Are we Staying Up

[Deano]

Being 5 points off 4th from bottom at this stage is pretty grave when after Leicester we have some real tough games again. I don't see how we get to January in a position where we are not even more adrift than we are already given the defensive options available to us. From there you're probably looking at top half/European form to get out. So no, I think we will go.

 

[Mel Evo]

Too little too late. Last 3 games were killers. Any objective view of events on the pitch sees us comfortably down.

Of course my heart says we’re staying up.

 

[SSB]

Could see Cunha leaving in January too, final nail in the coffin.

I can't see that being that case myself, but if it was, it might be the last we've seen of him if he gets a lengthy ban.

 

[SSB]

Anyone willing to have a bet, there's still time to make some money. A £50 bet will return you £90. If we do stay up, then happy days.

 

[HanDoJin]

I think Shi left it 4-5 games too late in honesty.

We have decent enough players to win a few at home. Question is can the new guy destroy games enough to pick up points on the road? Online chatter suggests that’s his m.o. Which is fine by me, I prefer Wolves to be hated.

But without a proper CB we’re fooked and I can see someone really good coming in

 

[Langers]

I can't see it.

We acted FAR too slowly in getting rid of O'Neil, too much damage has been done. Not only has the new manager got a very tricky start, but he has to do that with a squad with zero morale, very poor discipline and a defensive line that is simply nowhere near good enough. And no goalkeeper of the required standard.

We have to get points on the board very quickly and more importantly, we have to strengthen the defence as soon as the window opens. It's not just that we're not playing well and that we've got some really difficult games coming up - we're doing all this already playing catch up because our idiotic chairman threw away games where we needed to get points from fellow relegation strugglers.

From hereon in I'd like to see us show a bit of spirit and fight, but I'm resigned to the fact that we've shot ourselves in the foot due to constantly terrible decisions at all levels of the club.

 

[James]

If Uncle Jorge can get us a couple of decent CB's & the atmosphere at the club does a 180. We stand a chance

Without a leader standing up in the squad & the new boss hitting the road running we are back to Preston away on the opening day

 

[jd1981]

No it’s come way to late, far to much work needs doing in to short a time.
I think we’ll probably get around 25-30 points and will look back and wonder only if they’d made a change after Brentford.
Look Vic Perry might not work either so it’ll be a moot point.
To stand any chance we need two PL quality CH and offload some of the dross we’ve accumulated ie JRB, Doherty, Hwang and Toti.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

If we’d got a new man in after Brentford I’m pretty sure we’d have more points in the bag and a team far more likely to get something at Leicester. It’s one hell of a first fixture for a new manager and he’ll be without Cunha. We don’t deserve to stay up and I won’t be cashing my bet that we will go down early.

 

[sycophantia]

Think it's a bit too late, we really need to start picking up points at the weekend, surely it's too much to hope Vitor can get them tight at the back while retaining an attacking threat so quickly. Suspect he might get us up to speed eventually but leave us too much to do.
At best I'm hopeful.

 

[pavlosmacwolf]

I have to say yes, though common sense says no, but did i ever have common sense?
IF, and it's a big IF, we get a new keeper, centre half, and left back, all experienced, and Periera kicks ass like i expect him to, oh yes and jeff fucks off out of the way, we can do it.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Not for me, I think we'll lose on Sunday and lose the two games over Christmas and that just leaves too much to do.

 

[Lupo]

There's always the chance that with some quality additions in January and better organisation and discipline instilled by Vic that we may actually start to compete and maybe beat some of those better sides. We've done it before. We seem to be working on the assumption that we can beat Leicester but none of the sides after them. You never know with a new, better leader in place

 

[jd1981]

Not for me, I think we'll lose on Sunday and lose the two games over Christmas and that just leaves too much to do.

Bloody hell 7 straight defeats, but this is the mess left behind by GON and the stupidity of Hobbs buying project players but forgetting the here and now.

 

[t3ch]

No. In too deep at this point, if the dipshits wanted to keep us up they would have got rid of the jack wagon weeks before.

 

[jd1981]

I don’t think it’ll be a close run thing it just won’t be a total humiliation ie getting sub 20 points.
The mental strength of these players is nothing short of a disgrace especially for players considering themselves Premier league players.

 

[Carsy]

I’ve said yes. No knowledge on new coach other than what’s been said here. But if he get us performing how the squad currently should be based on the players, I think it would be touch and go. Lower mid table league form from here will potentially be ok for us to stay up.

Said with no real confidence, Ofcourse. January window is important, but equally, or perhaps more so is what the FA decide to do with Cunha. Will be 3 games minimum id imagine

 

[Sniffer]

Are we bollocks. Too much needed and not enough time. If it happened after Brentford I’d be saying yes.
Please let me be wrong!

 

[Bigbadwulf07]

Irrespective of the new coach, there's gonna be 5 games before the window kicks in, then a few games before any new recruits are settled in that will take us up to 21/22 games on maybe 12/13 points. 16 games then to go needing 20 points just to get us to the low 30s. It's a big ask to survive with 31, 32, 33 points. Only hope is a new manager 'bounce'

 

[Dairve Ayeye]

No. The previous 2 relegations from the PL have felt to me remarkably similar at this stage. The first one 20 years ago especially. It felt like we were the guest in the league for a year and didn't belong. I remember chanting to Liverpool, 'Champions league, you're having a laugh' and they chanted back, 'Premier league, you're having a laugh' - Ouch, although we did snatch a point out of that game. However, when Bruno was shown the door I was confident that we would pull it around; there was the break for the World Cup to shake things up and Lop seemed proper and business like. I am obviously worried about this potential new gaffer - he's been a bit of a journey man to say the least. I have been wrong before, but because I can't see how we will turn this around - especially given the high probability that we will lose a couple of key players in January, I think it's the Championship for us next year. Out of Darkness Cometh Light...

Edit: Vitor has now been appointed and we will of course unite behind him - if we don't he doesn't stand a chance, if we do, we might just do it..