| West Brom 18:52 - Mar 8 with 9152 views | Liberty |
Our first genuine, must win game of the season.
Win and I can hear the sigh of relief now.
Lose, and the meltdown would be extraordinary. [Post edited 8 Mar 2014 19:05]
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| West Brom on 21:47 - Mar 8 with 1902 views | Liberty |
| West Brom on 21:35 - Mar 8 by longlostjack |
We 'll beat West Brom and you'll be liberated Liberty |
I look forward to it.
If I am minus 50 on OP by tomorrow at 5, I will give £ 10 to charity, sponsor me if u like. I have broad shoulders and won't lose any sleep. | |
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| West Brom on 21:56 - Mar 8 with 1884 views | ScoobyWho |
| West Brom on 20:23 - Mar 8 by builthjack |
Crucial we get 3 points |
Here here. Its a got to win game.
must win ? No.
Got to win ? Yes yes yes. |  |
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| West Brom on 23:36 - Mar 8 with 1834 views | Dyfnant |
Win and they won't catch us, we'll be safe. |  |
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| West Brom on 23:38 - Mar 8 with 1830 views | waynekerr55 |
| West Brom on 23:36 - Mar 8 by Dyfnant |
Win and they won't catch us, we'll be safe. |
this |  |
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| West Brom on 08:09 - Mar 9 with 1759 views | builthjack |
Red hot atmosphere, like the scum game, is needed |  |
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| West Brom on 09:57 - Mar 9 with 1700 views | AnotherJohn |
Relegated if we lose? Well not automatically, granted. But where will the needed points come from if we don't win a game like this, especially after the Palace result? Bear in mind too that the Baggies are on a truly awful run. So for me it is about as close to 'must win' as they get, apart from a game like Hull of 2003 that would definitely send us down. |  | | |
| West Brom on 10:15 - Mar 9 with 1689 views | icecoldjack |
| West Brom on 09:57 - Mar 9 by AnotherJohn |
Relegated if we lose? Well not automatically, granted. But where will the needed points come from if we don't win a game like this, especially after the Palace result? Bear in mind too that the Baggies are on a truly awful run. So for me it is about as close to 'must win' as they get, apart from a game like Hull of 2003 that would definitely send us down. |
Exactly . there are people saying this aint a must win but where do we expect to get a win if not against WBA ?
Certain games are "must win " in this league plain and simple, its how we have always operated since getting here,certin games are targeted more than others, im sure that behind closed doors the management were looking at Palace as a must win,they failed so the WBA game now is much more important .
Bottom line is that if we want the team to stay in the premier league they have to be beating the likes of WBA and Palace . [Post edited 9 Mar 2014 10:17]
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| West Brom on 16:40 - Mar 9 with 1580 views | Liberty |
On paper, West Brom is the easiest of the next 10 matches.
We should be confident, despite recent results. | |
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| West Brom on 21:16 - Mar 10 with 1471 views | Spratty |
| West Brom on 20:55 - Mar 8 by Uxbridge |
If we draw we could be in the bottom 3? Not really.
File under ... great to win, nightmare if we lose, |
Our games against Arsenal away and Chelsea at home would be great to win
Our games against Everton, Newcastle and Hull Away and Southampton at home I would gauge as great to good to win.
That only leaves Sunderland Away and Norwich, Villa and West Brom at home. Surely what would now be regarded as potentially our easiest home match (below us and in poor form) must at least be important to win, in (or even regardless of) our current position.
Out of the above 10 remaining games (still over a ¼ of our PL season) we need probably 3 wins or 2 wins and 3 draws (9 points) for safety — without relying on the other teams to do us a real favour.
Last season we never dropped below 11th place and from Christmas never dropped below 9th - finishing on 46 points. This season 24 (almost 2/3rds) of the PL games were completed under Laudrup (37 including cup games) in exactly 6 months. On his departure we were only down a total of 1 point on last season’s PL total against like for like fixtures (averaging a point per game - as it included quite a run of top level games).
Since he left we are down 1 more point (like for like) across 4 matches (although averaged 1.25 points per game — the same as the reverse fixtures this year).
In the like for like fixtures to our remaining 10 games we gained 15 points last season. We only need another 9 points. That means altogether in the final quarter we can drop over 1/3rd (2 wins) of the comparable points gained in these 10 games last year and still be safe. So we have a reasonable safety barrier (needing less than a point per game). Additionally now we have the advantage of a 25% lighter schedule, the majority (potentially all) of key injuries resolved and no more European away trips.
