Relegation

[billyblue80]

Said it before but will repeat, if we get sucked in, then there is a real issue with the "fight" in this team, they just don't have it in a lot of em, so if tapas boy gets us in this mire, it will be a huge problem to get out of it.

Sack Now

That's why they need organising and motivating as a start he isn't doing that

 

[JLW]

Said it before but will repeat, if we get sucked in, then there is a real issue with the "fight" in this team, they just don't have it in a lot of em, so if tapas boy gets us in this mire, it will be a huge problem to get out of it.

Sack Now

It seems the club and some fans on here are waiting for us to be in the relegation zone before we should act!

You certainly don't want these players in a dog fight with 8-10 games to go.

 

[Runub]

Where do we think the next 9 points or so come from looking at the fixtures?

Probably have to wait until the EFL Championship 2022-2023 fixtures are released to figure that one out

 

[Jeff Jones]

I'm thinking about Watford scoring four goals late in the 2nd half after we were leading and Brighton, a team that had scored
only seventeen goals this season leading us 2-0 before half time, on top of six points out of thirty-six, isn't it ?, and I'm scared.

 

[sbbefc]

I can't see us getting out of this current slump. Truly sorry state of affairs. If we lose to any of the bottom three we'll be in big trouble. Very real risk of that happening.

 

[matty1878]

19 points v 11 points.

It'll be Easter before those 3/4 at the bottom get to 20 points.

ha ha ha ha ha ha

 

[DL100]

January will define our season which in itself is depressing.

2 defenders in, 2 more signings needed. personally I think we will get an 'engine' type defensive mid and a number 10 both from the PL.

Otherwise i cant see us scoring enough to win games.

 

[toffee-L]

Set pieces are the number one issue we have. We aren't playing any differently to what we were for the vast, vast majority of last season. God awful football, no clue about how to build attacks in open play, no urgency to close opponents down or set a tempo in our own performances and about fifty other reasons why we are witnessing the exact same crap served up by two different Champions League winning managers.

The only difference is set pieces. We've morphed from a side that were never concerned by them and used to play for corners as they were our best chance at scoring into one that concedes a set piece more or less every single game and can't score from them at all. There have been so many sides this season that have either changed a game against us on a set piece or got away from us completely on a set piece.

We have absolutely nothing to worry about at all if we can fix this one problem. We'll still be crap of course, but we were absolutely dire last season and were comfortably midtable. If we keep conceding them at the rate we do and can't figure out a way to start scoring from them then there is every chance we'll be a team that have major concerns about relegation.

Someone needs to strap Benitez to a chair and make him watch our match against Chelsea recently a thousand times until the message sinks in. If you are defensively competent and don't concede stupid goals from corners, no matter how completely pony your team is you always have a chance of getting a decent result if you can put a set piece away.

 

[diggerdestroyer]

Watford: 6 defeats in the last 6 games. Gone.

Burnley - cant score and cant win.

Norwich - need I say more?

They're already as good as in the Championship.

If its burnley and everton fighting to stay with a couple of games to go, which team would you think has the stronger character. For me its Burnley and that's the worry.

 

[Death]

we won’t go down

But the fact that this is even being discussed

Man

Self fulfilling prophecy Tofee.

 

[EverTheOptimist]

Relegation is done, the bottom 3 right now, put a fork in them because they are done!!!!!

 

[matty1878]

Relegation is done, the bottom 3 right now, put a fork in them because they are done!!!!!

but they’re not. they’res lots of points to play for and anything can happen in this league

 

[nikom court]

on the positive side,theres some boss away games and i assume we would be competitive.
atm we just make the numbers up and provide games for the top teams!

 

[Littlesue]

The bottom 3 at November last season went down, Big Sam gave The Baggies a lift when he came in but it was too late too save them. It's less definite this season besides Norwich, bottom 6 all waiting to see who Newcastle bring in to see if the great escape happens

 

[Toffeelover]

The title is staring us in the face.

We should have beaten Brentford and Brighton to name two. Our you optimistic about the next few gaems?