Are we going to be in a relegation battle

[symyjym]

Its not even middle of September yet, 7 games played and someone starts a thread about
relegation ??, beggars belief of the intelligence of some of our so called fans?

Tell that to the Fulham and Blackpool fans

 

[Guinness Boy]

Nope, I believe we'll get it right sooner rather than later. The question is more how we will do it. Will we suddenly start to spank sides 6-4 or will Sami retreat in to his shell like Poyet did when we started conceding cheap goals?

 

[BobbySmith]

Same logic applies, September and 7 games for Christ sake , do you really think that clubs like Charlton and Brentford will be up there at the death ?

 

[Icy Gull]

Same logic applies, September and 7 games for Christ sake , do you really think that clubs like Charlton and Brentford will be up there at the death ?

Charlton could well be this years Burnley imo, not sure why you'd just write them off.

 

[nwgull]

Charlton could well be this years Burnley imo, not sure why you'd just write them off.

I agree; Charlton have a decent side and are unbeaten for a reason. The fact that we looked so good against them for long spells the other week (and dominated in terms of possession and chances) should be enough to give confidence that we're not one of the 3 worst teams in the division.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Same logic applies, September and 7 games for Christ sake , do you really think that clubs like Charlton and Brentford will be up there at the death ?

Agree with the sentiment and I do find it laughable when fans start singing songs about going up the football league 10 games in the season but I can certainly see Brentford up there come the end. Lots of forward momentum, signed a lot of decent players in the Summer, a relatively settled side used to playing the attractive style of football the manager wants. I would certainly expect them to be upper mid table at least.

 

[Stat Brother]

Not if we're down by Christmas.
It'll be more of a relegation whimper.

 

[Luke93]

Another top quality thread.

 

[SAC]

My crystal ball says no but as someone has already posted, there is often one team that you don’t expect to struggle but does. However, I fully expect that after Blackpool, with 10 points on the board, someone will be posting about the chances of automatic promotion. A loss against Blackpool would be very worrying but I can't see it happening.

 

[Icy Gull]

Another top quality thread.

Football forum talking about football. Can we not discuss the fact that Brighton might get relegated or are we now such a big club that this cannot happen? Maybe you'd like to improve the quality of the threads by starting a more thrilling one of your own?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

This thread would only be pertinent if we were in the Premier League with 7 points after 7 games.

 

[Icy Gull]

This thread would only be pertinent if we were in the Premier League with 7 points after 7 games.

I think we'd be quite upbeat and talking about staying up in those circumstances.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I think we'd be quite upbeat and talking about staying up in those circumstances.

Apart from "those" NSCers saying we had already thrown away any chances of qualifying for Europe

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Part of the problem with all this talk is the fact that all the tables have the play-off and relegation places marked out from Day 1. This makes people teams down the bottom at this relatively early stages are pretty doomed, and teams at the top are in with a shout. I'm sure that years ago they never used to have them until a few games to go.

 

[spanish flair]

Whilst we are 2 points above the relegation zone it could be considered that we are in as much a relegation battle as the top ten clubs believe they are now fighting for promotion.

I don't believe we will get relegated but we will be battling against relegation until we reach around 50pts.

Even that requires an improved points gathering than we are presently achieving.

 

[Fulking Seagull]

Not a chance. A good time to put money on promotion which I still believe is likely with our squad.

 

[BBassic]

I said 8th-12th before we started and I'm sticking to that.

 

[BensGrandad]

Not a chance. A good time to put money on promotion which I still believe is likely with our squad.

All we need is to get the balance right and some fine tuning and we will soar up the league. I am on for play offs but havent ruled out automatic just yet.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Part of the problem with all this talk is the fact that all the tables have the play-off and relegation places marked out from Day 1. This makes people teams down the bottom at this relatively early stages are pretty doomed, and teams at the top are in with a shout. I'm sure that years ago they never used to have them until a few games to go.

I don't think they printed them until after 10 games.

 

[sparkie]

Yes, I think we will be, and will pay for not adequately replacing Leo.