A few weeks ago we had maybe 1% chance of PL survival. Since the arrival of Muric and Cullen we gave improved dramatically

Newcastle H Spurs A and Forest H will decide which league we are in next season. Will Newcastle beat us next week and effectively relegate us as they did despite Micheal Jackson’s best efforts ?
Will Leeds take our place if we drop ?
So who goes down
Burnley and Luton are the favorites but this is football and anything can happen
Forest play City today and even a point from today’s game would be huge for them. They then have Sheffield Utd away followed by Chelsea home and us away
Luton have the easiest run in. Everton at home next Friday then West Ham away and Fulham at home. All 3 winnable games but Lutons luck seems to have changed and they are on a terrible run of form
We certainly have by far the toughest run in BUT we have momentum
I expect Forest to pick up 4 points and finish on 30
Luton are tough to assess but my guess is they will also pick up 4 points and finish on 29
All of that means we need 7 more points to survive ! Highly unlikely but as I said this is football and anything can happen
Surely we have to beat Newcastle but who knows. Our shocking gd could still cost us relegation at the end !
BUT we still have the insanity of not knowing exactly how many points Forest currently have ? As per Everton they could magically be gifted 2 points back or maybe docked another couple Who knows. My guess is that looking at the current table they will stay as they are.
Let’s hope City can do a number on Forest today otherwise all the above will go out of the window
We have a chance albeit a very small one
UP THE CLARETS

Current odds are
Burnley 2/11
Luton 1/5
Forest 15/8

Lots of ifs and buts as you say and probably a surprise result or two.

I suspect we'll need to score at least twice to beat Newcastle. They're suspect at the back as shown yesterday but I really fear Gordon running at us and Isak looks really good.

We're capable of getting a draw at spurs.

I personally think Luton will go and all we can hope for is being two points behind Forest going into the last game

Fingers crossed for a Man city win of 18-0 at least today

Strangely, I think we will be safe before the Forest match. Newcastle and Spurs look vulnerable to attacking football, and I believe all the bad luck and VAR decisions we have had this season will even out over the next two matches. We will get 6 points and the others 0.

brexit wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:46 pm

Strangely, I think we will be safe before the Forest match. Newcastle and Spurs look vulnerable to attacking football, and I believe all the bad luck and VAR decisions we have had this season will even out over the next two matches. We will get 6 points and the others 0.

I agree with the first word of your post.

brexit wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:46 pm

Strangely, I think we will be safe before the Forest match. Newcastle and Spurs look vulnerable to attacking football, and I believe all the bad luck and VAR decisions we have had this season will even out over the next two matches. We will get 6 points and the others 0.

Hopeful. Hopefully you're right.

Rileybobs wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:51 pm

I agree with the first word of your post.

Which wouldn't make sense in isolation.

If we sung oh mist rolling in from the calder it could be enough to see the lads over the line.

brexit wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:46 pm

Strangely, I think we look vulnerable to attacking football, bad luck and VAR decisions this season.

I agree with this portion, not the rest (or the username, of course).

Forest 0 City 1

Wood misses a sitter.

Cheers Chris. Always a Claret

Forest giving City a hard time. Foden out Haaland on bench

Never really, really wanted City to win before

So far so good but City are poor and need a second.

I reckon the bookies odds are correct, gone from a 1% chance of us surviving to about 15%.

Still expect an appeal stitch up, not in our favour.

Forest aren’t a bad side. They certainly have more premier league quality than the bottom three. It’s hard to see them not beating Sheff Utd, but here’s hoping.

Forest should smash Sheff United sadly

We owe Newcastle one !!

Strange things happen at this stage of the season. Let’s hope Sheff U play like they did yesterday for the first half because that will give Forest a game tbh.

Let’s hope they remember that Billy Sharp punch. No love lost there which is good for us.

Wood misses another sitter

Bloody hell, city making me a nervous wreck here.

Has Forest v City been designated a non-singing game? Terrible atmosphere!

Started this half really well, have Forest.

Can't see City keeping a clean sheet, Forest looking pretty good.

Grealish dangling his leg out to initiate contact and risks getting injured, eventually it will happen and he will regret it.

City are miles of it Forest should be a couple up easily

City can't cope with the long ball game.

Goody1975 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:47 pm

Grealish dangling his leg out to initiate contact and risks getting injured, eventually it will happen and he will regret it.

exactly this

On another note, I don't remember seeing City play this badly

We need Wood to play every last game for Forest to give us any chance at all of surviving

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:48 pm

exactly this

On another note, I don't remember seeing City play this badly

I think the real Bernardo Silva has been abducted by Aliens, this version has been rank.

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:48 pm

exactly this

On another note, I don't remember seeing City play this badly

I think Arteta has doctored their halftime brews.

Carlos the Great wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:50 pm

We need Wood to play every last game for Forest to give us any chance at all of surviving

I can’t see this aging well…

"That is Jack Grealish's knee in ice"

Yes, caused by his own stupidity

Just how boring are City ?

GET IN!!! 0-2 Haaland

2-0 and Haaland

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:58 pm

Just how boring are City ?

Thank goodness for that.

Phew and breeeeeathe

FCBurnley wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:48 pm

City are miles of it Forest should be a couple up easily

Forest let down by Wood

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:58 pm

Just how boring are City ?

Depends if you find a winning machine boring?

I find us a bit like them in certain games. Think what you have to do is understand it for what it is, which is basically defending with the ball, being patient, not expecting every attack to be the one you can score from, then creating a moment or two across the 90 minutes and be clinical.

We’ve been a lot like that but usually made an individual error in and amongst it and not been clinical when our chances when they arrived

2 injuries Murillo and Willams for Forest. That can’t help them

A mistake to leave Murillo on the field whilst the sub was preparing. He looks to be carrying a groin injury which makes changing direction v difficult, and Haaland literally turned him inside out.

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:58 pm

Just how boring are City ?

Watched them win 4-0 at Brighton on Thursday and was bored to tears. It came on the night after I watched Everton v Liverpool.

We should have beaten wolves and Brighton, Brighton have been dire ever since the manager rumours started weeks ago. Since then their form has been relegation level.

Logic suggests we have left it too late, but you never know.

In this game, City have been dreadful, so I’ve been touching Wood (well his photo anyway ) that Forest missed their chances.

Yes, yes, we can all see what could happen with Woody in the final game once hope appears to have been rekindled.

The great escape is still a possibility.Players need to come out to the theme music from the movie next week.

CrosspoolClarets wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:25 pm

In this game, City have been dreadful,...

Wouldn't say dreadful, but certainly not at their best.
But they still won 0-2.

That's why they'll win it.

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:58 pm

Just how boring are City ?

I generally don't bother watching them on TV anymore, unless they're playing someone like Liverpool or Arsenal who might give them a game. Find them incredibly tedious to watch. Part of that is probably because they hardly ever slip up against the weaker sides.