If Saturday's Palace game ends in defeat that's the time for me although I expect at least a draw. We can't keep on relying on other teams losing to stay up. I had a practice panic attack when I saw we are now favourites to be relegated along with QPR and Burnley. It didn't last long so I have plenty left in reserve for these last six games. It pains me to say this but credit to laughing boy at Leicester for his recent winning run. They always have a good go at the oppostion and apparently have been unlucky in several of their defeats. Where have you heard that one before?
Every time I've watched Leicester, they've played a high-intensity pressing game. They're also excellent on the counter-attack. With us, it's a case of playing slow, sideways passes, dilly-dallying in possession and losing the ball, then going behind and shipping two or three We have been doomed for months and Bruce should not still be here
If we lose at palace we are in the bottom 3 because Burnley play Leicester. I won't panic as it's not my style but I will accept we are likely relegated if it gets down to we have to win AND we rely on other results.
We've been relegated before and I wasn't that disappointed and I have a similarly apathetic view this time around. What annoyed me most about relegation was that it took 3 years to bounce back, this time it could take longer given the quality of the opposition now. There's no reason to panic, relegation is part and parcel of football and we haven't been good enough all season. It would be disappointing to be relegated given the money we've spent, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised and we won't drop, but if we do then I at least want 6 Chelsea performances until the end of the season.
This. I still believe Bruce should of gone in December and I said so at the time, however I have no doubt he will be able to stay as long as he likes and he will, until a better offer comes along and he will be out of here faster than you can say 'Steve Bruce has a big fat head'
He should still go now. But we should definitely have snapped Sherwood up whilst he was available, I said it repeatedly over and over again when all the blind BIBs were saying there's no options available, he was overlooked as either not good enough or because of critical comments he once made when commenting on one of our games at half time on BT sport. You only have to look at how swiftly he turned Villa around and the way he's got them playing to see what we missed out on.
Villa have a far superior squad compared to us, just needed someone to manage it. Doubt Sherwood would have come here if any other premier club was offering him a chance.
Swansea away? Anyway, panic is too strong a word. The team aren't showing enough heart. If you don't show enough heart, you aren't going to get results against the teams near the top of the table. There have been several false dawns this season (Everton home, Sunderland away, Chelsea home) but, ultimately, the team don't want it enough.
Leicester beating Swansea last weekend, their third win on the trot, was panic button time for me especially as how they have a 'relatively' easy run in. I suspect we are about to take their slot!
http://www.the93rdminute.co.uk/fans...-get-hull-city-the-points-needed-for-survival We need to be far more attacking.
We did need to be more attacking, it's too late now. Not that Bruce would ever be attacking anyway that just doesn't happen, I can't think of one game in the Premier League under Bruce where we've gone out and had a real go at a team.
Chelsea? We were 2-0 down and completely letting them play, I don't think you can give a team praise for having a go after going 2-0 down. Fulham was an example of an absolute collapse of a team, and Cardiff was one of the worst defensive displays you will ever see in the Premier League. But if you like you can have those two, so there's twice in 2 seasons we've gone out and had a go at teams.
