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View Painter's Profile Painter Flag Croydon 16 Dec 20 1.58pm Send a Private Message to Painter Add Painter as a friend

Originally posted by Willo

I do get the impression that in the main, our supporters do not believe we will finish in the relegation places.

In our next 4 PL games,3 of our opponents are in the top 6 and A.Villa who are currently not in that position are above us and have 2 games in hand on most of the teams.Our position in the table might not look so encouraging after those run of games.

Furthermore we have an ageing squad and this season will place great demands on them from a physical standpoint possibly leading to fatigue and we could well suffer injuries to key players.It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that we could well get immersed in a relegation battle and ultimately lose our PL place.

You seem to relish the thought of relegation. The problem is, we are now scoring goals this season, which doesn’t help you get in the bottom 3.

 

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View Ian-VI's Profile Ian-VI Flag Vicenza 16 Dec 20 2.03pm Send a Private Message to Ian-VI Add Ian-VI as a friend

Originally posted by Painter

You seem to relish the thought of relegation. The problem is, we are now scoring goals this season, which doesn’t help you get in the bottom 3.

Or better, I'm sure I've seen him post that we're going to be relegated for the last 8 seasons, every time failing the forecast, but every season posting it again.
I don't know if it's a pessimism of the person, or just the will to instigate a debate, the fact is that after failing 7 times I thought he'd refrain from it this time considering how the season panned out so far, but it seems I was too optimistic myself

 


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View Willo's Profile Willo Online Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 16 Dec 20 2.07pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by Painter

You seem to relish the thought of relegation. The problem is, we are now scoring goals this season, which doesn’t help you get in the bottom 3.

Goodness grief, NO.
I would be one distraught hombre if we should plummet through that relegation trapdoor.

At this juncture I am far from convinced that we will not be plunged into a relegation battle.Some of the teams in the lower reaches have improved their results,WBA might well get a 'Bounce' from a new manager and we have an ageing squad which will be tested physically this season.

 

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jeeagles Flag 16 Dec 20 2.29pm

It's taken a long time for many Palace fans to believe that we are capable of staying up. Most of the teams that go down do so because of a combination of arrogance, complacency, and poor management.

Whist 9points + GD clear of Fulham seems a lot, although no where near enough to get comfy.

I suspect all the teams above us won't get drawn into a relegation scrap. We are currently top of the group of 8 teams in contention for the bottom 3. A decent ebough position, but not in a place to take anything for granted.

Sheffield United will be bottom at Christmas and won't catch us. That leaves 2 relegation places between 7 teams.

West Brom could easily be boosted by a new manager. Fulham and Burnley are starting to pick up points.

Brighton, Leeds, and Newcastle could well be boosted by decent January signings.

I'd like at least 2 points from the next 3 to keep giving us breathing space.

 

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View Painter's Profile Painter Flag Croydon 16 Dec 20 6.33pm Send a Private Message to Painter Add Painter as a friend

Originally posted by jeeagles

It's taken a long time for many Palace fans to believe that we are capable of staying up. Most of the teams that go down do so because of a combination of arrogance, complacency, and poor management.

Whist 9points + GD clear of Fulham seems a lot, although no where near enough to get comfy.

I suspect all the teams above us won't get drawn into a relegation scrap. We are currently top of the group of 8 teams in contention for the bottom 3. A decent ebough position, but not in a place to take anything for granted.

Sheffield United will be bottom at Christmas and won't catch us. That leaves 2 relegation places between 7 teams.

West Brom could easily be boosted by a new manager. Fulham and Burnley are starting to pick up points.

Brighton, Leeds, and Newcastle could well be boosted by decent January signings.

I'd like at least 2 points from the next 3 to keep giving us breathing space.

You didn't feel Arsenal worthy of a mention, they look like losing again tonight. They look very much like joining the relegation pack.

 

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View Tickled pink's Profile Tickled pink Flag Cornwall 17 Dec 20 12.06am Send a Private Message to Tickled pink Add Tickled pink as a friend

Originally posted by jeeagles

It's taken a long time for many Palace fans to believe that we are capable of staying up. Most of the teams that go down do so because of a combination of arrogance, complacency, and poor management.

Whist 9points + GD clear of Fulham seems a lot, although no where near enough to get comfy.

I suspect all the teams above us won't get drawn into a relegation scrap. We are currently top of the group of 8 teams in contention for the bottom 3. A decent ebough position, but not in a place to take anything for granted.

Sheffield United will be bottom at Christmas and won't catch us. That leaves 2 relegation places between 7 teams.

West Brom could easily be boosted by a new manager. Fulham and Burnley are starting to pick up points.

Brighton, Leeds, and Newcastle could well be boosted by decent January signings.

I'd like at least 2 points from the next 3 to keep giving us breathing space.

We have now about half the points we need to survive. West Brom will not be going down now.

