Survival Sunday

edited May 2009 in Chit chat
1 hour 15 minutes to kick off. Newcastle Utd, Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Hull City all deep in it.

Ok, footy WoSsers it's prediction time, who's gonna survive and who's gonna drop.

I reckon Newcastle Utd and Middlesbrough are going to be relegated.
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  • edited May 2009
    karingal wrote: »
    1 hour 15 minutes to kick off. Newcastle Utd, Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Hull City all deep in it.

    Ok, footy WoSsers it's prediction time, who's gonna survive and who's gonna drop.

    I reckon Newcastle Utd and Middlesbrough are goning to be relegated.

    Holy moley! I hope the toon can fend off the Shippies, Smoggies, and Maccums :D
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  • edited May 2009
    If only all four could go down, since none of have played well enough to deserve a place in the top division for months now.

    With the scores as they currently are:
    Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle
    Hull 0 - 1 Man Utd
    Sunderland 1 - 1 Chelsea
    West Ham 2 - 1 Middlesbrough

    It looks like Newcastle and Middlesbrough are for the drop.

    I'm more concerned about how the Spurs are doing, and unfortunately they're not doing too well :(
  • edited May 2009
    And that's how it has ended up - Middlesbrough and Newcastle down to the Championship next season. Can't say I'm surprised or disappointed.

    No European football for Spurs next season either, though a few months ago if you'd offered me an eighth place finish I'd have bitten your arm off!
  • edited May 2009
    Well that's the final nail in the coffin, I don't think I'll ever watch footy again! Newcastle are fuckin' shit they've been a joke for the last 5-8 years. I'll stick to watching the Euro and World Cup from now on. That way I only have to get excited every 2 years.
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  • edited May 2009
    HAHAHA just been watching the battle on sky sports news.
    i wanted boro and newcastle to go down :D and they did

    just gotta watch the pigs lose to burnley tommorow to fullfill the weekend :)
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  • edited May 2009
    HAHAHA just been watching the battle on sky sports news.
    i wanted boro and newcastle to go down :D and they did

    just gotta watch the pigs lose to burnley tommorow to fullfill the weekend :)

    Bollocks!
    Every night is curry night!
  • edited May 2009
    What's the difference between Alan Shearer and Newcastle United?

    Alan Shearer will still be on Match of the Day next season!
  • edited May 2009
    Daren wrote: »
    What's the difference between Alan Shearer and Newcastle United?

    Alan Shearer will still be on Match of the Day next season!

    Double Bollocks!
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  • edited May 2009
    Double Bollocks!
    by the way dm...is your siggy about yourself...or daren??
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • edited May 2009
    by the way dm...is your siggy about yourself...or daren??

    Did you happen to notice the bold above the quote?
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  • edited May 2009
    Well, all those who went down deserved to (and I'm a Baggies fan). All have been either poor (Boro), erratic (Toon) or have tried to work to their basic principles (WBA) and failed miserably. As they say, the league never lies.

    I'm a little sad the Toon have gone, but as Boozie said they have been poor for a long time now (since Robson was bewilderingly sacked) and I don't think the fans have helped in the slightest. The second coming of The Messiah was always going to end in tears as he has always walked out at the first sign of trouble and whatever Ashley did wrong (the Wise appointment, etc) he got them out of a lot of financial shit at considerable expense to himself. The fans need to look at themselves a little; their club is nowhere near as big as they would like to believe no matter how much they fill the stadium each week.

    The Midlands teams (Wolves, Brum, Villa, Albion) are a blueprint for every team to emulate as they try to re-establish themselves. Relegation, no matter how heartbreaking is seen as an occupational hazard, and a (admittedly big) blip in that course. None of them spend stupid money, have faith long-term in their manager and come back that little bit stronger next time.

    The Baggies will probably keep the vast majority of their players and most likely be favourites to go straight back up. Boro have a great youth policy that will see them strong favourites to return within 3 years. Newcastle unfortunately will lose virtually all of their big name players as they will want to play in the Prem. That annoys me, they were at fault, the least they owe their fans is one season to try and fix it. Maybe if Shearer stays he can convince them to try, but I doubt that on both counts.
  • edited May 2009
    MattLamb wrote: »
    No European football for Spurs next season either, though a few months ago if you'd offered me an eighth place finish I'd have bitten your arm off!
    So would I!!!

    I was a bit disappointed that Fulham lost as it means we let ourselves down on the final game (not that I ever thought we'd win at Anfield). 8th is good though and gives Harry a good firm foundation to build on next season.
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  • edited May 2009
    Daren wrote: »
    What's the difference between Alan Shearer and Newcastle United?

    Alan Shearer will still be on Match of the Day next season!

    Nice joke, but the BBC are doing Championship coverage next season so it may fall apart under the close scrutiny of reality ;)


    Hull didn't really deserve to stay up, but three teams were worse than them.
  • edited May 2009
    Sunderland (36), Hull (35), Newcastle (34), Middlesbrough (32) and West Brom (32) all failed to average at least one point over their 38 games. This is shameful really and not Premier division performance.

    Maybe this should be the criteria for who automatically goes down, rather than just a bottom three. Have the Premiership season end first, and adjust the other lower leagues accordingly. It'd make the last few teams in the table work a bloody sight harder than some of them have over the last few months. And some of the teams in the Championship, who will miss out on a Prem spot through the play-offs, deserve one a lot more than some of those teams in the Prem who aren't going down.
  • edited May 2009
    what a weekend
    loving it :)

    first both toon and boro go down, then the pigs dont turn up for the play off and get slaughtered by burnley :)
    it cant get any better
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • edited May 2009
    WELDER WANTED : job description : to weld roof back onto a double decker bus - apply to sheffield united fc!!!


    Sheffield City Council have just issued a flood warning : 40,000 wednesday fans have just peed themselves laughing!
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • edited May 2009
    WELDER WANTED : job description : to weld roof back onto a double decker bus - apply to sheffield united fc!!!


    Sheffield City Council have just issued a flood warning : 40,000 wednesday fans have just peed themselves laughing!
    Nice one mel!!!
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • edited May 2009
    Welcome to the Premiership Burnley, possibly the only team who will earn less points than Hull next season :)
  • edited May 2009
    Welcome to the Premiership Burnley, possibly the only team who will earn less points than Hull next season :)

    But then again Stoke were supposed to do worse than Derby!!
  • edited May 2009
    I did enjoy the 'Hull thing' this season. It took a while for the other teams to work out what they did, then they countered it, like all good opposition does, and beat them second time around. I'm quite excited to see if Hull can come up with a new idea before the season starts. Stoke did worry me at first.

    What I love about English football is its basic solid foundations. You know that the big boys will always be the big boys (now and again they slip up but not often), and us little guys, you know, the other 80 plus teams...we all get our day as every dog does, we get a little bit of cheer to keep us ticking over.
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