Guest Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Get in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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La Parka Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 lovely goal too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It's pretty easy to say the other two have 'only' got Everton & Watford etc, but both of those teams are far better than Sunderland & Norwich. If results go to how we've all performed over the season, we stay up. Sunderland have been the 4th worst away team in the country and the 3rd worst home team for example. I know our away form is rank but we've got the worst team in the league to come. We're also 10th best at home all season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I'd actually feel pretty confident right now if Sunderland hadn't equalised. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It's pretty easy to say the other two have 'only' got Everton & Watford etc, but both of those teams are far better than Sunderland & Norwich. If results go to how we've all performed over the season, we stay up. Watford definitely aren't far better. Have lost to Palace and barely beat Villa in the last week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Just beat Villa and the table will look increasingly favourable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I'd actually feel pretty confident right now if Sunderland hadn't equalised. The mackems aren't winning games, I'll be happy for them to draw their remaining games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Not inconceivable we could be safe before the last game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It's pretty easy to say the other two have 'only' got Everton & Watford etc, but both of those teams are far better than Sunderland & Norwich. If results go to how we've all performed over the season, we stay up. Watford definitely aren't far better. Have lost to Palace and barely beat Villa in the last week They're 12th in the table just a few points off the top half. They're miles better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espio Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I'm 50/50 on it. My gut feeling is we're staying up. Beat Villa and hopefully Spurs will have 2nd wrapped up and their foot off the gas a bit, so could sneak a win from that too. I'm probably being overly optimistic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alberto2005 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It's pretty easy to say the other two have 'only' got Everton & Watford etc, but both of those teams are far better than Sunderland & Norwich. If results go to how we've all performed over the season, we stay up. Watford definitely aren't far better. Have lost to Palace and barely beat Villa in the last week They're 12th in the table just a few points off the top half. They're miles better. I think that's a bad way of looking at things. Are Watford miles better than us then? I don't think so. Sunderland are playing much better now than at the start of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Not inconceivable we could be safe before the last game. A win for us and Sunderland to lose to Chelsea and Everton, plus a Norwich fuck up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It's pretty easy to say the other two have 'only' got Everton & Watford etc, but both of those teams are far better than Sunderland & Norwich. If results go to how we've all performed over the season, we stay up. Watford definitely aren't far better. Have lost to Palace and barely beat Villa in the last week They're 12th in the table just a few points off the top half. They're miles better. Not lately they haven't been Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Massive win today. Mackems are slight favs to stay up, but we have a decent chance. Would never have believed we'd get 8 points from next 4 games after that Southampton match. FFS if we'd got Rafa in for Stoke game, we'd probably have 4 points more and be practically safe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Our best hope is that no one gift wraps Sunderland points, Norwich were the better team against them until the penalty decision, and by all accounts they would have been beaten today if it wasn't for another dodgy penalty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 It's pretty easy to say the other two have 'only' got Everton & Watford etc, but both of those teams are far better than Sunderland & Norwich. If results go to how we've all performed over the season, we stay up. Watford definitely aren't far better. Have lost to Palace and barely beat Villa in the last week They're 12th in the table just a few points off the top half. They're miles better. I think that's a bad way of looking at things. Are Watford miles better than us then? I don't think so. Sunderland are playing much better now than at the start of the season. We haven't had Benitez all season but up to that point, of course they were. Sunderland have had Allardyce most of the season and find themselves in the bottom three. They're a very poor team and where they are for a reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I'd actually feel pretty confident right now if Sunderland hadn't equalised. The mackems aren't winning games, I'll be happy for them to draw their remaining games. They've only won 7 all season, and in 3 of them the opponents had a man sent off early doors. That's 4 wins against teams with 11 men all season. They're dogshit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Us, Chelsea and Man U to win next weekend and we're safe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Sunderland are going to draw their way to relegation, Norwich are too up and down, we just need to remain calm and do what we can do and we'll be safe. Down to a 5 after today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Us, Chelsea and Man U to win next weekend and we're safe. Nah. That'd be great but 4 points from their last week would still see sunderland safe if we lost to spurs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Us, Chelsea and Man U to win next weekend and we're safe. Nah. That'd be great but 4 points from their last week would still see sunderland safe if we lost to spurs. We're not planning on losing to Spurs and we'll not, we'll win simply because we'll have to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJbarnes Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Great results today. This will be very close, and I think we will need 2 wins from our last 2 games to reach 39 points and probably GD -23 or so. If we get this, I cant see us going down. Norwich can now reach 40 points maximum, with a home game against Man Utd to play. If they get 2 wins and a draw that would take them to 38. We would have the edge on GD over them if we finished level on points. Sunderland can reach 41 points maximum, with a home game against Chelsea still to play. Realistically, they probably wont get 3 wins but 2 wins and a draw isn't beyond the realms of possibility. That would keep them up on GD- meaning the goal for them today was massive. A bit of the pressure is off after today, and now 2 more massive games against a woeful Villa side (with a player sent off today) and a Tottenham side with probably nothing to play for and minus a key player. I fancy us to scrape a win at Villa and then throw the kitchen sink at Spurs at SJP- it could happen. For me, if we get those 6 points, I'd see Norwich as all but down and it would be us or Sunderland. Both us and Sunderland are down the bottom for a reason, and so the "occasion" and "passion" and "support" wont really make earning the points a given. I could see Sunderland getting 5 but not 7 points from their 3 fixtures meaning we would need the 6 points from our 2 fixtures. Get them and I think we'll stay up. Fail to do so, and I think we go down. I'd fancy us to get 6 points more than Sunderland to get 7 or 9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Great results today. This will be very close, and I think we will need 2 wins from our last 2 games to reach 39 points and probably GD -23 or so. If we get this, I cant see us going down. Norwich can now reach 40 points maximum, with a home game against Man Utd to play. If they get 2 wins and a draw that would take them to 38. We would have the edge on GD over them if we finished level on points. Sunderland can reach 41 points maximum, with a home game against Chelsea still to play. Realistically, they probably wont get 3 wins but 2 wins and a draw isn't beyond the realms of possibility. That would keep them up on GD- meaning the goal for them today was massive. A bit of the pressure is off after today, and now 2 more massive games against a woeful Villa side (with a player sent off today) and a Tottenham side with probably nothing to play for and minus a key player. I fancy us to scrape a win at Villa and then throw the kitchen sink at Spurs at SJP- it could happen. For me, if we get those 6 points, I'd see Norwich as all but down and it would be us or Sunderland. Both us and Sunderland are down the bottom for a reason, and so the "occasion" and "passion" and "support" wont really make earning the points a given. I could see Sunderland getting 5 but not 7 points from their 3 fixtures meaning we would need the 6 points from our 2 fixtures. Get them and I think we'll stay up. Fail to do so, and I think we go down. I'd fancy us to get 6 points more than Sunderland to get 7 or 9. Our reason is now on the dole though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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