Relegation

tommytowne · April 17, 2022

Milk said:
Let’s just hope we don’t need anything from the Arsenal game

Understatement of the day!

RomanReigns · April 17, 2022

HeltSkelt said:
It's us against Burnley and we've got a game in hand and three points lead on them. Why are people fussing about Leeds?

because most people think leeds have only 1 winnable game in their last 6

COYBL25 · April 17, 2022

PITA said:
@COYBL25
Joey's been quiet for a few days. Any chance of deciphering this?

@matty1878 has now decided to live in a hole in the ground, with just a radio tuned to Five Live for company and a months supply of adult nappies, until the end of the season.

As a result of sensory deprivation, from living in complete darkness, he’s lost all sense of cognitive function and has started talking in a code, which no one else has yet deciphered.

blue to the bone · April 17, 2022

COYBL25 said:
@matty1878 has now decided to live in a hole in the ground, with just a radio tuned to Five Live for company and a months supply of adult nappies, until the end of the season.

As a result of sensory deprivation, from living in complete darkness, he’s lost all sense of cognitive function and has started talking in a code, which no one else has yet deciphered.

Tbf he's been like that for years!!

PITA · April 17, 2022

COYBL25 said:
@matty1878 has now decided to live in a hole in the ground, with just a radio tuned to Five Live for company and a months supply of adult nappies, until the end of the season.

As a result of sensory deprivation, from living in complete darkness, he’s lost all sense of cognitive function and has started talking in a code, which no one else has yet deciphered.

@Joey66

Maybe you could help.

COYBL25 · April 17, 2022

blue to the bone said:
Tbf he's been like that for years!!

True.

I think he his head now exists in an altered state, where we were actually relegated a few years ago.

TraffordBlue · April 17, 2022

GoldenToffee said:
At the business end of the season, as we've seen hundreds of times before, season form means nothing. How many times have teams come back from the dead to stay up? Loads. Burnley have favourable fixtures and are actually playing quite well, beating us with ease and again playing well today. Wouldn't put it past them to win a minimum of 3 of their games. Let's see.

Why are they struggling so badly to win games then if they are as strong as you're making them out to be? 1 win in the last 2 months and we all know we love handing out gifts to these types of teams.

And 4 wins in 31. But they're suddenly going to win a minimum of 3 games in 7..

COYBL25 · April 17, 2022

PITA said:
@Joey66

Maybe you could help.

He’s too busy mispelling birthday threads and searching for black and white photos of Martin Dobson hang gliding at the mo.

davek · April 17, 2022

Milk said:
Let’s just hope we don’t need anything from the Arsenal game

In reality we probably have 6 games left to get 9 points.

davek · April 17, 2022

deipnosophist said:
Lee Westwood is a golfer

Plays for West Ham.

PITA · April 17, 2022

davek said:
Plays for West Ham.

Since when?

davek · April 17, 2022

PITA said:
Since when?

His name is Westwood... :coffee:

Just a reference to something earlier.

knowing your history · April 17, 2022

tommytowne said:
More in hope than expectation, but we'll consign Watford to the drop and in doing so more or less guarantee our safety.
A bit of poetic justice maybe as it was the reverse fixture that created the crap storm we've been in.

Has to be 3 points at Watford really as I'm not convinced these remaining home games are going to be as routine or easy as everyone is now expecting.

Watford lost 10 straight at home now. Guess law of averages suggests they'll get a draw or something before season is out, hopefully it's v Burnley.

knowing your history · April 17, 2022

davek said:
Palace, Brentford, Leicester: all teams with absolutley f.a. to play for...and I'd throw Chelsea in there too as they are top 4 safe but not going to catch City or Liverpool.

The Gods are smiling on us at last.

Southampton, Villa and Newcastle have nothing much to play for either.

I still think both run ins are reasonably similar e.g. Burnley had a fatigued West Ham today after europa and will be the same in a few weeks this side going to Leicester (infact probably better as don't think Leicester will beat Roma so they'll be really deflated). Both teams got a tough North london trip aswell. Balanced out by playing two other top 4 teams while Burnley mainly have mid table teams but they obviously have to make up three more points.

I actually think Burnley will take heart from today as digging out a point at West Ham isn't a terrible result and whichever manager they actually want will probably have watched that today and thought there's something to work with.