Are we in a relegation battle right now?

[blue61]

We certainly need to act like we're in a relegation battle, because if we don't turn the attitude and performance level of this gang of bottlers around pronto, we'll drop back into the mix quite easily.

 

[LiamG]

Unless we restructure how we scout players, throwing x amount of monies at the problem isn't going to work.

Agreed but I doubt Walsh is the man to do that.

 

[mzone16]

I am more worried now than i was 4 weeks ago. Its like a crap rollercoaster

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Let's put it this way. We're in more of a relegation battle than we are in a fight for a Europa place battle

 

[TonyS]

WBA and LCFC in the next two will answer the question of this thread

 

[TheFinnFan]

We have enough quality to avoid relegation this year. If we lose to WBA we are in the battle but will not get relegated. Thats the bottom line.

This season is a horror show. Cant wait to see the end of it.

 

[TonyS]

150/1 with Sportpesa to go down

 

[PaddyG]

We are until we're not.

But we won't go down.

It's all about recruitment now and getting a strong side together to start again next season.

 

[bitter-no-better]

With the games we have left we should be fine but unlike recent seasons you will need at least 40 points and not 36/37. Palace have moved considerably and the 2 newly promoted teams who had a decent start are starting to drop places. The bottom 3 this season have a better points tally than those last season.

 

[SiEdmo]

With the games we have left we should be fine but unlike recent seasons you will need at least 40 points and not 36/37. Palace have moved considerably and the 2 newly promoted teams who had a decent start are starting to drop places. The bottom 3 this season have a better points tally than those last season.

remember that year west ham went down on like 42 points, I can see another one of them years

 

[Titus Bramble]

It’s very very unlikely we’ll get relegated but it wouldn’t take much to draw us into uncomfortable territory.

From now until the end of February we have a decent run of fixtures (on paper at least), beating West Brom and palace would ease any immediate fears and we are capable of picking up points against Leicester and Watford.

There are a fair few poorer sides than us in this league, we have the quality to finish comfortably top half of the league.

 

[longers]

Being in a relegation battle would at least make matches vaguely exciting, at the moment it’s just a case of grinding out unimportant fixtures until the seasons done.

 

[royalblue66]

Short answer. Yep.

 

[davids]

If we

beating West Brom and palace would ease any immediate fears.

Lets be honest if we play half as badly as we did Saturday we are going to lose both these games by at least two clear goals.

 

[TraffordBlue]

With the games we have left we should be fine but unlike recent seasons you will need at least 40 points and not 36/37. Palace have moved considerably and the 2 newly promoted teams who had a decent start are starting to drop places. The bottom 3 this season have a better points tally than those last season.

I think the opposite. I reckon 4 or 5 teams will fail to get 37 points. To get 37 points:

Swansea are on 17 from 23 played so would have to get 20 points from 15.
West Brom would have to get 18 from 15 left when they only have managed 19 points in 8 more attempts than that (23 games)
Stoke will more than likely lose at Old Trafford tonight and will need to get 17.

Can see 2 teams out of the sides from Bournemouth (in 13th) down to 17th failing to get the 37, as well as all 3 or at least 2 of the above. Huddersfield are one team I expect to be in real trouble.