One thing is for shure,,,, we need to win against Hull and Burnley and that is 6 more points on the board, and the rest we got to pick up som from the big teams as well.
e have to actually grind out the wins at home as best as we can.

Edited by Asian Eagle (20 Mar 2017 8.12pm)

Never assume the other teams can't do it - remember Oldham!!

We're going to need one big scalp from one of the top teams. Got a feeling it may be a Wednesday evening home to Spurs.(minus Kane) that is.. Don't see us doing much at the bridge, Arsenal could be doable,had some close games at selhurst over the years. Either way we need a huge scalp from someone, and feel we could pull it off.

Hull are in 18th and have taken 0.83 points per game so far this season. Extrapolated over 38 games this gives them roughly 31.5, call it 32 for arguments sake.

Normally at least one of the teams in the relegation zone experiences an upturn in form, so you could probably add 2 or 3 points on to account for that. However, I still think you're looking at 35 max this year.

That's 7 points we need in 10 games, even given our fixture list that should be doable.

To simplify things, we're 4 points ahead of Hull with a game in hand and vastly superior goal difference and 6 ahead of Boro. If we go down now then we deserve to.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

There's a swing involved in the Palace v Hull match that can turn all predictions and stats if Hull win. That is a must not lose game unless they're ahead of us, which they might be if we don't get a couple of results in the next handful of tough matches. I think we will but what if we get 1 or 2 points from 5 games and hull go above us?

I do think we'll do it but we all must not get complacent and give full support cos the team will need it.

I don't really go on this how have they done over 7 months so far. It's more about what they're capable of. And a few wins can turn into more if the fixture list and their opponents' distractions go in their favour and they see they can do it getting closer to within touching distance. Actually we have some of that in our favour and I wouldn't be surprised if Sam and Sammy Lee were grinning to each other in the office about playing Spurs 4 days after their FA cup semi v Chelsea and 4 days before playing Arsenal. And also the Leicester match a few days after Leicester play atletico in Madrid and a few days before they play atletico in Leicester. 2 of the more winnable tough matches with help to win them. But hull might also get a bit of fortune too so the old twists and turns cliché often rings true.

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Of the remaining games against the "big boys," Liverpool seems the diciest as we will have to reorganize the defense with Sakho out. Call me a crazy optimist but the way we're set up now we could very well sneak a point at Stamford Bridge. Soton will be tough if Gabbiadini is healthy. Arsenal looks very vulnerable. With the newly found steel in the back I see us staying up comfortably.

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