[Football] Relegation Candidates 25/26

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OK, a ball hasn’t been kicked yet for next season, and we are still awaiting the play off final result, plus the final match of our campaign, but who do you think will go down next year?

For me it is…

Man Utd
Burnley
Shef Utd/Sunderland

That isn’t a joke, I hope the promoted teams stay up, but my gut tells me most go down and Utd are so poor and in disarray as a club that that there could be 2-3 better teams than them, enough to send them down. Their loss was so poor on Wed, it felt like an even further fall from grace, which is AMAZING.
 














Bodian

Well-known member
May 3, 2012
16,765
Cumbria
OK, a ball hasn’t been kicked yet for next season, and we are still awaiting the play off final result, plus the final match of our campaign, but who do you think will go down next year?

For me it is…

Man Utd
Burnley
Shef Utd/Sunderland

That isn’t a joke, I hope the promoted teams stay up, but my gut tells me most go down and Utd are so poor and in disarray as a club that that there could be 2-3 better teams than them, enough to send them down. Their loss was so poor on Wed, it felt like an even further fall from grace, which is AMAZING.

Leeds
Leeds
Leeds.

This prediction is more through hope than anything else, to be fair :lol:
Oh yes - but I would absolutely love it if Leeds stayed up at Man Utd's expense. And can you imagine the Man Utd fans if that happened - they already detest Leeds for some ancient reason.
 








PILTDOWN MAN

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NSC Patron
Sep 15, 2004
20,518
Hurst Green
Between West Ham, Man Utd, Burnley, Sheffield Utd and certainly Leeds
 


Arthur

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Jul 8, 2003
8,922
Buxted Harbour
Was having a discussion in the pub yesterday afternoon with a Sunderland supporting colleague. He fully expects it to be the three that come up going down again and it's hard to not agree with that. The gulf between the prem and championship is getting bigger as each year goes by.

Is it time we mix up how relegation works and introduce relegation play offs? Something like bottom two go down automatically then the next four teams go into a play off, semi and then final....Loser goes down? Thoughts?
 








Sussax

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Aug 31, 2012
2,906
Brighton
Beyond excited for next season even before this one is over; can’t see either Spurs or United getting over 50 points but think it’ll be the 3 newcomers comfortably down again.

Everton, Wolves, West Ham, Palace and Brentford (probably losing key players) will fill up the bottom half and I expect the real race will be for the European places again.
 










spence

Trump is back
Oct 15, 2014
10,055
Crawley
Was having a discussion in the pub yesterday afternoon with a Sunderland supporting colleague. He fully expects it to be the three that come up going down again and it's hard to not agree with that. The gulf between the prem and championship is getting bigger as each year goes by.

Is it time we mix up how relegation works and introduce relegation play offs? Something like bottom two go down automatically then the next four teams go into a play off, semi and then final....Loser goes down? Thoughts?
Deary me. Are you the bloke asking the club to sell suncream?
 


Gabbiano

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Dec 18, 2017
2,073
Spank the Manc
There's a part of me that is really hoping that one of the promoted 3 makes a real go of it and stays up.

But then if those three are Leeds, Burnley and Sheffield United... Flush them back down asap. Even if being Manchester based, these are three convenient away games for me.

Outside calls for relegation - Wolves without Cunha, West Ham under Potter and maybe Palace if they can't cope with Europe and lose some players/Glasner (wishful thinking?).

I think Fulham and Bournemouth will drop off next season and Everton will be much stronger. Man U and Spurs better than this disastrous season but not real contenders, especially Spurs if they're getting tonked in the CL every midweek.

Another aside - next year we will have Leeds, Wolves, West Ham and Newcastle all in the PL. We are a bogey side for all of these clubs, so hopefully that means points points points.

Transfer window pending of course.
 






Arthur

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Jul 8, 2003
8,922
Buxted Harbour
Good god man. Have you gone mad?

We're not Scottish or Belgian.
Isn't it getting boring that the three teams that come up go down without a whimper?

This season was crap. Relegation and the title was pretty much decided at Christmas.

How good would it have been seeing Man United and Spurs playing in a european final then having to come back and play to stay up?

People scoffed when the promotion play offs were introduced now they keep the season going up until the final weekend and are loved.
 


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