I feel that although we do have some tough games between now and the end of the season, we are still i think in a better position to pull clear. If you look at Middlesbrough, they have a horrendous last 6 fixtures and also they are all pretty much in a cluster i.e. one tough game follows another. In contrast, we have one tough one, followed by a winnable one. Also people have to remember, we suddenly have more confidence now, we look more like the team that was 5th in the Premier at Christmas 2015. Back then, all of us were confident we could go to places like Anfield and get results ( we did as well, beating the scousers 2-1 ) and i would argue we have an even better team now than back then. I think Sunderland will go this season (at long last!!) and Hull cannot score enough goals to win games. We have a gap now, and if we keep playing to the standard we showed at West Brom, we should easily get to 35 points which should be enough this year for safety

Sunderland fixtures:

Date GW Opponent Fixture Difficulty Ranking (1=Low 5=High)

18 Mar 15:00 29 Burnley (H) 1
01 Apr 15:00 30 Watford ( A) 2
04 Apr 19:45 31 Leicester ( A) 2
09 Apr 13:30 32 Man Utd (H) 4
15 Apr 15:00 33 West Ham (H) 2
22 Apr 15:00 34 Arsenal ( A) 4
29 Apr 15:00 35 Bournemouth (H) 2
06 May 15:00 36 Hull ( A) 2
13 May 15:00 37 Swansea (H) 2
21 May 15:00 38 Chelsea ( A) 5
Middlesbrough ( A) 2

Hull fixtures:

11 Mar 15:00 28 Swansea (H) 2
18 Mar 15:00 29 Everton ( A) 3
01 Apr 15:00 30 West Ham (H) 2
05 Apr 19:45 31 Middlesbrough (H) 2
08 Apr 15:00 32 Man City ( A) 4
15 Apr 15:00 33 Stoke ( A) 2
22 Apr 15:00 34 Watford (H) 2
29 Apr 15:00 35 Southampton ( A) 3
06 May 15:00 36 Sunderland (H) 1
13 May 15:00 37 Crystal Palace ( A) 2
21 May 15:00 38 Spurs (H) 4

Middlesbrough fixtures:

19 Mar 12:00 29 Man Utd (H) 4
02 Apr 13:30 30 Swansea ( A) 2
05 Apr 19:45 31 Hull ( A) 2
08 Apr 15:00 32 Burnley (H) 1
17 Apr 20:00 33 Arsenal (H) 4
22 Apr 15:00 34 Bournemouth ( A) 2
29 Apr 15:00 35 Man City (H) 4
06 May 15:00 36 Chelsea ( A) 5
13 May 15:00 37 Southampton (H) 3
21 May 15:00 38 Liverpool ( A) 4
Sunderland (H) 1

Palace fixtures:

18 Mar 15:00 29 Watford (H) 2
01 Apr 15:00 30 Chelsea ( A) 5
05 Apr 19:45 31 Southampton ( A) 3
10 Apr 20:00 32 Arsenal (H) 4
15 Apr 15:00 33 Leicester (H) 1
23 Apr 16:30 34 Liverpool ( A) 4
29 Apr 17:30 35 Burnley (H) 1
06 May 15:00 36 Man City ( A) 4
13 May 15:00 37 Hull (H) 2
21 May 15:00 38 Man Utd ( A) 4
Spurs (H) 4

Edited by Mad4palace (06 Mar 2017 10.26am)

those where difficulty rankings from the fantasy league, not sure how they calculate, i'm guessing on league position then if home/away. Nothing to do with form or records home/away.

No. The team I wrote off was a different starting XI. That team was definitely going down. There are three maybe four better players here now. We still might go down with our run in but at least now there is genuine hope rather than blinkered/blind optimism.

Put it this way - if we hadn't had got Sakho on loan then we would still have major problems. One player. What a difference, eh?

Big chest and massive boobs

[Link]

We MUST beat Hull and Burnley. If we win those I'm very confident we will be ok.
Worryingly, Chelsea may have the title wrapped up with 4 games to go and play the kids against some of our rivals in May
We also need to hope that Sunderland are still in touch with a chance when they play Hull or they won't be up for the fight.
A lot of ifs and buts and we certainly need some luck along the way.
3 wins and 2 draws puts us on 36 points- I think that will be enough this year, as long as we maintain a superior goal difference over those around us

'Impulse' advert- Advertising campaign whose slogan is expected to change in the light of Rajiv Gandhi's assassination: 'If someone you don't know suddenly offers you flowers- run like f***!'

I'll admit I was after what I saw on Saturday.

"We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...