No not your significant other, in the EPL you disgusting minded bunch...
Top 6 are pretty well established with 2 going for top spot and the other 4 fighting it out for the final European places. The 7 in the middle of the table from (7th-13th) look home and dry already with all but one team a maximum away of 10 points from the magic 40 for safety - not that you'll need 40 this year more like 32-35 points.
Then there's the group in the bottom 7 (14th-20th), all within a one game swing of dropping in to the relegation zone.
Looking at the full table, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/table I'm quietly confident we can keep ourselves up based on out defense alone. Apart from Leicester we've conceded less than anyone else outside the top 4 at present (31 conceded). If we can pick up a point from the next 2 league games (City and Spurs) I think we will still be outside of the relegation zone with 13 to go and with only 2 of the top 6 left to play after those 2 we should hopefully be able to eke out enough points to keep us safe. We also have to play 5/6 of our relegation rivals still.
Top 6 fixtures for Relegation battle (and vs each other):
Palace: ManU, Spurs, Arsenal (6/6)
Soton: Arsenal, ManU, Spurs, Liverpool (5/6)
Burnley: Spurs, Liverpool, City, Chelsea, Arsenal (4/6)
NUFC: City, Spurs, Arsenal, Liverpool (5/6)
Cardiff: Arsenal, City, Chelsea, ManU, Liverpool (4/6)
Fulham: ManU, Liverpool, City, Chelsea (3/6)
Huddersfield: ManU, Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal (3/6)
So who's set for the chop? Palace look safe with the easiest run in and the most 6 point battles left, but will the pressure get to them? Huddersfield and Fulham look like their race has run with difficult fixtures left and the least of the teams around them to play but there is always one team who seems to string together a run of results and do the impossible to get out of it. Could complacency costs the rest? Do you think a team from outside the bottom 7 could get dragged in to the mire? Slander some teams around us here...
Top 6 are pretty well established with 2 going for top spot and the other 4 fighting it out for the final European places. The 7 in the middle of the table from (7th-13th) look home and dry already with all but one team a maximum away of 10 points from the magic 40 for safety - not that you'll need 40 this year more like 32-35 points.
Then there's the group in the bottom 7 (14th-20th), all within a one game swing of dropping in to the relegation zone.
Looking at the full table, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/table I'm quietly confident we can keep ourselves up based on out defense alone. Apart from Leicester we've conceded less than anyone else outside the top 4 at present (31 conceded). If we can pick up a point from the next 2 league games (City and Spurs) I think we will still be outside of the relegation zone with 13 to go and with only 2 of the top 6 left to play after those 2 we should hopefully be able to eke out enough points to keep us safe. We also have to play 5/6 of our relegation rivals still.
Top 6 fixtures for Relegation battle (and vs each other):
Palace: ManU, Spurs, Arsenal (6/6)
Soton: Arsenal, ManU, Spurs, Liverpool (5/6)
Burnley: Spurs, Liverpool, City, Chelsea, Arsenal (4/6)
NUFC: City, Spurs, Arsenal, Liverpool (5/6)
Cardiff: Arsenal, City, Chelsea, ManU, Liverpool (4/6)
Fulham: ManU, Liverpool, City, Chelsea (3/6)
Huddersfield: ManU, Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal (3/6)
So who's set for the chop? Palace look safe with the easiest run in and the most 6 point battles left, but will the pressure get to them? Huddersfield and Fulham look like their race has run with difficult fixtures left and the least of the teams around them to play but there is always one team who seems to string together a run of results and do the impossible to get out of it. Could complacency costs the rest? Do you think a team from outside the bottom 7 could get dragged in to the mire? Slander some teams around us here...
Which club did Michael Owen win his only Premier league title with? I picked the bottom three in the poll by the way.