Relegation

[perth_blue]

It's on Burnley now.
They HAVE to win to stay with us. See how they handle that pressure.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

It's on Burnley now.
They HAVE to win to stay with us. See how they handle that pressure.

Even if they don't, they'll have opportunities to catch up. Would be a big blow for them though, and undo the work they did against us.

 

[ToffeeTim]

but that’s also relying on burnley losing 3 isn’t it?

We can only take it week by week. Hopefully they lose tomorrow.

 

[coollino]

i thought watford, a week or so ago, were by far the best team down there? how is that one going?

 

[Cork Evertonian]

We badly needed that win! Hopefully Burnley lose now, and we hold on to that four point cushion.

Beat Leicester, and we'll go in to the derby on the back of securing six points. Hopefully we might get a point at anfield as well.

 

[davek]

Quite possibly true, but you said 38pts won't be enough, which means you think they'll get at least that many.

So you think they're going to (at least) almost double their current points per game over the last 9?

I didn't. Go back and read it again.

 

[neil999]

i thought watford, a week or so ago, were by far the best team down there? how is that one going?

We are definitely going down and we will get minus 4 points from the rest of the games unfortunately

 

[blue to the bone]

I wasn’t making the point, someone else was.

You said they have loads of experience of getting out of situations like this .
Can you back that up

 

[davek]

It's on Burnley now.
They HAVE to win to stay with us. See how they handle that pressure.

Correct.

Apparently this is their stick on 3 points.

Dyche has to get them now.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

We are definitely going down and we will get minus 4 points from the rest of the games unfortunately

Cheer up mate we won today!

 

[Kev The Rat]

You said they have loads of experience of getting out of situations like this .
Can you back that up

Yes theyve been in the relegation zone well into the season on multiple occasions and escaped. I don’t need to look that up to know it, and no one can say it hasn’t happened either

 

[roy vernon]

I believe their games are generally winnable compared to ours.

We effectively have 6 games left to get points in. Liverpool and Arsenal away we wont get anything.

All games are winnable Dave, what you have to ask yourself is, are they games they are likely to win? When, like Burnley, you have only won a handful of games all season the answer is, there are probably no games they can expect to win. The same, of course, goes for us, but, unlike Burnley, we do have a habit of winning at home. It will be tight either way, but, if we can win 2 more, I think 34 points could well be enough.

 

[davek]

All games are winnable Dave, what you have to ask yourself is, are they games they are likely to win? When, like Burnley, you have only won a handful of games all season the answer is, there are probably no games they can expect to win. The same, of course, goes for us, but, unlike Burnley, we do have a habit of winning at home. It will be tight either way, but, if we can in 2 more, I think 34 points could well be enough.

I have a feeling we are not too far away from wins on the road.

The WHU and Burnley games really should have been converted into 4 points.

We're getting closer to winning on our away travels.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

The reality is that we have a lifeline again to safety. Nothing more than that.

I think we're going to have to win on the road and get a draw to go with another couple of home wins.

Then we'll just have to see if Burnley can match 38 points.

The Burnley defeat was damaging.

Sorry to add that sour note on a decent day for us, but we really need some exceptional results to make sure we're safe.

I'm hoping we can get a draw at anfield at the very least. In a weird way i think's there's more pressure on them, because they're expected to just swat us aside with ease.

We do need to get some away results alright, we can't just rely on only performing at Goodison keeping us up.

 

[roy vernon]

I have a feeling we are not too far away from wins on the road.

The WHU and Burnley games really should have been converted into 4 points.

We're getting closer to winning on our away travels.

Let's hope Lampard's team talk at all our aways from here on in is " Sean Dyche said you lot don't know how to win away from home".