Relegation 2022/23

[matty1878]

It’s in our hands. That’s all that matters. We rely on no one but ourselves to keep ourselves up. 3 wins, that’s all it is. COYB!

3 lol we need motd
mate!

 

[knowing your history]

Forrest's home form wont' keep them in the league, not when they have games like United and Arsenal coming up.

They need atleast 2-3 wins on the road and that ain't happening, they're awful.

I think Forest formula (with a new manager) is simple for them now.

Win at home to Brighton (they play Brighton three days after their FA cup SF), win at home to Southampton and then win at Palace on the final day. That gets them to 36 points and they'll be in the mix for 17th with that points haul.

Anything less and yes they have little chance regardless of what others do as they have a terrible GD.

 

[Drico]

S'ton and Forest for me are undoubtedly done for.

Leicester I'm wary of still. I mean they've lost 11 of the last 15 games and are 2nd bottom for a very good reason, but I'd be hoping that there's no new manager bounce for them.

We have to get ourselves in the 30 point level next week and make sure we dont rely on staying ahead of Leicester.

Yeah, we need to reel in a Leeds or Bournemouth to give ourselves a safety net. I am deeply uncomfortable at the thought of it coming down to us and Leicester. Maybe I'm behind the curve here, but I think there's a kick in them and we only survive that if we look after our own business in the matches with Fulham and Palace.

 

[davek]

Odds wise not much has changed despite some grim results today.

Still sitting around 2/1 with Bournemouth. Southampton, Forest, Leicester all odds on now.

Two of those results (soon to be three) have cemented a bottom three - so it doesn't surprise me the bookies reacted that way.

 

[mikel_88]

Alot of teams have hard fixtures west ham bournemouth leeds ect have all the team near the top is still long way to go all have good and bad weeks. Important thing is still all close

 

[Harryflashman]

Yes mate. Today's result was always likely but still tough to take. Plenty of points up for grabs but you can't help but feel the Fulham match will be crucial.

Totally agree with Leicester at city and United visiting forest we could be 5 & 3 points clear

 

[Neiler]

In all of the simulations I ran. We lost to man utd every time.

Totally expected.

No shame today mate, they just had 100s of millions of pound in quality - the first was the result, the second avoidable, so unlucky and we put in a good performance.

We don’t look like a team that should be fighting relegation, that’s my take home today.

We go again.

 

[Gooner66789]

Bournemouth just keep plucking on, Incredible really they've been a dead cert since the season began, only further enhanced by that 9-0 at Anfield.

O'Neill is earning his pay packet brilliantly.

The Winter singings will keep them up, they've done some great business.

 

[Kev The Rat]

The outcome of the Fulham game has changed now in that we need to win, not to almost rubber stamp our safety, but to ensure we arent big favourites for the drop.

Make no mistake even if we did win we are still well in amongst them. This thread will say otherwise though.

 

[jonnyboy316]

Be surprised if the current bottom 3 surpassed 35 points the way they are going. Leicester would need a serious upturn in form.

Need to win vs Fulham and it will start to put some distance between us and them.

I think this is a good point. 35 points starting to look difficult for us, Saint, Foxes and Forest. 36 points really starting to look like enough. Foxes having a superior goal difference is a concern

 

[Gooner66789]

Been the magical "40 points" to survive in this league for the last decade+, shows you what a mental season this is down the bottom.

 

[Kev The Rat]

We're still not scoring, which is why I said Dyche was the wrong appointment at the time. Obviously we cant prove if another more progressive manager would have got goals somehow, but its still something to be considered.

 

[knowing your history]

Yeah, we need to reel in a Leeds or Bournemouth to give ourselves a safety net. I am deeply uncomfortable at the thought of it coming down to us and Leicester. Maybe I'm behind the curve here, but I think there's a kick in them and we only survive that if we look after our own business in the matches with Fulham and Palace.

Leicester GD is still significantly better, think they're only on -12 so in the run in that's an extra point.

Important to get complacent and try to get 5-6 points ahead of them in coming weeks as lose away to them would be a very bad result as that's a very winnable away match.

 

[davek]

Yeah, we need to reel in a Leeds or Bournemouth to give ourselves a safety net. I am deeply uncomfortable at the thought of it coming down to us and Leicester. Maybe I'm behind the curve here, but I think there's a kick in them and we only survive that if we look after our own business in the matches with Fulham and Palace.

Well, they can score a few when on song. That would be my concern.

On the other hand I have no concerns about Forest or S'ton. They will be going down. It's just who goes down with them to be determined.

However, Leicester's spiral out of control is a bonus for us and us being out of the bottom three with Chlesea/Spurs/United out of the way is something we all hoped for and got.

Three points against Fulham - who wont be easy as they're a good team and wont like being beaten twice - and we're back in the thick of the scrap at another level.

 

[Saint Domingo]

I’ve got no worries Dyche can beat this Fulham team at home. Do you know what does worry me, these sabotage players finding a way to defeat in a game that we have a good chance of winning.

No stupid penalty give aways, no losing possession on the edge of our own area, no stupid red cards, no suicidal pass backs, no missing open nets for no reason.

Just a safety first jobbing performance against Fulham and with them missing Mirrovic the Goodison factor can get the job done.