STM Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 We are very lucky that we can financially afford to keep players in the championship, if they want to stay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 We still have a chance with the right signings in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Planning for the championship should be a priority now. Woods will be key next season alongside Gayle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 11 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: We still have a chance with the right signings in. We do, but right now Watfords games are as important as the players coming in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Don Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 With Leeds winning at Spam today,the gap to the teams above and sucking one of them into the relegation battle is widening I'm afraid....Burnley below have 2 games in hand....Can't see any escape no matter who comes in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 hours ago, RS said: Planning for the championship should be a priority now. Woods will be key next season alongside Gayle. Urgh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Shearergol said: Urgh The immediate future is pretty grim but we kind of expected it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Still all depends on the business we do in the next few weeks for me. Nail it and I still think we could survive reasonably comfortably, the teams at the bottom with us are absolutely fucking turgid and they aren't going to suddenly turn into prime Barcelona. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, TheHoob said: Still all depends on the business we do in the next few weeks for me. Nail it and I still think we could survive reasonably comfortably, the teams at the bottom with us are absolutely fucking turgid and they aren't going to suddenly turn into prime Barcelona. It depends as much what Watford do. Could be almost 10 points behind next week. Then it doesn't matter who we bring in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) If it does absolutely become 3 from 4, which is currently looking nailed on, and towards the end, that became more of a 2 horse race between us and another, say Watford, then the run in could be a bit of a concern. I may be reading too much into it, but if someone like Leicester were guaranteed 8th, 9th, 10th etc. with a couple of games to go, couldn't do any better, or any worse, not much incentive, it will be in their better interest for us to go down as we would be more likely to be a direct contender to them in the short term, as in an 8-10 side for a couple of seasons, and then potentially ease off against Watford, whereas teams like Southampton would be going hell for leather to beat us in a similar type of match. I'm thinking 8 at the moment, largely because of the possible above scenario - if there were one or two others potentially in the mix then it would be nicer, but it really is eggs in one basket type of stuff regarding our rivals. Edited January 16, 2022 by Paullow Added a comma Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Becomes a 5 for me if Rafa came back as in Rafa I trust. It is a 10 for Howe sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Yes, you are reading too much into it. I’m confident that Leicester City are not going to ease off in games against your rivals to reduce the chances of you competing with them. First test is getting players in. Second test is getting points out of February. Fail on both counts and you’re screwed. Fail on one and it’s gonna be tough. Succeed in both and I think you’re going to be ok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Hate the term "plan(ning) for the Championship". Huge football pet hate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 I’ve been fairly agnostic about whether or not we stay up this season, even after the new owners came in. Relegation is not a death sentence, particularly for a club that will easily weather the financial hit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokerprince2004 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Think this week is absolutely massive. Im currently at about an 7 as we can't just win games. Watford have Burnley on Tuesday and Norwich at home on Friday before we even play Leeds. If they win both those games we will be eight points from safety come kick off on Saturday which is very alarming and I'd prob be at a 9.5/10 if we lose to Leeds Get a decent defender and midfielder in and somehow stay in touch with Watford (no more than 3 adrift) after next weekend I'll go down to a 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 For weeks/months we've continued this "if we beat *insert next opponent* and get 5 points from the next 4 games" and at no stage have we managed that. Likewise, we've been having "must win" home games for at least 8 weeks, and won 1 of them. Amazingly, despite failing at every opportunity, we are still not mathematically out of it, but i fear we've missed our chances and a gap will begin to grow soon. I thought Leeds and Everton might get dragged into it, but can pretty much rule that out now. Watford have 2 matches before we go to Elland Road, can only hope there's not a 6pts gap (with worse GD) by the end of next weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 5 hours ago, Magpie said: We're still 6/5 with 365 to be relegated, think I may be tempted to place one of my largest ever bets Watford are 8/15!!!! 5 hours ago, Lush Vlad said: Had a score in my 365 account so whacked that on. £44 back in my account come May time will not soften the blow. But I may as well benefit financially! Think I might do the same 😐 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2 hours ago, TheHoob said: Still all depends on the business we do in the next few weeks for me. Nail it and I still think we could survive reasonably comfortably, the teams at the bottom with us are absolutely fucking turgid and they aren't going to suddenly turn into prime Barcelona. I keep hoping there will be a game when things just seem to 'click', but it just never seems to happen beyond brief 10/20 minute spells. Frustrating as fuck. I hope any incoming transfers will change that, but the rot is just too deep for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 7 hours ago, Dr Venkman said: 8.5 completely dependent on This is where I'm at. This side as it stands, goes down. There's too many liabilities playing in key positions. I do have faith we'll address that though. I'm at a 6.5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Just looked at Brentford’s results and there’s not many games where they have picked up points in that you would be confident of them repeating the trick in the return games. can really see them finishing on 30-35 points maximum and they are not safe by any stretch of the imagination Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Still plenty of points to play for, not cut adrift but what we're seeing on the pitch is worrying, we're circling the drain. Can't really put a number on it until we see what players we're working with in February anything now is reactionary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Colos Short and Curlies said: Just looked at Brentford’s results and there’s not many games where they have picked up points in that you would be confident of them repeating the trick in the return games. can really see them finishing on 30-35 points maximum and they are not safe by any stretch of the imagination How many points do you think 18th place will require, and how many do you think we will get? 12 from 20 so far, i think it would be a huge ask for us to get 21 from the last 18, and indeed even 18 from 18 will be tough. That means Brentford only need another 7 to 10 points from their final 17 games, which is definitely achievable. Leeds have too much and Everton will be safe too. Its down to 3 from 4. We missed a huge opportunity on Sat against Watford, and could well be cut loose within the next week. Edited January 17, 2022 by Karjala Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toughseason16 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I'm torn. On one hand we are utter cross. We don't look like winning and just can't hold on to a lead. We offer nothing to the PL and in my eyes, deserve to go down. Unbelievably, we are within touching distance of at least Watford and that gives me a modicum of hope. It show how s**t the bottom half of this League is. For me, I have reluctantly accepted we are going down but that blow is softened by the fact that I think we'll stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toughseason16 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Sorry, not " stay up " I meant come straight back up easily. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Any news on if the Burnley v Watford game is still on? Didn’t realise Watford also kick-off on the Friday night home to Norwich this week too. Could do with tomorrow being called off, Don’t fancy going into the Leeds game potentially 7 adrift. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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