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  1. #1
    Quote Originally Posted by Mo Britain less Europe View Post
    We will lose away at Chelsea so anything less than a win against plucky Bournemouth probably dumps us into the relegation zone deep into September.

    Black scarf time?
    Bound to get a few people hot under the collar but it doesn't really matter does it. We have been given some very tricky away games early on but they are games we would probably have lost anyway. Good to get them out of the way while we are a shambles.

    And it isn't a big problem. It is perfectly obvious we wont be challenging for the title and even top four looks incredibly optimistic. THis was always going to be a very tough season under the circumstances. Just have to let it play itself out.

  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    Bound to get a few people hot under the collar but it doesn't really matter does it. We have been given some very tricky away games early on but they are games we would probably have lost anyway. Good to get them out of the way while we are a shambles.

    And it isn't a big problem. It is perfectly obvious we wont be challenging for the title and even top four looks incredibly optimistic. THis was always going to be a very tough season under the circumstances. Just have to let it play itself out.
    We lose away to Stoke, Liverpool and Chelsea most years anyway, so we're not really below-par yet. In fact usually we've lost at home to West Ham or Villa by now. Agreed that top four is probably beyond us anyway so we just have to sweat it out.

  3. #3
    I think you guys are forgetting how losing, like winning, can become a habit. The fact these games might have been difficult anyway when scattered throughout the season doesn't mean that if we lose three out of our games the team will not suffer a huge loss of confidence - arguably it's already happened - and other "easier" teams suddenly perk up and take points off us.

    Not saying we will be relegated (the season I referred to earlier though we were a mere THREE points from the relegation zone) but this streak carries on and we won't even make it to the Europa League next season.

  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by Mo Britain less Europe View Post
    I think you guys are forgetting how losing, like winning, can become a habit. The fact these games might have been difficult anyway when scattered throughout the season doesn't mean that if we lose three out of our games the team will not suffer a huge loss of confidence - arguably it's already happened - and other "easier" teams suddenly perk up and take points off us.

    Not saying we will be relegated (the season I referred to earlier though we were a mere THREE points from the relegation zone) but this streak carries on and we won't even make it to the Europa League next season.
    Not having to play in the Europa League strikes me as a positive, tbh.

  5. #5
    Not me. If it meant we could mount a serious challenge for the title yes, but under the current regime that's not going to happen so we might as well play in a tournament where we have a chance of getting far - Kazakhstan and so forth.

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