Is going to be missing both Keane and Mina. I see this as the last throw of the dice to rescue our season. If we fail to win weds we deserve to go down.

We have to beat them, they're on a downward spiral and we need to keep that going for them.
Leeds are 9 points ahead of us, but we have 3 games in hand, but a failure to beat Everton would be bad for us.
Not even a draw would be enough.

And Allan

And Allan

We have to be on the front foot from the off. None of this usual cautious ********.

Lampard said before the game that Mina is "days" away

Put away your calculators its a MUST WIN - draw useless

If Dyche gets the team right we’ll win

After watching that game today and there fixture list. I genuinely believe that if we get 3 points on Wednesday we have a half decent chance of staying up.

It’s got to be three points though, anything less and we will struggle to catch them.

Its insane how a route out is still possible considering we’ve only won three games, but, there is one. I think we’re down as our performances do nothing to suggest we can win 4/5 of our remaining games as would be required - but you can’t discount the possibility. Everton look bereft of anything and if we were to somehow win, they would be terrified. Our fixtures are also much, much nicer than theirs.

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 3:54 pm

Lampard said before the game that Mina is "days" away

Maybe that’s their version of “touch & go”

Every team we have played this season who have been on a downward spiral have managed to do ok against us. Every one so far. I have seen nothing recently that would change the way our results are going. We have lost our way. We looked like we’d found it again for a few games, but we put it down and now we don’t know where we’ve left it.

We have to win on weds, we have to beat Norwich, and we have to get a couple of surprise wins from the others and some decent draws if we are to save this season. Not impossible…. But highly unlikely.

We deserve to be where we are, and I am resigned to us losing our PL status.

A draw would be a disappointment but not the end. Everton's run in is a shocker, if they get much from any of the games after us, they'll be lucky.
We have to go into Wednesday's game, though, as if our lives depend on it with all areas of the team playing their part.
A win would leave us a point behind them and I'd back us to do better than them in the final games even if we draw.
Everton, no doubt, will come to avoid defeat at all costs and will try to do us on the break.
We need to be aggressive,and forceful but not completely gung ho.

Should be great atmosphere ( a real rarity this season ) and I’d make us slight favs, home advantage and playing for our lives . A win and it’s very much game on .

If we could hand pick a midweek fixture as things stand it would be Everton at home. Mind you, given a choice, Everton might well pick us too.
Wednesday is a great opportunity to drag ourselves right back in with a serious chance to survive, but as mentioned already, I think it realistically is a must-win.

They were so so lucky to get 3 points in their last game against Newcastle too. We’re due a moment of luck I reckon.

it' the equivalent of the play-off final but in reverse

evensteadiereddie wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:07 pm

A draw would be a disappointment but not the end. Everton's run in is a shocker, if they get much from any of the games after us, they'll be lucky.
We have to go into Wednesday's game, though, as if our lives depend on it with all areas of the team playing their part.
A win would leave us a point behind them and I'd back us to do better than them in the final games even if we draw.
Everton, no doubt, will come to avoid defeat at all costs and will try to do us on the break.
We need to be aggressive,and forceful but not completely gung ho.

We've also got to finish ahead of Watford who have home games against Leeds, Brentford and us still to come. A draw is not the end off the but it isn't then just a shootout between us and Everton and so we cant just pin our hopes on their difficult run in

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 3:58 pm

If Dyche gets the team right we’ll win

And the tactics, and the team talk.

But I’m seriously concerned that he won’t. He’ll select the team that have been failing, but he’ll believe he has it right. Thing is, this is a results based game, and if we are keeping it simple, the team, the tactics and the team talk are only right if you win the games that you absolutely have to. If you don’t win them, then you’ve got it wrong. Trouble is, if you are in the mindset that your way is the only way, (and I get that the most successful of people need to have a certain amount of self belief) and you refuse to budge when the poor results and performances are staring you in the face, well then you absolutely get what you deserve.

