth
Bournemouth V Middlesbrough
Sunderland V Bournemouth
Bournemouth V Stoke
Bournemouth V Burnley
Leicester City V Bournemouth




question................................... as teams move out of the bottom 4, will you adjust the colour accordingly?
 
It worries me everyone assuming these 'easy' games are in the bag. I bet you Burnley come and play like they have against Chelsea today with a 4-4-2 when in possession and a 6-2-2 when out of possession. Parking the bus, whilst we have improved massively, when a team comes to dig in and take a point, I'm not convinced we have the artillery to break them down. The teams we have played so far at home have been quite adventurous in attack, leaving space behind, so we have been able to score goals.
I can't argue with your take but I did class the forthcoming games only as 'winnable', whereas under Phelan I had no idea where we were going to pick up points. Under Silva's management we have much more of a chance of overcoming the particular challenges that each side presents. For instance, I think we're the only side to have the majority of possession against Arsenal at the Emirates (albeit only by 1%) and might have picked up a point were it not for the inept officials.
 
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It worries me everyone assuming these 'easy' games are in the bag. I bet you Burnley come and play like they have against Chelsea today with a 4-4-2 when in possession and a 6-2-2 when out of possession. Parking the bus, whilst we have improved massively, when a team comes to dig in and take a point, I'm not convinced we have the artillery to break them down. The teams we have played so far at home have been quite adventurous in attack, leaving space behind, so we have been able to score goals.

They looked organised yesterday and very hard to break down. Factor in the fact we always struggle against them....I'd take a 1-0 against them right now! 7 points from the next 3 games would do me.

Burnley - 3
Lesta - 1 (3 in this game would be magnificent!)
Swansea - 3
 
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Crux for me is whether we can perform when the pressure is really on. To be harsh, you could argue that Silva has had a lot of free hits against top teams- pressure off, nothing expected of us etc. If we can finally do Burnley at home, hopefully with the fans staying behind them like they did v the scousers, then that, to me, will be a key sign that we are going to stay up.. and a key sign that Silva has got a different kind of mentality into these players.
On the other hand, surely Sunderland are ****ed....Bournemouth could be the ones to drop given the amount of goals they are conceding- and they have lost their best striker
 
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There's teams in the mire that are shipping a lot of goals against average sides. Sunderland and Palace for example regularly shipping 4 at home against gash opposition.