[Albion] 15 Points still up for grabs

[Chicken Run]

How many of them will we get?

I reckon 2

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I think we’ll go on a run…..

11

 

[ROSM]

I think we’ll go on a run…..

11

I so so hope you are right. Not for the 1st time a bit of self reflection after woeful tactical performances could spell and up tick

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

5 or 6 is my thinking, based on my “we’re a mid-table team which wins some games, draws some games and loses some games” thinking.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I so so hope you are right. Not for the 1st time a bit of self reflection after woeful tactical performances could spell and up tick

Entirely what I’m basing my prediction on….. pure hope.

For @Flounce not changing my opinion on FH, but Welbeck’s comments offered hope that there is some self-realisation within the squad that they are underperforming

 

[Albion my Albion]

I think we’ll go on a run…..

11

You might as well predict the Albion to win games 4 - 0 every time which is about the same kind of lunacy.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

You might as well predict the Albion to win games 4 - 0 every time which is about the same kind of lunacy.

You’ve already forgotten our recent run?

 

[Albion my Albion]

You’ve already forgotten our recent run?

No, but there are some other factors to deal with........................Georginio & Rutter, Webster, Veltman, Van Hecke, etc. are out with knocks. And Dunk doesn't know to use a "u" umlaut for his own manager's name. Things could never get worse.

 

[Flounce]

Entirely what I’m basing my prediction on….. pure hope.

For @Flounce not changing my opinion on FH, but Welbeck’s comments offered hope that there is some self-realisation within the squad that they are underperforming

I got up this morning and decided that I have had too much to say on FH and his shortcomings already, so am stepping away from any more comments to stop boring other posters with my banging on

 

[Super Steve Earle]

We only need 1 win to equal our second best ever Premier League total and still have a slim chance of Europe in some form or other. Yet it feels disappointing, despite having to rebuild a team under a rookie Premier League manager - you know, the youngest ever. Trouble is, a great start raised hopes of Europe and a late season streak burnished those hopes in to a decent possibility of an appearance at Wembley and a place in the Europa League, if not Champions League. Then injuries, loss of form and some frustrating mistakes/decision making smashed all hope to smithereens. It will probably be our second best ever season and we will feel flat and disappointed. I think I'd rather not have Europe or a Cup run next time around. Just fine tune everything and have a great season in the Prem and consolidate the squad for another tilt at qualifying for the Europa League.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

We need a big performance on Saturday.
Fulham and Bournemouth also have winnable games.
Anything less than a win will make 8th place exceptionally unlikely.

West Ham are in a similar state to ourselves and both clubs need a reaction for their fans.
Potter's return should provide a bit of a pantomime performance.

Let's hope that's enough to give us one last tilt at the European places.

 

[um bongo molongo]

My hope is that in the “two bald men fighting over a comb derby” on Saturday we come out on top and that generates us some momentum.

 

[Barham's tash]

Head says 5 heart would love 11.

Whatever the respective merits of IN/OUT I fail to see a single example where FZ motivational skills have resulted in a spell binding performance that blew the other team away. Individual brilliance - Mitoma several times to the astonishment of his team mates, Welbz by example, or Rutter through sheer impudence and ability - have at times triggered excellent match winning spells but watching FZ post match comments several times on youtube just leaves me feeling like he's got the motivational skills of a mid level executive at a regional insurance company rather than the youngest Premier league manager in history.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Head says 5 heart would love 11.

Whatever the respective merits of IN/OUT I fail to see a single example where FZ motivational skills have resulted in a spell binding performance that blew the other team away. Individual brilliance - Mitoma several times to the astonishment of his team mates, Welbz by example, or Rutter through sheer impudence and ability - have at times triggered excellent match winning spells but watching FZ post match comments several times on youtube just leaves me feeling like he's got the motivational skills of a mid level executive at a regional insurance company rather than the youngest Premier league manager in history.

That's an interesting point.

And I suspect you may be right. He certainly is no De Zerbi (which may be a good thing)

 

[Official Old Man]

I still believe.
I said 4 games ago we needed 5 wins from 9 games, at the time we were on a 7 match unbeaten run (6 wins 1 draw).
Well we still have 5 games to go so in theory it's still on.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

14

(Right, that’s out of the way now)

 

[TottonSeagull]

I don't think we will get too many BUT it would be nice to see a bit of spirit and passion in the last few games ....... not the dull dross we have been playing recently!

 

[studio150]

I think we’ll go on a run…..

11

We are already on a run

2

 

[hart's shirt]

RDZ's final 5 games brought 4 points. He'd gone 6 games without a win in the 2nd half of the season.

Including the Forest Cup game, FH's on 6 games without a win already. He's really got to get one soon, and ideally one at home.

So there's an awful lot riding on the West Ham game for these 5 points with little evidence in defence to suggest that we'll stop them from scoring.

W: West Ham (H)
D: Wolves (A) & Spurs (A)
L: Newcastle (H) & Liverpool (H)

 

[portslade seagull]

We are the antidote to any team that is on a poor run. Wet Sham and Spuds will beat us scrape a point against Newcastle, Wolves and Liverpool to overcome us with pace 1pt