Relegation is fkn looming....

FFS I penned this thread as a piiss take after we had won 2 of our opening 3 games and drawn the other and sitting in the top 3!! 🤬

We have WON the least games in the Prem with only 5 victories in 26 games.... 2 of them were against Liverpool and Chelscum!!

April is our destiny with 3 very winnable home games v Forest, Palace and Leicester and 2 winnable away games v Fulham and Bournemouth....

The next 2 games matter. Beat BHA at home and Wolves away could see us 6 points clear of 18th.

Everton, Saints and Bournemouth have tough games and may not get any points

I still live in hope!!

We then move into the international break. Bamford, Luis, Rodrigo, Cooper should all be back when we return and fully firing.

Rutter will also have a further 2 weeks to get match fit.

Looking at the games we have left can’t see more than 14points is that enough?

Been waiting for that one performance that tells us the corner has been turned.

We'll be in the bottom 3 come 5pm next Saturday in all likelihood.

Michael & Gove Albion not a team we usually get much out of.

The defence is looking secure (ish)

Tyler and to a lesser degree Weston look solid (ish) if unthreatening.

The front 4 is the problem.

Harrison needs dropping

Arronson needs some spite.

Willy Jimmy George just need a goal to get a confident run started.

As below we need to be sitting favourably be end of April or ifs curtains ... and the ensuing fire sale.

When is rodders back?

More importantly when is Dallas back, the man is infectious.

Mot...but do it soon please

13 games to go.

9 (NINE) teams separated by 6 points. This is going to be a relegation fight like no other. None of those 9 teams is safe, none of those 9 teams is definitely down.

Leeds have been down this road before, as have Everton. If we can stay in touch with this group over the next 6 games then hope springs eternal.

4 at home, 2 away and 3 of the teams around us:-

Home vs Brighton, Forest, Palace, Liverpool

Away vs Wolves, Arsenal

At least Everton got spanked by Arsenal and Scousers beat Wolves.

We need to do our job on Saturday and get 3 points v Chelsea.

If we do get relegated (😲) does anyone know how this will affect our takeover?

Surely the 69ers won't want a team in the Championship?

Would Radz still sell us? He'd obviously get far less for us not being in the Prem....

This would literally cost us 10s of millions and probably more.

Nice positive post now that Wemberlee has vanished with only a relegation scrap to look forward to! 🤬

Rodrigo hoping to be fit before the international break in March,it was originally estimated he would be out til start of April.

if we are to stay up we will need one or more of Bamford, Rodrigo ,JH ,Jimmy, Willy, Sinisterra to hit a purple patch of scoring goals.

we have arguably more firepower than anyone in the bottom 6 or 8 on paper so hopefully Gracia can help them find their shooting boots.........if he ever gets a fkn work visa ..

Knowing that BB and Soopa were egg chasers does explain some of their posts after the hard hits.... 🤔😜🙈

TC - I understand your comments. Played rugby union for 30 years unpaid other than "expenses" and it is only now the repercussions are becoming evident.

Even when I suffered a bad hit I was always told to get up and show no pain. Dont get why some footballers feign pain like Bruno at Manure!!!

Would I change my life? HELL NO!!! They were the best years!!!

Nothing wrong with Strukij and it was a shot, albeit a hard shot, that hit him in the head....

They just have to be more careful now because unfortunately one bloke died or nearly died from it.... that's not in the least meant to take anything away from the poor bloke.

What happens in boxing every 10 seconds when they get hit on the head with a punch?

What happens in rugby when they get tackled every minute and in the scrums etc?

What happens in MMA cage fighting!? You can carry on punching and kicking a bloke in the head whilst you have him pinned down.... fkn brutal and can't believe that's 'sport'!

If fkn namby pamby footballers didn't go down feigning injury, and then by some miracle being fine 20 seconds later, we wouldn't have this scenario in the first place....

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Wobber dislocated his shoulder,will be out for weeks ..

I have written off this season. Just want to see good perfomances and players proud to wear the Famous White Shirt

Although Saturday (and the weekend generally) was terrible, I think the doom and gloom has set in a little prematurely.

I'm not particularly optimistic about our chances of survival but it's very tight at the bottom still; nearly half the table are still in the relegation mix and there are a few within 'easy' reach. For example, if Everton and Bournemouth draw and we win in the next set of fixtures, we're immediately out of the dreaded zone.

I know that seems like a big 'if', given what we saw on Saturday, but we mustn't forget how encouraged we were by the performances against Scum. Nor that fans of some of the other teams involved are no doubt also wondering where their next point is coming from, so we shouldn't be assuming that they're necessarily going to fare better - or even as well - in their remaining fixtures.

Chin up - all is not (yet) lost!

We will have to sell a few players - Meslier, Koch, Harrison, Gnonto, Adams, Rodrigo = about £150million

Wont get McKennie

Llorente and Costa will be gone too when their loans are made permanent.

Am sure the others will stay out of loyalty or because no other club wants them.

