three things to take hope from if you are still concerned

[Wardy's twin]

1) Wales win with goal scored by 17 year old
2) Duffy scores for ROI
3) Spain play most of game without a recognised striker and beat Italy 3-0

 

[Guy Fawkes]

No team that has failed to score in their 1st three games have ever been relegated from the PL

We are only 3 games in and have a decent squad with players than can make the difference between survival and relegation

We have played two of our harder games this season already, whereas other teams we are competing with have had (on paper) far easier matches to start their campaign, and despite that, we are of the mark and are out of the bottom 3

 

[larus]

There was some stat about Burnley not winning their first game for about 9 or 11 games I think.

Season is still early and we have some good creative players and a decent defence. All is not lost by a long way.

 

[Icy Gull]

All is not lost but we have managed to make life much more difficult than it should be. The head in the sand denial on here is nearly as bad as the daft Bloom must go threads.

Sorry, probably posted this on the wrong thread.

 

[neilbard]

Jong-un Kim hasn't wiped out an entire planet yet.

I have a nice comfy seat at the Amex

We are still in the Premier League.

 

[mreprice]

The record of relegated teams the past few years would suggest the bottom of the Premier League is a lower standard than the top of the Championship. So we should still have a chance.

 

[Marshy]

Never concerned while we have Glenn

 

[Jim in the West]

We seem to be consumed by the SCORING of goals. Not conceding is just as vital. Generally relegated teams concede well over 60 goals. A couple of years ago Man Utd finished 5th, and only out-scored Sunderland (17th) by one goal.

From what I've seen to date we are well organised and pretty decent defensively. If we can play to our strengths we CAN survive.

 

[sir albion]

We seem to be consumed by the SCORING of goals. Not conceding is just as vital. Generally relegated teams concede well over 60 goals. A couple of years ago Man Utd finished 5th, and only out-scored Sunderland (17th) by one goal.

From what I've seen to date we are well organised and pretty decent defensively. If we can play to our strengths we CAN survive.

We will get shredded playing the negative way and scoring goals is a huge ingredient and far more important than conceding.

 

[Postman Pat]

We've played one home game against one of the best teams in the league. We've taken a point away from home against one of our rivals.

Our survival will be concentrated on home games against bottom 10 sides and picking up points off of them away from home.

Let's have another look at end of October.

 

[Surrey Phil]

* We haven't lost for two weeks and will be three when we play WBA.

* We are only two points behind Arsenal.

 

[sully]

We will get shredded playing the negative way and scoring goals is a huge ingredient and far more important than conceding.

Jim used a statistic to make his point. Do you have any to back yours up?

 

[grubbyhands]

We're going to finish 16th and no,I don't have any statistics to back this up.

 

[el punal]

We will get shredded playing the negative way and scoring goals is a huge ingredient and far more important than conceding.

Tell that to Newcastle and Kevin Keegan around the mid-1990s when they were 11 points clear of Man.Utd at the top of the Premier League. Now I wonder what happened next . . . .

 

[LamieRobertson]

All is not lost but we have managed to make life much more difficult than it should be. The head in the sand denial on here is nearly as bad as the daft Bloom must go threads.

Sorry, probably posted this on the wrong thread.

Not too sure people having hope is 'head in the sand' Icy ..I will go to most matches this season more in hope than expectation

 

[GT49er]

1) Wales win with goal scored by 17 year old

We won't let a 17 year old anywhere near our first team (other than a couple of minutes in a League Cup match).

2) Duffy scores for ROI

That's his quota for the season then.

3) Spain play most of game without a recognised striker and beat Italy 3-0

We won't be playing Italy very often.........................

Just joshing - I'm actually quite hopeful that we'll stay up, albeit probably by the skin of our teeth.

 

[theboybilly]

All is not lost but we have managed to make life much more difficult than it should be. The head in the sand denial on here is nearly as bad as the daft Bloom must go threads.

Sorry, probably posted this on the wrong thread.

No head in the sand here but how many points did you expect us to have after the three matches we've played so far?

 

[albionfan37]

All is not lost but we have managed to make life much more difficult than it should be. The head in the sand denial on here is nearly as bad as the daft Bloom must go threads.

Sorry, probably posted this on the wrong thread.

No you are quite right we have handicapped ourselves unnecessarily and could have had it much easier than I think we will now

 

[origigull]

We've played one home game against one of the best teams in the league. We've taken a point away from home against one of our rivals.

Our survival will be concentrated on home games against bottom 10 sides and picking up points off of them away from home.

Let's have another look at end of October.

I think that's the best way to look at the situation. Go on a 5-game cycle and review and analise each month.

 

[AmexRuislip]

No team that has failed to score in their 1st three games have ever been relegated from the PL

We are only 3 games in and have a decent squad with players than can make the difference between survival and relegation

We have played two of our harder games this season already, whereas other teams we are competing with have had (on paper) far easier matches to start their campaign, and despite that, we are of the mark and are out of the bottom 3

This