11) Southampton 43 12)stoke42 13)Fulham41 14)Villa 41 15)Newcastle 41 16)Norwich 39 17)sunderland 38 18)wigan 37
Very slight. A win over Stoke is likely and we could well get a point at Sunderland. Sunderland aren't that good, as Villa showed.
We'll be fine just a shame we've run out of steam in the last few weeks would have been nice to finish as high up the table as possible. However that's just being greedy anything above 18th in the first season back is a great achievement. I feel it highlights the importance of the window and pre season so that we can maintain a whole season of 'poch football!' As to who goes down Newcastle for me slight left field I know but football produces odd results and if QPR beat newcastle then they are in big big trouble, got two mates who are big toon fans so would love it if they went down!
Doing the predictor I have us beating sunderland and a point against stoke , don't honestly care as long as we get the points , but beating sunderland meaning we are safe going into the Stoke game would be ideal for me .
Stoke normally finish the season poorly, but have pulled their act together in the last few weeks (because they've needed to!) in order to survive. Now that they're on 40 points, and they're likely to get more than that going into our game as they play Sunderland next. That should be enough to keep them up, meaning that they should be on their holidays already when we play them. I still think that we'll get two draws in our final two games, though.
I heard on Talksport that Bet365 had shortened our odds for relegation to 40/1after yesterdays match which I thought was still quite generous considering we could be only 2points above the drop zone by the weekend. I have put 50 quid on but today I checked after both prem games had happened and we have dropped to 28/1 but I dont see why as the games today wont have affected the relegation battle that much?
Makes sense as 40/1 are good odds considering there are only a few points in it. Done the predictor and have it as below 11 Saints -9 43 12 Stoke -13 41 13 Wigan -23 41 14 Fulham -13 40 15 Villa -24 40 16 Sunderland -13 39 17 Newcastle -25 38 18 Norwich -25 38 Norwich away to Man City and Newcastle at home to Arsenal could be massive on the final day if my predictions are anywhere near.
I hope so. Not sure what result I want between Sunderland and Stoke. Probably a draw I guess keep them both in it where as a win would pretty make either safe. If Sunderland were to lose then our game with them is absolutly massive but that could play into our hands as Sunderland would have to go all out for a win and we are better against teams that come at us.
Bet365's 40/1 came down to 28/1 last night/this morning (I checked around about midday today, and saw that they'd come down to 28/1 - and that is still the case now). Fulham have also come down to 50/1. Stoke are still 100/1 for now, but that too will come down tomorrow night, should they lose.
As long as the defence are all fit. Obviously would prefer a Swansea win but a draw wouldn't be a disaster for us. I think they will lose against Arsenal just 72 hours after the Cup final, so even a win against Villa on the final day means they could only match our points total but not GD. Actually this Swansea game is looking more and more like a must win for them.
