I can see WHU getting pulled in with WBA and Huddersfield ... alas!
I make it four points required to stay up and relegate - bizarrely - Watford along with Stoke and West Brom.
West Brom won't get 34 points.
Southampton and Stoke will struggle to get 34 points.
So, so near to survival now - let's get 1 more win soon to seal the deal.
Every time I come back to this, it gives 33 points to survive.
Just a question now of building up more of a buffer against unfortunate freak results.
1 more win should calm any nerves, but in fact we may already be safe.
33 is a tad low for me, but I just can't see how so many seem to think that the survival total will be so much higher. 38 is being widely touted. This requires three out of the following four materialising: Stoke getting 11 from 7, Southampton 10 from 8, Huddersfield 7 from 7, West Ham 8 from 8. And that's assuming that the likes of Newcastle, Palace and Swansea don't have disastrous run-ins. I've been saying 36 (especially with a good goal difference) will be enough all season; it's now more likely that 35 will suffice. I'm still too much of a coward to say 33 though.
Agree with this. Stoke and Southampton haven't managed a point a game all season so not sure they are going to start now. We could end up looking back and realising we were safe on 34 all along, but I certainly haven't got the balls to call it now. Pretty sure 37 will do it though and as you say 25/36 probably OK too. A win on Saturday would be magnificent.
bit pissed off with who is directly above us, but that aside, i hope this is right.
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A Newcastle win over Huddersfield today will see them pretty much safe.
The pivotal game for the predictors though today is West Ham v Southampton. It'll be good to feed in the real result for this one.