InvictaSaint

Do you happen to remember what name he went by on here?

It really is isn't it?! It's like an argument between 3 designers and with none of them allowed to get their own way their boss made them compromise by making a shirt with a bit of each of their designs. Hideous!

I probably shouldn't, but I do really like that.

9/10 - grammar guru ;-)

QPR 1 Newcastle 2

Stoke 1 Spurs 2

Well Charlie Adam won't be playing against us next Sunday - 2 yellows against Spurs and he's off.

Posted this on the "Are we safe" thread, but thought it might be useful here too: If all results - ours and the teams around us - between now and the final week (week, not weekend - Arsenal v Wigan is in the final week, on the 14th May) go against us, assuming a reasonable level of goals scored and goals conceded, we would go into the last 7 days of the season (one game for all except Wigan, who have two) in 17th place, 1 point and several goals better off than Wigan. However, bear in mind that the above includes: Villa beating Chelsea; Norwich beating WBA; Newcastle winning at QPR (they have not won in London all season); Sunderland winning against Stoke and us; Wigan beating Swansea; Stoke beating Spurs. If you reverse each one of the results above (in the order shown, and with only that specific result being reversed), we would go into the last week: - 17th (one point above Wigan) - 16th (one point above both Wigan in 17th and Norwich in 18th, with a better goal difference than both - Norwich would then have to beat Man City away to go above us) - 16th (one point above both Wigan in 17th and Newcastle in 18th with a better goal difference than both -Newcastle would have to beat Arsenal at home to go above us) - 17th (one point above Wigan) - 17th ( 4 points above Wigan with a better goal difference; Wigan would have to beat both Arsenal (away) and Villa (home) - 17th (1 point above Wigan with a better goal difference) A little crude and a little arbitrary, I know, and any combination of the above could of course happen - i.e. both Norwich and Newcastle losing for example - but it would seem to indicate that the Norwich v WBA and / or QPR v Newcastle games are key ones to watch IF the worst case scenario of us not getting another point at all were to come to pass. All hypothetical of course, but I would say the odds are still firmly in our favour, and, most important, that our destiny - even assuming the very worst case imaginable - would still be in our hands going into the last week (assuming Arsenal beat Wigan of course....;-))

If all results - ours and the teams around us - between now and the final week (week, not weekend - Arsenal v Wigan is in the final week, on the 14th May) go against us, assuming a reasonable level of goals scored and goals conceded, we would go into the last 7 days of the season (one game for all except Wigan, who have two) in 17th place, 1 point and several goals better off than Wigan. However, bear in mind that the above includes: Villa beating Chelsea; Norwich beating WBA; Newcastle winning at QPR (they have not won in London all season); Sunderland winning against Stoke and us; Wigan beating Swansea; Stoke beating Spurs. If you reverse each one of the results above (in the order shown, and with only that specific result being reversed), we would go into the last week: - 17th (one point above Wigan) - 16th (one point above both Wigan in 17th and Norwich in 18th, with a better goal difference than both - Norwich would then have to beat Man City away to go above us) - 16th (one point above both Wigan in 17th and Newcastle in 18th with a better goal difference than both -Newcastle would have to beat Arsenal at home to go above us) - 17th (one point above Wigan) - 17th ( 4 points above Wigan with a better goal difference; Wigan would have to beat both Arsenal (away) and Villa (home) - 17th (1 point above Wigan with a better goal difference) A little crude and a little arbitrary, I know, and any combination of the above could of course happen - i.e. both Norwich and Newcastle losing for example - but it would seem to indicate that the Norwich v WBA and / or QPR v Newcastle games are key ones to watch IF the worst case scenario of us not getting another point at all were to come to pass. All hypothetical of course, but I would say the odds are still firmly in our favour, and, most important, that our destiny - even assuming the very worst case imaginable - would still be in our hands going into the last week (assuming Arsenal beat Wigan of course....;-))

WBA 2 Wigan 2

WBA 1 Wigan 1

WBA 1 Wigan 0

Interestingly, very few of us are looking at Newcastle as real candidates to join QPR and Reading in relegation. The Toon have West Ham and QPR away and Arsenal at home. I can quite easily see them losing all three. QPR are free of worry as their fate is sealed, W Ham are strong at home and on a decent run - don't Newcastle also have a problem getting points away to London teams, historically? - and Arsenal are going all out for the CL place. Given Newcastle's recent form - 2 defeats, 9 goals conceded at home, none scored - the wheels could be about to come off big time.

Give you a silver lining, and you find the cloud. Well done.

Absolutely! Some people worry far too much....

"No side in Premier League History has been relegated when 5 points clear (of the drop zone) with 3 games to go." Ed Chamberlin - Sky Sports and Saints fan, about 1 minute ago. We are 7 points clear. HTH

Even those paragons of super supporterdom, the Geordies (so we are always told), were disappearing in droves after Liverpool scored their third yesterday. Apparently that is what we should all aspire to, so the media tells us....

Newcastle being torn a new one by Liverpool; 0-4 at present...

One bit of good news!

2-2 at the end. You heard it here first ;-)

At least bloody spell it right! GRANDEUR!!

Wigan 1 Spurs 1

Wigan 0 Spurs 1

Never mind that - Marlon King's been arrested (again).

W Ham 1 Wigan 0