2024/25 Relegation Battle (Without Everton!)

[COYBL25]

And some people think Dyche might save them.

Well, his masterclass of nine men behind the ball and no shots on goal worked so well for us didn`t it

 

[Harryflashman]

Feels like we’ll be waving goodbye to this thread soon , I certainly hope so .

Huge 3 points yesterday and another Sunday where I’m watching MOTD . It’s a very odd feeling

 

[MikeH72]

And some people think Dyche might save them.

To be fair if he goes in there and draws his next 9 games he’ll have equalled our points tally from the last 3.

 

[Iana]

If we get 4 points from the Liverpool and Palace games then I think it’s game over.

I am sure Moyes will want to beat the notional 48 points(before deductions) of last season.

 

[Wat Tyler]

I was surprised how bad Leicester were yesterday, I watched the last 30mins of their game v spurs and they played well and had a couple of well worked goals, I think their confidence went conceding 2 early goals, we've seen that happen to us plenty of times over these last 4 seasons

Reality is we are pretty much safe now, even if we only got a couple of wins and draws from the remaining 14 (we'll get more) 2 out of the bottom 3 would need to win 6/14 games which seems very unlikely

We are tracking towards early 40s points total on ppg and suspect we'll end up around there, would love us to go on a proper good run though, would be a fitting send off for GP

Up the toffees

I thought Leicester were one of the worse sides I’ve seen at Goodison in years. Their defence was so bad.

 

[Runub]

Nice looking at the table today and looking at the team’s above we can catch

 

[maccavennie]

Got to try and just keep picking up results now as it's a semi tricky run coming up before the really tough run in April

rs home
Palace away
Utd home
Brentford away
Wolves away
West Ham home

A couple of wins and a couple of draws in that set of fixtures will get us to 34pts heading into that tough April.

 

[mikel_88]

Looking to catch teams above now but will still look out for results at the bottom, still have work to do but is 10x better than what we had under dyche

 

[Timbucktoo]

Got to try and just keep picking up results now as it's a semi tricky run coming up before the really tough run in April

rs home
Palace away
Utd home
Brentford away
Wolves away
West Ham home

A couple of wins and a couple of draws in that set of fixtures will get us to 34pts heading into that tough April.

I don`t see that run as anyway tricky now. Take out the RS and all of those other games look winnable, as we are playing now with a bit of confidence and have a game plan that aims to try to win games. I think we will lose the derby, just because they seem to be unbeatable and the fact they will be nice and fresh having Plymouth in the cup and will be able to rest most of their first team.

 

[maccavennie]

I don`t see that run as anyway tricky now. Take out the RS and all of those other games look winnable, as we are playing now with a bit of confidence and have a game plan that aims to try to win games. I think we will lose the derby, just because they seem to be unbeatable and the fact they will be nice and fresh having Plymouth in the cup and will be able to rest most of their first team.

I think with the squad as wafer thin as it is, it'll only take 1 player from yesterday's starting 11 to not be fit and we're relying on a Jack Harrison, Michael Keane, Ashley Young and the the bench is even more depleted

If we had DCL, Broja, Cbermiti, Mcneil available to us, we'd have a competitive squad and would be fine.

 

[Titus Bramble]

I don`t see that run as anyway tricky now. Take out the RS and all of those other games look winnable, as we are playing now with a bit of confidence and have a game plan that aims to try to win games. I think we will lose the derby, just because they seem to be unbeatable and the fact they will be nice and fresh having Plymouth in the cup and will be able to rest most of their first team.

Winnable, but still tough. We’ve only won twice away from home so far this season and we have 3x coming up against Brentford who have been solid at home all season, Wolves are fighting for their lives and Palace have stabilised over the last couple of months.

 

[Victus]

Got to try and just keep picking up results now as it's a semi tricky run coming up before the really tough run in April

rs home
Palace away
Utd home
Brentford away
Wolves away
West Ham home

A couple of wins and a couple of draws in that set of fixtures will get us to 34pts heading into that tough April.

A now confident team wont be scared of any of them, least I know I'm not.

 

[knowing your history]

I was surprised how bad Leicester were yesterday, I watched the last 30mins of their game v spurs and they played well and had a couple of well worked goals, I think their confidence went conceding 2 early goals, we've seen that happen to us plenty of times over these last 4 seasons

Reality is we are pretty much safe now, even if we only got a couple of wins and draws from the remaining 14 (we'll get more) 2 out of the bottom 3 would need to win 6/14 games which seems very unlikely

We are tracking towards early 40s points total on ppg and suspect we'll end up around there, would love us to go on a proper good run though, would be a fitting send off for GP

Up the toffees

Their defence is rubbish. Can't believe how easy it was just to play through them. O.k it was a nice ball from Garner but top half prem CBs cut that pass out with ease.

Vestegaard and Faes are like statues at prem level. It's incredible after playing a big part in their last relegation that Faes is still a first choice for them. Probably last roll of the dice for the next manager is perhaps go with 3 CBs and stick Coady back in there given he played well for Wolves in that formation and got England call ups.

I think with Dyche it's basically trying to make the same impact as he got from the shower he inherited in 22/23. Got six wins from a really poor squad with morale at rock bottom. If Leicester get five wins they've still got a chance.

 

[blueblueskies]

One of the worst teams I've seen at Goodison in some time, they were hopeless and it should have energy after a confidence boosting win.

One half shot in target how do you even expect to stay up with that.

Page 1 of Dyches relegation survival manual

 

[18efc78]

Their defence is rubbish. Can't believe how easy it was just to play through them. O.k it was a nice ball from Garner but top half prem CBs cut that pass out with ease.

Vestegaard and Faes are like statues at prem level. It's incredible after playing a big part in their last relegation that Faes is still a first choice for them. Probably last roll of the dice for the next manager is perhaps go with 3 CBs and stick Coady back in there given he played well for Wolves in that formation and got England call ups.

I think with Dyche it's basically trying to make the same impact as he got from the shower he inherited in 22/23. Got six wins from a really poor squad with morale at rock bottom. If Leicester get five wins they've still got a chance.

It's a coin toss between faes n McShane being the worst defenders I've ever seen at goodison