To be honest I'm more gutted about the growing injury list than the defeat. Would a point tonight have made THAT much difference to the optimistic or pessimistic comment?

I doubt it. Bottom line: we need to beat Burnley and Hull and ideally Leicester too. All possible.

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We need to win our home games all of them to stay up we have the toughest away fixtures so we need to win our home games

Wiill need supporters too ...stop pant wetting and man up.

One loss does not a season make. The assumption seems to be that we should have beaten Southampton at their place. I don't buy into that. The crucial games for us are definitely Burnley, Leicester and Hull at home. Win those and we are safe. Even if we win two out of three we'd still have 37 points and that may be enough. I'm optimistic that we can also take points from Liverpool and Arsenal so all is not doom and gloom.

Surely you feel more confident than, say, after Sunderland? You can't do it on a game-by-game basis. Our form is still terrific which, although doesn't mean we will stay up on its own, surely is cause for SOME optimism?

Honestly this position should really have been expected. Hull have been on this form for a long time and I can see them getting to 37 points or beyond by the end of the season.

Personally I believe we will stay up and that we will get points in the next few weeks but I worry about the effect on the players and on many of us fans, should we not gain any points in the next 4 matches. It is a very real possibility if not a probability.

What I am really hoping for is for the fitness of our team to improve, for the sternness and resolve that has seen us win 4-in-a-row will return and the frustration and lack of composure we saw again for the last 30 minutes today to be recognised and planned against.

It's going to be close, so it's going to need everyone to have faith and continue to support the team each match day.