The Premier League Relegation Thread

Mr. Guappa

Wolves' win tonight has really tightened things up at the bottom of the table with 11 teams separated by just 7 points. It looks like it's between the bottom 6 of Blackpool, WBA, Wigan, Birmingham, West Ham and Wolves for the 3 relegation spots, but anyone up to Newcastle could be pulled into it with a bad run of results.

I think that WBA, Wigan and Wolves will be the 3 to go down.

That_Guy

It's so so tight. Goal difference could be a major factor.

bazual

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

I think that WBA, Wigan and Wolves will be the 3 to go down.

Would agree with your choices there but anything can happen in this game after what i saw today

Paully D

West Ham, Wigan and Wolves to go down.

42 points will be needed to stay up, IMO.

Gillington

West Brom at 11/8 to go down,think Ill have some of that

amiable

I think Blackpool, West Brom and West Ham.
I'd like Wolves to stay up
I think Birmingham have bought well in january

Helix

birmingham wolves and blackpool

same 3 i said in august

That_Guy

Would like Blackpool to stay up. They play some cracking football. They just need to learn how to hold on to a lead without doing an Arsenal.
:pac:

Helix

That_Guy wrote: »

Would like Blackpool to stay up. They play some cracking football. They just need to learn how to hold on to a lead without doing an Arsenal.
:pac:

the holloway novelty has worn off now though. he's just a less orange phil brown

amiable

Helix wrote: »

the holloway novelty has worn off now though. he's just a less orange phil brown

IMO he's not quite as bad as Phil Brown. I think they are a sinking ship though. Confidence will be gone soon

BERBA

i think wolves are too good to go down

they have beaten utd pool chelsea and city this season and still bottom:eek:

think they will stay up, Blackpool beginning a slide bigtime.

Helix

BERBA wrote: »

i think wolves are too good to go down

they have beaten utd pool chelsea and city this season and still bottom:eek:

which means theyre not too good to go down

no use beating the occasional big name team if you get beaten by those around you. nobody stays up like that

JPA

That_Guy wrote: »

Would like Blackpool to stay up. They play some cracking football. They just need to learn how to hold on to a lead without doing an Arsenal.
:pac:

More like gung ho football and they are becoming completely exposed now.

eagle eye

Helix wrote: »

the holloway novelty has worn off now though. he's just a less orange phil brown

In your opinion. I've never thought of him as anything like Phil Brown.

I love all his interviews whether they are rants or just funny. An absolute breath of fresh air among managers in the Premier League.

Only Mourinho is at his level at interviews of all the managers I've seen in the Premier League.

I'd say the majority of people agree with me that he is great to listen to.

Helix

eagle eye wrote: »

In your opinion. I've never thought of him as anything like Phil Brown.

I love all his interviews whether they are rants or just funny. An absolute breath of fresh air among managers in the Premier League.

Only Mourinho is at his level at interviews of all the managers I've seen in the Premier League.

I'd say the majority of people agree with me that he is great to listen to.

he has his moments, like brown did, but for the most part he's become a boring charicature of himself these past 6 months. clearly says a lot ofthe stuff he does to be contraversial, as if he needs to live up to some sort of standard

eagle eye

Helix wrote: »

he has his moments, like brown did, but for the most part he's become a boring charicature of himself these past 6 months. clearly says a lot ofthe stuff he does to be contraversial, as if he needs to live up to some sort of standard

Again, thats your opinion but I'm quite sure the majority disagree with you.

barbarians

Birmingham, Wolves and Wigan to collapse completely and finish bottom.

Helix

eagle eye wrote: »

Again, thats your opinion but I'm quite sure the majority disagree with you.

that'd honestly surprise me

lots of people i know getting fairly sick of his try hard nonsense

Mr. Guappa

Helix wrote: »

that'd honestly surprise me

lots of people i know getting fairly sick of his try hard nonsense

I still find him entertaining - I think he is helped by the fact that Blackpool play attacking football and their games are usually exciting. If they were playing puke football then everyone would be well fed up of Holloway and his antics by now.