I hope he does something, ANYTHING. I don’t want to slip away with a whimper, at least have a bloody go at it.

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:16 pm

We've also got to finish ahead of Watford who have home games against Leeds, Brentford and us still to come. A draw is not the end off the but it isn't then just a shootout between us and Everton and so we cant just pin our hopes on their difficult run in

We ? End off ? Us ?

WE need to beat Everton Norwich and Watford to have any realistic chance of survival

FCBurnley wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:22 pm

We ? End off ? Us ?

Now the mighty Leeds are comfortably safe (just like I told they would be) and Eddie Howe and Trips are safe (never in doubt once they bagged Eddie) I can turn my attentions to my #3 team - Burnley.

Unfortunately Im not quite as confident about Burnley staying up which given my expert football knowledge (especially compared to you and most others on here) is not the news you really wanted to hear. Sorry about that but thats just the hard reality of the situation

Good to see Keane has done us a favour again.

We’ve got to play Cornet wide left and get Wout up top with Jay Rod no messing about.

Cork and Brownhill in centre mid, McNeil and Westwood benched them maybe we have a chance . I’d also bring Lowton back in at right back.

We have got to raise the intensity to have any chance on Wednesday passing the ball to feet.

20 quid says we're just the tonic that Everton need to turn it around.

Let’s hope the mythical cork and Brownhill partnership happens against Everton.

We will be guaranteed the win.

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:40 pm

Let’s hope the mythical cork and Brownhill partnership happens against Everton.

We will be guaranteed the win.

Knock it on the head. It's tiresome . You've made your point. Whatever that is.

Rombald wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:44 pm

Knock it on the head. It's tiresome . You've made your point. Whatever that is.

I just find it funny that Westwood gets so much criticism. Consistently our best performed in midfield

Somehow this site has us stopping up, must be a Burnley fan !
wining 3, drawing 4, losing 3.

https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/prem ... /predicted

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:46 pm

I just find it funny that Westwood gets so much criticism. Consistently our best performed in midfield

You can show anything with stats, i know what i see with my own eyes.

Everton fans don't seem overly concerned that Keane will miss the game...

It’s all in our favour on Wednesday now with two key Evertonians suspended and Mina still injured. Then we factor in 24 hours less rest (something that has stuffed us more than once recently, and, come next Sunday, may do again, so we are due a turn).

We need to stay confident and remember that rather than talk about 3 wins (the 12 draws is a much better stat) we were not too long ago saying we haven’t lost a game apart from City away when Cornet has played 60+ minutes.

We need to beat Everton then win at Norwich. If we can do that, we could be clear of Everton who have a shocking run in and could be five clear of Watford and still with a game in hand. Then we may feel a lot better, and more importantly the team would too.

Connor Roberts played well yesterday
I would play Ash Barnes with Wout and Max wide left

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:31 pm

Now the mighty Leeds are comfortably safe (just like I told they would be) and Eddie Howe and Trips are safe (never in doubt once they bagged Eddie) I can turn my attentions to my #3 team - Burnley.

Unfortunately Im not quite as confident about Burnley staying up which given my expert football knowledge (especially compared to you and most others on here) is not the news you really wanted to hear. Sorry about that but thats just the hard reality of the situation

So Burnley are your #3 team. Well at least we cleared that one up. So I assume Leeds are your #1 and Newcastle #2. Any other teams in your closet you want to come out about ?

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:46 pm

I just find it funny that Westwood gets so much criticism. Consistently our best performed in midfield

Let's stick with a player who's been absolutely dogshit this season, ahead of a midfield that got us 7 points from 3 games.

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:40 pm

Let’s hope the mythical cork and Brownhill partnership happens against Everton.

We will be guaranteed the win.

It’s funny you’re calling it a mythical partnership yet after the Brighton and spurs games you said how they were the two best midfield performances of the season.

I think sometimes you get a bit lost in what you are saying.

Isn't there an old saying though?

