Mr X Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Tough fixtures, can only see one win from this list and that probably won't be good enough, what do you see? stoke away = loss arsenal home = loss Aston villa away = win Everton home = loss man United away = loss even if we pull off a couple of unlikely draws too that would still only give us five points from a possible fifteen worrying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Agree with your prediction, I think we're about to go through another 'adkins out' phase, where some of the fanbase will start to panic again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 I would go for stoke away = loss arsenal home = loss Aston villa away = draw Everton home = draw man United away = loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Tough run, a point per game keeps you up and we are two behind that currently so need to try and muster 5 points from those. Key is not to be beaten at Villa. A decent signing or two would give us a boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faz Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Tough fixtures, can only see one win from this list and that probably won't be good enough, what do you see? stoke away = loss arsenal home = loss Aston villa away = win Everton home = loss man United away = loss even if we pull off a couple of unlikely draws too that would still only give us five points from a possible fifteen worrying An average of a point a game from those 5 fixtures wouldn't be worrying at all. It would probably see us above Villa and Wigan. So long as we finish above either of those two we will be safe IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 28 December, 2012 Author Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Agree with your prediction, I think we're about to go through another 'adkins out' phase, where some of the fanbase will start to panic again. I want him to stay whatever happens but will cortese feel the same or is he still very much on borrowed time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 28 December, 2012 Author Share Posted 28 December, 2012 I would go for stoke away = loss arsenal home = loss Aston villa away = draw Everton home = draw man United away = loss that has to be relegation form surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fez Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 I can see at least five points out of that run: stoke away = draw arsenal home = loss Aston villa away = draw Everton home = win man United away = loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 I want him to stay whatever happens but will correlate feel the same or is he still very much on borrowed time? Totally agree he should stay, but you know what things are like on here, hopefully people will hold their nerve a bit more this time if we dip in form again. Really so long as the teams below us stay below us we can get zero points from the next five games if they all do the same (I'd rather that we won a game or two though ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 28 December, 2012 Author Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Totally agree he should stay, but you know what things are like on here, hopefully people will hold their nerve a bit more this time if we dip in form again. Really so long as the teams below us stay below us we can get zero points from the next five games if they all do the same (I'd rather that we won a game or two though ) problem is I can see qpr going on a run with ole dirty Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Totally agree he should stay, but you know what things are like on here, hopefully people will hold their nerve a bit more this time if we dip in form again. Really so long as the teams below us stay below us we can get zero points from the next five games if they all do the same (I'd rather that we won a game or two though ) Agree, we are 11th in the form table at the min and got the same points as Chelsea and Swansea from last 8 games. Not too bad, just need to keep averaging one point per game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordswoodsaints Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 I can see a minimum of 2 points from those games and a maximum of 4 if we can beat villa which is not impossible but it is a difficult run of games,perhaps if we could bring in a couple of signings early in the window rather than leaving it until a minute before it closes might help our cause and get another couple of points on the board. But getting players in early seems to be a bit of a novelty these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel=God-Poyet=Sod Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Stoke - Draw Arsenal - Win Villa - Draw Everton - Draw Man Utd - Loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ron fan Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 There'll be less panic when we've beaten Stoke and Arsenal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Stoke - Draw Arsenal - Win Villa - Draw Everton - Draw Man Utd - Loss need to do better than that so somewhere we've got to turn on the turbo and get an unexpectedly good result. Villa away perhaps. Probably need 7 points or better from these 5 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 need to do better than that so somewhere we've got to turn on the turbo and get an unexpectedly good result. Villa away perhaps. Probably need 7 points or better from these 5 games. Need to do better than Stoke draw, Arsenal win, Villa draw, Everton draw and Utd lose? Really? 6 points from those 5 would be very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Stoke- Loss Arsenal- Loss Villa- Win Everton- Draw United- Obviously Loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Need to do better than Stoke draw, Arsenal win, Villa draw, Everton draw and Utd lose? Really? 6 points from those 5 would be very good. we need to start upping the points/game ratio because at the end of the season it needs to be 1 at least. As we're on 16 from 18 to put it back to equality 7 from 5 would be ideal and to beat Villa to boot is a bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 we need to start upping the points/game ratio because at the end of the season it needs to be 1 at least. As we're on 16 from 18 to put it back to equality 7 from 5 would be ideal and to beat Villa to boot is a bonus. Agree with that but 6 points from that run of 5, I would take that now. It would represent a good return considering 3 of those are against top sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 We're now going to see our results at home to Fulham, Swansea, Norwich, Wigan and Sunderland come back to bite us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Agree with that but 6 points from that run of 5, I would take that now. It would represent a good return considering 3 of those are against top sides. Think we're more likely to beat Villa than Arsenal though, expect them to give us a torrid time .Think Walcott will turn us inside out if he's fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 We're now going to see our results at home to Fulham, Swansea, Norwich, Wigan and Sunderland come back to bite us. oh you mean the goalkeeping gifts, some of us predicted those last summer and were called ***ts,knobs,idiots and many other endearing names for our troubles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Charming Man Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Draw at Villa