[Albion] Premier League 21-23/1/22

[brighton_tom]

Watford were ****ing awful.

 

[Bold Seagull]

So did I

Ouch, -2 and banned for the double game. But someone triple captained. So there’s always that. I had him as vice and only changed it at lunchtime!

 

[peterward]

Would be very overdue, he's been dreadful. The best hope of Watford staying above Newcastle is for them to sack Ranieri, so a decent result this

Surprised the trigger happy Pozzo family have given Ranieri this long. Shirley he'll be gone soon.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I went one better, made him captain [emoji2357]

So did I, last minute change from KDB. The good news is Southampton will now be the victims of a KDB hat trick and 2 assists

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Can't believe Norwich have got out of the bottom three.

 

[peterward]

Can't believe Norwich have got out of the bottom three.

Likewise, but played more than rivals and that goal difference is shocking.

taxi for tinkerman

 

[Weststander]

Surprised the trigger happy Pozzo family have given Ranieri this long. Shirley he'll be gone soon.

R5 said Ranieri is a long time family friend of theirs, hence the stay of execution.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Norwich had 2 shots on target!

They’ve improved but have been a bit fortuitous in their two wins.

I still don’t think they have anywhere near enough quality to stay up but I hope to be proven wrong.

 

[BN41Albion]

Funny old game; Norwich have only won two fewer games than us yet have looked utter shyte most of the season

 

[nickbrighton]

Can't believe Norwich have got out of the bottom three.

but have played two games more, than Watford and Norwich and 5 more than Burnley, who they play next.
With such a discrepancy with number of games played at the bottom the order of the bottom 5 is very deceptive. Giraffe's excellent tracker and table show a more realistic positioning,

 

[Acker79]

I liked Norwich's kit.


I think what I might find funny, is if Newcastle got out of the relegation zone, we got lots of 'we're gonna be safe now, no going back, onwards and upwards' talk and press. Then Burnley play their games in hand and send Newcastle back into the bottom 3.

I say 'might', because I don't know how happy I'd be with burnley staying up...

 

[Super Steve Earle]

I liked Norwich's kit.


I think what I might find funny, is if Newcastle got out of the relegation zone, we got lots of 'we're gonna be safe now, no going back, onwards and upwards' talk and press. Then Burnley play their games in hand and send Newcastle back into the bottom 3.

I say 'might', because I don't know how happy I'd be with burnley staying up...

Let me help. I think the absolute merriment from Newcastle going down would far outweigh a moment of disappointment that Burnley stayed up. Eventually it would dawn on you that Burnley would still be there just to go down next season.

 

[jcdenton08]

Watford were so bad. Absolute incompetence.

 

[Motogull]

Watford were so bad. Absolute incompetence.

You'd like to think we'll come away laughing in a few games time but we know how this works.

 

[nwgull]

I liked Norwich's kit.


I think what I might find funny, is if Newcastle got out of the relegation zone, we got lots of 'we're gonna be safe now, no going back, onwards and upwards' talk and press. Then Burnley play their games in hand and send Newcastle back into the bottom 3.

I say 'might', because I don't know how happy I'd be with burnley staying up...

At least we can be almost certain that one of those 2 is going down. Hopefully both.

 

[GT49er]

What's happened to our boy (well, formerly our boy) at Norwich - it in the squad at all. Is he injured or what? I thought he was one of their better players earlier in the season.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

What's happened to our boy (well, formerly our boy) at Norwich - it in the squad at all. Is he injured or what? I thought he was one of their better players earlier in the season.

Matthias Normann? Injured, back very soon.

 

[oldboyroy]

After watching last night's game I'm quietly thinking just how much we've improved. We are miles ahead in terms of quality.

 

[Swansman]

I wonder what the worse GD and survived has been?

Norwich currently 17th -32GD.

I had to look this up and found to my pleasure that there was no easy google-able answer so I had to check all the PL league tables:

Wigan -42 in the 2009/10 season, worse than all of the relegated teams that season.
And then there is a big jump to Huddersfield and Bradford both staying up on -30.

 

[Jolly Red Giant]

Norwich had 2 shots on target!

They’ve improved but have been a bit fortuitous in their two wins.

I still don’t think they have anywhere near enough quality to stay up but I hope to be proven wrong.

It is worth noting that both wins have come with Adam Idah starting up front