The Relegation Thread

Bender · 23-09-12, 09:50 AM

I'm gonna go for this lot to be in a Relegation Battle
Aston Villa
Qpr
Reading
Norwich
Wigan...............
with Aston Villa,Reading & Norwich getting relegated.

Alex · 23-09-12, 09:51 AM

Defiantly Villa. Also Norwich and Reading I think.

foresterbloke · 23-09-12, 09:53 AM

Reading are a dead cert. I'm going for a long shot and calling Swansea into it.

Fredo · 23-09-12, 09:59 AM

And us!

Shaggy · 23-09-12, 10:23 AM

Reading, Southampton and Villa.

sean_lfc · 23-09-12, 10:31 AM

I haven't really been keeping tabs, but as far as I could make out on some BBC reports Villa fans seem to be very unhappy. Are Villa that bad then?

Bender · 08-10-12, 12:39 PM

after 7 games time to put Liverpool in the relegation mix...our only win against a poor Norwich side

Chazza · 08-10-12, 12:41 PM

Behave.

Bender · 08-10-12, 12:42 PM

Qpr are definite certs for relegation now

Bender · 08-10-12, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Chazza1978

Behave.

oh am sorry i forgot it's the mighty lfc...........so please tell me seeing we have the same problems as last season .....who is gonna be our top goal scorer.....?who else will pitch in with their share of goals..... when will we actually start winning ugly and not concede goals etc etc

Captain Stu · 08-10-12, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Bender

Qpr are definite certs for relegation now

And the whole world would laugh it's collective cock right off when you look at the number of cracking players they've bought.

Bender · 08-10-12, 12:45 PM

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And the whole world would laugh it's collective cock right off when you look at the number of cracking players they've bought.

xmas will be the time i think hughes goes

Captain Stu · 08-10-12, 12:48 PM

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xmas will be the time i think hughes goes

Wouldn't be at all surprised - Fernandes and The Mittal's are investing an ungodly amount of money into the club and he's seemingly wasted a ton of it on buying a group of great players who (at the moment anyway) can't play together.

Chazza · 08-10-12, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Bender

oh am sorry i forgot it's the mighty lfc...........so please tell me seeing we have the same problems as last season .....who is gonna be our top goal scorer.....?who else will pitch in with their share of goals..... when will we actually start winning ugly and not concede goals etc etc

We have issues no doubt but we will not be relegated.

There are a good number of teams worse than us.

Bender · 08-10-12, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Chazza1978

We have issues no doubt but we will not be relegated.

There are a good number of teams worse than us.

am not saying we will be relegated just that we will be in the mix bottom half of the table ......a complete write of this season

Gingawaria · 08-10-12, 01:03 PM

Southampton look certs to go down too.

Villa are going down too IMO.

Captain Stu · 08-10-12, 01:08 PM

I think Southampton could get out of it but Villa looked doomed, they have so little quality.

RichC · 08-10-12, 02:31 PM

wow after 7 games we're relegation fodder

Bender · 08-10-12, 02:35 PM

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wow after 7 games we're relegation fodder

wow after 7 games were champions league fodder

Fredo · 08-10-12, 02:37 PM

At the end of the storm, there's a golden sky .....

Bender · 08-10-12, 02:38 PM

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At the end of the storm, there's a golden sky .....

pm me when the golden sky breaks through the dark grey clouds please

Lee · 08-10-12, 02:39 PM

Pissing hell Bender. Sort yourself out.

Gingawaria · 08-10-12, 02:40 PM

We won't go down but I do see Bender's point...at the moment, we're playing fairly well but not picking up the points our play deserves. If we don't turn that around quickly, the players confidence will definitely be affected and we could be in trouble.

RichC · 08-10-12, 02:42 PM

do you? 7 games when we're rebuilding maybe CL is out of the picture at the moment but relegation fodder

Fredo · 08-10-12, 02:44 PM

Hang on. We've been relegated last year, back up this year and top of the league. Bender is just late again.

Neil Young · 08-10-12, 02:47 PM

Woooo, Nigey goes all Twilight Zone.

Gingawaria · 08-10-12, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by rcasemore

do you? 7 games when we're rebuilding maybe CL is out of the picture at the moment but relegation fodder

I think it's easy to see why people would be demoralised after some decent performances and only 6 points to show for it.

