Seems the best defence is defenders scoring taff . You know , I always thought our squad was ok with the problem being managers but our new guys seem to be doing well
Absolutely , Bournemouth lose to City and then lose to West Brom , we beat Chelsea with our new found confidence and Chelsea still bewildered by a draw with Burnley and 14th is ours and the top teams are lined up tooth and nail coming down the stretch .... with us already played most of the top teams a 2nd time .
The only other team to win in the bottom half of the table was Southampton in 11th Best weekend of the season so far
And we sure needed it . The players will be scared to play no one now with most clubs changing their tune from us being an " Easy 3 points " to a "Banana Skin " game .
Absolutely Roof, the fear factor is on our side. Looking forward to March though as its going to be the hottest month of the year so far for us. The heat will be on as we play Burnley(H), Hull(A) and Bournemouth(A) with the little matter of Boro(H) April 1st. Our cup finals just get bigger and bigger each week. If we can pull this off our boys will have gone from a bunch of zero's to a squad of superhero's since the Joker left the building Can we all subscribe to this bellends' channel and give him **** each and every week
Currently 1 Bournemouth-------26 2 Swansea------------24 3 Middlesbrough------22 4 Leicester-------------21 ------------------------------ 5 Hull--------------------20 6 Crystal Palace------19 7 Sunderland----------19 Another cup final weekend Saturday 25/02 Chelsea V Swansea(2) Chelsea home form - W4, L0. Swansea away form - W2, L2 I'd settle for a good performance and a close game to continue our progress. My Prediction - Home Win Palace(6) V Middlesbrough(3) Palace home - W0, L4. Middlesbrough away - W0, L3, D1 My Prediction - Home Win Everton V Sunderland(7) Everton Home - W3, L1. Sunderland away - W1, L3 My Prediction - Home Win Hull(5) V Burnley Hull home - W2, L1, D1. Burnley away - W0, L4 My Prediction - Draw WBA V Bournemouth(1) WBA home - W3, L1. Bournemouth away - W1, L3 My Prediction - Home Win Monday 27/02 Leicester(4) V Liverpool Leicester home - W1, L3. Liverpool away - W1, L1, D2 My Prediction - Away Win Predicted League 22:00 27/02 1 Bournemouth-------26 2 Swansea------------24 3 Crystal Palace------22 4 Middlesbrough------21 ------------------------------ 5 Leicester-------------21 6 Hull--------------------21 7 Sunderland----------20 Would love to get a result against Chelsea but don't see it coming. The key to this weekend is that Boro and Leicester lose because, if we lose, then both could leapfrog us with a win. If we can maintain our position then even if we lose its job done
My logic is that the best result in any game that involves two of the bottom seven teams is a draw (apart from games involving us of course). That way no-one gains ground in leaps and bounds, just a plodding point at a time. So, the best result from Palace v Boro is a draw IMO.
I think Hull will beat Burnley and Leicester lose to Liverpool. That will put Leicester in the drop zone.
I think Hull are flattering to deceive at the mo, They're big, lumpy and are playing steroid football. They're all muscle with no finesse and they don't have a midfield at all. They play well against teams they can bully and I don't include us as one of them. The teams they can bully are becoming more and more scarce as the weeks go by and a couple of defeats will burst their bubble and push them back into the dark zone. The teams we have to be concerned about imo are Leicester and, I still think, Palace. Both have good squads of talented players and they shouldn't really be where they are, a bit like us.
I am not convinced about this Leicester thing. I think they have an appalling back 4 ( I know they won the league last year) the form they are showing is exactly what I thought they would be with the players they have. Their midfield is average at best this season and having taken Kante out of it has shown the players up for what they are. Vardy bubble has burst and he has been found out. I bet Arsenal are glad they didn't get him. The only real quality player they have is Mahrez and he looks totally disinterested in putting on any sort of show. So I have to disagree and think that Leicester squad/side is where they should be for the players they have, they are a bottom half side and no more for me. As for Palace I tend to agree with you. I think they do have a tidy squad and I think they will get out of trouble. Now I have said that I am bound to be wrong and it will be Leicester to stay up and Palace will probably go down.
I could not give a toss who goes down as long as it is not us We need a couple of wins and those below us with losses and we should be just about safe and that should happen after the Chelsea game.....imo
March is a massive month for us Dai, we play Burnley, Hull and Bournemouth and then 1st April Middlesbrough. I think we'll know our fate after these games.