[Albion] 4 Game Season coming up

[origigull]

It’s been happening all season. Rebounds keep falling to the opposition’s feet from clearances and rebounds in the area. Bournemouth’s equaliser at the Amex did it three or four times, yet very very seldom do they fall to our attacker’s feet. In fairness the more players you have running into the box the more likely it is to happen. Hence my comment that you do actually have to make your own luck. Bournemouth had loads of players running in on the ball for their equaliser as we back pedalled.

While watching the Arsenal vs Palarse game on MOTD last night nearly every time Arsenal attacked there were 6 or 7 of their players in or around Palarse's box. Stands to reason there is more chance of getting the ball into the net.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

I think we might need a big dose of something we haven’t had any of this season to start to turn this season around. Luck has deserted us. In fairness we had huge slices of it last season. Do you make your own luck? In which case we need to do it pretty damned quick.

Have to agree with you that luck does not seem to be on our side this season. That second Bournemouth goal on New Years Day repeatedly replays on my mind as the ball trickles into the net. Two points lost to a bit of luck that we could do with.

 

[London Irish]

No such thing as luck over a season

 

[southstandandy]

One problem - we need to score a goal to win a game. Can you really seeing us score more than 1 or 2 over these four games?

 

[BrianWade4]

Massive 4 games.

3 wins and a draw and we have a chance IMO.

Yep
I think 3 wins will do
And with Locadia available

 

[Wrong-Direction]

If we don't get some points in the next 4 games we're done for

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[durrington gull]

If we don't get some points in the next 4 games we're done for

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need a minimum of 7pts

 

[Joshski]

3 draws & a win will do fine.

 

[perseus]

Driving back to the West Country thinking realistically we need to win our next 4 games against our relegation rivals to give ourselves a decent chance of pulling clear of the bottom group
Stains, West Ham, Stoke and Swansea
Anything less than 8 points from those games and we may be struggling to claw our way out not unless teams below us now hopefully go into meltdown

Prediction: I had 5 points and relegation on the last day of the season by 1 point. So we would need 6 pts to escape. However, after this weekend we need at least 7 points and that is running the margins a bit fine.
That puts the Southampton game as better not lose, but still in with a dog's chance if we do.

Dog's chance is winning at Palace.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

A draw at Southampton to start the points total ticking over again, and a wonderful home win v West Ham and we are back on track.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

3 draws & a win will do fine.

Lay off the drink

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[Blue Valkyrie]

Win all 4 and then concentrate on winning the Cup !

 

[Withdean11]

Can not believe people are saying "if we play like we did against Chelsea we will be okay"

What!? We lost 4-0. Our defence was all over the place. I'd much rather we play like we did at Old Trafford.

 

[Mellotron]

Can not believe people are saying "if we play like we did against Chelsea we will be okay"

What!? We lost 4-0. Our defence was all over the place. I'd much rather we play like we did at Old Trafford.

I think people mean play like that against the bottom sides, i.e. teams without World Class players like Eden Hazard.

No one would've stopped their second goal, it was phenomenal. The way we played between 10 mins and 80 mins would see us beat most of the bottom 12 pretty comfortably.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Can not believe people are saying "if we play like we did against Chelsea we will be okay"

What!? We lost 4-0. Our defence was all over the place. I'd much rather we play like we did at Old Trafford.

Not every team will have Willian and Hazard back healing their way through us. If we manage to not be 2 nil down against another team in the first 5 mins, play like we did between minutes 6 and 76, we will win some games. Not good to lose 4-0, but not good to be unable to see that it was not a reflection of the actual game either.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Lay off the drink

6 points really is not a disaster, but still leaving a lot to do.

We will still have Leicester and Huddersfield at home after that, with also Arsenal, Spurs & MU. 7 pts from those 5, and we'll be on 36, hoping we can also avoid defeat at the very least away to maybe 2 of Everton, Palace and Burnley.

 

[oldboyroy]

must get 2 wins without a doubt will take 2 wins and 2 draws

 

[Mellotron]

We will still have Leicester and Huddersfield at home after that, with also Arsenal, Spurs & MU. 7 pts from those 5, and we'll be on 36.

Our results against those teams so far this season have yielded zero points. It would be bucking the trend by a fair bit to even get 3-4 points from those games.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Our results against those teams so far this season have yielded zero points. It would be bucking the trend by a fair bit to even get 3-4 points from those games.

Getting to 38 points, or whatever is always bucking the trend somewhere. You are going to lose pretty much half your games. Somewhere along the line you'll have to pick up points against teams that have beat you. Swansea won't have been expecting to beat Liverpool, 3 weeks after losing 5-0 to them...

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Driving back to the West Country thinking realistically we need to win our next 4 games against our relegation rivals to give ourselves a decent chance of pulling clear of the bottom group
Stains, West Ham, Stoke and Swansea
Anything less than 8 points from those games and we may be struggling to claw our way out not unless teams below us now hopefully go into meltdown

If we won our next four games it wouldn't be a decent chance, we'd be safe.