If we assume that Burnley are gonna at least get 6 points in their next 14 games then it makes for interesting reading this....Huddersfield are flying down, and so are brighton... interesting to see how bad form Watford (same points as us) and Everton (only 2 pts ahead) have been. Just goes to show how tight it is down there
From 20th to 9th there is only 8 points....
I agree with Luke though, without Lanzini + Arnie it looks a lot more dangerous for us...we really need to add some quality to the team as by the time they come back we may well be right in the mix
A week ago I also was very confident, confident that West Ham would so engineer it that I would once again have that familiar scary feeling running through my veins.
We will do this and wriggle our way to safety, but we never make it easy or comfortable for ourselves.
Not a great deal of change after the latest round of matches. We remain 4 clear of 18th, and have the 2nd best 'last 6' form.
I've added in the Last 10 games form to get a clearer idea of where teams are heading.
Bournemouth head out of the bottom half, making way for Watford, who seem to be in free fall, taking just 2 points in the last 6 games, the same as Huddersfield.
Brighton have the third worst last 6 record, taking just 3 points.
It's worth noting that outside the games with the top 6 (and Swansea and Bournemouth have shown that there are no certainties) teams in the bottom 10 will mostly be playing each other.
It's worth noting that outside the games with the top 6 (and Swansea and Bournemouth have shown that there are no certainties) teams in the bottom 10 will mostly be playing each other.
Except for any games with the remaining four teams?
so 12 games left 5 against the top 6 that leaves 7 ,so we have to win 4 out of those 7 ,just hope man city have won the title by the time they come calling .I do think we might need 39 points
This season Ayew scored 3 in 18 Premier League appearances, 9 starts and 9 subs. He might do better with Swansea but he wasn't doing the business for us..
Cresswell has said "we didn't react well to going behind again". My question is why not as it should be a normal reaction especially for professionals.
Cresswell has said "we didn't react well to going behind again". My question is why not as it should be a normal reaction especially for professionals.
Depend what he means by reacting well. If he means getting the upper hand and going on to win... well, if only it was so easy, thorn.
From what he said I think he meant that they virtually didn't react at all. He said they didn't look like scoring in the second half and just didn't react.
I would give Ginge a 4 year co react if I was in charge, he had one of his mild games and doesn’t take the game by the horns, no one does, that’s the issue. Too many players go through the motions
Arnautovic makes such a big difference to this team. Glad to have him back, and with Hernandez in form and Antonio and Lanzini coming back, we should have enough attacking quality to get the points to stay up.
Well done team, and well done Moyes ;clap
you hope so but our games left leaves it still a hard task. 5 of our last 11 are against the Top 6. then 3 more of those games are against teams above us Leicester / Burnley / Everton. 3 against Swansea / Southampton / Stoke. 2 of those at home 1 away. You would hope that we win those 2 homes games.
My tea leaves, when I chucked 'em in the bin, spelled out 'a glorious win, and we won't be looking down again for the rest of the season #IronsIronsIrons'.
Starting to think, maybe better play top six rather then bottom six, relegation teams battling to stay up,,, as long as we are not part the bottom six ;ok
Today Huddersfield play Bournemouth who are only a point ahead of us, Newcastle play ManU and Southampton play Liverpool.
Then next gameweek there are a lot of 6 pointers for teams around and below us. Bournemouth - Newcastle, Brighton - Swansea, Watford - Everton.
The week after that it's Southampton - Stoke, we play Swansea, Watford West Brom.
They are all going to take points from each other.
I reckon West Brom are down. The other two might still save themselves but no way are that many team going to bypass us. I know I predicted a high points relegation but I am going to take that back. I now reckon we will know at least one and possibly two relegated teams by early March (if not mathmatically certain but at least higly probable)
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If we assume that Burnley are gonna at least get 6 points in their next 14 games then it makes for interesting reading this....Huddersfield are flying down, and so are brighton... interesting to see how bad form Watford (same points as us) and Everton (only 2 pts ahead) have been. Just goes to show how tight it is down there
From 20th to 9th there is only 8 points....
I agree with Luke though, without Lanzini + Arnie it looks a lot more dangerous for us...we really need to add some quality to the team as by the time they come back we may well be right in the mix
And losing to Brighton 3 nil
Who knows ,,, gottto get stuck in and try,, and hopefully win ;cheers
We will do this and wriggle our way to safety, but we never make it easy or comfortable for ourselves.
Now THAT is the West Ham way ;wink
Not a great deal of change after the latest round of matches. We remain 4 clear of 18th, and have the 2nd best 'last 6' form.
I've added in the Last 10 games form to get a clearer idea of where teams are heading.
Bournemouth head out of the bottom half, making way for Watford, who seem to be in free fall, taking just 2 points in the last 6 games, the same as Huddersfield.
Brighton have the third worst last 6 record, taking just 3 points.
It's worth noting that outside the games with the top 6 (and Swansea and Bournemouth have shown that there are no certainties) teams in the bottom 10 will mostly be playing each other.
Well, yeah, hence 'mostly'. And that should be 3, really, since B'mouth in 10th are just a point ahead of us.
Frankly, I couldn't be bothered to go through and check each team's set of fixtures, but if you want to do a list...
Not sure too may people said he was 'just no good'.
He was never really any good for us, and I don't think there was any value in us keeping him, but I'm pretty sure he can still impact games.
Then even a point from Burnley and Swansea should see us safe with 38, and anything else along the way would be a bonus.
Won't be easy, but with our front four fit and firing we should be ok.
In 16 games under Moyes we have taken 21 points, an average of 1.3 points per game.
That included games against 4 of the top 6, and, for a lot of that time, teams above us.
We're 7th in the last 6 form table with only Swansea and Bournemouth above us (outside top 6)
We're 6th in the last 10 form table, with only top 6 clubs above us.
Taking that into account, it is reasonable to imagine that we will collect 12-15 points from our final 11 games.
Today Huddersfield play Bournemouth who are only a point ahead of us, Newcastle play ManU and Southampton play Liverpool.
Then next gameweek there are a lot of 6 pointers for teams around and below us.
Bournemouth - Newcastle, Brighton - Swansea, Watford - Everton.
The week after that it's Southampton - Stoke, we play Swansea, Watford West Brom.
They are all going to take points from each other.
I reckon West Brom are down. The other two might still save themselves but no way are that many team going to bypass us.
I know I predicted a high points relegation but I am going to take that back. I now reckon we will know at least one and possibly two relegated teams by early March (if not mathmatically certain but at least higly probable)