I think "as good as relegated" is over-egging it as well, but I would argue that the next 6 games could see us more-or-less safe if we're able to put away the teams beneath us.
We could, in theory, get away with draws against the 5 beneath us and then pick up some points later in the season...
As you say, 5 of these are currently beneath us on the table (West Ham with a game in hand, but it's vs Tottenham so they should stay below). For me, that makes these games probably the key sequence for staying up. At a very minimum we need to deny points to those beneath us, and I think we...