badgerx16

How many games do you think Sunderland and Newcastle are going to win out of their last 18, considering they've each only won 4 of the 20 played so far. 40 points has been 'safe' every season since 2002-2003, ( WHU went down with 42 ).

http://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/Seasons/5826/Stages/12496/TeamStatistics/England-Premier-League-2015-2016 This suggests we concede 12 shots per game, and we have conceded 24 goals in 20 games. In comparison, Liverpool have conceded the same number of goals, but from fewer shots per game. I'm more concerned about the fact we don't convert our chances - for instance Leicester have fewer shots per game, but have scores 11 more goals.

TBH, you predict a relegation scrap before the season kicks off. Every season.

This.

If you replicate the last 3 results we would take 18 points, and finish on 42.

He's got his chance now.

Change of target - If Long had shown a tad more composure, we might have got something at WHU and won today. Generally, I don't think our play in both of the last 2 games was bad, but in and around the opponent's penalty area we are severely lacking in a killer instinct.

In the last 10 games both teams are W3 D2 L5.

Newcastle have taken 1 point from their last 4 games, a home draw with Villa.

That's the way it is. Money talks, and agents call the shots.

But it's also 7 points to Palace. Can you see us making that up ?

I can't see anybody wanting to make an offer for Vic, based on his performances this season. Mane has to be kept - the mistake today was trying to get through the game without him, just to make a disciplinary point.

Do you think that Sunderland or Newcastle will catch up ?

Building up to full match fitness ? At least it's longer than Lallana usually managed.

Bit late for that.

Presumably, other than his goal, he was just a passenger in the team that kept a clean sheet against Arsenal. A lot of people wrote him off after West Ham as one of our worst signings, and at the head of the queue for offloading in the summer.

Surely not, most of the week since the WHU game he's been sh!te according to many on here.

Can I just remind everybody already planning how to spend next season's TV money, there will be 19 other sides banking the same windfall, so in comparative terms we will be no better off.

What are you like when you're feeling depressed ?

I agree that Kylo Ren isn't really nasty enough, and when did Gollum take over the galaxy ? And as for the 'nods' to the geeks, "2187" has a neat resonance.

Toby was never ours, and once Poch left was never going to sign permanently for Saints.

How many players could we afford to pay 'premium' salaries to ? And extending or expanding player contracts is no protection against them being poached by teams with realistic Champions League prospects.

Spending on flood defences is down 8% in 'real' terms in the last 4 years.

jetsam

Let's go back to the 90's - I miss those last match of the season 'great' escapes.