If you want to break your losing streak, play Burnley?

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:46 pm

I just find it funny that Westwood gets so much criticism. Consistently our best performed in midfield

Is that view gleaned from watching illegal streams?

FCBurnley wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:58 pm

So Burnley are your #3 team. Well at least we cleared that one up. So I assume Leeds are your #1 and Newcastle #2. Any other teams in your closet you want to come out about ?

Newcastle aren't really that important to me but I have a lot of time for Eddie Howe both as a person and as a manager and Trippier was always a favourite player of mine so naturally I wanted them both to do well at Newcastle this season

My best mate is a Bradford fan they are my favourite lower league team and as I tend to be a fan of the underdog I'd also like Derby, Bournemouth and MK Dons to do well

There's probably a few other teams I have soft spots for but off the top of my head these are the ones that spring to mind

Who's more likely to go down though. Everton, who've never been relegated from the Premier League and have a total of two relegations from the top flight of English football.

or Burnley?

FCBurnley wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:24 pm

WE need to beat Everton Norwich and Watford to have any realistic chance of survival

Totally agree, and as you say that just gives us a chance, anything less and we're down in my opinion too, fingers crossed eh !

ClaretAndJew wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 5:24 pm

Who's more likely to go down though. Everton, who've never been relegated from the Premier League and have a total of two relegations from the top flight of English football.

or Burnley?

Well there’s a few ways to look at it. There’s your way of suggesting, as Everton have never gone down, they would be favourites not to. But also, you might say they’ve never experienced the pressure before, have a very inexperienced manager and fans who make can things very toxic. That’s without mentioning, on paper, a far tougher run in than us. They still have to play 4 of the top 7.

I'm Townsend still out? He's the one that can make a difference for them, especially with our habit to cover rather than close down players shooting outside our box.

Amazing just how many opportunities we are being presented with this season, and on Wed we simply have to take the latest one, win that and suddenly the table and atmosphere will be very different, ahead of another winnable match away to Norwich.

A few things in our favour, Everton have the worst away record in the division, they also have a few key players missing, and arguably they're under more pressure than we are regarding getting relegated.

Time for SD and the squad to finally step up when it counts and deliver the goods.

tiger76 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 6:14 pm

Amazing just how many opportunities we are being presented with this season, and on Wed we simply have to take the latest one, win that and suddenly the table and atmosphere will be very different, ahead of another winnable match away to Norwich.

A few things in our favour, Everton have the worst away record in the division, they also have a few key players missing, and arguably they're under more pressure than we are regarding getting relegated.

Time for SD and the squad to finally step up when it counts and deliver the goods.

If Norwich is a winnable game, why was it 0-0 when we played them at home. Ending their Premier League losing streak.

Murger wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 5:00 pm

Let's stick with a player who's been absolutely dogshit this season, ahead of a midfield that got us 7 points from 3 games.

Haha they also got 2 points from the previous 10 games together but let’s leave that stat out shall we

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 6:17 pm

Haha they also got 2 points from the previous 10 games together but let’s leave that stat out shall we

Replied to you before asking which games these were this season?

Spurs 5 Newcastle 1. Good job they are only DA #2 team

Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 6:17 pm

Haha they also got 2 points from the previous 10 games together but let’s leave that stat out shall we

So after the manager is 'forced' into pairing Cork and Brownhill, we go onto picking up points. It's not a coincidence that we look utterly hopeless as soon as Westwood comes back in.

ClaretAndJew wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 03, 2022 6:15 pm

If Norwich is a winnable game, why was it 0-0 when we played them at home. Ending their Premier League losing streak.

Because we've not yet turned up in the crunch games, however due to others being just as hapless we still have a shot at survival, which arguably we don't deserve given our dire form throughout the season, but mainly due to Everton being equally dire there is still a path to survival for us, now whether we are good enough to take it is another matter entirely.

Are people forgetting about Watford, or just assuming we'll finish above them for some reason?