[Football] It’s going to be a long season for

[BrightonCottager]

Eesh. So after we've played 10, we'll have played all the big teams except Villa.

...and Fulham

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

It really wasn't. We took 7 points out of 33 possible against the top 36, which is rather awful.

Over the entire season I think we won two (!) games, Spurs and Villa, against teams that were above us in the league table at the time.

I would suggest you should beat the bottom teams more than the top ones, if you can’t get that right, there isn’t much hope in the others…..

Surprised we stayed up

 

[Hovegull]

Also for Cambridge United. Who have picked up 1 point in their first 9 games, from a 4-4 draw against Blackpool.

 

[amexer]

I see Albion now 100-1 to get relegated

 

[pasty]

Been looking at end of season fixtures.

Within their last 5, Leicester play Wolves away, and Saints and Ipswich at home. Could be some humdingers in there.

 

[Motogull]

Imagine being a Leeds fan right now seeing the team that beat them in the play offs being so terrible. Even I think that Leeds would be doing better. It must really wind them up.

 

[Reinelt12]

It really wasn't. We took 7 points out of 33 possible against the top 36, which is rather awful.

Over the entire season I think we won two (!) games, Spurs and Villa, against teams that were above us in the league table at the time.

I assume you mean 7 points out of possible 36 against the top 6?

If you are referring to the "Big 6" then we have already got 7 points out of a possible 12 this season...

 

[Hovegull]

8 games in and still no win for Ipswich, Palace, Wolves or Southampton.

First to get a win?

 

[Hiheidi]

Hopefully not Wolves

 

[Blinkers]

Wolves and Palace could be a play-off to see who can go a magnificent 10 (ten) games without a win.

Precog? Though technically not a crime by either side.

 

[Shaktarman]

Hopefully not Wolves

Hopefully Wolves (v Palace the week after next!)

 

[Bozza]

Precog? Though technically not a crime by either side.

One of those sides committed a crime against football tonight.

 

[gripper stebson]

You normally need 40 points to guarantee safety.

8 should do it this year.

 

[Hovegull]

One of the bottom four will stay up….and Everton, West Ham, Leicester and Man United could still fall on their arses

 

[schmunk]

You normally need 40 points to guarantee safety.

8 should do it this year.

You joke, but in the last 10 seasons the team finishing 18th (so beatable with goal difference) has had:

26
34
35
28
34
34
33
34
37
35

"40 points for safety" is a nonsense (sorry @Giraffe).

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

You joke, but in the last 10 seasons the team finishing 18th (so beatable with goal difference) has had:

26
34
35
28
34
34
33
34
37
35

"40 points for safety" is a nonsense (sorry @Giraffe).

Haven't you just proven that 40 points DOES pretty much guarantee safety?