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Still think Sunderland are in big trouble, very likely to be second bottom by this weekend and they don't play again in the league until the 15th.  Win against Hull in the cup and that's another league game postponed.

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They'll win a few more games this season unfortunately. They won't be far away obviously but I can see them reeling in Palace and Norwich, maybe even West Brom too. I've already relegated Fulham and Cardiff.

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Thing about Palace is despite the fact they have improved tenfold under Pulis they still are a bit crap away from home.

 

If they start drop points at home they could be dragged back into the bottom 3.

 

Still could see them very much going down.

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Would like to see Norwich stay up out of them four. Plus the other 3 sacked their managers, so took the risk.

 

To be fair, I've got admiration for clubs who act decisively and show a bit of ambition. As nice as guy as he is, they're just making themselves look stupid, investing heavily in the squad but persevering with rubbish like Chris Hughton.

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Thing about Palace is despite the fact they have improved tenfold under Pulis they still are a bit crap away from home.

 

If they start drop points at home they could be dragged back into the bottom 3.

 

Still could see them very much going down.

 

They've got some tough fixtures too, especially at home. The next 2 games are massive, they could easily get 0-6 points.

 

A big win/loss by either them or Norwich will be massive as that would be an extra point.

 

Sunderland & WBA have more quality than the others (except Swansea) but they have to catch up. They also have great fixtures tbh.

 

 

Norwich have winnable geames in the next few but I don't fancy them to win them all. They'll need a result or two against the top sides.

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honestly shocked Hughtons still in a job really thought that Villa result would finish him off

 

It's mental, said this for months now. If they do go down, i'd be blaming the board, not Hughton. May aswell keep him if they go down, knows the Championship well. The fact he's survivied that Villa game tells me he's got the rest of the season now. Hope he does keep them up though.

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The Spurs result kinda took the pressure off that Villa result.

in theory but the Villa game was of much greater importance since its a side around them plus away to a side whose home form at best is sketchy and on the back of the Spurs result with you scoring a very early goal, you'd be hard pressed to find a better scenario than that and to collapse is such a pathetic manner doesn't bode well for them.

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^ Agreed with that, but thing is, Norwich are one team in the league that has not even had a 2-3 game decent run all season.

 

I can think of every other of the 19 teams and think of an occasion when they got 2-3 decent results consecutively, whereas Norwich, is just Boom. 1 WIN, then wilderness and losing for 5-6 games. then 1 win as the manager gets under pressure. Not to mention their summer investment and the fact that they are worse off the team they were last year.

 

I still desperately want them to stay. They are a nice little club, and usually Suarez is fond of them. Their first XI on paper is a lot more appealing to the eye compared to some of the shite in bottom half of the table, but they just can't get it together consistently, and it's probably down to the manager.

 

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Looking at the squad I don't necessarily see much talent there, certainly nothing to suggest they should be on the top half of the table. I've never really rated Van Wolfswinkel. Which players in their squad supposedly suggest they should be higher up. Reputation wise you could say Van Wolfswinkel and Fer but neither are proven at this level. Obviously Hughton has got to put up his hand if he instigated the Van Wolfswinkel purchase but that leaves Snodgrass...

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I wouldn't say they have improved their forward line massively.

 

Like I mentioned last week, can only be Hughton's fault. A fair amount has been spent on Becchio, Hooper, van Wolfswinkel & Elmander.

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Looking at the squad I don't necessarily see much talent there, certainly nothing to suggest they should be on the top half of the table. I've never really rated Van Wolfswinkel. Which players in their squad supposedly suggest they should be higher up. Reputation wise you could say Van Wolfswinkel and Fer but neither are proven at this level. Obviously Hughton has got to put up his hand if he instigated the Van Wolfswinkel purchase but that leaves Snodgrass...

Snodgrass is actually one of their more effective players tbh. Not saying much but still. Also the question that can be directed at any manager to say how much of a success they've been is the team and club better than when he arrived, its hard to say it is to any meaningful degree.

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I like Hughton but he's done the minimum at Norwich. The bare bare minimum. Will probably be enough to keep them up but he'll be gone at the end of the season regardless of what happens.

 

As a person or manager?

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