Relegation 2022/23

[luuk_deventer]

Anyone else think Leicester might be down there this season? Their only hope is that they keep hold of Maddison having sold a few players off without really replacing any of them. Fofana next on the list..

Leicester still have Barnes and Vardy who will always score goals. Up to now they have Tielemans and Soyuncu too. If Fofana leaves, I expect they will do some late business but they will be comfortably mid table.

It will be a big few days in the window and it will be interesting to see who comes and goes. I think we need at least two more strong additions otherwise I am really worried.

 

[Thomasc]

Just looking at the next 3 fixtures, even if we manage to get a point at Leeds the likelihood is that we will be bottom after the Liverpool and Arsenal games.

Just have to hope that the GD isn’t completely catastrophic.

 

[Bkk Andy]

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Anyone else think Leicester might be down there this season? Their only hope is that they keep hold of Maddison having sold a few players off without really replacing any of them. Fofana next on the list..

No, but possibly next year. Evans and Vardy will struggle to last this season and if their finances are as bad as I've heard they can't replace them. They should have enough for midtable.

 

[Tony’s Carp]

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No, but possibly next year. Evans and Vardy will struggle to last this season and if their finances are as bad as I've heard they can't replace them. They should have enough for midtable.

I feel like a lot of the things being said about Leicester would’ve been said about us when we started our bad run last year - “they have x and y, they’ll be fine”. But like us they’ve accumulated quite a few mediocre squad players, have run up against FFP issues and probably are over reliant on a handful of good players, a couple of whom are getting on. Feels like a very familiar story to ours, although I think much will depend on how they spend the Fofana money.

 

[luuk_deventer]

I feel like a lot of the things being said about Leicester would’ve been said about us when we started our bad run last year - “they have x and y, they’ll be fine”. But like us they’ve accumulated quite a few mediocre squad players, have run up against FFP issues and probably are over reliant on a handful of good players, a couple of whom are getting on. Feels like a very familiar story to ours, although I think much will depend on how they spend the Fofana money.

The difference with us and Leicester is their best 3 players and their worst 3 players are still far better than ours.

 

[fuko~]

Only 4 matches and then to discuss relegation… Do you think it is too earlier?

 

[Thomasc]

Only 4 matches and then to discuss relegation… Do you think it is too earlier?

Well we just escaped it last season and this team looks incapable of scoring, so what do you think?

Just listening to Max Rushdon on Talksport, said we looked like a championship side yesterday who took the lead at a premier league ground then tried to hang on.

 

[mikel_88]

Keep saying it but again the lack of a bench again did not help. Hopefully we can get another striker in and cm in. Would haved liked lampard to switch to a 433 yesterday but allan clearly not ready and well again no real cf. having more options will help got lucky with then missing some chances but we also had great chances.

 

[knowing your history]

Anyone else think Leicester might be down there this season? Their only hope is that they keep hold of Maddison having sold a few players off without really replacing any of them. Fofana next on the list..

He missed some good chances yesterday but Vardy will surely be the difference in some of the six pointer games unless they're selling him aswell.

 

[Toffeepot]

In isolation today was a decent point even if a win was very close.

Is drawing at home to newly promoted team that good, could easily be a critical result once May comes around.

No it's not that good but it isn't exactly unheard of either. Arsenal almost drew to Fulham yesterday but for a scrambling messy injury time goal, Liverpool did. Forest beat West Ham. Newly promoted teams always take a few scalps, being a less known quantity and pumped with adrenalin. We didn't lose.
I think we are looking better than last season and won't be in a relegation battle, and if we are, I'll worry about it then and not in August

 

[Toffeepot]

Well we just escaped it last season and this team looks incapable of scoring, so what do you think?

Just listening to Max Rushdon on Talksport, said we looked like a championship side yesterday who took the lead at a premier league ground then tried to hang on.

Who?

 

[Paul Rideout]

Who?

guy that was on Soccer AM after the one after lovejoy with the shaved head. Used to play poker with him, he's pretty clueless - file under 'bothered?'

 

[knowing your history]

No it's not that good but it isn't exactly unheard of either. Arsenal almost drew to Fulham yesterday but for a scrambling messy injury time goal, Liverpool did. Forest beat West Ham. Newly promoted teams always take a few scalps, being a less known quantity and pumped with adrenalin. We didn't lose.
I think we are looking better than last season and won't be in a relegation battle, and if we are, I'll worry about it then and not in August

It's just the needing to win 10 games at Goodison stuff if the away form dosen't improve a fair bit so not sure just accepting home draws with newly promoted teams is o.k in that situation.

Fourth game of last season was a 3-1 home win over Burnley so that was a pretty critical result in the end even though it was very early last season.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Currently in the bottom 3 again

 

[toffeemeister77]

We really need to beat Leeds going into the Liverpool game.