Kristopherus

Helix wrote: »

that'd honestly surprise me

lots of people i know getting fairly sick of his try hard nonsense

Ah for God's sake he's the best thing to hit the Premiership in years. Long may he continue in it but I fear Blackpool are going to find it very tough to stay up. Definintely 40 pts required to survive. Could be any 3 of 6 IMO.

Kiwi_knock

I think Wigan will go down and WBA look likely as well. So then it is one of Blackpool, West Ham, Wolves or Birmingham to go down. I think it will be Wolves not sure they have the players to keep them up.

eagle eye

Kristopherus wrote: »

Ah for God's sake he's the best thing to hit the Premiership in years. Long may he continue in it but I fear Blackpool are going to find it very tough to stay up. Definintely 40 pts required to survive. Could be any 3 of 6 IMO.

I think there are a lot more teams that could still go down. I don't think Blackburn or Newcastle are safe at this stage. They could easily get dragged into it.

flahavaj

Helix wrote: »

he has his moments, like brown did, but for the most part he's become a boring charicature of himself these past 6 months. clearly says a lot ofthe stuff he does to be contraversial, as if he needs to live up to some sort of standard

Exactly. His bahavious throughout the Adam saga was particularky cringe-worthy. For a guy who wanted to keep his payer so badly, he did a fair amount of touting him in the press on a daily basis.

Most of the time he's just talking for the sake of it and increasingy his big mouth is starting to get hi in trouble and rub people up the wrong way.

Blackpool really need to stop the rot now, they're beginning to slip. For all Holloway's bullsh8t I'd like to see them stay up, they've played some good stuff. Their defending leaves an awful lot to be desired though.

JPA

flahavaj wrote: »

Exactly. His bahavious throughout the Adam saga was particularky cringe-worthy. For a guy who wanted to keep his payer so badly, he did a fair amount of touting him in the press on a daily basis.

Most of the time he's just talking for the sake of it and increasingy his big mouth is starting to get hi in trouble and rub people up the wrong way.

Blackpool really need to stop the rot now, they're beginning to slip. For all Holloway's bullsh8t I'd like to see them stay up, they've played some good stuff. Their defending leaves an awful lot to be desired though.

He really damaged his reputation in January with some of the stuff he said.
He'll never have any dealings with Villa again that's for sure.

flahavaj

eagle eye wrote: »

Again, thats your opinion but I'm quite sure the majority disagree with you.

Here speaks the expert.;)

mike65

Wolves will stay up I think, while on current form they can only beat one more team this season - Arsenal!, I suspect they will start to get points off West Brom (who they have to play twice), Brum and a few others to just survive.

I'll go for West Brom, Wigan, Blackpool

Keane should make a difference for West Ham the fixture list isn't the kindest but its no better in fact prolly worse for Blackpool who have Spurs x2 City, Arsenal, Man Utd and Chelsea.

Dont be at yourself

I reckon Wolves will stay up. They've played much better than their position suggests.

Looks like there'll be a few places contested right up until the end, but I reckon it'll Blackpool, Birmingham and West Brom to go down.

eagle eye

flahavaj wrote: »

Here speaks the expert.;)

Well do you want to start a thread about it? With a yes or no option poll.

flahavaj

eagle eye wrote: »

Well do you want to start a thread about it? With a yes or no option poll.

No. I was merely pointing out that you yourself are notorious for taking the stance that the majority will disagree with, so its hard to see why you suddenly care if most people will disagree with Helix.

adox

My three to go down are West Brom, West Ham and Wigan.

flahavaj

I think Wolves will still go down. They don't score enough goals. Wigan and possibly Blackpool to join them. West Ham have enough match winners in Keane, Obinna, Piquionne, Parker to keep them up and they spent a bit in Jan.

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Record pts total for a relegated club this season, maybe?

Wolfe Tone

I think wolves have been unlucky rather than sh!te tbh

Johner

Really don't want Wigan to go down they play some lovely football.

