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1. Stoke win

2 Sunderland win

3. Draw

 

Based on remaining fixtures this would best.

 

Stoke have Spurs then Saints so if they lost we could overhaul them with a decent result.

 

Point helps both teams towards safety.

 

 

Just because we lost to Spurs doesnt mean Stoke will! Look at us vs WBA (at home) and Wigan today

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Surely people would want Sunderland to win? This would keep Stoke in our sights and we all want to finish as high as possible its a given that we will romp to a midtable finish so best the teams above us lose and the ones below us win.

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Surely people would want Sunderland to win? This would keep Stoke in our sights and we all want to finish as high as possible its a given that we will romp to a midtable finish so best the teams above us lose and the ones below us win.

 

This. I think we need to remind ourselves that before the game yesterday we had lost one game in 7. WBA was indeed a poor game (a touch of over confidence perhaps) but that aside we've played good football both attacking and defensively. We were back to our best yesterday and held them every step of the way only to be beaten on the line by a class goal.

 

But rather than try and be devisive I think we can all agree the real target is for us to get 6 points from the last two games and sod the others. I think Sunderland is definitely winnable and my theory will be proved (or disproved!) Monday night. I do not think Di Canio is a good manager. He lifted them with boyish enthusiasm and lots of cliches. That got them a couple of wins but he will soon get found out. The players will realise there's no substance behind the rhetoric and will be back to their usual level. He will respond with bullying and that wil **** them off. The first signs were there against villa I think.

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Stoke to win is our best hope. So that when we play them they are already out of the relegation zone and on the beach. It might not be such a desperate match for them.

 

I would rather play a team coming at us than a beach team like WBA.

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Stoke to win is our best hope. So that when we play them they are already out of the relegation zone and on the beach. It might not be such a desperate match for them.

 

When they're away from home we'd rather have them desperate for 3 points, they'll happily sit and defend all day otherwise! Though I still fancy us to get past 'em

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Really don't know what I want out of this except lots of red cards.

 

Thinking it through, probably a Stoke win, followed by a draw and lastly a Sunderland win.

 

Agreed, especially about the red cards!!

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Interested to see how Sunderland play without Sessessessessessyonwontonessess or however you spell it.

 

Easily there best player and creative outlet. Still fancy we'll win there, they really are not that good especially with injuries.

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Deffo want stoke win. What si the matter with people and their over confidence. Everyone is catching us and Sunderland being desperate to beat us won't necessarily help them

 

We need us and Stoke only needing a point or Stoke safe last day.

 

My nerves aren't going to take Stoke bunging long throws and piling corners and free kicks into our box as the desperately search for a winner.

 

A nice little re run of the Spurs game from 1978 will do me.

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Horrendous goal but I'll take it! And I bet Stoke will as well.

 

Sunderland's team is properly threadbare at the moment - only player on their bench with anything resembling PL quality is Phil Bardsley. Any more injuries or suspensions from this game and we've got no excuse not to get a result.

 

Bugger

 

Do we not want a Stoke goal? Stoke safe when we play them works for me

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Horrendous goal but I'll take it! And I bet Stoke will as well.

 

Sunderland's team is properly threadbare at the moment - only player on their bench with anything resembling PL quality is Phil Bardsley. Any more injuries or suspensions from this game and we've got no excuse not to get a result.

 

 

 

Do we not want a Stoke goal? Stoke safe when we play them works for me

 

I'd rather we got a win next week than worry about what we might need the game after.

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I doubt it matters, they won't feel safe even if they win tonight.

 

Surely they'll feel safer on 40 points than 37 points?

 

Anyway, just a different opinion. I can see the pros and cons in both outcomes as it happens (guys and gals)

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I doubt it matters, they won't feel safe even if they win tonight. And besides, they bottled a pretty huge game last week and lost 6-1 - just cause they're desperate for points doesn't mean we can't get a result

 

True

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If Stoke win today then our game turns into a must win for Sunderland

 

Win lose or draw, Sunderland will want 3 points against us regardless. A Stoke win is the best result for us I think (I will, however, spin it either way in my head to get a positive outlook regardless of the result).

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If Stoke win today then our game turns into a must win for Sunderland

 

I don't think it changes it either way, to be honest.

 

If Sunderland win tonight, then by the time they play us they're possible still only 2 points clear...and are away at Spurs on the final day. So they'll still need to win and probably ''have'' to win.

 

If they lose tonight, it plunges a team below us into even more trouble than we are - with only 2 games left. Can only be a positive.

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