Still it will give a chance to Bate, Poveda, Joffy, Charlie, Gyabi, Greenwood, Perkins, Jospeh, Hjelde, Monteiro and others to step up and make a clian for a starting spot

This is how i see it Bull:

Saints at ER - 3 points

Chelski away - 1 point

Seagulls at ER - 1 point

Wolves away - 3 points

Arsenal Away - 0 points

Palace at ER - 3 points

Liverpool at ER - 1 point

Fulham Away - 1 point

Foxes at ER - 1 point

Boringmouth away - 3 points

City away - 0 points

Barcodes at ER - 1 point

West Ham away - 1 point

Spurs at home - 3 points

22 points there + 19 points now = 41 points which may not be good enough this year

If we cant take a point off a pliss poor Everton side where will we get a point???

Saints at ER MUST WIN

Chelski away 0

Seagulls at ER MUST WIN but lucky to get a point

Wolves away MUST WIN

Arsenal Away 0

Palace at ER again lucky to get a point

Liverpool at ER 0

Fulham Away 0

Foxes at ER MUST WIN

Boringmouth away MUST WIN

City away 0

Barcodes at ER 0

West Ham away point at best

Spurs at home "if they need to win to get into top 4" then 0

Thats 16 points at best onto 19 total 35 = Relegation.

Barring some sort of miracle we cant stay up imho

I have given up hope and will just enjoy or next 15 games before championship football beckons

Are we allowed to say we are in a relegation battle yet or is it still too early to say, should we still be sticking our heads in the sand.

If we can pick one small nugget out of a carcrash of a Saturday....

Casimiro and Eriksen will miss both games v Leeds - Eriksen injured, Casemiro sent off today

Sean Dyche - Mr 11 men behind the ball and hoof it

Result Everton 1-0 Arsenal

No justice.

I'm sure Bielsa won't go to Everton as it'd take too long to get his training regime and match day methods in place.... there's more chance of Lord Frostynips getting a correct weather forecast

However many chances they'll create, the massively overrated Calvert Lewin, will miss every one of them.... at least Bamford scored one in 10 chances!

They also won't be able to fkn defend....

This has Dyche written all over it trying to be hard to beat nicking 0-0 draws....

Bielsa possible for Everton. Would probably love to show lampard how it's done.

The end of Lumpturd is nigh......

Wonder who gets the hot seat there and what kind of job they can do with the sow's ear they have to work with?

As it stands, Everton, Bournemouth and Saints probably are favourites to go down.

Jan window can change that.

It’s Southampton, Bournemouth and one other…

Leeds are staying up 👍

Reason:

Gnonto 👍

(Oh,ok then and a supporting cast)

😊

Everyone is strengthening at the bottom. It is so tight. Just Foxes and Everton being quiet for now + Spammers.

Still 2 weeks left so that could change.

Who has done the best business as that will decide.

Saints will take great heart from getting those 3 points at Everton, as will Forest.

Next weekend has plenty of 6 pointers going

Forest/Boringmouth

Saints/Villa

Everton / Wet Spam

Wolves have City & Leicester have high flying Brighton

and we have Brentford (and that aint a pushover considering they have 13 points from 15)

So potentially we could be in the bottom three next weekend depending on results elsewhere

Just watched Brentford v Bournemouth. Think it would take a miracle for the latter to avoid relegation even though there's a long way to go. They were truly dreadful, completely lacking the spirit which at least we seem to have in bundles. Mind you, MB has been linked with them...

But I can't see much difference at the moment between the rest of the candidates for the drop.

I think we'll be lucky again that teams such as Soton, Forest, Bournemouth, Wolves, West Ham, Everton and Leicester etc are in and around relegation as well....

We have conceded 31 goals in our last 15 games... that's an average of 2 a game.

We therefore need to score 3, yes THREE, goals a game to have any chance of winning....

It's not fkn rocket science that we either have to sort out OUR crap DEFENCE.... or sign Haaland and Mbappe up front.

It's so fkn obvious and our management and owners can't seem to see it....

Perhaps no need to start panicking as such, but still we're in some trouble.

The tendency to shoot ourselves in the foot is an ever present this season.

We just need to look at how we lose games we should be winning, never mind drawing. We always look like conceding, it just doesn't matter against who we're up against.

My biggest concern is that for us to win or draw, a lot of things need to go our way. It's not enough to play well, or to even outperform the opponent.

We need every single departement of our side to be on top of it's game.

How long has it been since we've won or even drawn a game we should have lost?

So yep, I'm worried, but then again I always am when it concerns LUFC.

I still don't think we should panic just yet.

Everton - clearly in disarray and have no finance

Bournemouth - lost every game since O'Neill was appointed permanently, also low funds

Forest - distracted by the cup and still don't know their best XI

Southampton - really lightweight and lost every PL game under Jones

West Ham - ageing squad, no notable incomings yet

Leicester - absolutely no cash and all their stars are out of contract/injured/retiring

Only Wolves and us look like we're investing big time to improve.

I wish we had played Forest when we should have done, they look a far tricky proposition now than they did then. Same for scum too. If we get relegated we can blame the death of the queen.