However we still need to be picking up points against the weaker teams which will save us having to gain significant points against the strongest and middling teams. Last season we beat Newcastle and Arsenal away and West Brom at home and picked up single points in all the other corresponding fixtures to our last 10, except for Norwich. If we fail to get anything from Newcastle and Arsenal away and Chelsea at home then even if we beat West Brom we will still need to average at least a draw from every other match.
Unless something goes drastically wrong we should be comfortably clear of the bottom by the end of the season and that should be our aim, but we do not want to be depending on points at our last game at Sunderland away. I predict 12-14th finish so long as we play to our capability and slightly higher if we play really well. A win on Saturday is therefore important not least in terms of confidence for the team and keeping us where our team quality should. |  | | |
| West Brom on 21:31 - Mar 10 with 1452 views | Trundle10 |
Very important game Saturday. If you want to be a pedant you can say it is not must win. But it would be a lot better if we did win it. |  | | |
| West Brom on 22:01 - Mar 10 with 1425 views | JackFish |
Yeah, if we win they're going to find it very hard to catch us, especially since they haven't won for ages. In no way is it a must win though. |  | | |
| West Brom on 06:25 - Mar 11 with 1350 views | VetchitBack |
It's certainly a "must-win" in the modern Premier League lexicon but as some have pointed out not literally anything of the sort.
It's more a "if we can't beat West Brom at home..." type game.
But I think the Palace game/result has produced some false pessimism. I think even under Rodgers we'd have struggled against that second half side. Never mind tiredness clearly being a factor. West Brom aren't of the same physical ilk so I'm confident Monk will quickly shoot back up in peoples' opinions come 5 Saturday. |  |
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| West Brom on 07:38 - Mar 11 with 1326 views | controversial_jack |
We have been in a relegation fight for some time now, but the happy clappers haven't quite got it yet. | | | |
| West Brom on 09:21 - Mar 11 with 1291 views | BackHeel |
vital game, and is Chico suspended? |  | | |
| West Brom on 09:30 - Mar 11 with 1285 views | Dull1Thomas |
| West Brom on 09:21 - Mar 11 by BackHeel |
vital game, and is Chico suspended? |
What's the news on Bartley? | |
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| West Brom on 09:39 - Mar 11 with 1213 views | Dr_Winston |
Not winning it might not result in our immediate relegation but it's certainly approaching "must win" territory for me. Beating them would increase the gap between us and the strugglers, put doubt in their minds and confidence in ours.
Time we started putting teams like this to the sword. We should have done it last week. Few excuses for not doing it this one.
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| West Brom on 11:28 - Mar 11 with 1163 views | monmouth |
| West Brom on 09:39 - Mar 11 by Dr_Winston |
Not winning it might not result in our immediate relegation but it's certainly approaching "must win" territory for me. Beating them would increase the gap between us and the strugglers, put doubt in their minds and confidence in ours.
Time we started putting teams like this to the sword. We should have done it last week. Few excuses for not doing it this one.
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NO excuses.
If we don't beat them we deserve the nervous two months that come with it. Beat them and being 8 points clear with 9 games to go is all but safety. |  |
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| West Brom on 12:03 - Mar 11 with 1125 views | A_Fans_Dad |
| West Brom on 21:16 - Mar 10 by Spratty |
Our games against Arsenal away and Chelsea at home would be great to win
Our games against Everton, Newcastle and Hull Away and Southampton at home I would gauge as great to good to win.
That only leaves Sunderland Away and Norwich, Villa and West Brom at home. Surely what would now be regarded as potentially our easiest home match (below us and in poor form) must at least be important to win, in (or even regardless of) our current position.
Out of the above 10 remaining games (still over a ¼ of our PL season) we need probably 3 wins or 2 wins and 3 draws (9 points) for safety — without relying on the other teams to do us a real favour.
Last season we never dropped below 11th place and from Christmas never dropped below 9th - finishing on 46 points. This season 24 (almost 2/3rds) of the PL games were completed under Laudrup (37 including cup games) in exactly 6 months. On his departure we were only down a total of 1 point on last season’s PL total against like for like fixtures (averaging a point per game - as it included quite a run of top level games).
Since he left we are down 1 more point (like for like) across 4 matches (although averaged 1.25 points per game — the same as the reverse fixtures this year).
In the like for like fixtures to our remaining 10 games we gained 15 points last season. We only need another 9 points. That means altogether in the final quarter we can drop over 1/3rd (2 wins) of the comparable points gained in these 10 games last year and still be safe. So we have a reasonable safety barrier (needing less than a point per game). Additionally now we have the advantage of a 25% lighter schedule, the majority (potentially all) of key injuries resolved and no more European away trips.
