7th

Will we win the 7th place trophy?

  • Yes

    Votes: 137 54.8%

  • No

    Votes: 86 34.4%

  • Cheese with Worcestershire Sauce on toast

    Votes: 27 10.8%
  • Total voters
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efcjames said:
Apart from Brighton, what games can you really see us winning in March? Slim chance of us beating Watford also.
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I think we will get at least a point at Burnley, they dont generally blow anybody away and we should be able to contain them.

Stoke are RANK, another point there at least IMO and we "mostly" seem to do ok against City, think we could get a few points from those games, anything from 6 or more.
 

World Cup Final Saturday 15 July 2018
Europa League Second Qualifying Round Thursday 26 July 2018 and Thursday 2 August 2018
Europa League games on Thursday, Premier League games on Sunday

It would be another awful way to start the season. Our present squad isn't adequate for a domestic season, never mind a European competition. And I thought we increased it for that very purpose!
 
efcjames said:
Why not? There's 10 games left and we're 7 points clear of relegation. A drop in form and we could easily be fighting to stay up.
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Just saying "we're X points clear with Y games left" does not tell the whole story. It's like telling some one "we're 1 mile away" without saying whether you're walking or in a car.

Here are examples of two scenarios that show us just 1 point clear of relegation going into the last game of the season.

Scenario 1:
17th Everton 39 points
18th Huddersfield 38 points
19th Stoke 37 points

Scenario 2:
9th Everton 39 points
10th-17th (8 teams) 38 points
18th Stoke 37 points

Obviously, the first scenario is much more dangerous. If we do not win, either Huddersfield or Stoke could pass us. In the second scenario, even if we lose, we would be safe as long as one of those 8 teams below us also lost.

Our current situation is not so clear-cut, but relegation is still very unlikely. It would take an epic collapse on our part, along with a tremendous amout of bad luck when the teams below us play.
 
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MoutsGoat said:
I think we will get at least a point at Burnley, they dont generally blow anybody away and we should be able to contain them.

Stoke are RANK, another point there at least IMO and we "mostly" seem to do ok against City, think we could get a few points from those games, anything from 6 or more.
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All depends upon how the big I AM sets the team up. Four at the back and 2 DM will make things difficult but if we are a little bit more adventurous.......who knows.
 

efcjames said:
We still have to play City & Liverpool. Realistically it will be hard to pick up any points in those two games. The majority of our fixtures after that are away against teams below us. We're terrible away from home, so we could easily lose or draw in those games. Of course we can still be relegated.
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We're terrible away but picked up points against both of these teams on the road. No reason why we can't do the same at Goodison.
 

efcjames said:
We still have to play City & Liverpool. Realistically it will be hard to pick up any points in those two games. The majority of our fixtures after that are away against teams below us. We're terrible away from home, so we could easily lose or draw in those games. Of course we can still be relegated.
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We are poor but have easily enough mainly due to our good home form. There's no chance of relegation now though thankfully mainly down to the Leicester and Palace wins, we literally only need about two or three more points to be sure from nine games.
 
efcjames said:
Why not? There's 10 games left and we're 7 points clear of relegation. A drop in form and we could easily be fighting to stay up.
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8 points - Southampton have 26 points.

Mate we are safe. Two wins from 11, even the idiot currently in charge can manage that. There were articles about Bournemouth thinking about Europe on the BBC on Friday, and we've three points clear of them.
 

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