SaintBobby

Sounds like a gruesome injury to Ashley Westwood in the West Ham v Burnley match.

Tempted to go to this one. Maybe because I’ve never been to Turf Moor and this might be a chance to go when the weather isn’t as bloody awful & cold as some others on this thread have indicated.

Should have lost 3-1. Forster was superb. Great win - that’s not luck, that’s skill.

Turns out Chelsea are pretty good then. Not good enough maybe to retain the CL title, but still damned good.

Chellll.....seaaaa... Whoever you may be You are owned by the KGB Abramovich is f***ked and you're mercanaries. You are owned by the KGB.

For those of a betting disposition, Everton and Burnley are now both around evens to be relegated. https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/premier-league/relegation

Anyone else veering dangerously close to the “I hope Burnley beat Saints” vibe?

Rotherham 1 Sutton Utd 2 in the Football Trophy final....c 30 mins to go, I think?

I really want Everton to go down. I almost - almost, not quite - want us to lose away to Burnley.

We're the underdogs, sure....but this has to be the best time to be playing them. Turmoil at Stamford Bridge, low morale and they surely need to prioritise the Champions League v Real Madrid. Am hoping they're still in it after the first leg, then there must be a chance we face their B team.

According to Solent, it was initially Diallo on the left. Then a diamond when Romeu came off.

Decent point, but the midfield formation seemed baffling.

We're not going to get relegated....prob not even in the ludicrous scenario where we lose all our remaining games.

This is grim

groan

damn

Great result. Good performance after a shaky start. Onwards. I still think the team selection was absurd. We went out from about 7/4 to nearly 3/1 to win in 90 mins when the team was announced. Credit to winning against the favourites, but…hmmm…

The fair play thing was mental. I seem to vaguely remember we could have got into the InterToto cup if, on the last day of the season, we picked up one fewer yellow cards than Sheffield Wednesday. We had nothing else to play for. As it happens, I think it was rendered moot because we had decided not to apply to the InterToto anyway.

Appreciate the matchs and stats help! Burnley are now odds against for the drop. Maybe they'll make it. Like us, they've had a shedload of draws, which isn't enormously helpful for a club's points total, but does indicate you're competitive.

I think I get the point you're driving at, but I'm not grasping it wholly. Leeds have a 23% chance of being relegated. This is made up of a 2% chance they are relegated with Newcastle and Everton and a 21% chance that they are relegated with one or neither of Newcastle and Everton, and a 77% chance they aren't relegated at all. If I'm not right on this, what is the 23% made up of?

Given how calcified the legaue is and how hard it is for Saints to break into the top 6, then shouldn't winning a cup be our absolute prioirty (assuming we are no longer perennial relegation battlers?). If so, what would such a strategy look like?

Hmmm. Not sure that's right, is it? The odds/percentages presumably reflect the fact that 3 teams - no more and no less - will be relegated? If Leeds are, say, 23% to be relegated...it's kind of priced in that two other teams go down with them, no? It's not "well, they're a 23% chance to be relegated...but if Watford are relegated, they are only a 17% chance, if Villa are relegated they are only a 12% chance etc etc".

If that site is right, there’s a 63% that one of those 3 will be relegated, but only a 2% chance that all 3 will be.

I'm such a bedwetter, I'm already looking to which three teams are going to be worse than us next season so we can escape relegation. It's the main reason why I want Brentford, Burnley, Norwich & Watford to stay up (or as many of them as possible) at the expense of Leeds, Newcastle, Everton etc

I think it was more personal than that. “Lost the dressing room” etc (same with Pardew back in the day, but let’s not go there!)