Relegation battle 25-26

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With 10 games played so far and I know it's early days

Wolves, I can't see them improving tbh Think times up
West Ham, Might just stay up
Notts, Hoping they go
Burnley, Not good enough
Leeds, Might survive but need to improve
Everton, should be alright
Fulham, could get dragged into it
Newcastle, Safe
Brentford, another one that could be dragged into it

Sunderland, doing good so far

Will have another look at Christmas
 

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Have to think Wolves look awful no matter which manager they get. West Ham aren't great, they're probably in the mix. Dyche will save Forest comfortably enough. They'll get over the forty points. I think two team will be cut adrift soon enough. I'm thinking Wolves will be one of them. But the 18th place might be a bit of a battle. I'm thinking Leeds being part of Red Bull may mean a player or two in January. The promoted teams are interesting so far this season. Which means someone else is going down. If you think Leeds and Sunderland are definitely staying up, then that means two different teams are going down - if you know what I mean. So West Ham need to watch out.
 
Have to say, I was surprised that West Ham fought back so well after giving up a goal immediately after Bowen hit the post. Diouf , who we were after in the summer, did a horrible job of defending that against Murphy
On the other hand, Newcastle were dire. It is amazing that Gordon - England's resident left winger - has not recorded either an assist or goal in the league since January
 
Incredibly 26 points would’ve kept you up last season because of how poor the promoted teams were, but with Sunderland starting so well and Burnley and Leeds at least looking like they’ll make a fight of it, think the target will be a tad higher this season
 
This year the table is more bunched up from just above the relegation zone to the top half.

Anyone below 8th or so who goes on a bad run could very easily get sucked into it.

For this reason I do not think we'll know the real runners and riders much before mid February.
 
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Willo said:
It does seem highly likely that Wolves will be plying their trade in the Championship next season.
It does seem that they will be appointing Rob Edwards, a manager who has gained promotion from the Championship into the PL, whilst at Luton.
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And we face the new manager bounce!
Great !
 
I always find looking at the goal difference gives a good indication of who will go down.

I think forest and west ham are now back to basics and will climb the table.

Wolves, Burnley and Leeds is my prediction and Fulham may flirt a little bit this season.
 
sprites said:
18. Leeds
19. Wolves
20. Burnley
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If I was betting I'd go with these three as well. I thought Brentford would be daffy ducked, but they've done better than I thought. Even at West Ham's worst I have been convinced they'll get back out of it (is it ok to admit I quite like West Ham?!) As much as I want Forest to go down, they won't. Fulham will have a disappointing season but will scrape enough points for 4th or 5th bottom.
 
Part Time James said:
If I was betting I'd go with these three as well. I thought Brentford would be daffy ducked, but they've done better than I thought. Even at West Ham's worst I have been convinced they'll get back out of it (is it ok to admit I quite like West Ham?!) As much as I want Forest to go down, they won't. Fulham will have a disappointing season but will scrape enough points for 4th or 5th bottom.
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It's not ok to quite like West Ham at all.
 
ASCPFC said:
It's not ok to quite like West Ham at all.
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I went by train to the playoff final in Cardiff. I was the only Palace fan in a train full of West Ham fans. They were feral and quite possibly retarded. However, a chap at work supports them and he's the only colleague that seems quite pleased when Palace do well, so I haven't gotten in the habit of hating West Ham.
 
Part Time James said:
If I was betting I'd go with these three as well. I thought Brentford would be daffy ducked, but they've done better than I thought. Even at West Ham's worst I have been convinced they'll get back out of it ( is it ok to admit I quite like West Ham?!) As much as I want Forest to go down, they won't. Fulham will have a disappointing season but will scrape enough points for 4th or 5th bottom.
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Be gone with you and never darken our door again 🤣
 
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