The College Dropout Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 9 for me. 4 wins in 8 after 5 in 31.... daunting. If we don't beat Norwich the pressure will be too much and we won't get it done. A draw against Norwich means we'll need to win 4 out of 7 and that won't happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Sadly i can't see us staying up we have no goal threat like Sunderland and Norwich have scored a fair few Norwich have 3 goals more than us and have played a game more. top stat i did think it was way more , I am currently going off steves time at the club but atm both Sunderland and Norwich seem to have far better fight in the team then us How many goals have we scored in our last 5 games? Games in hand are only helpful if you win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Sadly i can't see us staying up we have no goal threat like Sunderland and Norwich have scored a fair few Norwich have 3 goals more than us and have played a game more. top stat i did think it was way more , I am currently going off steves time at the club but atm both Sunderland and Norwich seem to have far better fight in the team then us How many goals have we scored in our last 5 games? Games in hand are only helpful if you win. 4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Cool. Every goal. Every point is absolutely massive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Well games in hand are helpful, winning them comes after. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Well games in hand are helpful, winning them comes after. Only useful if you get points. Something we have struggled with. Games in hand matter more at the top end of the table when teams win more games than not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 At the bottom of the table it's equally an opportunity/threat to bury your GD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Just had a look at Sun/Pal/Nor reamining fixtures and it looks like we will need at least ten points to be safe. We need wins against Norwich, swansea and Palace and to scrape something from another of our fixtures. Not looking very likely as I just can't see the goals coming unless Doumbia turns out to be the loan of the season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Just had a look at Sun/Pal/Nor reamining fixtures and it looks like we will need at least ten points to be safe. We need wins against Norwich, swansea and Palace and to scrape something from another of our fixtures. Not looking very likely as I just can't see the goals coming unless Doumbia turns out to be the loan of the season! i looked at the mackems fixtures the other day and they seemed very favourable mind, based on them alone i'd be backing them to beat the drop ahead of us tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty66 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 I feel the total opposite. I think they can get a win against West Brom at home in their next game but can''t see them getting another win after that. Home games they have Leicester,Arsenal,Everton and Chelsea. Not an easy win in any of those. Away they have Norwich,Stoke and Watford. Norwich away could be anything,likely to win just as likely to lose. And Stoke and Watford away won't be an easy 3 points,Watford maybe the only game were they have the best chance of 3 points. From paper I can see a total of 7 points from those games. (W against West Brom,D at Norwich and W against Watford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 i would say it's these 4 that caught the aye yeah: WBA, Norwich, Stoke and Watford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Everton at home too. Very winnable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 We've won 6 games in 30. No game is very winnable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 We've won 6 games in 30. No game is very winnable. These are Sunderland's games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 We've won 6 games in 30. No game is very winnable. These are Sunderland's games. tbf the point still stands - they've only won 6 in 30 as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 They look a lot more capable than us right now and have experience of late escapes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 They look a lot more capable than us right now and have experience of late escapes. They're at what is more than likely their peak level, we can and most certainly will improve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 So do we to be fair. The way we singled out Bosingwa as the QPR weak link to complete the great escape, and Carver masterminding us to survival last year. We've got this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 I can see Palace and us going down, both dog shit. id only suffer relegation taking the nonce lovers with us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 It's still in our hands but not in our capability IMO. Squad is woefully imbalanced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Just hoping Rafa can do a miracle. I was thinking the other day that the derby wasn't the right time for us. We had a new manager, playing at home, 50,000 expectant Geordies, the pressure of 6 derby defeats in a row and the mackems turning up all cocky, it was an easy situation for the players to go back into their shells. Had we played another opponent after the decent showing against Leicester and without the 'derby' pressure, it might have given us a better chance. With the derby, all form went out the window and we just turned up like our usual self for the match. I'm hoping with that out of the way now, the manager 'bounce' would be more effective starting with the Norwich match and especially with the lift we got after that equaliser. Gonna be tough but it's not over yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Everton at home too. Very winnable. Don't Everton try to keep it a little tighter away from home? They've only lost once all season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 They look a lot more capable than us right now and have experience of late escapes. They're at what is more than likely their peak level, we can and most certainly will improve. I agree that we can improve as a team Mick, but I just don't think we have enough in our locker in vital positions to get the wins we need. Up front is a nightmare - relying on the likes of Cisse, past his best and wants to leave anyway, Mitrovic who turns less quickly than a battleship, will never get more than 10-15 goals a season and is best suited to being a target man for long balls, Perez, who, whilst having skill on the ball, has looked woefully lightweight in the past few games and Doumbia, who none of us know much about. Only Townsend offers anything like a threat when he runs at defenders and he is not a goal-scorer. I see why Rafa is playing Shelvey so deep - he probably wouldn't get much of the ball otherwise - but the players around him in m/f are suspect. Gini should be far more effective than he is and disappears for long spells ; Colback needs no further discussion and the same applies to Anita ; a fit and motivated Tiote MIGHT make a difference but when is that going to happen..? Sissoko is the ultimate flatter-to-deceiver in my opinion, should be a powerhouse, but mostly fires blanks and has an inflated opinion of his abilities. In defence, we have probably ONE PL standard CB, one who is drawing his pension already, one who takes 2 months off every season(and often makes stupid tackles)and a young(ish)player who is still adapting to the PL ; we have a RB whose best asset is his flank overlapping but can't often make accurate crosses and often gets exposed by a decent winger and NO LB worth the name, which is why Jogback is playing there and will pick up yellows by the score when he does because he lacks pace and gets frustrated. Mbabu looked decent against Chelsea, but would be thrown in at the deep end. Only Elliott has looked a PL goal-keeper - without him, we could well have lost the Derby..... So, yes - Rafa WILL get more organization into the side, but he is trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, thanks to the genius of Charnley & Carr in the transfer market....if we go down the blame lies squarely on these 2 and with Ashley for appointing them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hog Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 The stars are fucking aligning at every turn to ensure we get sent down this season. Whenever there's even the slightest bit of hope, in comes fate with some fuck off size 11s to stomp all over it! There's just too many things stacking up against us, fucking Villa ditching Garde, the cunts are going down anyway - you see them get Pearson in now and cost us three crucial points, especially with Elliott getting injured too. I just fucking despair at the shit luck we have. I'm not saying we don't deserve to be in a relegation fight but fuck sake, the gods could give us a break (other than Elliott's knee!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 The stars haven't aligned, we've been largely poor for the first 30 games with the odd notable exception. We've been badly managed and coached for several years, we've signed layers for the wrong reasons and wasted lots of money on players either unsuitable or unnecessary. We're down there because of the way the club and team has been poorly run for a sustained period of time. Rob Elliot twisting his knee isn't the reason we're staring relegation in the face, we're fucking shit and the players don't care. We're not down there by mistake or accident or fluke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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