Relegation 2022/23

[DanEFC92]

Palace winless in 12. Still baffled how they're still as high as 12th

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Today didn't feel to me like a foregone conclusion for Arsenal after Thursday night, thought with the jolt of the sacking Palace might grind a point. Caps off another positive weekend.

 

[allen]

Meh. 10 November - 11th
19 March - 12th

It’s been a struggle.

It’s going to be a struggle. Crisis has crept up on them without the clear warning sign of dropping down the league.

 

[Vaughan]

today is the first day since brighton i have started to believe we might stay up

dyche the obvious factor but been so impressed with doucoure and mcneil

 

[Alan Whittle]

Palace winless in 12. Still baffled how they're still as high as 12th

Points on the board with Big Pat.

 

[DanEFC92]

Points on the board with Big Pat.

Highlights how poor the teams in the bottom half have been. Taken this long to catch up.

 

[Clarky cat]

Sky just put up the Opta Relegationometer thingy. It had us on 48% chance of being relegated with three teams worse than us.

In association with Skybet?

 

[Drico]

Palace winless in 12. Still baffled how they're still as high as 12th

They had a decent start - and some of the strugglers were dreadful. However, given the nature of this season now, I think people need to move away from our usual understanding of league positions. At this point, four points separate 12th from bottom. So, it's almost a misnomer when people use 12th as some signifier of safety. On the last day it will be, but it might not be right up to that point.

Essentially, we have a nine-team rumble for relegation. Four points from top of that mini table to bottom. For surely the first time in Premier League history, being bottom in mid-March is not necessarily the portent of doom it almost always has been.

 

[MikeH72]

Points on the board with Big Pat.

Reminds me of us last season when we won 1 in 14 but were still about 13th because we had a good August.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Not a fan on playing on Monday nights. Always want to play on Saturday, put the pressure on, then watch rivals lose on Sunday

 

[Alan Whittle]

Highlights how poor the teams in the bottom half have been. Taken this long to catch up.

.....or just taking points off of each other? I admit, it is quite extraordinary not to be lower. We have drawn quite a few during our winless run and, today aside, not been getting mullered.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Palace winless in 12. Still baffled how they're still as high as 12th

We would've been 12th if we'd won either last night or vs Notts Forest.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

Palace winless in 12. Still baffled how they're still as high as 12th

Shows how bad everyone else has been.

 

[Dymak]

They had a decent start - and some of the strugglers were dreadful. However, given the nature of this season now, I think people need to move away from our usual understanding of league positions. At this point, four points separate 12th from bottom. So, it's almost a misnomer when people use 12th as some signifier of safety. On the last day it will be, but it might not be right up to that point.

Essentially, we have a nine-team rumble for relegation. Four points from top of that mini table to bottom. For surely the first time in Premier League history, being bottom in mid-March is not necessarily the portent of doom it almost always has been.

This is why I definitely won’t be relieved unless we are mathematically safe. It will be no surprise if there is a club that are six points clear with three games to go that celebrate as if they are safe, only for them to find themselves relegated. Even six points clear with two games to go might not mean a club is safe if goal difference becomes a factor.

 

[davek]

Some big games there if we can pull of a win against spurs we may open up some daylight between us and the drop zone.

This home game is so important in the context of relegation

Next two home games could see us ease to within reach of safety.

If we beat Spurs we'll beat Fulham. That'd get us to 32 points regardless of what happens at OT in between.