Bad Mongo Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I think he's more likely to succeed if he invites the Middlesbrough and Fulham squads into his castle and then murder them in their sleep. I'm not suggesting anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Excuse my ignorance on such matters, but is it completely out of the question that Shearer could re-register as a squad player and sub himself on as player-manager in a suitably heroic Henry V style - something like this: Our best chance, I think... Its a bit lame really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I'm on a 9. If Hull draw it becomes 9.5, if they win it's a 10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 My view has changed slightly, I now think Sunderland our are best shot at survival, I have a feeling Hull will beat Stoke (who look like they are already on the beach) next week and that will make it hard for us to catch them. Sunderland looked woeful yesterday and it's entirely possible they could end up losing all 3 of there last games. We would somehow have to get 4 pts and also overhaul their superior GD. I'm still at 10 Watch out for WBA though, they've got 2 very winnable games left against teams that appear to be to board their planes to Benedorm, Wigan at home and Blackburn away. I would not be surprised if we have a disasterous end to the season for the North East with all 3 teams going down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 My view has changed slightly, I now think Sunderland our are best shot at survival, I have a feeling Hull will beat Stoke (who look like they are already on the beach) next week and that will make it hard for us to catch them. Sunderland looked woeful yesterday and it's entirely possible they could end up losing all 3 of there last games. We would somehow have to get 4 pts and also overhaul their superior GD. I'm still at 10 It would be litterally impossible to catch them in that scenario without surpassing their goal difference though Well ok not litterally We only need to match them on goal difference because we've scored more. We're only two goals behind so if we did win one and draw one and they lost all three it would take a very bad result in our other game for us not to overhaul their goal difference Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 My view has changed slightly, I now think Sunderland our are best shot at survival, I have a feeling Hull will beat Stoke (who look like they are already on the beach) next week and that will make it hard for us to catch them. Sunderland looked woeful yesterday and it's entirely possible they could end up losing all 3 of there last games. We would somehow have to get 4 pts and also overhaul their superior GD. I'm still at 10 It would be litterally impossible to catch them in that scenario without surpassing their goal difference though I know, people must remember this. There GD is better. Each time we win, ours must improve at least 1, and the same for their defeats. If we catch them, unless some weird results, our GD will be superior. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 They're 4 goals ahead aren't they? If we win one game just 1-0, and they lose 1-0, that's down to 2, so if Sunderland so lose all 3 and we get 4 points, as long as we don't get cuffed at Villa we should make up that difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 They're are 4 goals ahead aren't they? If we win one game just 1-0, and they lose 1-0, that's down to 2, so if Sunderland so lose all 3 and we get 4 points, as long as we don't get cuffed at Villa we should make up that difference. They're only 2 ahead. They're -17 and we're -19. Hull are -22, and Boro are something worse. Our goals scored is better than Sunderland's and the same as Hull's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 They're are 4 goals ahead aren't they? If we win one game just 1-0, and they lose 1-0, that's down to 2, so if Sunderland so lose all 3 and we get 4 points, as long as we don't get cuffed at Villa we should make up that difference. Its now only two, also our better goals scored record means we only need to match their goal difference to stay ahead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 8 Win our home games and we stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAK Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 8 but If we win our home games we'll be ok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godot Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Don't forget although Villa were in poor form, they are a quality team and Hull were outclassed for the most part but they showed bottle. I think they'll have more desire than Stoke who are as good as safe. Hull will have to go for it. If some of our players showed their attitude we'd be matamatically safe. Hull are shit but if they produce that bottle for the rest of the season and still go down, they can do it with their heads held high. They seemed to link play better when Manchuo came on and looked slightly more threatening, if Brown has any sense he'll play him. I'm still a 9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Don't forget although Villa were in poor form, they are a quality team and Hull were outclassed for the most part but they showed bottle. I think they'll have more desire than Stoke who are as good as safe. Hull will have to go for it. If some of our players showed their attitude we'd be matamatically safe. Hull are shit but if they produce that bottle for the rest of the season and still go down, they can do it with their heads held high. They seemed to link play better when Manchuo came on and looked slightly more threatening, if Brown has any sense he'll play him. I'm still a 9. Newcastle played well for the first 15 minutes or so against Liverpool. You could say "If we play like that in our other games we'll be safe" but it doesn't work like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 The longer I go without seeing us play, the more optimistic I get. Then all that comes crashing down on a match day. I could probably plot it on a graph. