Brill, so can we just end the season now then? Maybe you’ll want to revisit that statement in 6weeks time. If you were at the game/saw it you would know we are in big trouble.

Can Sorloth be our saviour? Bloody hope so. Without Wilf no one else can.

Amazed by the negativity on here. Surely most didn’t see the game?

Baring in mind the injury crisis, thought the lads put in a tremendous fight. We created a few good chances and game would have been different if we scored the first goal. Individual mistake from Tomkins header for the first goal ultimately cost us today. Only negative for me was TFM at CB, looked a bit out his depth there.

Tough fixtures coming up but we’re a bogey team for both Liverpool and Chelsea. Those 2 plus Man Utd & Spurs have a busy fixture schedule with FA cup and Champions League, may rest key players. We have a 16 day rest until our next game, will hopefully have Sakho and Kelly back by then. Also gives time for Sørloth and Rakip time to bed in.

WBA are adrift, Huddersfield in free fall. We need 4 teams to get ahead us to put us back in the relegation zone.

I would expect the following points tally for each of these teams for the next 5 games:
Bold= Win, Italics = Draw.in above list.

Palace: 4. Win against Huddersfield and one more point from the other 4.
Newcastle:5. Win against Huddersfield and draws Vs Bournemouth and Soton.
Stoke: 4. win against Everton at home and draw Vs Leicester
Southampton:7. Win Against Stoke and 4 draws.
Brighton: 6. Win Vs Swansea and Leicester.
Huddersfield: 1. Draw Vs Swansea.
Swansea:5 Wins Vs West Ham and draw Vs Huddersfield and Southampton.
Wes Brom: 8. Wins Vs Huddersfield and Burnley. Draws Watford and Leicester

Assuming WBA, Huddersfield Southampton and Newcastle lose against Chelsea,Bournemouth Liverpool and Man U on Sunday.

Assuming no major upsets ..e.g. relegation rivals winning 3 points against top 6 teams.

Assuming Huddersfield to lose against most of our rivals. May work in our favour if Huddersfield were to pick up some draws against West Brom and Newcastle as long as they don't win more than one and we beat them.

This would mean total points after 32 games:
Huddersfield: 25
West Brom 28,
Stoke: 29
Newcastle: 30
Palace: 31
Swansea: 32
Southampton 33
Brighton: 34

Key games are:
We absolutely have to beat Huddersfield.

Hope Everton manage beat Stoke
Hope Burnley manage to beat WBA.
Hope Leicester manage to beat Brighton

I would be very happy to finish 32 games with 31 points in 16th place because we have more winnable last 6 games.

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Sim-le thing to do would be to use some subs, which Roy seems to have forgotten he can do.

Don’t like to knock the team or manager but Benteke needs a rocket up his arse and someone tell him to stop ball watching, chase the ball more and push up closer to the oppositions last man. Sometimes you could park four cars between him and the last defender. Rakip should have issuesis given 15 mins and Cabeye needs to push up more.

But what do i know, im just a fan. We will suvive but only just.

Seriously though, have you been following the last few games? We're nowhere. Can't take the chances we get in front of goal, make schoolboy defensive errors, have a diminutive squad which is bereft due to injuries and literally zero back up. Our owners wasted the opportunity to strengthen our squad in the recent transfer window letting down the manager, players and supporters. I am not impressed and don't think we should rely upon other teams going into freefall like ourselves.

Denial is not just a river in Egypt