[Albion] What's More Likely? We Stay 13th Forever? Or Move Up The Table? Or Down?

[LVGull]

[MENTION=34412]LVGull[/MENTION] Your thought please?

We will be moving up the table. We need a few more decent investments though.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

5 of our remaining 8 homes games are against teams below us. Only Man City from the top 6. Only 6 away games left. I think we will end up finishing 13th as it happens. For which I will be delighted!

In other words, five of our 8 home games are against teams who will be battling desperately for points. Of these, Burnley, Southampton and Newcastle are improving, while Cardiff will fight hard because Neil Warnock's teams always do. Huddersfield usually prove awkward customers. We've already proved we can lose to anyone away from home. For a while I've been thinking that we need four wins to see us safe but I'm beginning to wonder where they might come from.

 

[BrickTamland]

In other words, five of our 8 home games are against teams who will be battling desperately for points. Of these, Burnley, Southampton and Newcastle are improving, while Cardiff will fight hard because Neil Warnock's teams always do. Huddersfield usually prove awkward customers. We've already proved we can lose to anyone away from home. For a while I've been thinking that we need four wins to see us safe but I'm beginning to wonder where they might come from.

£10 to REMF says we don’t go within 3 points of the relegation zone. Some of the bed wetting over a bad result is amazing. Our home form is fantastic and will see us through easily enough.

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

Can see us moving down.

We've got a good team, the best I've known as an Albion fan, but we need to be more creative - create and more importantly take more chances.

We need to be more confident in both possession and without it.

It's difficult to say what we're missing - but whatever it is, if we had it, we would be moving up the table.

we won't move up on Saturday, we're 4 points behind the team above us.

 

[Bold Seagull]

In other words, five of our 8 home games are against teams who will be battling desperately for points. Of these, Burnley, Southampton and Newcastle are improving, while Cardiff will fight hard because Neil Warnock's teams always do. Huddersfield usually prove awkward customers. We've already proved we can lose to anyone away from home. For a while I've been thinking that we need four wins to see us safe but I'm beginning to wonder where they might come from.

You have to go back to March 2018 for the last time we lost to a side outside the top 6 at home.

I think we'll pick up at least 4 wins, 4 draws of our last 14 games.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Murray will go on another run over the next 2 months. Scoring for fun against weaker opposition.
We'll stay 13th /14th for the rest of the season

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

You have to go back to March 2018 for the last time we lost to a side outside the top 6 at home.

I think we'll pick up at least 4 wins, 4 draws of our last 14 games.

outside the top 4...

.. but that stat will surely change at some point, can't imagine one of Watford, Newcastle, Saints, Bournemouth, Burnley, Cardiff won't be able to beat us...

 

[Dave the OAP]

For the rest of your life, all we can look forward to is 11-14th in the premier every year

No cups, no challenge for the top 4!, no relegation battles.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

For the rest of your life, all we can look forward to is 11-14th in the premier every year

No cups, no challenge for the top 4!, no relegation battles.

the football goes on FOREVER....

 

[grubbyhands]

Got a decent run of fixtures coming up and everyone’s still in a melt down about a freak half of football. 12th is my bet

That's my prediction too.

 

[The_Viper]

I think it is a game and 1 half of football ( WBA) that has some worried,

1 win since Palace is probs why people are worried.

 

[nwgull]

1 win since Palace is probs why people are worried.

Yes, but it’s worth remembering that we’ve only had 4 home games in that run, and 3 of them were against big 6 sides. We’ve won 4, drawn 2 and lost 0 of our home games against non top six this season, and now we’ve got 7 of them to play at home in the next 14.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

1 win since Palace is probs why people are worried.

But more points accumulated since then than expected (on the predictor thingy). It was always going to be tough run of fixtures.

 

[Weststander]

When Pereyra crosses for Deeney to make it 0-4 on Saturday, we’re be heading down south.

Hughton will part the club on Monday, with Alan ‘Red Adair” Pardew, brought in.

 

[crodonilson]

11th for me, top of the bottom half.

 

[GT49er]

3 or 4 weeks ago I was looking up the table, looking to see which of the teams above us we might catch on match day if we won and other results went our way. That was when we were in division 2 of the PL. Now we are cut off and relegated from that division, and instead sit precariously at the head of PL division 3.
Some of the teams in division 3 are showing signs of improvement too - Burnley, Palarse and Newcastle in particular. Some have achieved results against teams against whom we only aspire to keeping the score down to 1 or 2-0. I think we will do well now to avoid slipping further down than about 15th.

 

[Dave the OAP]

3 or 4 weeks ago I was looking up the table, looking to see which of the teams above us we might catch on match day if we won and other results went our way. That was when we were in division 2 of the PL. Now we are cut off and relegated from that division, and instead sit precariously at the head of PL division 3.
Some of the teams in division 3 are showing signs of improvement too - Burnley, Palarse and Newcastle in particular. Some have achieved results against teams against whom we only aspire to keeping the score down to 1 or 2-0. I think we will do well now to avoid slipping further down than about 15th.

That is an extremely good point.

The comments before the Man City game was let's hope we don't get hit for a cricket score...yet palace, who we all think are shit, won up there. Also the comments after the Chelsea game....oh we played well to keep them down ...and we couldn't have a go at them as they would rip us apart......really, does anyone think Bournemouth thought that when they ripped Chelsea a new one this week?

We all know this is hughton's tactics, but at times, it does show that if you really want it, it is worth going for it.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

A gradual decline and end up loitering outside the bottom three, thankful for our first half of the season where everyone else was gash. They are now improving and we have lost confidence going to get ugly.

 

[spanish flair]

3 or 4 weeks ago I was looking up the table, looking to see which of the teams above us we might catch on match day if we won and other results went our way. That was when we were in division 2 of the PL. Now we are cut off and relegated from that division, and instead sit precariously at the head of PL division 3.
Some of the teams in division 3 are showing signs of improvement too - Burnley, Palarse and Newcastle in particular. Some have achieved results against teams against whom we only aspire to keeping the score down to 1 or 2-0. I think we will do well now to avoid slipping further down than about 15th.

Agree with this and complacency seems to be setting in throughout the club, Barbers interview on Talksport yesterday backed this up when he said we don't need to strengthen our squad, we did alll our business in the summer. I don't know Mr Barber but why do most clubs always appear to want to improve their squads, no matter how strong they are.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

That is an extremely good point.

The comments before the Man City game was let's hope we don't get hit for a cricket score...yet palace, who we all think are shit, won up there. Also the comments after the Chelsea game....oh we played well to keep them down ...and we couldn't have a go at them as they would rip us apart......really, does anyone think Bournemouth thought that when they ripped Chelsea a new one this week?

We all know this is hughton's tactics, but at times, it does show that if you really want it, it is worth going for it.

Bournemouth are Chelsea's bogey team. They beat them 3-0 last season.