KjParton Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 (edited) Our game vs Sunderland is MASSIVE. Edited March 30, 2013 by KjParton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 (edited) I was very optimistic about our chances of staying up, today's results have knocked that a little bit. Ok, so Wigan got a win, but in a game that they were expected to win, that doesn't necessarily mean that they are 'doing a Wigan' again. I think we will be this season's Wigan, results have been improving, confidence is up and Delph back from suspension. I can see us finishing strongly and being clear of trouble before the final game, even if we fail to pick up any points tomorrow. Our glass is half full. Edited March 30, 2013 by poitier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Since FSW took over at Chelsea they've lost to QPR, Newcastle and Southampton while going two goals up and then drawing against Reading and Southampton. Meanwhile, they beat us 8-0. words removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 West Brom look like they've finished for the season already and have Newcastle, Southampton, Wigan and Norwich to play. Bloody baggies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Since FSW took over at Chelsea they've lost to QPR, Newcastle and Southampton while going two goals up and then drawing against Reading and Southampton. Meanwhile, they beat us 8-0. words removed. I guess we were a little bit complacent against Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateer Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Sunderland are falling like a brick in water and they have lost Fletcher and Cattermole for the rest of the season. Couple that with the fact that MON is a complete **** tool of a manager and that should see them down along with QPR and Reading. That's the bottom three I've been predicting for a while, nothing that happened today has changed that. I expect nothing out of tomorrow and it still won't change anything. In my estimation we actually have to pick up remarkably few points between now and the end of the season due to the gap Reading and QPR have to make up and my expectation of Sunderland picking up virtually no points from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Not great dropping into bottom 3, but at least Norwich, Sunderland, and Newcastle are a bit closer. I think Sunderland are more likely to go than Wigan. Apparently they won 7 out of first ten under MON, and 7 in 44 since. We need a point tomorrow minimum, to maintain momentum. Newcastle's run-in is looking interesting also. My glass is still half full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanwesty88 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 (edited) If we can draw against Liverpool and win at Stoke we will be level on points with Stoke (assuming they get beat at Everton now). So many possibilities still. Norwich and Stoke are in it due to their form. Sunderland have a tough run in but it's down to us to get the points Edited March 30, 2013 by villanwesty88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Sunderland no points from now on? No way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Sunderland no points from now on? No way I saw enough from them in that second half against United to suggest they'll pick up a few more points against smaller teams if they play like that.. they'll pick up points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Just noticed that, with the exception of Wigan v Norwich and Swansea v Spurs, all games this weekend are bottom 10 v top 10. A tough weekend for all clubs in the relegation-threatened zone and a bit of a bummer that Wigan have a comparatively easy game. Norwich are useless away from home as well - 10 points from 15 games and only 12 goals. Best hope is for a draw. >How long would your orgasm last if we went down with them? We need to be concentrating on our own prospects of survival in this thread,. Silly stuff about rejoicing over other clubs going down is properly done in the "other football" threads (although actually I think celebrating the relegation of any club - with the obvious exception of SHA - is in poor taste). Slightly contradictory Mr Briny? I don't for a second agree with your notion that the relegation thread shouldn't include teams around us that could be relegated instead of us... a nutty theory IMO. You've missed the point of course. It would be an odd relegation thread that didn't assess the relative performance of our rivals - and that now definitely includes Sunderland. We've got to be not so crap as three of them to survive so of course we will be monitoring closely how all the teams in range are doing. That is very different from people saying how much they want a particular club to go down, especially if it is in fact just an outburst of the old obsessive MON hatred which eventually infects every thread on this site. I don't care who goes down as long as it's not us. I'd be perfectly happy if Newcastle went down and Sunderland stayed up as long as we weren't in the bottom 3. I'd be equally happy if it was Sunderland who went down as long as we didn't. Or Wigan or Norwich or Southampton But I suspect some posters have lost sight of the main issue and have just fallen to indulging their usual obsession with MON and that is very boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avflife Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Sunderland, QPR and Reading to go down for me. Though minus Reading, its up to 12th place (Stoke) who are still in the relegation fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova26 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 We could do with winning tomorrow otherwise the pressure is right back on. I **** hate Chelsea with a passion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Getting tight now! Best get some points under our belt and leave it for the others to panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villanwesty88 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Everton 1-0 Stoke.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 But I suspect some posters have lost sight of the main issue and have just fallen to indulging their usual obsession with MON and that is very boring. especially if it is in fact just an outburst of the old obsessive MON hatred which eventually infects every thread on this site. People can share their opinion just like you do with MON (which you also conveniently put across in most threads).. If you find it "boring" fine just ignore it. Don't understand what the fuss is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I've just done BBC predictor and... I have us going down on 38 points - with Wigan beating us on the last day. I've got us picking up a point tomorrow and against Sunderland with wins over Fulham and Norwich and defeats to Stoke, Man U, Chelsea and Wigan. Interestingly I've got Sunderland finishing up in 13th with 42 points. West Ham and Stoke I can see getting dragged down into it - they both have a tough run-in from here. It's in our hands, really. The Sunderland, Stoke and Norwich games are all particularly huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Win tomorrow and its looking a whole lot better for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 It's amazing how certain posters have no problem with people taking delight in QPR and Redknapp's misfortune but apparently it's not ok to do the same with Sunderland and O'Neill? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Win tomorrow and its looking a whole lot better for us Certainly. It's not a disaster if we lose tomorrow but win and I'd be feeling very optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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