Bender · 08-10-12, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee

Pissing hell Bender. Sort yourself out.

my opinion i'll stick to it

Bender · 08-10-12, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Nigey

Hang on. We've been relegated last year, back up this year and top of the league. Bender is just late again.

yeah you keep patronising like others

Fredo · 08-10-12, 03:10 PM

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yeah you keep patronising like others

Sorry mate was just joking.

I understand your feelings and I did have my doubts (and predicted that we were going to be struggling near the relegation zone). Though I think that we're improving lately. Key for sustained progress has got to be converting those winning performances into actual winning games, i.e converting our chances.

We'll be clearer to knowing if we'll be in a relegation dog fight after Christmas I guess. If we haven't put clear daylight between us and those teams, we'll have real ground to fear the worst.

Bender · 08-10-12, 03:23 PM

well our next 3 league games are:
Liverpool v Reading
Everton v Liverpool
Liverpool v Newcastle
......lets see what that throws up .....hopefully at least 7 points would be the required minimum

Neil Young · 08-10-12, 03:35 PM

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Sorry mate was just joking.

I understand your feelings and I did have my doubts (and predicted that we were going to be struggling near the relegation zone). Though I think that we're improving lately. Key for sustained progress has got to be converting those winning performances into actual winning games, i.e converting our chances.

We'll be clearer to knowing if we'll be in a relegation dog fight after Christmas I guess. If we haven't put clear daylight between us and those teams, we'll have real ground to fear the worst.

I'm not usually given to making cast iron predictions about football but there is no way we are or will be in any kind of relegation fight this season or next.

malg · 08-10-12, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Bender

after 7 games time to put Liverpool in the relegation mix...our only win against a poor Norwich side

You just never know. We are not looking good and could well be sucked into it. But we must give the manager time so people keep saying.

Fredo · 08-10-12, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Neil Young

I'm not usually given to making cat iron predictions about football but there is no way we are or will be in any kind of relegation fight this season or next.

Bender · 08-10-12, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by malg

You just never know. We are not looking good and could well be sucked into it. But we must give the manager time so people keep saying.

am all for giving br time all i'm saying is after 7 games we are near the bottom......... yes it's only 7 games and hopefully we climb the table

malg · 08-10-12, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Bender

am all for giving br time all i'm saying is after 7 games we are near the bottom......... yes it's only 7 games and hopefully we climb the table

Not having a go mate,not seen anything yet that makes me think we are going in the right direction but maybe time will tell.

Neil Young · 08-10-12, 03:53 PM

You only have to look at the results to get a decent guide as to where we are: we usually lose to the top clubs (Arsenal and Manchester United), draw with teams likely to finish between fifth and tenth (Stoke) and hammer teams that are likely to get relegated (Norwich).

Ok, it's only a small sample and it's impossible to be certain objectively that it reflects our ability or we won't get worse but as things stand we're likely to improve and even if we don't we're good enough.

Fredo · 08-10-12, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bender

am all for giving br time all i'm saying is after 7 games we are near the bottom......... yes it's only 7 games and hopefully we climb the table

Mate, he's just arrived and is overseeing an overhaul of playing personnel and playing style/tactics. It was never going to be an instant success. But yeah, the whole thing can either implode and we get relegated or it could all reveal itself to be a barking success.

Bender · 08-10-12, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Nigey

Mate, he's just arrived and is overseeing an overhaul of playing personnel and playing style/tactics. It was never going to be an instant success. But yeah, the whole thing can either implode and we get relegated or it could all reveal itself to be a barking success.

i agree

The_weatherman · 08-10-12, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Neil Young

You only have to look at the results to get a decent guide as to where we are: we usually lose to the top clubs (Arsenal and Manchester United), draw with teams likely to finish between fifth and tenth (Stoke) and hammer teams that are likely to get relegated (Norwich).

Ok, it's only a small sample and it's impossible to be certain objectively that it reflects our ability or we won't get worse but as things stand we're likely to improve and even if we don't we're good enough.

This logic makes me feel a little bit better actually, so our next three games should yield about five points, Reading, Everton and Newcastle.