dorsetboy Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 after seeing my local team (Weymouth) be bottom of the vanarama league prem for 4 months and relegated and then bottom for the whole of this season in the van league south division 7 points adrift with 4 games to go so bottom of the league for a year and a half ..... well they beat dover today in the last game of the season to stay up so nothing is impossible 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robski Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 2 hours ago, JonnyBoy said: Be extra nice if we beat Everton as we were pretty much the reason they stayed up last year. Didn’t they get 4 points off us?? Yes that’s right…..we basically saved them from going down……they deserve to drop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaspa Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 Just now, robski said: Yes that’s right…..we basically saved them from going down……they deserve to drop Us, Man U & Chelsea gifted them 9 points last season during their run in- they've been swirling the toilet bowl for years but they've always clambered out of it with a new manager bounce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyblueeyes Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 I still think 35 points sees you safe. The only problem with that is we need to win 2 or win 1 and draw 2 and that’s not easy. Might be another tense finish at the KP and the consequences are far greater than the last two times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robski Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 10 minutes ago, Jaspa said: Us, Man U & Chelsea gifted them 9 points last season during their run in- they've been swirling the toilet bowl for years but they've always clambered out of it with a new manager bounce. Well remembered……couldn’t recall who else gifted them points…..let’s hope Dyche flushes them down the pan for good… Not a huge fan of Dyche but thought he would save Everton ( might still do ) and thought we should of grabbed him to save us ! Never really knew Dean Smith but like his demeanour and how he comes across as nice sound bloke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 just been out with a Leeds, West Ham, Everton and spurs fan the spurs fan asked who we thought was going down - I said us, the Leeds fan said them and the Everton guy said them. The hammer had the casting vote and he plumped for Leeds and us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wortho Posted 29 April 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 29 April 2023 Doesn’t this awful situation come down to Top and the board…what a terrible position they have put us in…. it’s all down to them 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymsey Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 Did Top mention much in his recent matchday programme notes about the battle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chico1958 Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 The worst result for us today was West Ham losing. The last thing we need is them needing a result on the last day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lcfc-1992 Posted 29 April 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 29 April 2023 34 minutes ago, Chico1958 said: The worst result for us today was West Ham losing. The last thing we need is them needing a result on the last day. Hopefully they’ll be safe after beating Leeds just before they play us 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phil Bowman Posted 29 April 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 29 April 2023 50 minutes ago, Chico1958 said: The worst result for us today was West Ham losing. The last thing we need is them needing a result on the last day. People keep saying stuff like this, but it's just as likely that them needing a result will mean the pressure gets to them and they're easier to beat. I was delighted that they lost. One more team we have a chance of catching. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Bowman Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 57 minutes ago, Wortho said: Doesn’t this awful situation come down to Top and the board…what a terrible position they have put us in…. it’s all down to them Well it's actually down to a combination of the players being rubbish and poor management, but in any case - look forward, not back. We are where we are and all that; no point dwelling on how we got there. (For us, the fans, I mean. Obviously the club should dwell on how we got there so they do stuff different) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 1 hour ago, Wortho said: Doesn’t this awful situation come down to Top and the board…what a terrible position they have put us in…. it’s all down to them And Rodgers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancognito Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 59 minutes ago, Chico1958 said: The worst result for us today was West Ham losing. The last thing we need is them needing a result on the last day. They'll get what they need from Leeds the week before then play an understrength team with the Europa final distracting them when they play us 🤞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK3Blue Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 On 11/04/2023 at 20:05, SK3Blue said: Man City (A) - 0 Wolves (H) - 1 Leeds (A) - 1 Everton (H) - 3 Fulham (A) - 0 Liverpool (H) - 0 Newcastle (A) - 1 West Ham (H) - 3 34 points. GD may keep us up. 🙏 2 points better off on my prediction so far with the Wolves win. Hope I'm right about Monday and then wrong about the next 2!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyblueeyes Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 2 hours ago, Wortho said: Doesn’t this awful situation come down to Top and the board…what a terrible position they have put us in…. it’s all down to them If Rodgers is a parasite, Top is a lot worse. There have been some chairman in the PL who have been insulted by their fan base and laughed at on here. Top is either on par or a lot worse than them. Rodgers was the first of the rubbish we needed to get out, certainly not the last. The next frustration/anger phase we will have him is when we realise that it’s going to take at least £200m of money we don’t have to rebuild a depleted squad this summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasFox Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 1 hour ago, SK3Blue said: 2 points better off on my prediction so far with the Wolves win. Hope I'm right about Monday and then wrong about the next 2!! I fancy us to get something at Fulham if we win Monday. Don't reckon we'll get anything from the Newcastle game though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachyboy Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 44 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said: If Rodgers is a parasite, Top is a lot worse. There have been some chairman in the PL who have been insulted by their fan base and laughed at on here. Top is either on par or a lot worse than them. Rodgers was the first of the rubbish we needed to get out, certainly not the last. The next frustration/anger phase we will have him is when we realise that it’s going to take at least £200m of money we don’t have to rebuild a depleted squad this £69 million is what we spent on Ricky, Cags, Madders and Evans. A similar summer to that add maybe £11 million for a gk, we can probably find what we need for £70-£80 million with that right scouting and decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post moseeds Posted 29 April 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 29 April 2023 1 hour ago, Mickyblueeyes said: If Rodgers is a parasite, Top is a lot worse. There have been some chairman in the PL who have been insulted by their fan base and laughed at on here. Top is either on par or a lot worse than them. Rodgers was the first of the rubbish we needed to get out, certainly not the last. The next frustration/anger phase we will have him is when we realise that it’s going to take at least £200m of money we don’t have to rebuild a depleted squad this summer. Utter bollocks. Top is clearly not a lot worse. He's a footy fan. He made emotional well intentioned decisions. He's a young guy and new to running a multi billion dollar empire alone. Some people need to get outside more. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 29 April 2023 Share Posted 29 April 2023 1 hour ago, Mickyblueeyes said: If Rodgers is a parasite, Top is a lot worse. There have been some chairman in the PL who have been insulted by their fan base and laughed at on here. Top is either on par or a lot worse than them. Rodgers was the first of the rubbish we needed to get out, certainly not the last. The next frustration/anger phase we will have him is when we realise that it’s going to take at least £200m of money we don’t have to rebuild a depleted squad this summer. I understand why Top is getting some flack this season, but I’m not sure it’s all him and I’m not sure how much he is involved in the day to day running of the club. What is clear, is some of the problems that have come around this season are bigger than the manager. The two who should be next in the firing line for me is Whelan and Rudkin. Rodgers gets a lot of flack for some of his transfers, but ultimately Rudkin is the one who would have final say and negotiate all of the contracts. The fact that we went into a season with so many players who either -a) Had already been identified by the manager as not being good enough or b) had their contract expire at the end of the season was always a recipe for disaster. The fact we have repeatedly failed to improve the squad, at the right time, and no improvement at all this summer, when every man and his dog could see we needed a refresh - falls solely at the board level. Add to this some of the other decisions, that have come up on here about fan engagement, ticketing debacles, lack of communication- these sort of things fall at Whlean’s feet I believe. At a board level, it’s been one mistake after another. Now we need to go into a new season knowing we need at least 15 new players through the door and we are in a position where we don’t know which division the club will be playing in, who the manager will be and have only one maybe two players who we will be in a position to claim a sizeable fee to fund this rebuild. Yes Top is in overall charge, but the people who he had trusted in key roles are letting him and the club down badly and repeatedly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 30 April 2023 Share Posted 30 April 2023 It’s great going into the last 5 games thinking there is 10 teams, who could all still mathematically be relegated this season. Crystal Palace 40 points (52) Chelsea 39 points (57) Wolves. 37 points (49) bournemouth 36 points (51) West Ham. 34 points (49) Leeds 30 points (45) Notts Forest. 30 points (42) Leicester City 29 points (44) Everton. 28 points (43) Southampton 24 points (39) (Maximum points available) Obviously this will change and some of these teams are practically safe, but theoretically, disaster could strike any of them and every result could still go against them and they go down. It’s hard to see any way Southampton survive from here, especially with their next game away at an inform Newcastle. The only team in the league who are now mathematically safe from relegation and more 6 points away from European spots is Fulham, potentially making them the best team to play in the run in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurru991 Posted 30 April 2023 Share Posted 30 April 2023 3 hours ago, Mickyblueeyes said: If Rodgers is a parasite, Top is a lot worse. There have been some chairman in the PL who have been insulted by their fan base and laughed at on here. Top is either on par or a lot worse than them. Rodgers was the first of the rubbish we needed to get out, certainly not the last. The next frustration/anger phase we will have him is when we realise that it’s going to take at least £200m of money we don’t have to rebuild a depleted squad this summer. Rubbish !! Top and his family have been fantastic for Leicester. His big mistake has been allowing Rudkin & Rodgers too much control !! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 30 April 2023 Share Posted 30 April 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, gurru991 said: If we win it puts us in the driving seat instead of hoping for other teams to lose & that for me puts it in the must win category. How you see it is entirely up to you but I know how I see it. If we lose or draw it's not great by any means but it's also not fatal. If Everton lose then they'll need 5pts to overtake us and that's assuming we don't pick up another point. I see it as a mini league of four and the top two stay up and the bottom two get relegated. A win for us on Monday makes it highly likely that Everton won't catch us. If we don't win then we still have a good few outs. After Monday the nine fixtures our rivals have before the last game of the season don't look like they'll yield a lot of points. Man City (h) Arsenal (h) Newcastle (h) Southampton (h) Man City (a) Chelsea (a) Brighton (a) Wolves (a) West Ham (a) Edited 30 April 2023 by Gerard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trabuch Posted 30 April 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 30 April 2023 4 hours ago, Mickyblueeyes said: If Rodgers is a parasite, Top is a lot worse. There have been some chairman in the PL who have been insulted by their fan base and laughed at on here. Top is either on par or a lot worse than them. Rodgers was the first of the rubbish we needed to get out, certainly not the last. The next frustration/anger phase we will have him is when we realise that it’s going to take at least £200m of money we don’t have to rebuild a depleted squad this summer. That's just bollocks and I suspect you know it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post volpeazzurro Posted 30 April 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 30 April 2023 (edited) On 29/04/2023 at 19:50, Jaspa said: Us, Man U & Chelsea gifted them 9 points last season during their run in- they've been swirling the toilet bowl for years but they've always clambered out of it with a new manager bounce. Very true but, at the end of last season, we too were gifted 9 points by Southampton, Watford and Norwich. Whilst it didn't save us from relegation, it did serve to paper over the cracks and cover up somewhat a season of incompetent management. In turn, it subsequently also served as an excuse for an equally incompetent board to procrastinate and fail to deal with the situation in hand. Edited 30 April 2023 by volpeazzurro 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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