An article I wrote for Burnden Aces that I would like to share with you.
If we lose to Chelsea we will have 3 points from 7 games.
Yes I know many will say we had the opening fixture list from hell – but the simple truth is that we had to play the United, Liverpool’s etc, some time or other in the season.
Ok what I’m getting to is that we are looking for about 40 points to stay up.
We now have 31 games to go – that’s a lot isn’t it. Or is it?
Are we going to roll over and play dead to Chelsea, United, City, Arsenal and Liverpool again – if so we are down to 26 games. Still a lot right?
Well out of those 26 games (excluding City, United and Chelsea) 13 are away – do I need to remind anyone about our away record (just 1 win and 1 draw, 13 defeats = 4 points out of a possible 45!).
So what would you say is a realistic return out of those games – 12 points perhaps?
So that means we need to get 25 points out of our 13 home games (not including Liverpool and Arsenal) or 8 wins and a draw – do able but our current home form if we lose to Chelsea is 6 consecutive defeats!
So the pressure is on already!
Have we got a lot of easy games to come – Home and away at places like Stoke, Spurs, Everton, etc, local derbies with Blackburn and Wigan – do we truly have a run of easy matches to get us out if this mess.
Quite scary when you look at things this way!
Those easy games we will soon be playing.
posted on 1/10/11
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posted on 1/10/11
There are no easy games in the Barclays Premier League
posted on 1/10/11
finlay, Corp', cracking comments
posted on 1/10/11
True Corporal but there are easIER games. I really don't think we'll be anywhere near as bad on the road as we were towards the end of last season and let's face it, our three points thus far came away from home.
I understand Sluffy and Burndenace's concerns but in all honesty I don't yet feel the need to worry. Yes we need to improve and perhaps play a bit more cleverly when it comes to defence especially but I'm sure Owen knows that and is working hard to correct it even as we speak. I think what's going on is by and large a result of inexperience relatively speaking. Owen's not spent a lot of time in the prem yet and it really does have a very different requirement to the championship or scottish leagues in terms of approach to almost every aspect of the game. However he's not stupid and will learn more and more every time we play. I confidently predict we'll finish somewhere around mid table despite our awful injury list and that if we strengthen again in January we might well surprise a few people. I'm not predicting europe but I bet we finish closer to it than we did last year.
posted on 1/10/11
comment by Corporal_Fabrice (U8012) posted 17 hours, 43 minutes ago
There are no easy games in the Barclays Premier League
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Bring back West Ham.....
posted on 2/10/11
Bring back West Ham....
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They'd beat us with BSA in charge...