Surely we are safe from the drop now. The bottom 6 have all lost today with Palace beaten at the death at SJP. Just need the Hammers to lose to Man Utd.
Still be happier with more points, it looks like two of the three places for relegation are already taken with the third up for grabs.
Yes JM, Cardiff, despite their hardworking effort last week at Goodison and today, lost both and Fulham are absolutely gash. I think the 3rd place is probably between Sunderland, Palace and West Brom with the Mackems looking favourites to go IMO
I want Palace to stay up and I think they will, mainly because they have TP at the wheel and some of Palace is in my blood! I see Sunderland or West Brom being in the driving seat for the drop! Maybe a win tomorrow and I see us staying up
I think it will be between Palace and West Brom for the final relegation spot. CPs game in hand is against against Man City and I think Sunderland will be more positive in their attempt to stay up. I have looked at their fixtures and I think it will be Palace down on 34 points, then WB on 35 and Sunderland on 36.
This is the time of unexpected results so it's still to early to call yet, it would add a little spice if it's between several teams on the last day.
I think CP's goal difference could be the key issue for them, the effectively need an extra win (or at worse and extra point) than the others which is another reason why I think they will go. They are also the lowest scorers in the league so I dont see their GD getting much better. I have looked at their fixtures and I think it will be Palace down on 34 points, then WB on 35 and Sunderland on 36.[/QUOTE] I think CP's goal difference could be the key issue for them, they effectively need an extra win (or at worse an extra point) than the others which is another reason why I think they will go. They are also the lowest scorers in the league so I dont see their GD getting much better or them getting a run of wins. They have 4 home games in which they play Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool & Villa and I cant see a haul of points from that. That leaves them with Cardiff, Everton, West Ham and Fulham away which are all potential wins, but far from guaranteed. The Cardiff game is the soonest and best chance they have for points (IMO)because Cardiff will go for it and TP will sit deep and try and counter. Everton wont be easy but West Ham and Fulham may have nothing to play for. Its a tough run either way and I wouldnt be putting my house on them staying up. I think they will get 6 points from that (1 win and 3 draws) but I think the most the could hope for would be 3 wins and 1 draw giving them 38 points - that may be enough? Looking at their stats from yesterday I know one thing for sure, the need more than 27% possession to have a fighting chance and i think TP could be shown up for his 1 dimensional tactics.