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Win our Home Games and we're safe ahh, but we haven't won at home for over 4 months now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Had a bizarre dream last night. Needed to win at Villa to stay up, went 1-0 down but fought back to equalise and then took the lead with a header from Beye with 5 minutes to go. Then in injury time Milner scored an absolute gem of a volley to send us down. Was devestated, then came on the forum to find that Jon was starting loads of threads about how great Milner was and how we deserved to be relegated for selling him. After having a huge slagging match with him I resolved to fly to London with intention of beating the shit out of him, but when I got there he was trained in kung-fu and was standing there like Neo in the Matrix, waiting for me to attack him. So I called him a fag and ran away. And that was it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 The longer I go without seeing us play, the more optimistic I get. Then all that comes crashing down on a match day. I could probably plot it on a graph. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slugsy Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I'm a 10 - given our performances recently there is no way in my opinion we will beat Fulham and I think we will even struggle against Boro - I think overall up to this point we have been one of the three worst teams in the league and unless something dramtically changes over the next 3 games, will merit relegation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Looking at the remaining games outside of our own games there are three games that are crucial for us: Hull's home game with Stoke, if Hull win that we will have our work cut out to catch them. Boro's home game against Villa, I can really see them winning that one and if they avoid defeat against us, they could still save themselves. The mackems away game to pompey, pompey's mentality will be key, I have a feeling they will be in cruise control by the time that one comes around and a Mackem win probably gets them safe. We are getting to the point where we are close to mathematically being down. Sunderland and Hull win this weekend and we lose, and Hull will need just one more point to send us down. If the players don't realise now that they need to fight for their premiership lives then they truely are a lost cause. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I'm a 10 - given our performances recently there is no way in my opinion we will beat Fulham and I think we will even struggle against Boro - I think overall up to this point we have been one of the three worst teams in the league and unless something dramtically changes over the next 3 games, will merit relegation. i agree with the bold but one thing i've thought since shearer turned up is a win will change things dramatically - beat 'boro by any means on monday then the fixtures are good to us in that fulham will be up next and i think after a win we'd go out and beat fulham personally should we do that then 'boro, the mackems & hull win the games afar says it'll be the unluckiest relegation in the history of the league and it simply won't happen - no way all three of them will win those games, best case one of them will hit a run and that still leaves us a decent chance i reckon stoke/hull will be a draw, the mackems lose then 'boro game will then be even more crucial Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I'm a 10 - given our performances recently there is no way in my opinion we will beat Fulham and I think we will even struggle against Boro - I think overall up to this point we have been one of the three worst teams in the league and unless something dramtically changes over the next 3 games, will merit relegation. According to Right Result the three worst teams have been Stoke, Sunderland and West Brom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 We probably have been one of the five or six worst teams, there's no real difference between those six teams IMO. Strangely enough, we probably aren't in the worst form, as weird as that sounds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bealios Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Form over the season we're the third worst team. Form over the last 10 games puts us second worst I think. The reason we will go down (if we go down) is that unlike previous seasons where we have been close, we haven't picked up the extra points from home fixtures against teams such as Hull, Wigan, Blackburn and Stoke. If we had won just half of those games we would most likely stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Like Ian says there's very little difference between the bottom six sides, other then luck that is, something that's dragged the likes of Stoke and Sunderland out of the bottom three and put us right in there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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