Other games 21 - 26 January
So 11 days after putting Anderson out for 4 weeks Besic launches another shocking tackle on Laporte. Still he plays for plucky Sheffield United so it doesn't really matter. 
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So every chance that by this tomorrow it'll only be goal difference keeping us out of the bottom three, but with Liverpool up next that could yet take a battering.
Anyone still confident of survival?
We have seen very little so far, but from now till end of season, they need to be up to it, if not I'm certain we will go down, at the moment other teams are doing it, grinding results out.
Starts today, over to you David,Mark and the rest...
Out of interest, who do you think will finish bottom three? I think Norwich are one, but Bournemouth and Villa could take some confidence from yesterdays results and push on.
My worry is that not only will we lost to Leicester, Liverpool (twice) and City, but that our goal difference will take a hammering which could be what ultimatey relegates us. Throw in games against Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal and we could be in big, big trouble.
Before yesterday I’m sure Bournemouth fans were saying they couldn’t see where their next win would come from, where Wilson’s next goal would come from, and that they were hurtling down. One win changes a lot in terms of optimism and perspective.
Southampton and Watford have both looked dead and buried this season too.
I don’t know who’ll finish below us, but with 14 games to go and a very tight league, I think we’ll be fine.
Norwich, Bournemouth, and Watford have still to play the top four, Villa and Brighton to play against three of them and Burnley two. So the fixtures are tough for all.
In five games time we will have only Chelsea at home from the top four. Them Spurs and Arsenal are playing indifferently and so are not to be 'feared'. We have four of the bottom seven at home so it's in our hands. Finally I think we are improving, both in confidence and performance, and will continue to do so under the Moysiah and as players come back.
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If we don’t get a couple of very decent players in then we are going to get relegated.
There is just no proper leadership anywhere at this club. The club just gives you the impression that it is just drifting along and everyone just hopes everything will be alright but nobody is actually doing anything to improve things.
IMO, it’s mismanagement of the squad, and a lack of depth. We aren’t attempting to play a style that suits these players. Neither Pellegrini or Moyes have done this season.
Moyes first game he set up very well, to the players strengths, had a game plan, dominated the game. Then he switched to a 5-3-1-1 because it worked 2 years ago?
Fab
Reid Diop Ogbonna
Fredericks Rice Wilshere Masuaku
Anderson
Haller Antonio
Pace on the flanks. Support for Haller. Solidity at the back. Wilshere and Anderson able to link the midfield and attack.
But you can see the problem; Fab, Reid, Fredericks, Wilshere and Antonio have missed so much football. Rice, Ogbonna and Haller have had to play every game without rest because the squad has no depth or balance.
Until we get the infrastructure (top class training/medical facilities) and strategy (long-term scouting and transfer policy) of the club right, we will never progress. And our current owners have consistently demonstrated that they can't provide either.