LateRegistration Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Worth noting that in the 08-09 relegation season although we were 2 points better off at this stage, we only managed 2 more wins that season and still only needed a point in the end to stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ItalianMagpie Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Worth noting that in the 08-09 relegation season although we were 2 points better off at this stage, we only managed 2 more wins that season and still only needed a point in the end to stay up. True, but we still did win only those 2 games in the rest of the season and we still didn't get that point. Nobody can say it can't happen again. Plus, that was a rather exceptional season, Hull stayed up with 35 points but you normally need at least 40 points to be safe. We got 20 at the half of the season, we need another 20 and it's not gonna be easy if we keep this form. Today we had a good game, but we had it at Anfield and at home against City too (at least for a part of it) before reverting to s*** football and losing to West Ham and struggling like hell to get past an awful QPR. Cautiously otpimistic cause we're hopefully getting some important players back soon and I think eventually we'll be fine, but I certainly don't expect us to put up a great show at the Emirates on Saturday only because of today's performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Worth noting that in the 08-09 relegation season although we were 2 points better off at this stage, we only managed 2 more wins that season and still only needed a point in the end to stay up. And the clubs in the relegation zone this year are significantly worse than at the same point in 08-09. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Still too soon to make a prediction - the transfer window will tell us more.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 It won't happen. We're playing too well and we will smash a few teams really fucking hard in the next few months. The fixtures are scary but we will salvage something from this season if we continue as we are and Pardew doesn't lose his bottle and revert back to horror football. I can't see us ever smashing anyone again under Pardew, it's not in his nature to go for the jugular. I agree with you though, the real worry is the future of players like Cabaye, Cisse, Krul and Ben Arfa. said it in the other thread but what have you seen to suggest we'll be able to open up the likes of reading, southampton, stoke, sunderland etc. if they come up to SJP to defend and steal a point or a narrow win? personally nothing, looking better against better teams is pretty easy in all honesty as they leave space and let you play a la man city, they just end up scoring more than you looking at the table i think going down is very unlikely due to the utter shite below us, but i think it's going to be a real limp past the 40 points mark for us this year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoreboard82 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Thanks to the Wigan, QPR wins i'm not too worried. We're as close to 9th as we are the bottom 3, with key players to return. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Thanks to the Wigan, QPR wins i'm not too worried. We're as close to 9th as we are the bottom 3, with key players to return. This. If we play like we did yesterday for the rest of the season we'll have nothing to worry about. Despite the cunting result there were huge positives to take from the performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ItalianMagpie Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Not that with the key players fully fit we were thrashing everybody... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 villa into the bottom 3 as it stands- 2 points behind us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Good and bad for us today. The zone's closing in, but it's also getting nicely cluttered around the bottom third. Nice to see Fulham, Villa, mackems, West Ham all being kept in and around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Finally voted - 3. Too much shit around you, and you have good players to come back. I can't see Villa finishing above you, and it the only thing I see undoing you is more injuries plus QPR going apeshit in the window. Even then, I'd expect either Southampton or Fulham to falter. The only reason I went for 3 and not 2 was the fact that you really shouldn't have got relegated last time, yet you did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Fucked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 shipping goals for fun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 We're in big trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 We're in deep trouble we can't defend for shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 We scored 3 against Arsenal and Man U. Score 3 against most teams on most days and you're getting points. We keep playing like this and it's not even a worry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 We scored 3 against Arsenal and Man U. Score 3 against most teams on most days and you're getting points. We keep playing like this and it's not even a worry. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_69 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 2 points worse off at the same stage as the seaon we went down. We're definitely playing better than that season but we can't defend for shit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 We scored 3 against Arsenal and Man U. Score 3 against most teams on most days and you're getting points. We keep playing like this and it's not even a worry. We scored 3 while totally sacrificing defence. Teams will be watching us and licking their lips, we're fucking awful. oop, there's 7. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 We certainly deserve to go down along with 5 other clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 We scored 3 against Arsenal and Man U. Score 3 against most teams on most days and you're getting points. We keep playing like this and it's not even a worry. :lol: Missing Cabaye and HBA as well. Seriously not concerned. By all means keep bumping this, it's an obnoxious shitty thread though and the people who constantly want to talk about it are retard clowns who can go fuck themselves. I'll not be back to it. Revel in your pessimism and shitty attitudes and die in a fucking fire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 We've just shipped eleven goals in two games, in our 'best' formation that the manager has avoided for most of the season. Three points clear of the relegation zone. Literally the only positive is that we can score, but if that's still the case beyond January remains to be seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 We're fucked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 We've just shipped eleven goals in two games, in our 'best' formation that the manager has avoided for most of the season. Three points clear of the relegation zone. Literally the only positive is that we can score, but if that's still the case beyond January remains to be seen. We still lost against Swansea and West Ham at home with 442. So it's not working either way then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Certainly can't fault anyone for being really, really concerned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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