Our next three PL games will define our season im thinking

Villa friday night (A)

Brentwood (H)

Forrest (A)

Take 7 points from that 9 and we can then look to the likes of the manure & chelsea with some degree of hope.

Take 1-2 points from the next block of 3 games and we are right in the middle of a bloody dogfight that will last all the way to May.

Beat Villa who will be seething from their cup upset and win our game in hand (forest) we put another team below us in the table.

Tough ask to win 3 in a row especially with the squad we have compared to others in the division but if we are to manage 3 in a row this season what better time.

Only distraction is the 3rd round replay which lets face it we shouldn't be playing it, Cardiff were shocking but that just goes to show how bad we were last Sunday and some blame must be laid at Jesse's door in how he prepared the team and blame the players too as to how poor their mental attitude was going onto the pitch.

Jesse said that if Sundays game was a league game he wouldn't be picking a different team, well if we start on Friday night with that 11 we are fcked. Harrison has to Start simple as, even though i would like it if sinisterra could play too. Say what you like but we need Coops in our backline otherwise we have zero organisation. I hope Cry can also start but will he be fully fit especially after the treatment he took against Cardiff??

Its alright to say one game at a time but i think we need to concentrate on this block of fixtures and take as many points as we can otherwise will confidence in the squad drop as we drop down the table and fans become more and more vocal as to the standard of football they are delivering??

7 is the magic number lads

Keep the faith

At least we won't be linked with Cunha or Gakpo any longer, but plenty of other names left😉.

Think our hand has been pushed and we HAVE to sign players in the January transfer window whether they will be inflated or not!

We're 3pts off BOTTOM spot and we've somehow got to hope Mancscum and Chelscum beat Bournemouth and Forest tomorrow.... that's before we play Citeh and in form Newcastle!!

Strap yourselves in for another rollercoaster....

This season looks like it's going to the wire - no obvious lemons this time.

The result of having no obvious losers is that nobody is averaging above 1.5 points a game outside the top 8.

Fulham are 9th in the league with 19 points from 15 games, we have 15 points from 14 games....

Just 2 point from the bottom 3. Jan is going to be important

I think it's a bit of a free hit over the next 3 games - if we collect 2 or 3 points against Spuds/City/Newcastle that would be a good return.

Too close to call. Need a result v Spuds!

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FFS I was only joking when I started this thread!

Luckily enough there are at least 3 sides worse than us to save us from relegation.... however, I said this last year and it went to the last game!

Forest, Wolves, Soton are crap....

Bournemouth, Fulham and Brentwood will be dragged down yet....

Palace, Leicester, Villa and Everton are on a par with us....

That leaves us battling for a European spot!! 🙈🤔😜

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We need to beat Foxes tomorrow!!!

What Leicester team will we see without Madison and with a manager on the edge??

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Squeeky bum time!

Shake your head TC10

another thread sinking in gummies crap

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If even the spammers abandon us you know it's terminal for us.

OMG - this could be a long season

Need a win on Sunday, just to keep believing!

Move aside Douglas Bader with your three testicles - it's time for a new flyboy hero on this MB.

Guy Gibson and his spambusters equipped with their bump bombs

Bump

With the amount of time between games we have had i expect every player to have a complete understanding of our tactics now.

The world cup break is effectively a new preseason which is going to change how the second half of the season will play out.

For me there is only two spots left in the relegation battle, i cant see forest staying up at all.

Leicester look to be right bother too and "if" brendan doesn't get something quickly out of his players they could be cut adrift before the WC even starts.

Wolves are far from the wolves side that Nuno had, i do think Moyes will get west ham back up the table and even though lumpturd is unbeaten in 5 games i think if they hit a rut like end of last season i think they will be in trouble mainly because they arent creating or scoring enough. they have 5 goals scored in seven games, we have double that in six games.

Need a win v Villa this Sunday! Ease the nerves

Na

Thank God, Foxes look shot and have no money. FF at Everton will keep playing for draws but should come undone and Bournemouth too still look like candidates despite their win v Forest,

I am still worried though we have only got 1 point from the last 3 when I would have expect 4 points min

Teams have strengthened this window bar Foxes and Bournemouth. Yes, too early to say who goes down but it looks like 41/42 points will be needed this season or maybe even more

I think predicting how this season will go at the minute is just guesswork. I'm not confident we won't go down as I wasn't last season. Bit of a rubbish transfer window. We needed a lb and a striker and have neither with hours to go.

I like struyk but he isn't a lb, he doesn't overlap with Harrison like alioski did. I wish we still had the mad North Macedonian.

Is this a comedy thread?

I am worried as our run in at end of season is not kind. We need points now. Need a Striker and LB this window

The record does show

Wolves - won - 19th in the table

Saints - Draw - 7th in the table

Chelscum- won - 8th in the table

Brighton - Lost - 4th in the table

and last night

Everton - drew - 15th in the table

So TC10 better make sure that tin hat of yours is thick enough

on the face of things those results aint bad at all

Seriously tho i don't see us in the same position as last season, despite the player ins / outs.

Jesse to give him some credit will change if things aren't working out on plan A, we really couldn't say that under Marcelo.