 

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View EddieMac's Profile EddieMac Flag 17 Dec 20 7.54am Send a Private Message to EddieMac Add EddieMac as a friend

Originally posted by Tickled pink

We have now about half the points we need to survive. West Brom will not be going down now.

Brighton will in the bottom 3 soon. Those players are losing faith with Potter and he is losing faith with himself. Great to see.

 

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jeeagles Flag 02 Jan 21 6.37pm

Sheffield United are finished.

West Brom could make a re-emergence, as could Fulham who are starting to pick up points and have games in hand.

Brighton are now the most likely contender for 18th in my eyes. Currently our 9 point cushion looks comfortable but its not half way through the season yet.

Let's hope they don't sack Potter. Bloom seems to make successive bad managerial choices and squander cash in the transfer market.

 

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View Jacey's Profile Jacey Flag 04 Jan 21 11.30am Send a Private Message to Jacey Add Jacey as a friend

Very good weekend for us with a comfortable win over the dull blades,who continue to prop up the bottom.
Big Sam is very much helping our aim to stay in the top tier with some show shocking results.A big difference he has made,so far!!
Brighton increasingly likely to move into the bottom 3,with tinkerman,the hopeless Potter at the helm as Fulham show some fight and glad to see the Magpies come unstuck yesterday to keep them in their rightful place,below us.

Happy New Year to one and all!!

 

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View doombear's Profile doombear Flag Too far from Selhurst Park 04 Jan 21 1.26pm Send a Private Message to doombear Add doombear as a friend

Originally posted by jeeagles

Sheffield United are finished.

West Brom could make a re-emergence, as could Fulham who are starting to pick up points and have games in hand.

Brighton are now the most likely contender for 18th in my eyes. Currently our 9 point cushion looks comfortable but its not half way through the season yet.

Let's hope they don't sack Potter. Bloom seems to make successive bad managerial choices and squander cash in the transfer market.


I think we can all agree on the Blades' fate. As for the other two places:

I don't think Big Sam will save Baggies. They basically need 30 points from the remaining 21 games to stand a chance and I just don't see it happening.

As to the 3rd relegation spot, I see it as being between Fulham, Brighton and Newcastle. It will be interesting to see the extent of financial backing the new Burnley owners give to Dyche, but even wit4hout it, Dyche is canny enough to keep Burnley out of the drop zone, as is our own manager.

The big unknown, of course, is the continuing impact of COVID. For example, Newcastle have been dealt a big blow with St Maximin and Lascelles(?) struggling to recover from it and if they've got the so-called 'Long COVID', we may not see either of them again this season. It just needs us to have an outbreak at our club and the key players to get the nasty complications and we could be up he proverbial without a paddle. Barring that, though, we should be ok.

Edited by doombear (04 Jan 2021 1.39pm)

 

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View Gary St.Andrews's Profile Gary St.Andrews Flag Kenley 05 Jan 21 8.18am Send a Private Message to Gary St.Andrews Add Gary St.Andrews as a friend

That Christmas period was telling for the teams placed in the bottom three . For me Sheffield are gone and so have West Brom, even Fat Sam will struggle to turn this around, in fact they are doing worse now than under Slaven.

So that leaves the third spot, Fulham are showing signs that they could get out of it and have games in hand on the team directly above them Brighton. So I am going for Brighton to go down which I and everyone on here will be delighted with.

They should have stuck with Chris Houghton and I can only see Potter taking them to the Championship. The M23 derby will have to go on hold until they sort themselves out in the Championship, but as we know that is the toughest division to get out of. Fair well to the delusional fans of BHA, keep singing Sussex by the sea....

 

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View becky's Profile becky Flag over the moon 05 Jan 21 8.42am Send a Private Message to becky Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add becky as a friend

Originally posted by doombear


I think we can all agree on the Blades' fate. As for the other two places:

I don't think Big Sam will save Baggies. They basically need 30 points from the remaining 21 games to stand a chance and I just don't see it happening.

As to the 3rd relegation spot, I see it as being between Fulham, Brighton and Newcastle. It will be interesting to see the extent of financial backing the new Burnley owners give to Dyche, but even wit4hout it, Dyche is canny enough to keep Burnley out of the drop zone, as is our own manager.

The big unknown, of course, is the continuing impact of COVID. For example, Newcastle have been dealt a big blow with St Maximin and Lascelles(?) struggling to recover from it and if they've got the so-called 'Long COVID', we may not see either of them again this season. It just needs us to have an outbreak at our club and the key players to get the nasty complications and we could be up he proverbial without a paddle. Barring that, though, we should be ok.

Edited by doombear (04 Jan 2021 1.39pm)

I so want to see Newcastle go back down, 'cos they're such a BIG club (in their eyes) and it would really p*ss off Shearer.......win, win really.

 


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