[Albion] Stoke, Southampton, Swansea & Huddersfield. Remaining Fixtures.

Ernest said:

Hopefully they will be more UP on Thursday as it is being played then

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Bold Seagull said:

You just cannot call it at this stage of the season. One team expected to be on the beach already pull out a performance of the season. I seem to remember an already relegated West Ham denying Ferguson a title against their all concurring side as Blackburn lost at Liverpool. Relegated QPR seconds away from denying Man City the title. So much pressure, so many different reasons for turning up or not turning up. You end up with results like West Brom beating ManUtd at Old Trafford.

We can all pour over the fixtures all we want, this fixture is easier than that, but football will always throw a spanner in the works.

Hopefully we are retaining enough belief that we will spring a surprise or two, I certainly believe that (and secretly would hedge a bet we already have enough).

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Bakero said:

What are you going to pour over them?

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larus said:

Stoke : 8 points behind

Burnley H
Liverpool A
Palace H
Swansea A

Southampton : 8 points behind

Leicester A
Bournemouth H
Everton A
Swansea A
Man City H

Swansea : 3 points behind

Man City A
Chelsea H
Bournemouth A
Southampton H
Stoke H

Huddersfield : 1 Behind plus worse GD by -12
Everton H
Man City A
Chelsea A
Arsenal H

Won’t bother with listing ours and Palace are safe.

If we assume that the big 6 win the games against us, then we should assume the same applies to the other teams at the bottom.

Therefore, Stoke need to win 3 of the other 4 games (they need 9 points due to GD).
Southampton need 8 points (I’ll assume they make up the 5 on GD), from 3 away games and 1 home.
Huddersfield could get 0 points from their remaining fixtures - same as us.

Now I really, really, really can’t see Stoke/Southampton closing the gap on us when I look at the fixtures.

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Pavilionaire said:

Andy Carroll ' s equaliser + tonight's gutsy draw feels like a win. It's a 3 point swing that looked unlikely after Crouch' s late strike.

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Bold Seagull said:

Not only that, but returning to looking a bloody good side again where picking up another point or so really doesn’t look beyond us at all. We can go to Turf Moor with a spring in our step.

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Blue Valkyrie said:

- 8 points needed to finish above Southampton

- 5 points needed to finish above Stoke

- Keep goal difference advantage to finish above West Brom

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Weststander said:

The bottom line - Stains, Stoke and WBA are all in deep poo.

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Machiavelli said:

And if one of Saints and Stoke aren't, Swansea in all likelihood will be.

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mejonaNO12 aka riskit said:

So are we saying I should cover our relegation at 16/1?

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Blue Valkyrie said:

Throwing your money away

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Bold Seagull said:

Are you saying we have no 'must win' or 'must draw' games left?

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Bold Seagull said:

And Huddersfield. If they don't beat Everton, even a draw will leave them below us on GD with 3 as tough a final set of fixtures as ours. Rather than just Saints and Stokes being able to escape, there are sides below us in more danger of taking their place than us.

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dwayne said:

As stated many times before on these threads hudds have arsenal to play at home. Currently one of the easiest fixtures in the premier league calendar !

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