NG32 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 3 wins and a draw I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I thought Palace are not going down? They're certainly not staying up as easily as some people thought. Weeey, I knew this would happen. The point was that they weren't 'definitely gone' as a few people insisted, not that they weren't going down. Pretty sure you made post declaring them safe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Benteke's scored 2 all season. Horrific. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I thought Palace are not going down? They're certainly not staying up as easily as some people thought. They definitely shouldn't, the squad is decent. And everyone knows, especially in a league like this where pretty much everyone can beat pretty much everyone, uncertain events can occur. The team that went down in 2009 was 'too good to go down'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 3 wins and we'd be safe IMO, could do with getting them sooner rather than later, starting with this weekend. Our home form is relegation material as it stands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 3 wins and a draw I reckon. 3 wins would mean that the teams in the bottom 3 now would need 11 points (12 if you take into consideration our superior goal difference). I can't see them getting that many, they would need to win nearly 50% of their remaining games. 3 wins and 38 points will be enough I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I thought Palace are not going down? They're certainly not staying up as easily as some people thought. Weeey, I knew this would happen. The point was that they weren't 'definitely gone' as a few people insisted, not that they weren't going down. Pretty sure you made post declaring them safe. ...and another saying they were in trouble when all of their players got injured, because I'm not a psychic and these things happen. They're in trouble, no doubt about that, but I think they'd be out of it if they still had Zaha, Sako, Loftus-Cheek, Puncheon, and Dann available. Zaha's back for their run in at the end, which still might be enough to save them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Well, apart from Zaha, I don't think they're that good. Loftus-Cheek is still relatively unproven at this level too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Bookies have us at 9/2, with 6 teams more likely to go down than us. Which I’d probably agree with. 4 or more points from our next 2 games and we’ll be safe. I cant make any sort of case for WBA surviving, so there are 2 spots available. Stoke look most likely to drop with the 3rd space going to one of Palace, Huddersfield or Southampton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 I don't think they're that good either, but no one needs to be good to stay up, just be less shit or have enough quality players to force it. Everton are absolutely rotten and they only need a few points to be safely mid table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Hmm I'd still be shocked if Palace or Swansea went down, mind. If we win 2 of the Southampton, Huddersfield, Arsenal and West Brom home games, I think we'll get an away win at either Leicester, Everton or Watford - they'll be on their holidays. 3 wins = safety. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 3 wins and we'd be safe IMO, could do with getting them sooner rather than later, starting with this weekend. Our home form is relegation material as it stands. We really do struggle to win games though, three wins is a big ask considering our form this season. Maybe two will be enough if we pick up a few draws which we seem more capable of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 3 wins and we'd be safe IMO, could do with getting them sooner rather than later, starting with this weekend. Our home form is relegation material as it stands. We really do struggle to win games though, three wins is a big ask considering our form this season. Maybe two will be enough if we pick up a few draws which we seem more capable of. it's written for slimani to come in and start scoring enough to make things comfortable that or we'll never see the cunt and get relegated with a whimper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 3 wins and we'd be safe IMO, could do with getting them sooner rather than later, starting with this weekend. Our home form is relegation material as it stands. We really do struggle to win games though, three wins is a big ask considering our form this season. Maybe two will be enough if we pick up a few draws which we seem more capable of. it's written for slimani to come in and start scoring enough to make things comfortable that or we'll never see the cunt and get relegated with a whimper I'm sick of people whinging about Slimani tbh, the way things are going, he