The Now-Irrelevant 2024/25 Relegation Battle (Without Everton!)

[Wat Tyler]

Wolves have Liverpool and Man. City up next so they'll be down here for a while.

Do think that midfield of Lemina-Gomes-Andre is pretty good and Cunha is a difference maker (like Ndiaye) in final third so they need a run of 5-6 games where they're playing bottom half and then you judge whether they're a serious relegation contender or not.

Big 6 games coming up. Winnable games at Goodison and aways to Ipswich and Southampton so we'll know by the mid November break how desperate things are or not e.g. FSW/Lampard desperation.

If Ipswich haven’t won a game by the time we rock up, we lose, in the words of our great overseer: “I can smell it.”

 

[Victus]

Do you expect us to improve and move up the table at some point mate?

At this point I don't care as much as last year, I'm just fed up of Everton if I'm honest. Club from top the bottom just makes me depressed and it's not healthy.

 

[Lapeno77]

No away win since Burnley in Dec 23 so anyone thinking we'll rock up at Ipswich and Southampton and take 3 points might be in for an unpleasant time

 

[davek]

I can see us getting 9 points out of the next 15. That's very doable.

10 points from 10 games will see us on course.

 

[knowing your history]

Palace were pretty poor but still could've won it. Guehi really good at the back.

If ever a time in the season called for a scrappy backs to the wall 1-0 at Goodison with Pickford and Tarks falling over each other to waste 20 minutes of a second half it's next week.

 

[windymiller]

Repeat this every away game and we'll be ok...


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If only we played Leicester every week, but we don't.

 

[davek]

Palace were pretty poor but still could've won it. Guehi really good at the back.

If ever a time in the season called for a scrappy backs to the wall 1-0 at Goodison with Pickford and Tarks falling over each other to waste 20 minutes of a second half it's next week.

Yep. Anyway that gets the job done and a first win.

As said, I can see us picking up a few points now.

I also think on the road we look dangerous, Spurs aside, and we can pick up a few points away this season.

 

[davek]

If only we played Leicester every week, but we don't.

Leicester are a decent team.

 

[windymiller]

Leicester are a decent team.

No. They're not. As evidenced by both their league position and their performance today.

 

[davek]

No. They're not. As evidenced by both their league position and their performance today.

Point against Spurs at home, point against Palace away.

They're not getting relegated IMO.

 

[windymiller]

Point against Spurs at home, point against Palace away.

They're not getting relegated IMO.

Who is? Not us, not Leicester, according to you. So I'm guessing Southampton (who's reserves we failed to beat at home), Ipswich and....?

 

[Drico]

Point against Spurs at home, point against Palace away.

They're not getting relegated IMO.

No, they're not. We'll take their place instead.

 

[davek]

Who is? Not us, not Leicester, according to you. So I'm guessing Southampton (who's reserves we failed to beat at home), Ipswich and....?

S'ton, Ipswich, B'mouth, Wolves and Brentford will all scrap it out rather than us or Leicester.

 

[Drico]

S'ton, Ipswich, B'mouth, Wolves and Brentford will all scrap it out rather than us or Leicester.

I'd hate to be relying on Wolves, Bournemouth (who already beat us) and Brentford receding so much from last season that we might be able to overhaul them this.

We're well in the mire.

 

[neil999]

Who is? Not us, not Leicester, according to you. So I'm guessing Southampton (who's reserves we failed to beat at home), Ipswich and....?

Wolves, Bournemouth...dunno, it's too early too tell