VillaChris Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 5 hours ago, Czechlad said: Just realised that the three clubs that went up last season are in danger of going down. Huddersfield are in 19th. Newcastle sit 1 point above relegation, and Brighton are 3 points above. What is concerning is how Newcastle stormed the championship and are struggling in the premier league. How high did you really think they'd finish? Newcastle haven't been great but they've rarely been in the bottom 3, same for Brighton. Huddersfield for first time this season are now in it after terrible run of form. I'd say for middle of Feb that's quite good going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 On 2/4/2018 at 07:53, VillaChris said: He needs to go somewhere like Everton, do well there and then maybe he'd be a contender like Moyes was. Nope. I really disagree with this. He needs to go coach at champs league club. Wherever that may be. Everton would prob be a death sentence (they are not a Tottenham pre Poch) as the big english clubs are far to stuck up themselves for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Shropshire Lad said: Thankfully this is where having an owner like Tony will be as much a help to us as having an owner like Ashley has been a hindrance to the Mags. If we’re in that position, of course. Ashley vs Tony Benitez vs Bruce hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 52 minutes ago, villakram said: Nope. I really disagree with this. He needs to go coach at champs league club. Wherever that may be. Everton would prob be a death sentence (they are not a Tottenham pre Poch) as the big english clubs are far to stuck up themselves for some reason. Which English champions league clubs will give him that chance? Abramovich doesn't rate British managers hence none of them have been appointed in his 15 years owning Chelsea, Arsenal will continue the foreign route post Wenger, Man. United got burnt with Moyes. Maybe Spurs and Liverpool could be options but I wouldn't be sure on either. Way I see it he needs to go to a medium sized club and overachieve by winning a cup or two. Would Unai Emery have got the PSG job without winning multiple Uefa cups at Sevilla? I doubt it. Many clubs appoint a flavour of the month manager. AVB winning the Europa got him the Chelsea job which looks ridiculous now given his lack of top level experience at the time. It's hard to ignore trophy winning managers. Redknapp got the Spurs job six months after winning the FA cup at Pompey. One of the few aspects of his management I dislike is season in season out Bournemouth putting out weak teams in the FA cup. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Would he move again after the Burnley situation? He feels like a bit of a home bod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 I think with his style he'd do well in the Bundesliga. Pretty much all the teams there play high press so there's little difference between them below Bayern. Leipzig would actually be a good club for him when Hasselhutti moves on. They signed Lookman on loan from Everton the other day and had Burke last season so he could work with British players. Language barrier wouldn't be as bad as working in Spain or Italy either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 47 minutes ago, VillaChris said: I think with his style he'd do well in the Bundesliga. Pretty much all the teams there play high press so there's little difference between them below Bayern. Leipzig would actually be a good club for him when Hasselhutti moves on. They signed Lookman on loan from Everton the other day and had Burke last season so he could work with British players. Language barrier wouldn't be as bad as working in Spain or Italy either. Yup, France/Holland/Germany/Portugal all have very accessible routes to CL qualification. You either win a trophy or you show you can hack it in the champs league. Then you'll be considered, e.g., Sari who hasn't won a thing but is flavor of the month due to his work at Napoli (a little Rodgers-esque thus far). I'm very interested in where Rodgers ends up now that he's shown he's not completely useless and can get performances in the CL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 7 hours ago, villakram said: Yup, France/Holland/Germany/Portugal all have very accessible routes to CL qualification. You either win a trophy or you show you can hack it in the champs league. Then you'll be considered, e.g., Sari who hasn't won a thing but is flavor of the month due to his work at Napoli (a little Rodgers-esque thus far). I'm very interested in where Rodgers ends up now that he's shown he's not completely useless and can get performances in the CL. Well since his replacement at Liverpool is doing a worse job under a bigger budget would indicate Rodgers wasnt that bad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I found the premier league relegation watch 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 If the Baggies or Huddersfield are going to get themselves out of it they have to get some points on the board now in the next 3-4 weeks. West Ham could do with getting the job done early too. They've got tough run-ins. Palace in contrast have a tough run now and and easier looking run in so it could well go down to the wire with them. Newcastle, Brighton, Stoke - they all have a tough looking fixture list to me. Still it's so close there are 6 pointers everywhere. Swansea are proving anything's possible too. West Brom and Stoke look doomed to me at this point though. Brighton and Huddersfield are finding goals hard to come by it's hard not to imagine a scenario where they could both end up right in the mix. Newcastle could easily slip into it all. I reckon West Brom, Stoke and one of the promoted teams would be my shout right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 18 hours ago, VillaChris said: How high did you really think they'd finish? Newcastle haven't been great but they've rarely been in the bottom 3, same for Brighton. Huddersfield for first time this season are now in it after terrible run of form. I'd say for middle of Feb that's quite good going. Typically the championship team that finishes first tends to stay in the premier league. I remember reading the statistics behind it around september, but if you finish first in the championship, statistically you are likely to stay in the premier league. 2nd place is close to a 50/50 chance of staying up. If you get promoted via playoffs, you are almost guaranteed relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 6 hours ago, Czechlad said: Typically the championship team that finishes first tends to stay in the premier league. I remember reading the statistics behind it around september, but if you finish first in the championship, statistically you are likely to stay in the premier league. 2nd place is close to a 50/50 chance of staying up. If you get promoted via playoffs, you are almost guaranteed relegation. The reality though is pretty much every promoted team finishes in the bottom half first season up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted February 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2018 Well Huddersfield hammering Bournemouth and the Geordies beating Man Utd has turned the pressure up on the likes of Stoke and Baggies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Baggies 7 points adrift and have Huddersfield next week. Lose that and a big ask**** **** That is me expecting Chelsea to beat them tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 Mad think is West Brom have actually been playing o.k since xmas and yet now they've further adrift than they were at xmas. Unless they go on a mad winning run they are done. Stoke are down aswell imo. No idea on the third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Southampton looked awful against Liverpool, couldn't even muster a shot on goal second half. Fans want Pellegrino out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted February 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 11, 2018 Baggies are in the shit. Hope they go down. Their fans have been pretty unbearable during our struggles. Stoke may also struggle, and the third team could be one of about 7! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 1 minute ago, villan-scott said: Baggies are in the shit. Hope they go down. Their fans have been pretty unbearable during our struggles. Stoke may also struggle, and the third team could be one of about 7! Love to see Baggies and Stoke drop. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Realitiscally if we dont go up who do we want to come down that would make it a bit easier for us to go up? Obviously WBA. But who else. As much as I hate Stoke I think they have a decent squad and financially are sound so they would be a big threat, same with West Ham. I think Huddersfield and either Southampton/Swansea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Stoke will do a Hull. Too many egos wont want anything to do with Championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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