might still nick us a couple of wins which keep us up. Was listening to some dipshit over the weekend complaining he was a waste of money, and we should have had a go at Liverpool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 3 wins and we'd be safe IMO, could do with getting them sooner rather than later, starting with this weekend. Our home form is relegation material as it stands. We really do struggle to win games though, three wins is a big ask considering our form this season. Maybe two will be enough if we pick up a few draws which we seem more capable of. it's written for slimani to come in and start scoring enough to make things comfortable that or we'll never see the cunt and get relegated with a whimper I'm sick of people whinging about Slimani tbh, the way things are going, he might still nick us a couple of wins which keep us up. Was listening to some dipshit over the weekend complaining he was a waste of money, and we should have had a go at Liverpool. i'm not whinging about slimani mind, i think he'll get fit and play a few games myself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 The predicted total points looks like being more than enough; if we stay behind the predictions, by the same margin (achieve 84%), then we’re looking at a 43 point haul, rather than 51 points. (8 April, update). Did this re relative difficulty thing for the season. Surprisingly, we're on track. Thought I would 'classify' and colour code our fixtures according to finishing position last year of opposition treating the top seven (15 point gap between Everton 7th and Southampton 8th) as RED (least likely to beat), next six as AMBER, and remaining four, plus promoted sides as GREEN. To make this pseudo-scientific cluster-f*** even more elaborate, opposition moves up or down a category depending if home or away if we are playing a RED team at SJP it becomes an AMBER fixture; and a GREEN team away becomes an AMBER fixture (I know this ignores our relatively better away form, last year). Point is (other than I am bored and NUFC obsessed...) this should give, based on last year's form/squads, a sense of the relative difficulty of different periods of the season. So: August: Spurs H PRED 1 Lost ACT 0 Huddersfield A PRED 2 Lost ACT 0 West Ham H PRED 5 Won ACT 3 September: Swansea A PRED 6 Won ACT 6 Stoke H PRED 9 Won ACT 9 Brighton A PRED 10 Lost ACT 9 Liverpool H PRED 11 Drew ACT 10 October: Southampton A PRED 11 Drew ACT 11 Palace H PRED 14 Won ACT 14 Burnley A PRED 15 Lost ACT 14 November: Bournemouth H PRED 18 Lost ACT 14 Man Utd A PRED 18 Lost ACT 14 Watford H PRED 21 Lost ACT 14 WBA A PRED 22 Drew ACT 15 December: Chelsea A PRED 22 Lost ACT 15 Leicester H PRED 25 Lost ACT 15 Everton H PRED 26 Lost ACT 15 Arsenal A PRED 26 Lost ACT 15 West Ham A PRED 26 Won ACT 18 Man City H PRED 27 Lost ACT 18 Brighton H PRED 30 Drew ACT 19 January: Stoke A PRED 30 Won ACT 22 Swansea H PRED 33 Drew ACT 23 Man City A PRED 33 Lost ACT 23 Burnley H PRED 36 Drew ACT 24 February: Palace A PRED 37 Drew ACT 25 Man Utd H PRED 38 Won ACT 28 Bournemouth A PRED 39 Drew ACT 29 March: Liverpool A PRED 39 Lost ACT 29 Southampton H PRED 42 Won ACT 32 Spurs A PRED 42 tbc Huddersfield H PRED 45 Won ACT 35 April: Leicester A PRED 45 Won ACT 38 Arsenal H PRED 46 Everton A PRED 46 WBA H PRED 49 May: Watford A PRED 50 Chelsea H PRED 51 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Just re-reading predictions post above, November and December killed our season. Predicted 15 points Aug-Oct, got 14. Predicted 9 points Jan-now, got 10. Predicted 15 points Nov-Dec, got 5! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 3 wins and we'd be safe IMO, could do with getting them sooner rather than later, starting with this weekend. Our home form is relegation material as it stands. We really do struggle to win games though, three wins is a big ask considering our form this season. Maybe two will be enough if we pick up a few draws which we seem more capable of. it's written for slimani to come in and start scoring enough to make things comfortable that or we'll never see the cunt and get relegated with a whimper I'm sick of people whinging about Slimani tbh, the way things are going, he might still nick us a couple of wins which keep us up. Was listening to some dipshit over the weekend complaining he was a waste of money, and we should have had a go at Liverpool. i'm not whinging about slimani mind, i think he'll get fit and play a few games myself Oh yeah that was clear in your post. I was talking about just a few in general who talk about the money wasted as if we'd have been better off not having another striker on the books. We are gagging for a quality striker to give us some real bite up front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 3 wins and we'd be safe IMO, could do with getting them sooner rather than later, starting with this weekend. Our