| Name your bottom three 13:08 - Aug 8 with 10046 views | Northernr |
Help me with season preview writing hell. Just done this on Twitter and no two people have given me the same combination of three. At the moment I'm going with
Swansea, West Brom, Wigan
But I'm changing my mind every three minutes. | | | |  |
| Name your bottom three on 16:52 - Aug 8 with 1039 views | loftus77 |
Wigan
Stoke
Everton (don't know why..just have a feeling) | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 16:59 - Aug 8 with 1023 views | JAPRANGERS |
careful Clive talking. about Norwich. PP is a big fan you know!! | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 17:01 - Aug 8 with 1020 views | ElHoop |
Everton? I bloody hope not! I'm backing them to do things which definitely don't involve relegation! How the hell are they going to go down? They've not been out of the top 8 since the old king died and I don't think they've been relegated at all since just after that old king really did die. | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 17:03 - Aug 8 with 1008 views | Jamie |
Dont venture on their forums if you want to keep that view. They're pulling their hair out and calling for Hughtons head already. | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 17:05 - Aug 8 with 1013 views | JAPRANGERS |
All the Ws
West Ham
Wigan
West Brom | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 17:10 - Aug 8 with 1003 views | ElHoop |
Sounds like an early home defeat is just what the doctor ordered then. | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 17:19 - Aug 8 with 987 views | Phildo |
I know a lot are on to West Brom and Clarke is a gamble - but they have a pretty good set up in terms of sanity in the boardroom etc.
Given the new money deal it is going to be one of those years where financial directors are advising owners to keep the clubs up at all costs. | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 17:23 - Aug 8 with 979 views | Juzzie |
Wigan's survival last season was amazing. As amazing as ours and Fulham's a few years back. When we played Wigan in the new year, they were truely awful and the only player who stood out is now at Fulham.
I can see them going down.
I agree I don't think all 3 who came up will survive. I think Southampton will survive just becuase of Lambert's goal scoring prowess, this seasons Holt.
Reading have nabbed Probiyeaky from Fulham and if he too scores regularly, they'll be OK.
I've not seen much of West Ham dealings in the close season but think they could be the one of the three that came up to go down.
That leaves one more..... Not sure about Stoke, they've been in the PL long enough now to know how to stay up. Whilst they were awful in the last 3rd or so of the season I think they'll be OK. Could Swansea & Norwich have a '2nd season stutter'? Possibly. West Brom maybe now Roy has gone.
Gonna put my neck out here and say Fulham. Sorry Konk, it's nothing personal or rival or anything like that.
My reasoning?..... They had a great season last year but I remember Bolton finished about 7th a few years back then they had a mighty collapse the following season and ended up 1 point off relegation (well, effectively 2 points as they had a better GD than the others). The following few seasons they hovered around 14th/16th before finally going down.
I think with the loss of key players such as Murphy, Riise, Uhuthu (sp), etc and Dempsey looks sure to go plus not securing Probiyeaky will be key. Yes, they've got Rodellega and Petric but it could be midfield & defence that could be the weak point.
Our midfield which was so strong in our Championship winning season was then our achillies heel last season. No protection for the defence (2nd half at Villa and the whole game at Chelsea prime examples) and often offered little for the front line. Plus midfielders losing possesion too easily cost us points dropping goals at home to Man City, away at Arsenal and a few others I can't quite recall of the top of my head.
Their home form is amazing, away form almost as bad as ours. If their home form slips, they could be dragged into a scrap.
I'll be happily proved wrong though as want as many London clubs in the PL but 2 could go down next season.
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| Name your bottom three on 17:30 - Aug 8 with 972 views | Rangersw12 |
If Fulham lose Dembele and Dempsy then they could struggle but at the moment the players they have lost wont make much difference to them
Also the Riise who left is a reserve who hardly plays | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 17:33 - Aug 8 with 967 views | ElHoop |
Reading have a Russian owner and a fairly average manager and unless they start pretty well then it could all get pretty mucky over there. | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 17:37 - Aug 8 with 964 views | Antti_Heinola |
One reason they might stay up: The manager. | |
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| Name your bottom three on 17:38 - Aug 8 with 962 views | adhoc_qpr |
I'm really not sure about Norwich - they have a lot of steady players but not a lot of real quality. Plus their squad is wafer thin in certain positions - a serious injury to Holt, Turner, Ruddy or Howson and their replacement will be a real drop in ability.
Hughton again will keep them solid but can he get them playing above themselves like Lambert? I'm not so sure.
Fulham look in reasonable shape to me - solid defense marshalled by Hangeland, creative midfield with Dembele, Ruiz and Frei and a couple of good all round forwards in Petric and Rodallega. Maybe a bit shy upfront but can't see why they'd collapse? | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 17:59 - Aug 8 with 945 views | gordanoR |
Villa, they were shlit towards the end of last season & it's about time they went down.
Swansea will be shlit without Rodgers
Probably Wigan, again it's about time. | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 18:06 - Aug 8 with 942 views | Cogster |
Norwich, Reading, Southampton | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 18:22 - Aug 8 with 925 views | AlbRanger |
Can't believe that nearly 90 replies in and only one (unless I've missed one) of you has given the correct answer.
If Carlsberg did bottom 3s...... | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 18:24 - Aug 8 with 923 views | Hunterhoop |
What I want:
Fulham
Swansea
Norwich
What I think:
Swansea
Wigan
Southampton
I can see Norwich replacing Swansea in that bottom 3. Think they'll be the 4 fighting it out with West Ham involved, but surviving.
I also think we'll finish above Fulham, who I can see finishing 15th. | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 18:27 - Aug 8 with 919 views | ichbinnaughty |
What?
An ex Physio whose been a manager for about 6 years and has never managed in the Prem, where tactically its a whole new level???
I'm really not convinced.
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| Name your bottom three on 18:39 - Aug 8 with 909 views | HAYESBOY |
West Ham
Southampton
Fulham. | |
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| Name your bottom three on 18:51 - Aug 8 with 901 views | Match82 |
Southampton
Swansea
Wigan
Norwich to edge out Southampton to survive by the skin of their teeth
Isn't it refreshing that nobody has said QPR yet!  | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 18:58 - Aug 8 with 896 views | Bedford_R |
Stoke
Swansea
Southampton | |
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| Name your bottom three on 19:09 - Aug 8 with 885 views | themodfather |
chelsea
liverppol
fulham
2nd choice
saints
wigan
swansea | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 19:24 - Aug 8 with 875 views | Drewster |
Wigan
Swansea
Reading
Fakes squad werent that great last year even though they were Champs and dont think the signings have been all that.
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| Name your bottom three on 21:44 - Aug 8 with 834 views | Juzzie |
I think Dempsey is a goner. Fulham ST'er at work is sure. Dembele will stay and a great player that he is, can't do it all by himself. Riise? Ah, I thought it was John Arne Riise that had gone.
OK, maybe not relegation then but they could still struggle with Dempsey gone. He scored 17 goals last season. That's a lot to lose. Next best was Pogrebnyak with 6 and he's gone too. Will Rodallega and Petric get 23 between them too?
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| Name your bottom three on 21:58 - Aug 8 with 826 views | CroydonCaptJack |
I agree. Very good chance of Wigan and West Brom going down and who knows, maybe West Ham for a hat trick of W's | | | |
| Name your bottom three on 22:16 - Aug 8 with 820 views | derbyhoop |
Reading 20th
Swansealona 19th
Wigan 18th
Stoke, fulham, southampton to struggle. | |
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