[Albion] What’s more likely: Top 10 or relegation?

[A1X]

Relegation. We haven't improved our squad from last season sufficiently to claim anything other at this precise moment.

 

[Swansman]

Fair comment.

GK isn't really a position I'm worried about. I mention the goals from Saturday because, from Sanchez's POV they looked uncharacteristic. Obviously, he is still learning.

As to the thread title itself I think my only reasonable answer is "neither". On the BBC predict the table thread I went for 14th. That was partly based on thinking we have more deals to complete in the window though!

Agree

 

[Caveman]

We have more chance of going down than top 10, UNLESS we make 2-3 strong signings before the window shuts, our teams is currently weaker than last seasons imo.

 

[Eric Youngs Contact Lens]

Both are possible but relegation more likely surely? Trying to predict the league placings, I found it almost impossible to decide from 11 down. To finish top 10 we would need Leeds, West Ham, Everton or Villa to have a shocker vs. last season - I think they were all +10 points from 12th placed Newcastle. That feels less likely than us losing a few more games. BUT, for the majority of the season, the difference between relegation-threatened and Comfortably mid-table is very little - I certainly felt that a couple of results either way at certain points could have seen any of Wolves, Newcastle, Palace, Southampton and ourselves drop into the bottom 3.

 

[The Wizard]

Seems the majority are more on my side: I’m struggling to understand given current squads how we can be 13/8 to be top 10 and 4 times as long to be relegated. Somewhere in between is probably the most likely.

White gone
All our full backs are out
Still no goalscorer
Can’t rely on Lallana or Welbeck
Other teams have really strengthened, Wolves, Villa etc all look stronger than this time last year.


My biggest worry is if we have a poor start to the season with the run in we have it could be very costly, our strikers are simply not good enough, it’s harsh to say but I think we’ve seen enough to know now if we don’t strengthen it’s going to be the same old story this season, we can’t keep relying on there being 3 teams worse than us.

It feels like this is the season we have to push towards getting ourselves up the table or we will inevitably go down at some point.

 

[chaileyjem]

White gone
All our full backs are out
Still no goalscorer
Can’t rely on Lallana or Welbeck
Other teams have really strengthened, Wolves, Villa etc all look stronger than this time last year.


My biggest worry is if we have a poor start to the season with the run in we have it could be very costly, our strikers are simply not good enough, it’s harsh to say but I think we’ve seen enough to know now if we don’t strengthen it’s going to be the same old story this season, we can’t keep relying on there being 3 teams worse than us.

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If we don’t strengthen - in previous years in PL we’ve signed a dozen or so players including some of our biggest signings in the last 2 weeks or so of the window.

All our full backs are out - Lamptey is injured, as he was last season. March is back.

Can’t rely on Lallana or Welbeck - they made 55 appearances last season

Other teams have strengthened / look stronger - “signed new players”. Let’s see how they perform first ...

 

[Ethelwulf]

14th or 15th so not mid table and we will not go down.

 

[BN41Albion]

Way more likely to go down than finish in top 10 as it stands. Struggled last season, but now our squad is weaker and we haven't managed to address the glaring issue we had last season

 

[Coxovi]

I have to agree closer to relegation, but remain hopeful.

 

[um bongo molongo]

Sign a pair of full backs and a forward and top 10 is definitely on the cards.

This is how I see it - but also without those, a I think we’ll be a lot closer to relegation that people are expecting.

 

[Invicta]

Relegation ahead of top 10, unless someone starts scoring for fun

 

[jcdenton08]

I suspect will finish around 15th and be hovering around there most of the season. Our transfer business has been disappointing. No striker, same old problems. Plus losing White.

Our team is weaker than last year, where we were in a relegation fight. I can't see how suddenly we will be in the top 10 having addressed none of the problems in the squad.

 

[OzMike]

Will know after the first 6 or so games.

 

[Recidivist]

If we can get Lamptey, March and Welbeck fit again and keep them fit then I think top 10 is certainly possible….


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[Nameless]

Definitely more likely to be relegated but fairly confident we won' get top 10 or be relegated.