home form is relegation material as it stands. We really do struggle to win games though, three wins is a big ask considering our form this season. Maybe two will be enough if we pick up a few draws which we seem more capable of. it's written for slimani to come in and start scoring enough to make things comfortable that or we'll never see the cunt and get relegated with a whimper I'm sick of people whinging about Slimani tbh, the way things are going, he might still nick us a couple of wins which keep us up. Was listening to some dipshit over the weekend complaining he was a waste of money, and we should have had a go at Liverpool. i'm not whinging about slimani mind, i think he'll get fit and play a few games myself Oh yeah that was clear in your post. I was talking about just a few in general who talk about the money wasted as if we'd have been better off not having another striker on the books. We are gagging for a quality striker to give us some real bite up front. Ah aye, why the fuck do they care about 'wasted' money ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 3 wins and we'd be safe IMO, could do with getting them sooner rather than later, starting with this weekend. Our home form is relegation material as it stands. We really do struggle to win games though, three wins is a big ask considering our form this season. Maybe two will be enough if we pick up a few draws which we seem more capable of. Our form isn't actually that bad ATM, it probably feels worse as we've dropped points from winning positions. In our last 11 games we've lost 3 (To Liverpool and Man City), won 3 and drawn the rest. If we carry that on we should be alright, and generally Rafa teams finish the season strongly as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Got to hand it to Brighton, they've gotten some huge wins lately and probably pulled themselves clear of the fight. It looks like it's from Swansea in 13th on 30 points down to Stoke on 27 in 19th spot, for the last two places with Brom almost certainly down. If we go down, it'll not be because we've been battered every week but it's the huge amount of games where we've failed to win when we really should have, those dropped points, against Bournemouth (twice), Brighton (twice), Everton (h), Burnely (h), Swansea (h), Leicester (h), Palace (a) and Southampton (a). For large portions of those games we've been well on top but failed to get a goal or a a second or third to ensure the points. I'm still at a 6 right now, really though should be a 2 or 3, I honestly don't think we are one of the worst 3 teams in this division but could easily drop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Nobody I've seen recently looks like a relegation side TBH, that's what's making me a bit worried. I haven't seen much of West Ham, and obviously WBA look doomed, but apart from that I would back almost anyone to stay up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Nobody I've seen recently looks like a relegation side TBH, that's what's making me a bit worried. I haven't seen much of West Ham, and obviously WBA look doomed, but apart from that I would back almost anyone to stay up The problem is, it's the teams you would have expected to struggle more who are inching towards safety. I would prefer Brighton, Huddersfield or Swansea to be down there to West Ham, Stoke or So'ton, as those teams have players who can win games. Swansea are still deep in it, but their form is worryingly good, and those bloody Ayew brothers are a pain in the arse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Everton look Pardew bad under Big Sam, West Brom cannot score and don’t seem to do anything really and Southampton although they play decent stuff at times they are very powder puff up front. Swansea have picked up and play some good football and Palace have a really balanced team that can score goals. Neither look like a team going down. Unfortunately for Palace they have very tough fixtures and two last minute defeats must be demoralising. Stoke aren’t playing good attacking football but they have been better defensively and Shakiri has come into form. Brighton are the best in terms of defending and attacking, they play some good stuff and are the most capable of any down there. We are hit and miss, but the players are fighting hard and there seems to be a good spirit among the group. That won’t save us though, we need to start scoring goals and keeping them out when we do. Huddersfield I’ve not seen much of so can’t comment. West Ham look like us under McClaren when we went down and I’d love to see them relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 On form and style of play, I still think WBA, Stoke and Southampton are favourites. I’ll change my mind about the latter if they beat us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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