Mistle17 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Fair enough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 The amount of people on 8, 9 and 10 in this poll is scary... let's hope the players aren't thinking like the fans! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 4 Why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 To think next season, if we are drawn at home in the cups to the likes of Hull, Stoke, Wolves or Cardiff, we could be pulling of a major cup upset if we won !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darth Toon Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I've got a mackem mate who's convinced they're going down - I had been so focused on our plight I had assumed they were pretty much out of it, but looking at their form and fixtures they could be in trouble yet.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I've got a mackem mate who's convinced they're going down - I had been so focused on our plight I had assumed they were pretty much out of it, but looking at their form and fixtures they could be in trouble yet.... Could you imagine if Newcastle, Sunderland AND Boro all went down?! Christ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leazes.ender Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 The amount of people on 8, 9 and 10 in this poll is scary... let's hope the players aren't thinking like the fans! I hope they are thinking like the fans, and i especially hope the management are. Sleepwalking into relegation is about where its at at the moment. And it may have done us good to have spent some time in the bottom 3 before now to galvanise the minds in the same way as its produced 'shock' results for the smogs and Blackburn. I'm still an 8.25 but another of those shock results this weekend for us will go down very nicely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 The amount of people on 8, 9 and 10 in this poll is scary... let's hope the players aren't thinking like the fans! I hope they are thinking like the fans, and i especially hope the management are. Sleepwalking into relegation is about where its at at the moment. And it may have done us good to have spent some time in the bottom 3 before now to galvanise the minds in the same way as its produced 'shock' results for the smogs and Blackburn. I'm still an 8.25 but another of those shock results this weekend for us will go down very nicely. I know what you mean, but thinking "we're doomed" does nobody any good. I hope that they are being positive and determined to get out of it, I don't hope they think they're 80% certain to go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 The amount of people on 8, 9 and 10 in this poll is scary... let's hope the players aren't thinking like the fans! I hope they are thinking like the fans, and i especially hope the management are. Sleepwalking into relegation is about where its at at the moment. And it may have done us good to have spent some time in the bottom 3 before now to galvanise the minds in the same way as its produced 'shock' results for the smogs and Blackburn. I'm still an 8.25 but another of those shock results this weekend for us will go down very nicely. Agreed. It was worryingly late before noises started coming out of the club about being in a scrap. At boardroom level they're somehow even less aware of how shit we are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 There's a difference between being up for a scrap and being certain we're doomed though. Obviously I want the players to be fighting for our lives, but I don't want their heads down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 The amount of people on 8, 9 and 10 in this poll is scary... let's hope the players aren't thinking like the fans! I hope they are thinking like the fans, and i especially hope the management are. Sleepwalking into relegation is about where its at at the moment. And it may have done us good to have spent some time in the bottom 3 before now to galvanise the minds in the same way as its produced 'shock' results for the smogs and Blackburn. I'm still an 8.25 but another of those shock results this weekend for us will go down very nicely. Agreed. It was worryingly late before noises started coming out of the club about being in a scrap. At boardroom level they're somehow even less aware of how shit we are. We aren't really all that shit though. We have enough key players fit again now to make our chances of survival better than others around us, but having players availlable is one thing...picking the right 11 to work as a team is something else. Keegan did it just in time last season, I worry about Hughton/Kinnear's ability to do it this time round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 The amount of people on 8, 9 and 10 in this poll is scary... let's hope the players aren't thinking like the fans! I hope they are thinking like the fans, and i especially hope the management are. Sleepwalking into relegation is about where its at at the moment. And it may have done us good to have spent some time in the bottom 3 before now to galvanise the minds in the same way as its produced 'shock' results for the smogs and Blackburn. I'm still an 8.25 but another of those shock results this weekend for us will go down very nicely. Agreed. It was worryingly late before noises started coming out of the club about being in a scrap. At boardroom level they're somehow even less aware of how shit we are. We aren't really all that shit though. We have enough key players fit again now to make our chances of survival better than others around us, but having players availlable is one thing...picking the right 11 to work as a team is something else. Keegan did it just in time last season, I worry about Hughton/Kinnear's ability to do it this time round. 'We' includes the management team, obviously. They believe Kinnear/Hughton/Calderwood is good enough to challenge for EVERYTHING. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Did prem predictor, have us safe on 39 points. West Brom, Boro and Hull to go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I've got a mackem mate who's convinced they're going down - I had been so focused on our plight I had assumed they were pretty much out of it, but looking at their form and fixtures they could be in trouble yet.... A mackem i know (dont have any mackems as mates) reckons they wont pick up another point if they play like they did at the weekend, but thinks realistically they'll do just enough to survive, but it'll be close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I'm on an 8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I've gone up to 9. I just don't see us surviving. I reckon we'll still pull off a couple of wins (Boro and - despite their good form - Spurs, or Portsmouth) but it won't be enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I've gone to a 6 from a 3. Crucial mistakes are being made and the number of games to fix them is running out. I still think we might survive but if we are depending on other teams fucking up going into the last 4 games we are down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Is 39 points enough to keep us up? I made an optimistic estimate for our remaining games and had us getting 10 points. Think that could be enough, but then looking at Stoke's fixtures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 In my head im approaching up to an 8. cant see anyone looking less clueless than they have all season. Any false confidence will be ripped away after the arsenal/chelsea games. Hearts not even considering relegation. im in canada though, think id be bricking it if i was living in the toon surrounded by it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sid1970 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 my problem is not the fact we are in a relegation battle, my problem is that it could have so easily have been avoided... ...i have seen us play in lower divisions over the years, and in a worst state we're in now, but it could have so easily have been avoided... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 my problem is not the fact we are in a relegation battle, my problem is that it could have so easily have been avoided... ...i have seen us play in lower divisions over the years, and in a worst state we're in now, but it could have so easily have been avoided... my problem is not the fact we are in a relegation battle, my problem is that it could have so easily have been avoided... ...i have seen us play in lower divisions over the years, and in a worst state we're in now, but it could have so easily have been avoided... seen us relegated twice, been a season ticket holder during two second division spells, none of it felt as doomed as this does now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Tell you what, having a look at Sunderland's remaining fixtures, they could be right back in the sh*t come May. They've still got most of the big clubs left too, and whereas most of our key "must-win" games are at home (Fulham, Boro & Pompey in particular), the games where Sunderland would be thinking that are away from home...with Chelsea at home last game. Can't see them getting many, if any, points at all in their last 5 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Tell you what, having a look at Sunderland's remaining fixtures, they could be right back in the sh*t come May. They've still got most of the big clubs left too, and whereas most of our key "must-win" games are at home (Fulham, Boro & Pompey in particular), the games where Sunderland would be thinking that are away from home...with Chelsea at home last game. Can't see them getting many, if any, points at all in their last 5 games. The reason I said we need to pick up points before the last 4 games is at that stage it's hard to predict results. Some teams no matter how good they are just don't have much to play for. West Ham beating Man U on the last day of the season a couple of years back for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 had a look at stoke's fixtures earlier, didn't really they had such an 'easy' run in. nothing is guaranteed but id expect them to get a decent amount of points from those matches and stay up. assuming that boro (hope they stick with southgate!) and brom are down and stoke finish above us, then we'll have to better pompey or blackburn who have both picked up form recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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