loki679 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 People have said the same about us who are confident that we won't get relegated, if you dish it out then you have to be able to take it as well. Really? Because I haven't said anything like that and you're bracketing me in the that group. No need to trash others just because they have a different opinion to you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Not you personally, but plenty others have. At least you backed your arguments up with more than "we are shite, of course we are likely to go down!", that is far too common here. While our away form obviously have been dire this season, I'd say we've got a very good chance of picking up points against both a WBA that hasn't got anything to play for (here's hoping they don't play Lukaku again!) and a QPR that will most likely already be down by the time we play them. People criticise Pardew for having a defeatist attitude, but loads of people in here have the same attitude towards our away games, which is shocking considering who we've left to play away. We've already beaten Chelsea at home, so I don't see any reason why we shouldn't be able to beat either Liverpool or Arsenal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Not you personally, but plenty others have. At least you backed your arguments up with more than "we are shite, of course we are likely to go down!", that is far too common here. While our away form obviously have been dire this season, I'd say we've got a very good chance of picking up points against both a WBA that hasn't got anything to play for (here's hoping they don't play Lukaku again!) and a QPR that will most likely already be down by the time we play them. People criticise Pardew for having a defeatist attitude, but loads of people in here have the same attitude towards our away games, which is shocking considering who we've left to play away. We've already beaten Chelsea at home, so I don't see any reason why we shouldn't be able to beat either Liverpool or Arsenal. shut up man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Jesus 3 draws would probably keep us up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Jesus 3 draws would probably keep us up I would say that's a positive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 What a rollercoaster thread. Dunno how many times i've thought differently regarding our safety. What an absolute shit season this has been Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 What a rollercoaster thread. Dunno how many times i've thought differently regarding our safety. What an absolute shit season this has been Particularly in the last week, from basically safe to probably relegated in the space of one match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 What a rollercoaster thread. Dunno how many times i've thought differently regarding our safety. What an absolute shit season this has been Particularly in the last week, from basically safe to probably relegated in the space of one match. That shows how bad our consistency has been. Back to back wins once all season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Boy Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 It is definitely going to be far too close for any sort of comfort. Just went through the bbc predictor (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/predictor/default.stm) and heading into the last weekend I have us sitting 16th with still any one of six teams possibly finishing 18th. I have been very pessimistic in our results, only getting one point (away to West Ham) but I have us just scraping one point clear of Stoke to stay up. I think we are fortunate that there are 8 or 9 teams doing as bad as us this season but it is amazing to think that just last weekend I was thinking a Villa win against Fulham would be helpful for us looking up the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 What a rollercoaster thread. Dunno how many times i've thought differently regarding our safety. What an absolute shit season this has been Particularly in the last week, from basically safe to probably relegated in the space of one match. That's why it was so disappointing that we didn't clinch our safety against Sunderland, considering they should have felt the pressure far more than us. Di Canio and Sunderland rose to the challenge and we bottled it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Been the same all season because of us rolling over every other week when we cross the Tyne Bridge. Pardew's said we're safe about three times, presumably the dickhead thought that after Fulham and Stoke, we were at home every week. Even then we've lost more home games than just about everyone else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I did the BBC predictor and had us stay up, despite only getting 1 more point! We're lucky there's so many games between those around us - they cant both win! Stoke vs Norwich Aston Villa vs Sunderland Norwich vs Aston Villa Sunderland vs Stoke Sunderland vs Southampton Southampton vs Stoke Wigan vs Aston Villa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I did the BBC predictor and had us stay up, despite only getting 1 more point! We're lucky there's so many games between those around us - they cant both win! Stoke vs Norwich Aston Villa vs Sunderland Norwich vs Aston Villa Sunderland vs Stoke Sunderland vs Southampton Southampton vs Stoke Wigan vs Aston Villa The other teams are the key to our survival sadly, it's just not feasible that they'll all pick up enough points to overtake us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Not you personally, but plenty others have. At least you backed your arguments up with more than "we are s****, of course we are likely to go down!", that is far too common here. While our away form obviously have been dire this season, I'd say we've got a very good chance of picking up points against both a WBA that hasn't got anything to play for (here's hoping they don't play Lukaku again!) and a QPR that will most likely already be down by the time we play them. People criticise Pardew for having a defeatist attitude, but loads of people in here have the same attitude towards our away games, which is shocking considering who we've left to play away. We've already beaten Chelsea at home, so I don't see any reason why we shouldn't be able to beat either Liverpool or Arsenal. shut up man Yes - shows that if you give someone enough rope they will hang themselves.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ItalianMagpie Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Wigan are going to beat at least Swansea, so we basically are 2 points off relegation. It doesn't look like other teams need to do that much to overtake us. If we keep losing away I reckon we have a really ridiculously small chance to stay up, especially considering that our remaining home games are tough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Wigan are going to beat at least Swansea, so we basically are 2 points off relegation. It doesn't look like other teams need to do that much to overtake us. If we keep losing away I reckon we have a really ridiculously small chance to stay up, especially considering that our remaining home games are tough. Weird that you can confidently predict Wigan to beat Swansea. Teams do need to do quite a lot to overtake us, they all need to pick up more points than us for the rest of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoreboard82 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Just hope we can limp to safety then resign this horror season to history. One win or a few scabby draws will do. Get it done Newcastle and let us relax. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Wigan are going to beat at least Swansea, so we basically are 2 points off relegation. It doesn't look like other teams need to do that much to overtake us. If we keep losing away I reckon we have a really ridiculously small chance to stay up, especially considering that our remaining home games are tough. You're just looking at other teams with rose tinted glasss and at us with a crazy amount of pessemism. We havent gone 5 games without picking up points this season and no team in our position has ever been relegated. Its still worrying but the chance of it happening are very small. If you believe we have a very small chance of staying up then go and stick your savings on it, you can get over 20/1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Just hope we can limp to safety then resign this horror season to history. One win or a few scabby draws will do. Get it done Newcastle and let us relax. Exactly. It's worrying but the chances are we will get the points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ovesbar Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Looking at our away games, I feel confident that we will get enough points out of them to be safe. We can hopefully field almost our stronges 11 in theese games. WBA are already on holiday, West Ham will probably have nothing more to play for, and QPR will be down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 We'll get enough, it's just sad that it's come to this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 We'll get enough, it's just sad that it's come to this. Indeed, I just want to forget about this season as quickly as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Some good news Parachute payments increased to 60m over 4 years, if we do get relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Some good news Parachute payments increased to 60m over 4 years, if we do get relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Just did the predictor myself (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/predictor/default.stm). http://i45.tinypic.com/2hxrklc.jpg Had us down to draw against QPR and Arsenal, although our 36 points at the moment would still be enough going off that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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