Relegation? Should We Be Worried?

[tardylum]

I do not think we will get relegated but I am also slightly worried about how bad things could get. Early in the season under Sheehan I thought he was not the man long term but would usher us to a safe and sightly dull midtable finish. That was partly because of my expectations for the signings, which is dissipating by the week. Now we have a complete unknown in charge and so that is equally exciting and terrifying. He might be the next great coach and we could be looking at the play-offs by February or he could be miles off the standard and we could be looking for a third manager of the season.

It would not shock me if Norwich and Sheffield United have a surge at some point but hopefully Portsmouth and Oxford are weak enough to stay below us and QPR could plummet too. There may not be many great teams in the league this season but there are also very few in complete crisis which would make me more confident.

 

[Ronald Parp]

I think we could get relegated easily. We’re in freefall and I’ve seen nothing to suggest we’ve got the right tools to dig ourselves out of this hole. The club has been rotten for a while but it’s been glossed over by gazillionaire owners, celebs and a lunatic pulling the strings in recruitment, allegedly. Under the current model we’re fucked.

 

[J_B]

I think we could get relegated easily. We’re in freefall and I’ve seen nothing to suggest we’ve got the right tools to dig ourselves out of this hole. The club has been rotten for a while but it’s been glossed over by gazillionaire owners, celebs and a lunatic pulling the strings in recruitment, allegedly. Under the current model we’re fucked.

I’m leaning toward agreeing with you, we seem to have bought a raffle ticket in the hope that we win the jackpot.

 

[Longlostjack]

No. Need to convert the pretty football in the middle of the field into goal chances.

 

[Pegojack]

After what I saw today, we should be very worried. We are incredibly slack in defence, and totally crap in attack. Our crossing, shooting and dead balls today would have embarrassed an U12 team. F*cking appalling.