2024/25 Relegation Battle (Without Everton!)

[Bilko]

Tough fixtures and a bare bones squad with injuries....still not sleeping well yet

I hear you ,but I do think the other clubs are going to run out of games in the next 2-3 weeks, I wouldn't be too surprised if one win will do it for us

 

[brieverton]

Still a little concerned it's asking a lot of the squad to maintain a run of form which such a terrible run of injuries. But it's asking more of the sides below us to make up what is a significant points gap.

Given Wolves should be ok it would only take one of Ipswich / Leicester to win two and us to lose two and we feel threatened again. We do need to keep the points total ticking over between now and the end of March in particular. If we didn't have players out to this extent it wouldn't be an issue at all.

They should have done a little more in the market when they could have despite the difficulties.

 

[uglykidjoe1982]

Points totals of 18th placed teams since 2011. I think Luton had 26 last year!
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Exactly. The relevant stat is not how many points 17th got, but how many points 18th got plus one point

 

[The binman chronicles]

I think it already is to be honest. You're looking at both Wolves and Leicester needing to win the same number of games in their last 14 games that they managed in their first 23/24 games just to catch where we are now. After this weekend, only 13 games remaining... The number of games available to pick up points will disappear quickly.

Now I think we are comfortable anyhow, but if we can maintain/extend the gap until the number of games equals the points difference, then I can chalk it off as done. Teams at the bottom struggle to gain a point a game. Even if you say they have a complete turn around and pick up 1.3 for the last 10 games, we'd still only need 3 points in that same time.

 

[Paul Rideout]

Win this by more than 2 and we’re up to 12th… hope for a Brentford WHU draw and we’d be 2 points off 11th

 

[MikeH72]

Tough fixtures and a bare bones squad with injuries....still not sleeping well yet

How on earth do you cope with actual real life problems

 

[GoldenToffee]

Win this by more than 2 and we’re up to 12th… hope for a Brentford WHU draw and we’d be 2 points off 11th

Aka nosebleed territory.

 

[neil999]

2 more wins

 

[Timbucktoo]

Still a little concerned it's asking a lot of the squad to maintain a run of form which such a terrible run of injuries. But it's asking more of the sides below us to make up what is a significant points gap.

Given Wolves should be ok it would only take one of Ipswich / Leicester to win two and us to lose two and we feel threatened again. We do need to keep the points total ticking over between now and the end of March in particular. If we didn't have players out to this extent it wouldn't be an issue at all.

They should have done a little more in the market when they could have despite the difficulties.

I would have liked a couple more player to come in and strengthen the squad for the run in, but I`m just as happy that we have n`t signed someone, even if on a short term deal, that does n`t bring anything to the squad and becomes a bit of a dead weight.

 

[mikel_88]

Still a little concerned it's asking a lot of the squad to maintain a run of form which such a terrible run of injuries. But it's asking more of the sides below us to make up what is a significant points gap.

Given Wolves should be ok it would only take one of Ipswich / Leicester to win two and us to lose two and we feel threatened again. We do need to keep the points total ticking over between now and the end of March in particular. If we didn't have players out to this extent it wouldn't be an issue at all.

They should have done a little more in the market when they could have despite the difficulties.

Agree but also i look at the injuries as a chance for players to claim a place in the team like an obrien, is a big chance for players like lindstrom harrison alcaraz beto tim ect. Just hope now is a better feeling at the club and we can just keep pushing on

 

[PhilM]

I would have liked a couple more player to come in and strengthen the squad for the run in, but I`m just as happy that we have n`t signed someone, even if on a short term deal, that does n`t bring anything to the squad and becomes a bit of a dead weight.

This is the view of Moyes: there's no point buying for the sake of it; it's better to wait and buy the right players, at the right price, in the summer.

 

[T LEAFE]

How on earth do you cope with actual real life problems

I don't.
I spent 6 months in the Priory once

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Up the arse

 

[lieneverton]

This is a chance for Leicester. Arsenal have been pitiful.

 

[Bebeto]

There is no way arsenal is winning the title...with all their injuries up front they are looking less likely to score than an injury ravaged Everton dyche squad...very poor. Sterling could be about worse than our own Harrison which is telling...