The relegation thread

[Caolam]

....but not while at Palace.
I'm sure you can find a better reason than BFS being a greedy bell. You would have 15 relegated every season. I'm tipping us cos we're clank.

Early days !

 

[Frank Gallagher]

swansea, watford and leicester.

brighton and leeds coming up automatic , barcodes losing to reading in the play off final

 

[TheBigIguana]

The Palace-Swansea match tomorrow is an actual six pointer. More important for Swansea as a loss creates a big hole

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Swansea
Boro
Hull

These could be liable to change depending on the next month or so

 

[PhilM]

Hull and Swansea are for me the nigh on certainties for relegation and then unfortunately I think it'll be Boro who'll very late on take the last spot.

Moyes and Fat Sam with their experience and willingness to play dire football to get results will eventually grind out survival.

 

[GerryandthePaceMerchants]

Hull and Swansea are for me the nigh on certainties for relegation and then unfortunately I think it'll be Boro who'll very late on take the last spot.

Moyes and Fat Sam with their experience and willingness to play dire football to get results will eventually grind out survival.

"Survival specialists" as they're known. They've been there before so fully expect them to just get out of it. Will be interesting to see how Leicester get on when the Champions League starts again. I wonder where they'll put all their eggs

 

[PhilM]

"Survival specialists" as they're known. They've been there before so fully expect them to just get out of it. Will be interesting to see how Leicester get on when the Champions League starts again. I wonder where they'll put all their eggs

This was being discussed on Radio 5 Live just after our win on Boxing Day as up to now the CL has take precedent with regards to squad selection.

I understand that the further they go in the Champions League it will support their image, but it's certainly sacrificing their current league form.

Six points over the relegation zone isn't the most comfortable margin - one or two results going against them and they're back into the mixer.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Swansea
Boro
Hull

 

[GerryandthePaceMerchants]

This was being discussed on Radio 5 Live just after our win on Boxing Day as up to now the CL has take precedent with regards to squad selection.

I understand that the further they go in the Champions League it will support their image, but it's certainly sacrificing their current league form.

Six points over the relegation zone isn't the most comfortable margin - one or two results going against them and they're back into the mixer.

It's a balancing act. One one hand if they make it to the 1/4 or even semis of the CL then they become a wealthy and attractive proposition for the same level of player we're looking at (ie talented but not yet high profile enough to demand CL football) regardless of league position. However if they get knocked out next round and then have a relegation scrap on their hands then they might really scupper themselves and their future.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

Swansea
Hull
Boro

I would not wish relegation on anyone but I do hope Sunderland survive, and someone has to take their place.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Can't see past the bottom three but I have a funny feeling Moyes will keep Sunderland up at the expense of Boro or Watford.

 

[Prevenger17]

Can't see past the bottom three but I have a funny feeling Moyes will keep Sunderland up at the expense of Boro or Watford.

Aye, I reckon Moyesy will do it. He'll be fielding a squad with 2 scarecrows, a mannequin and 3 boxes stacked up on top of each other by the end of the season, but he'll still pull it off

 

[Prevenger17]

I would not wish relegation on anyone

Liverpool
Newcastle

 

[Number_25]

I can't see Sunderland going down.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

Liverpool
Newcastle

In an ideal world they would finish 4th bottom every season with 2 derby humiliations.
I could live with that.