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Post by monkeycat on Jan 18, 2009 13:08:19 GMT
Having read the thread by Marc01 looking at how many games the relegation contenders still have against the top 5 teams, it has confirmed my belief that less than 40 points will be enough to stay up.
Added to this the fact that these teams still have to play each other in a number of cases, not all the teams can win them!!
Out of the teams in the bottom half of the table,we still have to play, Blackburn, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Portsmouth, Bolton, and Man City at home.....and Spurs, West Brom, and Sunderland away.
Add to that we have West Ham at home, who are looking like a club in crisis, and Hull away which is a great chance to get an away win.
Teams are going to start struggling if they get in a losing cycle, and potentially fall away. With our run in, I would not expect us from now on to have too many losing sequences i.e. 2, 3, 4 games in a row, our bad run has hopefully been and gone.
Potentially, I still think 37 or 38 points could be enough, and we have put ourselves in a tremendous position to get that and more.
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Post by JoeinOz on Jan 18, 2009 13:09:07 GMT
41
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Post by march4 on Jan 18, 2009 13:12:10 GMT
41 this season
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Post by cousindupree on Jan 18, 2009 13:15:28 GMT
I would be tempted to put money on someone getting relegated with 40 pts this season...wonder what odds I would get for say Boro relegated with 40
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Post by coggy on Jan 18, 2009 13:16:19 GMT
38 too many at the bottom
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Post by monkeycat on Jan 18, 2009 13:18:28 GMT
Considering a lot of the teams have at least 4 games left against top5 teams, and then have to play each other again, I Can't see how all the teams can keep picking up points, and get on a bad run come Feb and March, and the pressure really mounts, teams will fall away.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Jan 18, 2009 14:10:48 GMT
Whatever points we need,we must get them before our last game v Arsenal,because if Arsenal need the point to make the top 4 I cant see us getting a result there,even if Arsenal dont need the points, they wont be doing us any favours after what happend to them at the Bsit.
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Post by barndoorbanjo on Jan 18, 2009 14:13:30 GMT
Maybe 39,40,41
Definitely 42
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Post by luke45 on Jan 18, 2009 14:14:47 GMT
43
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Post by daverichards on Jan 18, 2009 14:17:20 GMT
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Post by mosscat on Jan 18, 2009 14:18:55 GMT
38,39,40,41,42,43. somewhere round there i think
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Post by monkeycat on Jan 18, 2009 14:46:24 GMT
38,39,40,41,42,43. somewhere round there i think Do you vote Liberal democrat ;D
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Post by buxtop on Jan 18, 2009 14:54:27 GMT
Its too close in the bottom half, I wouldn't like to say.
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