The Relegation Thread

[Jarv]

Is John Carver Sunderland fan?

 

[mistermagic]

Or Shearer.

 

[Super_horns]

Is John Carver Sunderland fan?

Just an example of what can happen if you have a fan in charge....who cannot manage.

 

[mistermagic]

Matchday 35
Aston Villa 3-2 Everton
Leicester 3-0 Newcastle
Sunderland 2-1 Southampton
Liverpool 2-1 QPR
West Ham 1-0 Burnley

Table:
14.Aston Villa 35 pts -21
15.Newcastle 35 pts -24
16.Hull City 34 pts -13
17.Leicester 34 pts -15
18.Sunderland 33 pts -22 (-1)
19.QPR 27 pts -22
20.Burnley 26 pts -27

Run-in:
Aston Villa: West Ham (h), Southampton (a), Burnley (h).
Newcastle: West Brom (h), QPR (a), West Ham (h).
Hull City: Arsenal (h), Burnley (h), Tottenham (a), Man Utd (h).
Leicester: Southampton (h), Sunderland (a), QPR (h).
Sunderland: Everton (a), Leicester (h), Arsenal (a), Chelsea (a).
QPR: Man City (a), Newcastle (h), Leicester (a).
Burnley: Hull City (a), Stoke (h), Aston Villa (a).

Newcastle has officially entered the relegation struggle following their 8th straight defeat yesterday at Leicester. They're only 2 points clear of Sunderland with a worst goal difference. Their run-in is quite kind compared to others though. They could go down.
The big game next weekend will be Hull hosting Burnley.

Let's see what Hull do at home to Arsenal on Monday first.

 

[Pyeman]

Shame really, really like you guys as a club, QPR can fuck off. Hope to see you back soon (assuming we don't join you).

My boss at work is a QPR fan. The fact that they've done about as shit as we have is the silver lining to this situation. I wouldn't have been able to cope had they survived at our expense.

I doubt we'll be back any time soon; the likelihood is that we'll lose our best 2/3 players and we may well lose our manager, so I'm not expecting an immediate return. Think the best we can hope for is similar to the last time we went down; a couple of seasons consolidating before rebuilding and maybe making a return in 3/4 years time.

 

[Blitzballer]

Hope Newcastle go down. The way they treated Pardew, hahaha would be funny as fuck

 

[Bartonyellow]

Football league season is done. We are the champions. So Newcastle. Give us a million quid and we will lend you jimmy floyd for three games to keep you up. Do a better job than what you have now.

 

[Hank]

Newcastle announce that John Carver will remain in charge. Phew that's a relief.

 

[Murphy]

My fear is that Newcastle will shithouse a win against West Ham which would probably be enough to see them above the water-line. Hope Leicester see it out now, they've been magnificent in the last few weeks.

 

[thespus]

Leicester City going down would be awful for the league. Certainly don't need to retain Sunderland over them.

 

[LondonOrn]

I think Newcastle should be fine, if only because Sunderland have a nightmare run-in. People forget they're only in this position because they've lost 8 in a row - surely they can't go on losing until the end of the season, especially with a run-in that includes West Brom and West Ham at home and (likely already relegated) QPR away? Assuming it's a given that Sunderland lose their game in hand at Arsenal, who are looking nigh-on unstoppable at the moment, are they really going to gain two (three depending on goal difference) points over a side that have the above fixture list with one that has to play Everton and Chelsea away?

Will depend of course whether Carver's rant has the desired kick up the backsides the players need (a la Keith Curle at Carlisle), or it could have the exact opposite effect...

 

[mistermagic]

Aston Villa 3-2 Everton
Leicester 3-0 Newcastle
Hull 1-3 Arsenal
Sunderland 2-1 Southampton
Liverpool 2-1 QPR
West Ham 1-0 Burnley

Table:
14.Aston Villa 35 pts -21
15.Newcastle 35 pts -24
16.Leicester 34 pts -15
17.Hull City 34 pts -15
18.Sunderland 33 pts -22 (-1)
19.QPR 27 pts -22
20.Burnley 26 pts -27

Run-in:
Aston Villa: West Ham (h), Southampton (a), Burnley (h).
Newcastle: West Brom (h), QPR (a), West Ham (h).
Hull City: Burnley (h), Tottenham (a), Man Utd (h).
Leicester: Southampton (h), Sunderland (a), QPR (h).
Sunderland: Everton (a), Leicester (h), Arsenal (a), Chelsea (a).
QPR: Man City (a), Newcastle (h), Leicester (a).
Burnley: Hull City (a), Stoke (h), Aston Villa (a).

Leicester have gone up a place without playing!

Hull v Burnley the big one next weekend.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

QPR and Burnley are fucked, it's between the 5 of us for that last place. If we beat West Ham on the weekend, we're safe unless the usual happens where every other fucker wins when we do.

 

[JimJams]

Burnley must win or they're down and QPR must get at least a point or they're down. And if Hull do send Burnley down and Leicester get any result against Southampton, then QPRs game against Man City then becomes a must win game or they'll be relegated. So we could be 1 down on Saturday and another on Sunday.

Would love a Burnley win.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

I'd love Burnley to survive, but it's not gonna happen imo. As I said above though, QPR can fuck off, horrible club.

 

[JimJams]

I'd love a Burnley win for selfish reasons, not for them. If they beat Hull it's difficult to see the latter pick up any points for the remainder of games.
Though yeah it would be a great escape, and I'd like to see it as long as it's not at our expense.

 

[mistermagic]

Sunderland's win changes everything. Hull must win against Burnley are they are down I reckon.

 

[Smally]

Burnley are down

 

[Nath]

Goodbye Hull.

 

[Dazza]

Not looking good for Hull with Spurs away and Man United at the KC.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

I really hope Hull can pick up 3 points from one of those to hopefully send Newcastle down. Them going would make up for Burnley dropping imo.

 

[Nath]

I'd have expected Hull to beat Spurs before the results today. Spurs can't afford to get beat by Hull after that thumping today. I expect them to up their game, unfortunately.

 

[Dazza]

With the way Spurs and Southampton are playing it look like they both want to avoid the Europa League.I can see Hull getting at least a point at Spurs.Probably won't be enough though.

 

[Dazza]

Looking good for Villa.Away to Southampton and then home to Burnley who are already relegated.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

We're safe now... I can actually finally say that with some certainty finally. Another 4 points and we've done better than in the 3 seasons before this. That's just fucking sad.

 

[Super_horns]

Hull do have Spurs next week... But Newcastle do have QPR and West Ham.

Sides with nothing to play for.

 

[Dazza]

We're safe now... I can actually finally say that with some certainty finally. Another 4 points and we've done better than in the 3 seasons before this. That's just fucking sad.

Shows how bad Paul Lambert was.

 

[Murphy]

I reckon Newcastle will beat West Ham next week, but then again Hull at home is exactly the sort of game that Spurs love slipping up in, especially when they're trying their best not to qualify for the Europa League. Hard to see past Hull now though really.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

Shows how bad Paul Lambert was.

And McLeish.

 

[The Iron]

I can't see Hull getting any more than 1pt from their final two games which means they will be relegated. They did get a good win at palace recently and at home to Liverpool so it's possible they could survive, but highly unlikely.