[Albion] Relegation Thread - 2019/2020 Season

[Is it PotG?]

It's a game of two halves, ask me after the Watford game.

Right now, I'll go Sheff Utd, Norwich and Burnley.

 

[casbom]

Villa on paper are signing good potential players, albeit always a risk but I like Smith as their Manager and think they'll finish comfortably mid table.

I think Norwich will end up bottom and then a fight between us, Burnley, Sheff Utd and Newcastle (unless they end up spending a lot of money). If Zaha goes then Palace could be in trouble too. My surprise side who could be in trouble is Watford, they had a great season last year with a squad that excelled. Not sure they can do it again.

 

[Guinness Boy]

I think we will really struggle. I feel that it will be made clear that CH set up the team in a way to earn points and to get us over the line to stay up, which he achieved. GP is inexperienced and I doubt will have the nous to win dirty so to speak. Certainly I have no confidence in AJ, Andone, Locardia to make much of an impression and Murray is a year older.

Inexperienced?? He's been a manager since 2010 and beaten Arsenal at the Emirates

 

[MattBackHome]

Newcastle.

What was their 3 biggest assets last season? Perez, Rondon and their quality manager.

All gone.

Sheff Utd

I won't pick Norwich as I think they are a bit more street wise. Sheff Utd's attacking centre backs may well be their downfall in the prem.

Palace(if they lose Zaha)

Says it all really





Now watch as I get all 3 wrong

I reckon Chrissy Wilder will switch it up a bit this year and weirdly fancy him to surprise a few teams. Norwich are too sexy to go down. We are going to be mid table.

I agree with Palace and Toon though, and will throw in Villa just for the **** of it.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Villa on paper are signing good potential players, .

Are they really?

They've just spent FIFTY MILLION POUNDS to buy three decent Championship defenders, in Targett, Konza and Mings, not one of whom would get in our starting XI.

Just wasting a shitload of cash without improving their TEAM so far as I've seen.

 

[casbom]

Are they really?

They've just spent FIFTY MILLION POUNDS to buy three decent Championship defenders, in Targett, Konza and Mings, not one of whom would get in our starting XI.

Just wasting a shitload of cash without improving their TEAM so far as I've seen.

We'll see, I think they'll be fine.

 

[Albumen]

For me:
Newcastle
Burnley
Sheff Utd

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Are they really?

They've just spent FIFTY MILLION POUNDS to buy three decent Championship defenders, in Targett, Konza and Mings, not one of whom would get in our starting XI.

Just wasting a shitload of cash without improving their TEAM so far as I've seen.

Bournemouth somehow made 17 million on a player that player 15 times for them.....

mad

 

[Guinness Boy]

Are they really?

They've just spent FIFTY MILLION POUNDS to buy three decent Championship defenders, in Targett, Konza and Mings, not one of whom would get in our starting XI.

Just wasting a shitload of cash without improving their TEAM so far as I've seen.

Agreed. Villa were stuffed full of loans and only went up via the playoffs. They're panic buying and will be in the mix for relegation.

 

[kingstn seagull]

The youth options are also much better than 1 year ago.

- Connolly, Gyokeres, Alzate etc. - 1 year older, 1 year more experience.

- The additions of Băluţă and Mlakar.

Exciting times are just around the corner.

Do we know which of these players went to Austria with the main squad and which went to Portugal?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Do we know which of these players went to Austria with the main squad and which went to Portugal?

All those mentioned - except Băluţă who is having time off after the Euro U21 championship - went with the main squad to Austria, along with Max Sanders and Robert Sanchez.

 

[This is me]

Unless ones glass is more than overflowing we have to be nailed on for a bottom 3 place. The lack of any meaningful investment in the side & aging Murray won’t keep us up. Regrettably bottom place looks nailed on for us. Still the sun is shining in Sussex today!

 

[Frankie]

I'm sure we will be on lots of other fans forum threads similar to this as relegation candidates, we do have a crumb of hope in actually not knowing what to expect in regards to style of play, and have very little knowledge of how good a team we could of been as a more attacking unit so it's pure guesswork from our point of view , i honestly expect Brighton to score far more goals this season but i fear a Blackpool style of play to go with it leaving gaping holes for opposition strikers to dance their way through at will .

Newcastle look like a team ready to drop of the face of the earth unless their delightful owner has a sleeve full of Aces in the last 3 weeks of the transfer window .

Sheffield Utd , will fight and scrap for every point and will be hard to beat at home so i think they may well survive this season .

Norwich to me are this seasons Fulham and will be picked off too many times and will concede bucket loads to the top six , they will go down .

Villa will invest heavily in January if they start poorly and will survive comfortably .

Burnley are one of these clubs that always seem to punch well above their weight , but i think it will be between them Brighton and Southampton for the dreaded drop .


18th One of Burnley - Brighton - Southampton 35 pts
19th Newcastle 33 pts
20th Norwich 30 pts

 

[This is me]

Latest odds suggesting it will be 50/50 we go down ..

 

[dazzer6666]

Latest odds suggesting it will be 50/50 we go down ..

No...still around 2/1 with most bookies. Hasn’t changed much since the end of the season.

https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/relegation

 

[Seasider78]

The 3 who came up look the most likely to be the ones going back down with maybe Southampton being the other most likely to replace one of them.

Burnley and Palace just have a habit of doing just about enough and Newcastle despite the current situation will end up attracting a decent manager

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

The 3 who came up look the most likely to be the ones going back down with maybe Southampton being the other most likely to replace one of them.

Burnley and Palace just have a habit of doing just about enough and Newcastle despite the current situation will end up attracting a decent manager

What Steve Bruce

 

[chaileyjem]

Burnley are one of these clubs that always seem to punch well above their weight

Burnley have a habit of doing just about enough

Yes. In one season They made the Europa League.
But outside of that in last 5 years - . its 2 seasons where they've finished just above relegation by a few points and one season where they didn't do just about enough. -relegated with 33 points and that was only a few years ago.

 

[chaileyjem]

Unless ones glass is more than overflowing we have to be nailed on for a bottom 3 place. The lack of any meaningful investment in the side & aging Murray won’t keep us up. Regrettably bottom place looks nailed on for us. Still the sun is shining in Sussex today!

For you maybe but the bookies are far more generous with their definition of "nailed on" . ie: its not.

 

[chaileyjem]

Sheffield United, Norwich and Newcastle are doing their best to help us out.
That’s the most likely route to survival I feel as i don’t think we’ve improved on what was a desperately thin squad last season.
.

Ha ! Finishing above 3 clubs is *always* the most likely route to survival !!