[Albion] 5 clear, 3 to play, we are safe

[Steve.S]

I think all we need to do is park the bus and hope for another point. I can’t see many teams below us playing free attacking football. Huddersfield, Swansea and West Ham will have a must not lose mentality for at least their next game. These teams can’t afford to lose the next one. I think Southampton can escape the drop and we may need a favour of them against Swansea. Personally I think it’s between Swansea, Huddersfield and Stoke for the last 2 places. I can’t see Bournemouth losing to Swansea and if Southampton beat them, it’s job done for us. Swansea May need to beat Stoke last game to escape and send Huddersfield down

 

[chaileyjem]

I hope you are right. You quite possibly are. I absolutely hope you are.
No way are we home and hosed though, as some seem to think we are.
My concern is that other teams will rouse themselves and get on a roll. Swansea, saints and hudd all have it them to do that .
I’m sure we will rouse ourselves but it may not make much difference given the calibre of opposition.
If it goes to last day.....we’ll, I hope it doesn’t go to last day.
I appreciate this is a negative view.
And To be fair, I thought we were done points-wise before the spurs game. I was delighted to be wrong on that.

Yes. Agreed but that wasn’t your original point (s)

 

[GT49er]

It didn't look impossible. Newcastle only had to win one game to overtake us, and us fail to win three games. 2 losses and a draw wasn't impossible at all.

Newcastle made up a seven point deficit with one win? That's amazing - no wonder they finished as champions!

 

[GT49er]

I don’t get some people. Southampton have Man City last game of the season, a win for them is as likely for them as it is for us against both Manchester clubs. Swansea still have to play Stoke who may still have a chance of beating the drop. The odds of 1 team putting a run of results together is probably a good bet. 2 teams 50/50. 4 teams highly unlikely.

Yes, but two of those four teams are only two points behind us. Not much of a good run needed for them - one win (or three draws) could be enough for them.

 

[BensGrandad]

That still leaves 2 teams for the 3rd relegation spot.

 

[Steve.S]

Yes, but two of those four teams are only two points behind us. Not much of a good run needed for them - one win (or three draws) could be enough for them.

So what you are saying is that we can’t get any points, yet Huddersfield who play City, Chelsea and Arsenal can get the 3 points needed to pass us. West Ham aside, I don’t see that Swansea or Huddersfield can realistically get the points to pass us. The only teams I can see passing us are West Ham and Southampton, for me it’s between Swansea, Stoke and Huddersfield

 

[GT49er]

So what you are saying is that we can’t get any points, yet Huddersfield who play City, Chelsea and Arsenal can get the 3 points needed to pass us. West Ham aside, I don’t see that Swansea or Huddersfield can realistically get the points to pass us. The only teams I can see passing us are West Ham and Southampton, for me it’s between Swansea, Stoke and Huddersfield

Oh gawd, spare me! Another one! :facepallm:

Read very carefully. We can get some more points, but we might not. That is a fact, OK?
Huddersfield can get three points from Citeh, Chelsea and the Arse (that's fact), but they probably won't (but that's opinion). The fact remains, it is still mathematically possible for Huddersfield to overtake us - as it is also possible for Swansea, Stains and Wet Sham all to overtake us.
I am not saying it's likely to happen, but it is possible. We are not yet mathematically safe - I really can't make it any simpler than that.
We will be safe on Friday if we beat United - but we 're not yet.
Even if we lose, we could be safe on Saturday if Swansea and Southampton both lose - but we are not safe yet.
If/when we are safe, I will rejoice; before then I'm not stupid enough to tempt fate.................

 

[Surrey Phil]

I really can’t see Huddersfield getting any more points. Even if they somehow managed to get 3 pts from last 3 games (unlikely) given their goal difference we would just need one point which I think we’ll get on Friday anyway. Chill and enjoy the last few games.

 

[Ernest]

Man U very lethargic today , must try and get at least a point on Friday

 

[Wilko]

I love the way that posters say they cannot see X team winning a certain game or getting any more points. We beat Arsenal, Hudds beat Man Utd, Swansea beat Liverpool and West Brom won at old Trafford a few weeks ago. At the end of the season you get strange results. I imagine those of you sitting there typing about how we are definitely safe are the same ones who said we would win the league 7 points ahead with 3 games to go last season.

Let's not beat around the bush, for now we are still very much in a relegation battle.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I love the way that posters say they cannot see X team winning a certain game or getting any more points. We beat Arsenal, Hudds beat Man Utd, Swansea beat Liverpool and West Brom won at old Trafford a few weeks ago. At the end of the season you get strange results. I imagine those of you sitting there typing about how we are definitely safe are the same ones who said we would win the league 7 points ahead with 3 games to go last season.

Let's not beat around the bush, for now we are still very much in a relegation battle.

We can be overtaken but I very much doubt if all four teams below us will overtake us.

 

[BensGrandad]

We can be overtaken but I very much doubt if all four teams below us will overtake us.

We only need 1 not to as Stoke and WBA cant catch us

 

[Thunder Bolt]

We only need 1 not to as Stoke and WBA cant catch us

Yes, I know but for us to fall to 18th place, 4 teams would have to go higher than us?

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Ade Akinfenwa coming up as co-presenter on 606. Get. In. There.

 

[Weststander]

I love the way that posters say they cannot see X team winning a certain game or getting any more points. We beat Arsenal, Hudds beat Man Utd, Swansea beat Liverpool and West Brom won at old Trafford a few weeks ago. At the end of the season you get strange results. I imagine those of you sitting there typing about how we are definitely safe are the same ones who said we would win the league 7 points ahead with 3 games to go last season.

Let's not beat around the bush, for now we are still very much in a relegation battle.

You can do want you to bush. For various tangible reasons, the odds are stacked awfully against a combination of Stains, Stoke, Swansea and Hudd, as reflected in:



I'm pretty certain we'll lose all three remaining games, we'll simply be outclassed, which is no disgrace compared to their momumental budgets. But we're staying up. As for the Championship league title, I for one never thought it was in the bag. I knew all season that Carrow Road and Villa Park were nightmare fixtures for the Albion. Once we blew the Bristol City home game, I knew the game was up, as Newcastle's superior squad and easier final fixtures allowed them to grab the honours.

 

[osgood]

I think all we need to do is park the bus and hope for another point. I can’t see many teams below us playing free attacking football. Huddersfield, Swansea and West Ham will have a must not lose mentality for at least their next game. These teams can’t afford to lose the next one. I think Southampton can escape the drop and we may need a favour of them against Swansea. Personally I think it’s between Swansea, Huddersfield and Stoke for the last 2 places. I can’t see Bournemouth losing to Swansea and if Southampton beat them, it’s job done for us. Swansea May need to beat Stoke last game to escape and send Huddersfield down

3X "i cant see" 2 x "I think" and and an " if "!

 

[BensGrandad]

Yes, I know but for us to fall to 18th place, 4 teams would have to go higher than us?

Yes I know as I was being pedantic, A good result for us at Old Trafford as United are now guaranteed Euro League next season so may not be too keen on a fight for points. Mind that also applies to their game v Huddersfield

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Lets just hope the players and staff are not as lackadaisical as a lot of fans on here. If they have the mindset of some of these fans then we could sleepwalk into relegation.

We are just fans having an opinion on an internet forum, not professional players doing their day job!

 

[dazzer6666]

3X "i cant see" 2 x "I think" and and an " if "!

Opinions ? On a chat thread ?? Whatever next !

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Lets hope the players don't need that extra 1% from the crowd atmosphere to get a vital point to stay up then.

If they play well, the atmosphere will follow.