Seasons prospects

[biggeordiedave]

Win against Southampton and it removes all relegation fears for me, 31 points with still plenty of winnable fixtures remaining and plenty of opportunities to pick up some draws, not even my most pessimistic moments would see me thinking about relegation.

I'm usually only happy when it is mathematically confirmed, but I can see this season being one of the lowest in terms of points required for safety.

[Don Sholeone]

Win against Southampton and it removes all relegation fears for me, 31 points with still plenty of winnable fixtures remaining and plenty of opportunities to pick up some draws, not even my most pessimistic moments would see me thinking about relegation.

I'm usually only happy when it is mathematically confirmed, but I can see this season being one of the lowest in terms of points required for safety.

I remember last season when we were all panicking about Fulham and they ended up going down on 28 points, we are 1 point away from last year's safety margin as it stands, I can't see it being that low this year, but also not too much higher. Got a feeling 35 will be more than enough.

[Remember Colo]

Win against Southampton and it removes all relegation fears for me, 31 points with still plenty of winnable fixtures remaining and plenty of opportunities to pick up some draws, not even my most pessimistic moments would see me thinking about relegation.

I'm usually only happy when it is mathematically confirmed, but I can see this season being one of the lowest in terms of points required for safety.

I haven't reviewed it in a while, but I seem to recall it's been trending down for a while, and the target points total most talk up as necessary for survival tends to be a lot higher than what's actually needed anymore. Although the bottle of the table is more congested that it's seemingly been in years (yet my perception might be wrong on that).

[bodacious benny]

Mid 30s has generally always been enough for the last umpteen number of years. It has been a long time since you needed 40 points to stay up I think, probably West Ham about 15 years ago when they went down with 40 odd points was the last time.

With the games we have left we should be fine. Burnley’s little run is well and truly over, Norwich are back to being awful and Watford are losing regularly so all good below us too.

[biggeordiedave]

I think the current bottom three are the teams that will get relegated. I know Everton and Leeds are in immediate danger too, but they've both got enough quality to get out of it.

[bodacious benny]

Yeah I think that's the likely outcome, though Burnley have a habit of putting together a few 1-0 wins towards the end of the season.

[biggeordiedave]

Yeah I think that's the likely outcome, though Burnley have a habit of putting together a few 1-0 wins towards the end of the season.

Still got Norwich and Watford to play too, but ultimately I don't think they'll be able to get out of it. It'll be interesting if it gets to the last day though...

Arsenal vs Everton
Burnley vs Newcastle
Brentford vs Leeds

If Burnley beating us means Everton could go down, I might be a bit conflicted

[Remember Colo]

I think the current bottom three are the teams that will get relegated. I know Everton and Leeds are in immediate danger too, but they've both got enough quality to get out of it.

And with Bamford back now, and Phillips set to return this month, that should be a huge boost for Leeds too.