Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa

wanderlust wrote:With 8 games to go, anything could happen and all the teams up to 17th are still in the relegation mix - only 6 points clear of the drop.
Fortunately, Norwich finally seem to be playing well again and Wolves are two up against Burton so we could do with Preston pulling their fingers out.

Sluffy wrote:

wanderlust wrote:With 8 games to go, anything could happen and all the teams up to 17th are still in the relegation mix - only 6 points clear of the drop.
Fortunately, Norwich finally seem to be playing well again and Wolves are two up against Burton so we could do with Preston pulling their fingers out.

I don't think you get it.

On paper teams up to 17th may theoretically be in the relegation mix but realistically those at the top end have to lose nearly all their remaining games and teams at the bottom win all theirs - and that isn't going to happen very  often.

There is also Goal Difference to be taken into account also if it comes down to staying up at the end of the season and ours realistically will only be better than the current bottom three.

That's why a Birmingham will against Hull would be a very bad result for us but a Hull win virtually meaningless at this stage in the season.

I much rather have points in the bag than games in hand - so what we want is for each round of games for Birmingham, Sunderland and Burton's positions to become grimmer and grimmer and not bother too much on how Hull, Sheffield Wednesday and to a lesser extent Reading are doing.

We want also Barnsley to stay below us as a buffer to the bottom three.

observer wrote:

Sluffy wrote:

wanderlust wrote:Burton and Reading both losing already but Brum beating Hull. If it stays like this we have an incredible opportunity tonight.

We won't win.

We want Hull to beat Birmingham.

We want Sunderland, Birmingham and Burton as the three most likely to go down - to not pick up any points.

It doesn't matter where we finish as long as it isn't in the relegation places.

Anything above that would be a bonus but not worth any extra cash.

We still need to help ourselves.  A point today would be good... three would be better!

wanderlust wrote:Shit game in shit Conditions

Sluffy wrote:

wanderlust wrote:Burton and Reading both losing already but Brum beating Hull. If it stays like this we have an incredible opportunity tonight.

We won't win.

We want Hull to beat Birmingham.

We want Sunderland, Birmingham and Burton as the three most likely to go down - to not pick up any points.

It doesn't matter where we finish as long as it isn't in the relegation places.

Anything above that would be a bonus but not worth any extra cash.