BN41Albion
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Really, what makes you say that? Rivalry aside, they've looked decent so far this season and look like they have more than enough to be clear of relegation worries.
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[Football] Who's going to get relegated?
- Thread starter Jim in the West
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Really, what makes you say that? Rivalry aside, they've looked decent so far this season and look like they have more than enough to be clear of relegation worries.
Yeah, I don't get those people who say that Newcastle can buy their way out - it's not that easy. If money is the sole answer, we'd never see a team relegated from the PL struggle in the Championship, their parachute payments would see them safe ... but it doesn't work out like that,
To meet FFP obligations, Newcastle have £180m to spend. That sounds like a lot, but that's roughly what Man U's defence cost - the players who looked League 1 standard on Sunday.
Newcastle may strike lucky and buy a group of players who immediately gel and make a difference, but they may not. And if the club is sufficiently behind when the window opens, all that spending may not help.
Nobby Cybergoat
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Somehow I doubt they'll consider FFP an "obligation"
They'll reason it's better to spend what they need to achieve their aims and deal with the consequences of breaking FFP in the unlikely event that there are some.
Machiavelli
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Good summary of the leading contenders
The season that Millwall were relegated from the top division was 1989/90 and they spent most of the season in the bottom three. They were doomed about six weeks before the end of the season, finishing 17 points from safety (I've just checked the details as I remember that season and Millwall were dreadful, I remember going to watch them to see how bad they were)
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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Your memory doesn't serve you correctly. In the only season Millwall have ever been relegated from the top flight (89-90 season) they were 15th on Christmas day. They finished bottom and 17 points from safety so they spent a lot more than just the last 10 mins of the season in the relegation zone.
They were as high as second after 5 games and were 5th with 14 points after 8 games, they only won one more match that season.
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It's a lot more likely to happen from 15th and only 5 points above the relegation places though isn't it?
Errr yes, I wasn’t talking about Brighton or Palace though, just a thought I had about being safe…Christ Palace were 6th at Xmas a few years ago and flirted with relegation 4 months later.
Doh….I must stop drinking scotch…
I wonder why I had that in my memory banks?..
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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You'd have been better off looking at Soton last season for that.
(and I don't believe that you weren't making a dig at Brighton)
No I wasn’t, as much as it may stick in the craw, I can see that Brighton are a good footballing team, there would be no point in me denying that.
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Oh dearie me, couldn't happen again, could it !
Nobby Cybergoat
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Anything is possible, but the fundamentals look in place for us to not go on that sort of horror run which we'd need to go on to go down. We have a highly resilient defence, good team spirit, decent tactician at the helm, leaders on the pitch and good squad depth (in most positions). Goals scored is the risk, but even then with a good defence we don't need to score as many as some would.
Even when things do go wrong, which I'm sure they will, we'll continue to pick points up here and there.
Hope this isn't a portent..............
It was similar but Ian Holloway was their manager.
I think Hull had a similar run under Brown though ... however, Hull just about survived, despite a spectacular loss of form