and a win against Everton would please me but tbh, I reckon we will be lucky to get a point from the next 5. Losing to Sunderland was a massive, massive defeat given our run-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 28 December, 2012 Author Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Draw at Villa and a win against Everton would please me but tbh, I reckon we will be lucky to get a point from the next 5. Losing to Sunderland was a massive, massive defeat given our run-in. could the point at Fulham be the point that keeps us up? could the lost points against Sunderland be the point we threw it away? find out in this season of the hbo series saints and sinners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 We're now going to see our results at home to Fulham, Swansea, Norwich, Wigan and Sunderland come back to bite us. Almost certainly, these were the games that helped us to seal our fate...relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 I think we will get at least 6 points from that lot, wins at villa and home to Everton. Wouldn't be surprised if we got something v arsenal too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Reading and QPR for the drop surely. Then it is between us and Wigan, I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Tough fixtures, can only see one win from this list and that probably won't be good enough, what do you see? stoke away = loss arsenal home = loss Aston villa away = win Everton home = loss man United away = loss even if we pull off a couple of unlikely draws too that would still only give us five points from a possible fifteen worrying only 5 points? bite yer hand off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 (edited) Reading and QPR for the drop surely. Then it is between us and Wigan, I reckon. Us Wigan and Villa. Away games at Wigan and Villa will count for a lot at the end of the season. Seen Villa twice of late (the 2 defeats) and they really are a very poor side with most of their players being Championship level at best. Perhaps they have some injuries or something that will give them a hand up soon but if they continue with all those Australians and Canadians or whatever it is who are trying to play text-book football straight out of the NCAA they will go down. Edited 28 December, 2012 by Window Cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 28 December, 2012 Author Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Reading and QPR for the drop surely. Then it is between us and Wigan, I reckon. don't you think Harry will turn around qpr? i fear he will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 oh you mean the goalkeeping gifts, some of us predicted those last summer and were called ***ts,knobs,idiots and many other endearing names for our troubles. If, in the summer, you made good, well balanced arguments for an improvement in our goal keeping department and was called an idiot than that is certainly unfortunate. However, the Wigan and Sunderland games we didn't even score (or look like we'd score), so those poor results can't be pinned purely to our goal keeping department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 don't you think Harry will turn around qpr? i fear he will All depends on Taraabt and he's trying to get a transfer to AC Milan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFear Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 If, in the summer, you made good, well balanced arguments for an improvement in our goal keeping department and was called an idiot than that is certainly unfortunate. However, the Wigan and Sunderland games we didn't even score (or look like we'd score), so those poor results can't be pinned purely to our goal keeping department. didnt we hit the bar about 3 times vs Wigan? agree sunderland was poor though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 (edited) don't you think Harry will turn around qpr? i fear he will How long has he been there now? He can't see to make any sort of impact with the players they have, they needed more wins by now. It will be very, very, very hard for them to survive with the points total they have and the games they've got coming up. 10 points at the turn of the year 9 times out of 10 will relegate any team, so I'm quite confident that Reading and QPR will go. The final place is up for grabs, Villa, Us, Wigan, Fulham as well could all get dragged into it. Newcastle and Sunderland will pull themselves away. I think we'll give most of those sides a good game, but January was always a ''hell month'' fixture wise, so it was important we picked up a fair few points from a winnable period - which we have done, and we've got our head above water. So at least we go into next month in a decentish position. The March-April fixtures are great though, and compared to the other sides around us, we're very fortunate. We could have easily been going into the final weeks of the season facing the likes of Man City, Arsenal, Man Utd - but we're lucky. Edited 28 December, 2012 by S-Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 don't you think Harry will turn around qpr? i fear he will No - he's inherited a dysfunctional dressing room that is doomed and needs to go down, get scrapped and rebuilt again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 didnt we hit the bar about 3 times vs Wigan? agree sunderland was poor though Think you're right to be fair. Regardless, we didn't score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 that has to be relegation form surely? When you look at it over a handful of games, yes but luckily the season is more than 5 games long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 28 December, 2012 Author Share Posted 28 December, 2012 No - he's inherited a dysfunctional dressing room that is doomed and needs to go down, get scrapped and rebuilt again. they are allegedly going to give him big money to spend in January though as a last bid at staying up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 they are allegedly going to give him big money to spend in January though as a last bid at staying up Lets just hope the new bunch of mercenaries upsets the remaining old bunch of mercenaries, and the implosion continues apace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 they are allegedly going to give him big money to spend in January though as a last bid at staying up Will still be near on impossible, as they'll only attract the wrong sorts in their position. For any meaningful additions that'll make a difference, they'll need to convince them to join by offering $$$$$$. They're ****ed IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 28 December, 2012 Author Share Posted 28 December, 2012 Lets just hope the new bunch of mercenaries upsets the remaining old bunch of mercenaries, and the implosion continues apace. amen to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick1976.4.38 Posted 28 December, 2012 Share Posted 28 December, 2012 villa play wigan this saturday,so really we need something from stoke qpr face liverpool,hopefuly harry gets tonked. its a tough few games ahead,hopefuly we can nick something from villa and everton,dont see points from the other games. long way to go,hopefully we are 17 come end of the season,personaly i think its between us and wigan for the drop,sunderland beating us was a really bad result and theyve now pulled a six point gap between us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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