If Dale Stephens hadn't made that rash tackle v Cardiff. We'd (probably) have 30 points, be 8 points off the bottom 3 and this thread probably wouldn't exist.
Its fine margins.
Name em. Has it happened more than a couple of times (if fit) this season ?
Hughton sometimes leaves one of the defenders out. It’s so rare not sure what your point is ? If it’s - he’s signed players that aren’t good enough imo - then fair enough. If it’s, he’s signing players who don’t play...
You could probably say the same at this point last season after the West Brom and Chelsea defeats and Saints draw. Plenty on here then fed up with Hughton and saying we were going back to the Champ.
It looked like this for the last 12 games.
They W2, D2, L8.
i guess if Albion do that then they deserve to go down although they'd have 35 points which *might* be enough.
Much worse ??
We currently have one point less than last season with 12 games to go.
This time last season we'd just come out of a run where we'd won once in 13.
We'd yet, at that point, to get a point from any of the top 6.
Over Dec/Xmas/Jan we had been thumped at home by Chelsea (4-0), and...
?? Not sure past form means anything this season and we might well lost the lot but...
Last time we played Hudds we beat them. Last couple of times we played them at home - we've drawn and beat them.
Last time we played Newcastle we beat them. the last 3 games between Bournemouth and Brighton...
Before February we went on a run where we'd won only once in 13 (like now). And we only won 3 times in our last 12, drawing 4, and losing 5 in our last 12 but still finished with points to spare. We're in a hole but have the chances to put it right...
W: Arsenal (H), Cardiff (H), Man Utd (H)...