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 Willo  South coast - west of Brighton. 05 Feb 18 12.24pm |
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Originally posted by alaneagle1
Willo , Watford - Chelsea, W.Ham, Everton, WBA
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 05 Feb 18 12.26pm |
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Originally posted by alaneagle1
Well the lads have recovered well from the psychological damage of Frank and 7 games 7 defeats and zero points. Indeed - But that was early in the season with a lot of time left to turn our fortunes around.
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| dp Tunbridge Wells 05 Feb 18 12.46pm |
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Originally posted by beer man
We need to get the points required to stay up ourselves, something we've not done as well as we might have in the last couple of games, and not rely on the failure of others around us. I think Willo has come in for a rather unfair savaging for what are as equally valid points as the relentless optimism that I personally find quite wearing in itself. Agreed. There is plenty to be cheerful, and also plenty to be worried about. I, for one, am worried about the resurgence of Swansea, which has rather shaken my belief that we are definitely going to stay up. But it doesn't seem reasonable to submit to relegation with a third of the season to go, just because the next six games feature four games against the top six either.
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| alaneagle1 Dunstable,Bedfordshire.England 05 Feb 18 12.48pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
Indeed - But that was early in the season with a lot of time left to turn our fortunes around. Agreed,so as long as we are out of it on May 13th,we will get a record 6th Season.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 05 Feb 18 12.50pm |
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Originally posted by alaneagle1
Agreed,so as long as we are out of it on May 13th,we will get a record 6th Season. And I have been wrong before !
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| fledgling Beckenham 05 Feb 18 12.52pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
And I have been wrong before !
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 05 Feb 18 1.10pm |
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Originally posted by fledgling
I really don't recall being so pessimistic in pre-seasons. In actual fact during our torrid run at the beginning of the season a supporter who lives in my vicinity was quite adamant that we would be "Relegated by Christmas" and I dismissed this view out of hand as not only is this not possible I felt that there was sufficient time to turn around our fortunes.I must say I wasn't over-optimistic that we would survive but I hadn't quite reached the depths of doom and gloom !
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| dp Tunbridge Wells 05 Feb 18 1.15pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
I really don't recall being so pessimistic in pre-seasons. In actual fact during our torrid run at the beginning of the season a supporter who lives in my vicinity was quite adamant that we would be "Relegated by Christmas" and I dismissed this view out of hand as not only is this not possible I felt that there was sufficient time to turn around our fortunes.I must say I wasn't over-optimistic that we would survive but I hadn't quite reached the depths of doom and gloom ! Edited by Willo (05 Feb 2018 1.12pm) Can we agree that we might go down, but we also might stay up.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 05 Feb 18 1.19pm |
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Originally posted by dp
Can we agree that we might go down, but we also might stay up. Yes we will either go down or stay up !
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| Pigglelet Deepest Darkest Sussex 05 Feb 18 2.00pm |
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I know we shouldn't rely on other teams, but I'm hoping Burnley do us a few favours. Seven of their last 12 games are against sides in the bottom half - Swansea, Southampton, West Ham, West Brom, Watford, Stoke and Brighton. I sincerely hope it doesn't go down to the last day for us, but if it does at least some of the teams that are likely to be towards the wrong end have tough fixtures - Huddersfield host Arsenal (3 points for Huddersfield then), Brighton are at Liverpool, Watford are at Man U, Newcastle are at home to Chelsea and Saints host Man City.
"Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." |
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| Brinscall Eagle Brinscall Lancashire/ Villamartin ... 05 Feb 18 2.19pm |
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My observations over seasons is that come the last three or four games teams at the top end that know they have either established that they will be in Europe or that they will not get there , their performances drop off . If they come up against teams at the bottom end they usually end up getting beaten by the team fighting for survival. We have got a run comming up against the top teams when they are still fighting for positions which will be a lot tougher than some of our relegation competitors who will come up against them when they are less concerned about winning.
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gloryhunter  EDINBURGH 06 Feb 18 11.20am |
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Apart from City it is still pretty tight at the top end and it may well be that the teams currently placed between second and sixth will still have much to play for at the back end of the season (lot of unexpected results recently and maybe more to come?).
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