Bottom 3

[Inter_blade83]

That's easily sorted. He's on £500 a week less than Billy

Haha, his next move will be for 100k+ a week. He's still not as good as John Fleck though.

 

[SwissBlade]

Haha, his next move will be for 100k+ a week. He's still not as good as John Fleck though.

Again, easily solved.

£10k a week basic
£ 4.7 Million Bonus for the club still being in the Champions League by Jan 2021
£100k deduction for every dive he does

 

[Shirty Blade]

On that basis he would end up owing us!

 

[S64 Blade]

My bottom 3....Norwich...and then I have a feeling Burnley will drop and Bournemouth finally lose this way.

Villa to sadly get out of jail.

Think I’d go with this too. Can see Villa scraping by and staying up.

 

[Cheesebored]

He wouldn’t fit in our system. I’m happy with the Egan and Norwood that he paid for.

That's a very fair point but I'd have him back tomorrow. He can skin defenders for fun, something none of our current forwards can. He was excellent for us before his illness, after which he looked weak. He's picked up an injury but before that was looking a top player at Bournemouth.

 

[Blade56]

Premier League relegation battle assessed: Who is going down?

Half the Premier League still embroiled in a dogfight; only eight points separate Watford in 19th and Arsenal in 10th

www.skysports.com

Not us

Gash journalism, totally ignored the Blades

 

[cahill]

Interesting no ones predicting Watford, so I will, just to be different.

Watford, Bournemouth, Naarich

Would love Villa to drop. Something about their fans.

 

[boss hog]

He loves Wilder
But his release clause is something like £40/45Million

I don't think Grealish works hard enough out of possession for Wilder aswell as price tag, and the diving and the fact we're not glamorous enough for him.

 

[Sam64]

Newcastle, Villa, Norwich

 

[Houston_Blade]

I don't think Grealish works hard enough out of possession for Wilder aswell as price tag, and the diving and the fact we're not glamorous enough for him.

His work out of possession is one of his key attributes.

 

[bornablade]

Newcastle, Villa, Norwich

I don't know why, could be Bruce but I'd love Newcastle to go down.

 

[hidesbehindapseudonym]

Norwich, Burnley, Bournemouth....in any order.

 

[1973Blade]

Thinking about it, isn't this topic non Blades related?

 

[SwissBlade]

I don't think Grealish works hard enough out of possession for Wilder aswell as price tag, and the diving and the fact we're not glamorous enough for him.

Has he made some statement about wanting to play for a "Glamorous" club?
He's stayed with his boyhood club for a while now

 

[Blackheath Blade]

Thought the title of the thread was referring to memories of pure comedy genius. Gutted.

I'll get mi coooart.

 

[CoatesyBlade]

Yes 100% - Grealish, Mings, Wilson, Cantwell, Aarons.

I'd hate to see Ming's anywhere near this club!

 

[Carlton Blade]

Norwich are gone. Apart from that it depends who spends what in Jan and if Bournemouth can get Brooks firing

 

[Carlton Blade]

Again, easily solved.

£10k a week basic
£ 4.7 Million Bonus for the club still being in the Champions League by Jan 2021
£100k deduction for every dive he does

A decent % of his value is in how many free kicks he wins. Not worth anywhere near as much if he can't do the Michael Douglas impression

 

[SK10Blade]

Bournemouth will be safe, they have had a nightmare with injuries but a couple are ready to be back now, fully expect them to climb back into safety.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I don't know why, could be Bruce but I'd love Newcastle to go down.

Players dropping like flies during games. Training methods?

 

[Kenilworth]

Bournemouth will be safe, they have had a nightmare with injuries but a couple are ready to be back now, fully expect them to climb back into safety.

Not like a tap you can just switch on.
losing becomes a habit, like winning games is.
if their injury woes continue for another 4-6 weeks I think they will struggle to gather enough momentum to get free of the relegation noose

 

[Stretch]

18th Newcastle
19th Villa
20th Norwich

Norwich are practically gone, with the points per game improvement that is now required.

Villa are too reliant on Grealish, with McGinn out injured, and he can't keep digging them out in every match.

Toon might seem like a long shot at the moment, but they are confounding all of the stats with their current position, and this can't last, especially with all the injuries they now have. I think they will get dragged into it big time over the next few games, and won't get back out.

As for the other contenders...

Bournemouth will have big players coming back from injury soon; Watford are a completely different animal under Pearson; West Ham [sadly] have too much quality and have been in that postion before with Moyes, as have Dyche & Burnely, but they will be twitching too.

 

[Bladezz]

I think our transfer policy should be to take some of those that go down. They will have fight to do well plus it’s the only way we will be able to afford some of those players.

that’s why I’m so excited being a blade we do well in the transfer market for the next year or so can set the club up for 5+ years.

 

[RammyBlade]

Anyone wish we were playing a "nice Norwich style" of football and be 18 points behind us and bottom of the league as stated by the Norwich fans ? ...... No Me neither

 

[Guesty]

His work out of possession is one of his key attributes.

Agreed, for a flash bastard he doesn't half put a shift in.

There's a mutual appreciation between Grealish and Wilder, and he'd do well in our team. However, there's not a chance in hell we could afford him, even in the likes of Manchester United, Spurs and Chelsea didn't come in for him. Not sure why he keeps getting mentioned as a possibility (I appreciate some of it is merely hypothetical).

 

[RammyBlade]

from a selfish travel point of view I would love Norwich, Bournemouth and Southampton to go down ! All bastard long trips for me living in North Lancashire

 

[cahill]

Anyone wish we were playing a "nice Norwich style" of football and be 18 points behind us and bottom of the league as stated by the Norwich fans ? ...... No Me neither

The daft apeths

 

[cahill]

Anyone wish we were playing a "nice Norwich style" of football and be 18 points behind us and bottom of the league as stated by the Norwich fans ? ...... No Me neither

Where do they spout all this shit ? Message board ?

 

[Seth Rollins]

from a selfish travel point of view I would love Norwich, Bournemouth and Southampton to go down ! All bastard long trips for me living in North Lancashire

There all bastard long trips for us who live in Sheffield!!

 

[Grappler]

Watford have a fighting chance, but even after some good results, they are still only one place above Norwich, so they still have a lot to do.

Norwich appear to have one foot on the trap door, and (in my opinion) only a miracle (or series of miracle results) can save them now. If ever there was a poster child for the gulf between Championship and Premiership, it's Norwich, top of the Championship, promoted, and now rooted to the bottom spot with no real hope in sight.

After that, you can pick anyone from the bottom up to, and including, Newcastle.