However we still need to be picking up points against the weaker teams which will save us having to gain significant points against the strongest and middling teams. Last season we beat Newcastle and Arsenal away and West Brom at home and picked up single points in all the other corresponding fixtures to our last 10, except for Norwich. If we fail to get anything from Newcastle and Arsenal away and Chelsea at home then even if we beat West Brom we will still need to average at least a draw from every other match.
Unless something goes drastically wrong we should be comfortably clear of the bottom by the end of the season and that should be our aim, but we do not want to be depending on points at our last game at Sunderland away. I predict 12-14th finish so long as we play to our capability and slightly higher if we play really well. A win on Saturday is therefore important not least in terms of confidence for the team and keeping us where our team quality should. |
Funny how you keep comparing this season's performance with last season's performance, the club has done quite well this season playing without it's main goal scorer.
By this stage last season Michu had scored no less than 15 goals and added another 3 later on.
But of the last 9 games of the season under ML we lost 6, drew 3 and won NONE. giving us just 3 points. The last game we got thrashed 3 nil by Fulham.
If the other teams below us had performed better during that period we would have ended in a much lower position than we did.
Our position this season is made much worse as there is no points buffer like last season.
The problem with comparing like games with like games is that some of the teams have changed quite drastically since last season or even from the beginning of this season.
So I agree we just have to maximise the points that we can get from the weaker teams. | | | |
| West Brom on 12:06 - Mar 11 with 1124 views | JackFish |
| West Brom on 12:03 - Mar 11 by A_Fans_Dad |
Funny how you keep comparing this season's performance with last season's performance, the club has done quite well this season playing without it's main goal scorer.
By this stage last season Michu had scored no less than 15 goals and added another 3 later on.
But of the last 9 games of the season under ML we lost 6, drew 3 and won NONE. giving us just 3 points. The last game we got thrashed 3 nil by Fulham.
If the other teams below us had performed better during that period we would have ended in a much lower position than we did.
Our position this season is made much worse as there is no points buffer like last season.
The problem with comparing like games with like games is that some of the teams have changed quite drastically since last season or even from the beginning of this season.
So I agree we just have to maximise the points that we can get from the weaker teams. |
That's not entirely true, we beat Wigan midweek in one of the last games of the season, but it was one in ten I believe. | | | |
| West Brom on 14:32 - Mar 11 with 1071 views | oldcob |
We shouldn't even be thinking about not winning. Just get there and make lots of noise and get behind the boys for the full ninety minutes. I just had my hip replacement so won't be there [seats too low] so could one of you jack bastards shout twice as loud to make up for me please? Hope to be back for Chelsea game, watching it on TV via lap top is SO not the same. [Post edited 11 Mar 2014 14:33]
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| West Brom on 15:57 - Mar 11 with 1032 views | Liberty |
| West Brom on 09:21 - Mar 11 by BackHeel |
vital game, and is Chico suspended? |
Yep Chico suspended. May have seen Monk play if he hadn't been manager.
Michu looking 50 - 50, Monk says in paper that if fit, probably won't start, understandably.
He's 2nd best striker in squad , so will be great to have back. | |
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| West Brom on 16:38 - Mar 11 with 1000 views | Lord_Bony |
| West Brom on 12:03 - Mar 11 by A_Fans_Dad |
Funny how you keep comparing this season's performance with last season's performance, the club has done quite well this season playing without it's main goal scorer.
By this stage last season Michu had scored no less than 15 goals and added another 3 later on.
But of the last 9 games of the season under ML we lost 6, drew 3 and won NONE. giving us just 3 points. The last game we got thrashed 3 nil by Fulham.
If the other teams below us had performed better during that period we would have ended in a much lower position than we did.
Our position this season is made much worse as there is no points buffer like last season.
The problem with comparing like games with like games is that some of the teams have changed quite drastically since last season or even from the beginning of this season.
So I agree we just have to maximise the points that we can get from the weaker teams. |
Good Post.
Our position at the moment is pretty much tentative with only a four point buffer zone,bearing in mind Sunderland have quite a few games in hand too.
We must win this golden opportunity to widen that gap. |  |
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| West Brom on 16:44 - Mar 11 with 994 views | swanny |
Out of curiosity, are the posters saying that this is a must win, the same posters as were saying that Crystal Palace was a must win? If so - what is the point - we didn't win our previous 'must win' game, so how is this one even relavent any more?
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| West Brom on 16:50 - Mar 11 with 986 views | Liberty |
| West Brom on 16:44 - Mar 11 by swanny |
Out of curiosity, are the posters saying that this is a must win, the same posters as were saying that Crystal Palace was a must win? If so - what is the point - we didn't win our previous 'must win' game, so how is this one even relavent any more?
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