ValJester

Wigan,West Brom,West Ham.
Holloway and McCarthy are too good managerially to let this get to them or their teams, and West Ham havn't an ounce of fight in them without Scott Parker.

kryogen

Still hope West Ham pull out of it

My three to go down at the moment are Wigan, West Brom and Wolves, Blackpool may get sucked in, think Birmingham will survive

Its gonna come right down to wire i think

Exclamation Marc

I previously thought West Ham were doomed but with Scott Parker on top form, Hitzelsperger looking like a great player and with Demba Ba seeming like a fantastic buy and decent reinforcements like Robbie Keane arriving I can see West Ham climbing out of the drop zone.

Wolves and Wigan for me are definites to go, and then Blackpool or West Brom to follow.

So for me I'd put money on it being Wigan, West Brom and Wolves for the drop.

Jim

I still think Wolves have it in them to pull out of relegation, but that may just be the fan in me talking. I usually try to be honest when it comes to teams I support and I do think Wolves have been unlucky so far this season. They've played some great games which they've gone on to lose.

Wolves as well only have Spurs from the top 6 left to play whereas the other teams around them have much more lined up. Not that it matters with Wolves. Our record against the top 6 is much better than against the teams around us so far this season :pac:

Rob113

Id like to see wolves and west ham pull clear. Hard to see both of them pull clear though.

Ideally id like to see west brom, Blackpool and Wigan go down.

The_Kew_Tour

I hope Wolves stay up but they be much better having beaten West Brom and West Ham over past few weeks then Man United and Chelsea.

Think they will stay up, but just.

Mr. Guappa

Blackburn could get dragged deeper into this battle yet. They are in rotten form (one win in 6) and they are only 4 points clear of the drop-zone. Those teams below them have known for months that they are fighting for survival, and those teams all seem to be picking up some points recently. Rovers have key home games coming up against Blackpool and Birmingham, if they fail to take 4 or 6 points from those games then they are in serious trouble as they have some tough fixtures besides those.

iMuse

Impossible to call who will go down this year, bottom 7 teams separated by just 3 points!

LuckyGent88

What a massive win for Wigan today when you consider they are 5/1 on to be relegated.
Just when West Ham think they are getting up the table with there recent results. all the teams around them are winning as well.

mike65

Wolves as I predicted are gradually amassing points and while still in the drop zone are rising. Brum suddenly look in real trouble.

Johner

Go on Wigan.

Jim

Crazy day. Very important away win for Wolves. 3 points for us and 3 off Villa. But then West Ham getting a point off Spurs and the same for WBA. ARGH. I'd love a day of just good news for once

Going to be an amazing final week.

Exclamation Marc

I'd be extremely worried if I was a Blackburn fan. One of only two teams with no wins in the last five, two from fifteen of the last points available and struggling against teams around them

blue-army

17: Blackburn 38

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18: Blackpool 38
19: West Brom 37
20: Wigan 35

Just did the predictor thing on BBC Sport and this was my bottom 4.
Really hope Wolves don't go down. Definitely don't deserve to be there - have been very unlucky all season. Same goes for Birmingham, would be weird having a Championship club playing Europa League!

JerryHandbag

Only 7 pts separating the entire bottom half of the table. Never seen a relagation battle like it. A lot of squeaky bums between now and May!

Jim

blue-army wrote: »

17: Blackburn 38

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18: Blackpool 38
19: West Brom 37
20: Wigan 35

Just did the predictor thing on BBC Sport and this was my bottom 4.
Really hope Wolves don't go down. Definitely don't deserve to be there - have been very unlucky all season. Same goes for Birmingham, would be weird having a Championship club playing Europa League!

17 Bimingham
18 Blackpool
19 Villa
20 Wigan

My bottom 4. Utd to win the league by a point. And, erm, Wolves to finish 12th ><

Fr Tod Umptious

On St. Stephen's day on another relegation thread I said Blackpool would go down.
I was laughed at.
I still stand by it.