Stating the obvious here..imo. but we ain't friggin going down!!! Especially, with the injured players coming back. What's more, we'll beat 'them' on Sunday
The PL relegation battle ...
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Picked up a point more than Leeds, and forest and three more than spurs in the last 5 according to FotMob. Decent considering the injuries.
Would take a freak occurrence for them all to overturn us especially when we’ll be getting bodies back in the next few.
Would take a freak occurrence for them all to overturn us especially when we’ll be getting bodies back in the next few.
Get a few of our lads back and regroup and hopefully have a good end to the season.
We are currently 11 points clear of third bottom and I expect that gap to INCREASE before the season ends. We are SAFE and should be planning for next season not worrying about who will finish third bottom.
At least a point at the weekend will help.
At least a point at the weekend will help.
Well hoy it on mate. You'll lose mind!
Spurs keeper Vicario needs a hernia operation.
Scheduled after the Forest game.
Will he be fit for our game …
Scheduled after the Forest game.
Will he be fit for our game …
Really looking forward to the relegation battle now. Out of those down there I dont have any that I particularly would like to stop up, I would take some sort of satisfaction for any of them. I just hope it goes down to the wire. If I had to chose for relegation I hope its Spurs, not that I have anything against them, I'd just like to witness the fallout.
Who would you want to see relegated and why?
Who would you want to see relegated and why?
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Probably Spurs as well. I’d expect the others to struggle again next season, along with the newly promoted clubs, so that would help ease any anxiety we may have during our 2nd season syndrome.
Spurs. I've never liked them and it would be interesting to see how a supposed "top 6" club coped with the Championship. I think they would be in for a bit of a shock
I'm looking forward to it too. Like you,I don't really care....I don't have any regard for any of them. I suppose I would like to see Leeds and Forest stay up, probably because I'd more like to see one of the other two go down. I think both West Ham and Spurs have been very badly run and either would deserve their fate. There's no doubt the stadium move has become a millstone round West Ham's neck,because the vast majority of their fans hate it,and can't forgive Sullivan,the Gold family and Brady. Their head coach appointments and sackings haven't been intelligent.....the Board have made a series of bad decisions. On the field,if you took out Bowen and Somerville,they'd already be down.....and both could be on the move this summer.
As for Spurs,it seems their focus has been on the stadium.....magnificent as it is.....and their player trading hasn't been great,but they have suffered from a lot of injuries to key players. However,as West Ham,their managerial appointments haven't worked out,and they've made poor decisions.
I think the final match of the season at West Ham v Leeds could be the deciding factor.
It'll be great looking on from our lofty,safely unconcerned position in mid-table!
It's just lovely watching it from the outside for a change.
We've seen far too many end of season nail biters being this relaxed is a well earned luxury thanks to this incredible squad.
Who to take the last spot.....Spurs would be wonderful but West Ham my preferred choice.
We've seen far too many end of season nail biters being this relaxed is a well earned luxury thanks to this incredible squad.
Who to take the last spot.....Spurs would be wonderful but West Ham my preferred choice.
Gus Poyet has put his name forward to save Spurs
thing is,
will (if they sack Tudor) the new bloke have enough time to save them?
thing is,
will (if they sack Tudor) the new bloke have enough time to save them?
It depends if they listen. To Poyet or anyone.
They seem a queer lot when you watch them. They clearly lack discipline since Franks left, whatever his limitations might have been. They are very obviously not paying any attention to Tudor. You see Van der Ven going on mazy dribbles up into a crowded midfield, other defenders popping up in the box in front of forwards in open play and midfielders not seeming to have any notion of shape or watching each other's backs. They talk as if they know they are in trouble, but they play as if they were flying on a brilliant run. They need to start by keeping the point they begin the match with. The odd win will come, and they probably only need two.
They have good enough players. But they need someone to tell the back four to defend, at least one, probably two most of the time, to hold their ground in front of that defence, the three other midfielders to work as hard off the ball as they might do on it, and one up front working his bollocks off.
I'm sure they used to call this good old 4-5-1, (on a Saturday afternoon and Sunday we did anyway!) but I doubt that's quite cool enough now. That though is what they need and without something like it, they are going to find that gravity will have it's way. There isn't some magical tactical configuration that will make up for the ugly graft and commitment they seem shy of.
Whoever comes in needs to be given the respect from the off. I don’t think he will be.
Their players seem like absolute dickheads to me. Probably don’t listen to the manager at all.
I think they’ll struggle to get out of the bottom 3 should they enter it. They haven’t won a league game all calendar year.
We have to beat them. Please.
One things for sure
WE ARE SAFE!!! In all honesty we probably have been since we beat Chelsea away. Think that put us on 19 points from 11 games. In my head anyway thats when I said we were safe as I knew we would get at least another 5 wins and 5 draws. If I'm honest I had brief thoughts of doing a Leicester but knew deep down it wasn't on.
WE ARE SAFE!!! In all honesty we probably have been since we beat Chelsea away. Think that put us on 19 points from 11 games. In my head anyway thats when I said we were safe as I knew we would get at least another 5 wins and 5 draws. If I'm honest I had brief thoughts of doing a Leicester but knew deep down it wasn't on.
I haboured that though too without saying it at the time as it was far too unrealistic! It could only have happened though if like for when Leicester did it there were zero injuries (and no afcon) and also no VAR. At least one of their key goals was offside and would never have stood at the time when they were expected to wobble but didn't. It was a similar season to this with lots of team struggling to put up high points totals.
As I have said previously, we stayed up that season in spite of Poyet, not because of him. He gave up after we lost to Spurs.
Exactly, it was the supporters who refused to give up ... quite incredible.
There's always next season. Our young players will have a years experience under their belts and in all honesty if Arsenal are 7 points clear or whatever it is there's nothing to fear.
I'm not genuinely saying we are gonna win the league here by the way but if we recruit we'll again and don't lose anyone big then we can only be aiming higher than wherever we might end up this season.