The Now-Irrelevant 2024/25 Relegation Battle (Without Everton!)

[GoldenToffee]

This manager and these players better realize, soon, that they don't want to be the ones that sent us down...talk about being haunted by your past. In this day and age they'll never fail to be reminded of it by blues, no matter where they go.

Wake the feck up.

I don't think many will be bothered - genuinely. Half of them are leaving in the summer, the manager will likely always find an offer at a struggling club, and all of them are earning at least a million pounds before the end of the season even if we lose nine nil every week. I think people hugely overestimate how much these mercenaries care about their clubs - you'd see a lot more fight if they did.

 

[MACCA75]

I really really don’t want to get relegated, I’d hate it.
But will the world end? No. Will it change my life? No. Will it ruin my weekends? Probably the opposite.

Let’s roll the dice and bring in a manager that plays football. I’m done with this coward.

 

[GoldenToffee]

I guess it doesn't help when our rivals are being gifted three points with decisions like this:

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[Bkk Andy]

Watching Ipswich tonight and seeing the desire, energy and belief they have. 3 things we are severely lacking in. It’s such a sad state of affairs that we are (again) relying on teams below us to be worse than us. It’s scandalous.

Forest have shown that money invested wisely and a positive attitude/game plan can work wonders under a decent coach.

Instead we splurge money on Beto and O’Brien who aren’t even deemed good enough to start for us.

We can’t continue the season as we are, relegation beckons if we do.

I don't think we lack energy. I'm also not convinced that we're lacking desire. What we lack is brains and talent. Our decision-making is abysmal.

 

[mccole]

This is the year. I can feel it in my bones.

Unlucky for you it's changes tomorrow so we'll be sound

 

[Blue peter]

What I did notice yesterday when looking at last seasons stats was that at the half way stage (exactly after 19 games) having played everyone (only rs to play for us now and I don’t expect any points from that) we had one point less than we do now.

Given where we ended up even with that horrid run of 13 winless games mainly in the second half of the season, we ended up with 48 on field points - an additional 32 points from the final 19 games which was a surprising points haul to me.

I don’t expect that to happen, but I guess we’ve just got to hope something like that happens again, but it is more with hope than expectation. I think Southampton are as equally bad as any of those teams who went down last year (if not worse) but Ipswich and Leicester are slightly stronger.

 

[Blue peter]

This manager and these players better realize, soon, that they don't want to be the ones that sent us down...talk about being haunted by your past. In this day and age they'll never fail to be reminded of it by blues, no matter where they go.

Wake the feck up.

A big chunk of the players won’t be here next year, so they won’t have to deal with any hangover

 

[ForeverEverton]

The whole season has pretty much been a loss. Dyche didn't get the team fit and we had a bad opening and didn't win a match until the end of September.

And those advocating Dyche must be happy never to win games in the opening month of the season, imagine that going to BMD?

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

I really really don’t want to get relegated, I’d hate it.
But will the world end? No. Will it change my life? No. Will it ruin my weekends? Probably the opposite.

Let’s roll the dice and bring in a manager that plays football. I’m done with this coward.

Would release up some seasons tickets for some who have missed out. Already persons squeaking on social media about their corporate boxes being priced as ELP club not Championship and wanting recourse if the worst happens, assume that mentality works it way down to us average Jo's...

 

[kenada_blue]

Can't help but think there's a Richard Masters/PGMOL partnership driven narrative slowly unfolding here too...

Cunha still swanning about after he elbowed a staff member in the head.

Giving Ipswich a penalty for a dive.

Plenty more dubious decisions to come

 

[blackie_jones75]

The V man getting 7 pts from 3 games at Wolves and now Ipswich beating Chelsea should sharpen a few minds at the top of Efc …

 

[paultheblue]

I think its a massive call but we have to act now.
We have too many people at the club players and manager that know that whatever happens on the pitch they will not see the club in the new stadium.
Who do we go for? Not Moyes,Potter and definitely not Southgate. I would try for Frank's who may be ready to step up to a bigger club,he would probably say no but we could ask.
He would be a safe option without the risk of someone with no prem experience.

 

[Trout Masked Replica]

I personally think we are dead and buried. Zero chance of survival

 

[MikeH72]

Can't help but think there's a Richard Masters/PGMOL partnership driven narrative slowly unfolding here too...

Cunha still swanning about after he elbowed a staff member in the head.

Giving Ipswich a penalty for a dive.

Plenty more dubious decisions to come

Maybe our manager is just crap mate.

 

[daza_1973]

I guess it doesn't help when our rivals are being gifted three points with decisions like this:

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Think that was awarded more for the airlift the RS cause than Ipswich staying up cause.