Having watched a fair bit of football this season, I would actually say we have been the worst side in the league.
So yes.
We have been by far the worst I've seen this season so far, but I still think it's too early to panic
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Having watched a fair bit of football this season, I would actually say we have been the worst side in the league.
So yes.
I think @Eggs always stated his way of judging whether or not we would be in a relegation scrap was if we were at 20 points by New Year. Thats 12 more pts in 11 games.
Watford H
Palace A
Saints A
Wham H
Huddersfield H
Scum A
Toon A
Swans H
Chelsea H
WBA A
Bournemouth A
We have been by far the worst I've seen this season so far, but I still think it's too early to panic
We've played 20 games like. If the next 20 are as bad then we will be adrift
What a stupid post, have you had your head up your ar&# for the last 2 months.
This team is going down, unless their are drastic changes to personnel and attitude of the players.
We can’t score & we can’t defend = relegation
If you're in the bottom 3 you're in a relegation battle.
People do seem to be a little blase over buying a striker in January - like we'll just go to Tescos and pick one up because we need one. We failed to do it over a full 6 months [since whenever Lukaku binned off the contract plus the summer] so you'd really hope that the board have total clarity on what is needed here. Steve Walsh needs to be sweating spinal fluid sorting this one out - he'll have a month to act and every other basket-case club fighting over a limited number of quality players.We simply don't know if we are in a relegation battle because those that think we will be ok believe that our board will buy a striker.
If they don't we are definitely in a relegation battle. If they do buy a striker then we have enough quality to pull out of it quite comfortably after Christmas.
This is far more important than a new manager. If it's true Koeman kept rejecting strikers other than Giroud then he should have been fired then or forced to accept one. Sounds like no one had any balls to stand up to the man.
Unless there are 3 teams who lose those games more heavily.Two games in to a new season. You play City and Chelsea away and lose. You are bottom.
That's not a relegation battle. You ain't thought that through
Barkley won't be sold in the summer because there's no way Spurs will pay us a premium for 6 months when they can just wait until the summer.Yeah, I think @Mikey_Fitzgerald mentioned that too. Obviously if I was certain the board were gonna sell Barkley and still not bother sorting out the striker option in January I would be way more concerned. I still reckon we will pickup enough points by Xmas to settle people's nerves, but I'd be closer to a yes on this poll if I didn't believe we will actually reinforce the attack and defence come Jan window.
".........the board have total clarity on what is needed" What, you mean our board...like with Moshiri..and Kenwright..and Elstone...?? Really??People do seem to be a little blase over buying a striker in January - like we'll just go to Tescos and pick one up because we need one. We failed to do it over a full 6 months [since whenever Lukaku binned off the contract plus the summer] so you'd really hope that the board have total clarity on what is needed here - Steve Walsh needs to be sweating spinal fluid sorting this one out (plus know he has the financial backing to sort it out).
And with no guarantees even then I suspect...Well we certainly aint challenging the top 4!!!!
Its quite easy to get out of, you just need to win games, something we look very unlikely to do anytime soon.
We are actually totally goosed till January.
COYB
Hopefully Coleman will be back plus there's no reason we will be further behind. We have been truly dreadful up to now and still aren't bottom plus we have seen signs of improvement.The manager can only work with the existing squad - and nobody can produce a good team from this squad. In that respect, an immediate change of manager will not produce any improvement.
By January - the mid-point of the season - we will be in a worse position. That's when we will have to sign a centre-forward and a right back. I can't imagine who will be attracted to join us.
So I'd say that the rest of the season will be a battle against relegation. Koeman must have known that he - like the team - was doomed when Giroud walked out of the building.