Do you believe we are staying up

[GaelicFox]

Well then , we are in bottom 3 ! 

 

Manager gone 

 

players being vilified globally 

 

so the question right now is 

 

do you believe we are staying up ? 

[Old Fox]

No

[AmarteyAndChill]

I think we will go down. Not because of sacking Claudio, because of the lack of quality and togetherness in the squad.

[Legend_in_blue]

Yes.  I can see us turning over Liverpool on Monday night.

 

I can also see us getting a positive result at home against Sevilla which will continue to spark a mini revival.

 

You're only as good as your last game and if we start as we ended the last game with that same intensity, we will be fine. 

 

5 wins required from 13.  Turn over Liverpool and Hull and that'll be 3 wins required from 11.  Easily doable.

 

 

[Countryfox]

 

Absolutely nothing would surprise me now with this lot ...      Could win every game ...   Or lose every game ! ...     Never a dull moment !     

[surrifox]

As Marechal Foch once said " my front is collapsing, my right is in full retreat , situation excellent I shall attack "

[Izzy]

Yep.

But I've got absolutely no reasoning or evidence to suggest why, just a gut feeling.

[NewEnglandFox]

I have hope. More so than last week as the club is finally doing something about it.

[Kitchandro]

There's always hope but looking at all available evidence you'd have to say no. Changing a manager isn't like flicking a switch, you can't just forge a good mentality and form out of thin air. We're bereft of anything you'd want in a football team at the moment.

[Thracian]

Simple answer "No". I think we've left it too late and invited ever greater pressure on ourselves. Any new manager, even an insider, has a massive task to right all the wrongs aired on here these last few months. You'd almost need a magic wand.

 

That doesn't mean I've lost hope any more than I'e lost hope of us staying in the Champions League. At least the situation is still within our own hands even now we've slipped down among the dying, if not quite dead yet.    

 

But so much has to change and within a team that's shown no signs of being as good as last years. Palace have done what I expected under Allardyce and climbed out of the bottom three which will be a massive psychological boost.

 

The question for me is whether we can overtake Middlesbrough and keep Hull beneath us. That might make Hull at home decisive but we need impetus before then.         

 

     

[foxinsox]

5 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

Yep.

But I've got absolutely no reasoning or evidence to suggest why, just a gut feeling.

I think so too. It is next season we may be at more risk, we have a massive rebuild to do. 

[Buzzell]

I'm saying yes but it's a big ask. I'm hoping Shakey can kick a few arse's and we get a positive reaction on Monday night. 

[SecretPro]

A bit of belief in here would be nice. There still 13 games left ffs. People banging on about Rowett because he'd sort us out in the championship need to get a grip and show some faith. It's doable. We've done it before. 

[Sharpe's Fox]

Depends who we get in.

[Royston.]

think we were definitely going down with claudio.

 

still think we're going down but without claudio holding us back we have at least a chance.

 

failure to add significant quality in january was suicidal

[Realist Guy In The Room]

We're down regardless of who we get in.

[foxinsox]

1 minute ago, Sharpe's Fox said:

Depends who we get in.

Amartey was CB in a semifinal of AFCON and deserves a start. 

[ZeGuy]

Who knows, if Shakey get them to turn up maybe there is glimmer of hope. I believe we will stay up.

[davieG]

Hopefully it will create a siege mentality. 

 

One almost hopes there was a falling out with CR and with him gone they'll  finally get their boots out of their arses.

[Ralph]

Down.

Players over paid and think they are better than they are. 

In the end only Smeichal will be a top, top footballer.

[ithuriel]

Depends if there is enough time left to halt the decline, especially since other teams have improved and are over taking us.

[FLAN]

Not sure what Shakespeare can do. He's been there throughout and surely had some influence. I don't envisage any major personnel changes so what's gonna happen???

[splinterdream]

we do have the players, if they're allowed to play how they think they should be playing and get a result then we'll get out of it

[Patrick]

Completely depends on who we appoint. We know what this squad is capable of, if we get someone decent who can motivate the players we'll stay up imo.

[Sir Shep]

I think we're down, really can't see our form picking up.