Relegation 23/24 Thread

[dannyboy]

I think Lutons results will get worse as the season goes on

Peaked with a win at Goodison.

 

[knowing your history]

The 3 promoted teams and Bournemouth look well off it right now. Given our fixtures we should be well clear of them. Frustrating that we aren't.

Bournemouth will surely sack Iraola soon. He did well in La Liga but he looks ill suited to what they need.

Burnley at home next weekend is simply a must win for them.

 

[knowing your history]

I think Lutons results will get worse as the season goes on

They will still struggle to win more than 5 more games imo but they are showing good resilience away from home. Getting a point at Forest is decent given how few they lose at City Ground.

Strange they haven't done much at home yet.

 

[neil999]

Bournemouth will surely sack Iraola soon. He did well in La Liga but he looks ill suited to what they need.

Burnley at home next weekend is simply a must win for them.

Living off adrenaline I think

 

[davek]

We look too decent to be in trouble this season, especially given how 'kin dire the tat below us are.

This thread becomes relevant again only if we get points deducted by the corrupt PL.

 

[ForeverEverton]

We look too decent to be in trouble this season, especially given how 'kin dire the tat below us are.

This thread becomes relevant again only if we get points deducted by the corrupt PL.

Next Saturday....

Arsenal v Sheff Utd
Bournemouth v Burnley
Aston Villa v Luton

We are at West Ham, we can`t afford to keep wasting games because they will catch up on us!

We are still in this relegation fight, you can`t be a quarter of the way through the season just 3 points above the drop zone and claim to be `too decent to be in trouble this season`. Plus we are performing as expected under Dyche and where he always found himself in the Premier League.

 

[davek]

Next Saturday....

Arsenal v Sheff Utd
Bournemouth v Burnley
Aston Villa v Luton

We are at West Ham, we can`t afford to keep wasting games because they will catch up on us!

We are still in this relegation fight, you can`t be a quarter of the way through the season just 3 points above the drop zone and claim to be `too decent to be in trouble this season`. Plus we are performing as expected under Dyche and where he always found himself in the Premier League.

Away to West Ham is tough on paper, but I think we usually put a decent performance in down there.

 

[ToffeeTim]

We need to be better than the 4 teams below us. Its not going to be easy but its certainly achievable. The standard looks lower than last season.

 

[PeregrineT]

We are at West Ham, we can`t afford to keep wasting games because they will catch up on us!

We are still in this relegation fight, you can`t be a quarter of the way through the season just 3 points above the drop zone and claim to be `too decent to be in trouble this season`. Plus we are performing as expected under Dyche and where he always found himself in the Premier League.

Oh, we can afford to keep wasting games with how dire the bottom 4 are, panic not-withstanding.

 

[maccavennie]

9 games in, 7 points.

At our current trajectory we won't even reach 30 points.

We are definitely well in a relegation battle and there's no easy games coming up either. We are going to have to start winning against the odd half decent team because our start to the season was so crap.

 

[BlueStevie35]

Away to West Ham is tough on paper, but I think we usually put a decent performance in down there.

Tough but they will be coming off the back of a trip to Greece on Thursday night

 

[davek]

Tough but they will be coming off the back of a trip to Greece on Thursday night

True.

I see why we should have hope, but I still make us easy second favourites.

 

[nsno-chris]

So our entire season is “let’s hope there’s 3 worse teams, therefore we can continue to throw games away”

 

[miami]

I still think, even with other dross in the league, we will be looking for something on the last day of the season. Even with 11 on the pitch for 30 mins, the most consecutive passes we managed today was around 4. That’s abysmal for a premier league team. It was hoofball of the highest order. The rs weren’t any great shakes today, but we never laid a glove on them. Other teams when down to 10 obviously become more compact, but they will still have some sort of attacking plan in their wallet. We had nothing.

Ref was a plonker, yes, and we defended well, but we had absolutely nothing going forward.

 

[davek]

I still think, even with other dross in the league, we will be looking for something on the last day of the season. Even with 11 on the pitch for 30 mins, the most consecutive passes we managed today was around 4. That’s abysmal for a premier league team. It was hoofball of the highest order. The rs weren’t any great shakes today, but we never laid a glove on them. Other teams when down to 10 obviously become more compact, but they will still have some sort of attacking plan in their wallet. We had nothing.

Ref was a plonker, yes, and we defended well, but we had absolutely nothing going forward.

If we get a points deduction we may as well forget it. We'd be down.

Anything we get short of that - and it should by rights be that decision - then we're going to be safe by about 7-8 points IMO.