Agreed. At half time yesterday I thought if we got 6-9 points from the next 4 games and didn’t drop points against Leeds or Wolves it would probably be just about enough to survive. Losing tomorrow won’t be mathematical, but if this team, in this position can’t beat Palace at home, survival will rest more on other teams dropping points.
I believe relegation is inevitable at this point. You can see it in the players, the supporters, and the other teams around us, who smell blood. Yesterday, it felt like we had lost, even though we hadn't even played. No coach, no tactics, and no formation can save us. The only thing that will keep us up is if the players dig in and fight, scratch, and claw their way to safety. A big ask from a group of players who have lost 35 of the past 66 league games.
Not what I wrote, but you are open to your incorrect interpretation. BTW: you defend the same shit players. The truth hurts.
I don't think any of them are shit. I think they're all good, but for whatever reason they're playing ass. Loads of injuries, Franks trash tactics, several players appearing to have attitude problems (example - Frank had a massive meeting after a loss telling the players they had to be more professional, and the next day several of the players were late including Romero). Our recruitment has been scattershot.
You know back in November or December after some dire performance I jokingly said something along the lines of “at least a relegation fight will be interesting”, but it hasn’t been at all. TS Elliot’s “this is how it ends, not with a bang, but a whimper” springs to mind. The club approaches the risk of going down with the same feebleness they do with the reward of a cup final. The inability to rise to the occasion when it matters, at all levels is systemic and will take a long time and massive turnover to remedy. Perhaps the humiliation of relegation will spur the changes needed. Winning a trophy certainly didn’t.
Our demise coincides with our move into the new stadium. Daniel Levy never missed an opportunity to tell the world that the new ground would be a 'gamechanger'. How prophetic the geezer was. But more specifically, this team has been in decline since the early stages of the 2022-23 season. Antonio Conte, after getting us into CL qualification in one of the greatest coaching displays I have ever seen over the final 28 games of the 2021-22 season, warned Levy that the club had to bring in quality, proven players to build on the momentum. We all saw how Levy responded. After we started with 23 points in 10 games, it has been a steady decline. Our record in the 133 PL games since is won 51, drawn 22, and lost 60, and that includes the 10-game unbeaten run under Ange. That is the equivalent of 3.5 seasons at 1.31 points per game. Over that stretch, we have been managed by Antonio Conte, Christian Stellini, Ryan Mason, Ange Postecoglou, Thomas Frank, and now Igor Tudor. Or one manager for every 22 games.
'Welcome to the desert of the real' Here is Morpheus explaining to a Spurs fan what Spurs were with Son and Kane, and the Spurs of today: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-plt30LkyXU
We fire Jose before he was going to face his nemesis, Pep, in a knock out. How did Jose fare vs Pep in prior knock-outs? Jose won 2 and tied 1 (Pep winning on penalties) 2010 Champion's League semi 2011 Copa del Rey 2013 uefa super cup And Jose also did well against Pep in Prem League league play. Our counter attacking players like Son were a good setup vs Pep style.
The quote allegedly attributed to the Lewis kids when they sacked Levy was something along the lines of “we want to win more games, more often”. Real Monkey’s Paw fulfillment there – at least in theory – we could shit the bed in the Championship too. Really wouldn’t surprise me if it took us more than a season to get back to the Premier League.
The last time we went this long without a win in the league was 1935. This ownership is making history, one loss at a time.
We had more points at this stage last season, and that was our worst league campaign in the 143 year history of the club. These are the worst owners we've ever had.
Some PL super computer gizmo has predicted we will only collect 2 more points from now until the end of the season, while Leeds, Forest, and West Ham will all finish on 42 points. That would mean we would finish the season on a 20-game winless run. I mean, we ARE bad. But are we that bad? Well, the bookies think so - we are now favourites to go down.
Crysencio Summerville, who has played a key role in West Ham's revival, went down injured in their FA Cup tie yesterday and may miss several weeks. A small sliver of good news in a sea of gloom.