We ca do this

[MT03ALG]

I drive a Ca (actually a Ka+) after the drive chain went on my BMW

[Silkyskills1]

Offering a realistic view you just get derided that you are negative, you are better off pretending to be positive even if you don’t believe it, just say everything’s hunky dory & keep people happy.

I'll be 70 in a couple of months time. I don't pretend about anything. We are in an extremely worrying position and maybe even that is understating it. However, the OP came on to provide a suggestion of survival to which, of course, everyone can reply to. But it doesn't/ didn't require the 'get real, we're doomed' message which is as regular as a Boris Johnson lie from you. It is/was an opportunity to project a slightly less hostile message. I go to the match with my family including a 10 year old football daft lad and not once have I or will I suggest to him that 'we're down''. I cannot recall a post from you that has not had the tone of despair, despondency and defeat.

[jrgbfc]

Don't think there's much chance of Newcastle going down now really. We need to string a few wins together and hope either Everton, Brentford or Leeds get dragged into it.

[kentonclaret]

We've probably got about as much chance as a cat in Kurt Zouma's kitchen

[Carport]

18 games left. 10 home. 8 away. Let’s write off four of the home games and one away game ( Liverpool Chelsea Man City Spurs Spurs) on the basis that it’s unlikely we will get any points from those games. That’s leaves 13 games all of which on our day in my opinion we would expect to get at least a point:

Home

Leicester
Wolves
Newcastle
Villa
Southampton
Everton

Away

Brentford
Brighton
Palace
Watford
West Ham
Villa
Norwich

Now can we win six and say draw four of those 13 to take us to 36 points? With glass half full and we play like we did second half the other night I say we’ve a decent chance. And if we can pick up an unexpected point or two ( Spurs home and away perhaps) from the games I’ve written off then 38 points must be there or there abouts enough unless of course all the others around us go on great runs. I’d say right now it’s really in the balance as to whether we survive or not and yes it’s going to take a turn around of some magnitude to get the wins I’m referring to here but looking at those fixtures why not? Beat Newcastle Southampton Everton Brentford Watford Norwich. Draw Leicester Villa at home Wolves and Brighton or Palace away. UTC

[Elizabeth]

18 games left. 10 home. 8 away. Let’s write off four of the home games and one away game ( Liverpool Chelsea Man City Spurs Spurs) on the basis that it’s unlikely we will get any points from those games.

No, let’s not write them off !

[tiger76]

No, let’s not write them off !

Agree we can't afford to write any games off, and in recent games we've picked up results against Arsenal, Man Utd & West Ham, so we can definitely pull a shock or two out of the fire, and given our current plight we might well have to.

[Mala591]

As has been said many times on different threads, forget about what others do.

We all know that we have a jaw made of granite and Wout Werhorst gives us hope.

Let’s just call him ‘Wout War Horse’ and have done with all the confusion

[JarrowClaret]

Should be 2 sections & categories to this forum, 1 for realistic posters & another for the fantasists, we would all get along better that way.

Not really everyone would post on the realist part as we all think our opinion is realistic

[JarrowClaret]

Offering a realistic view you just get derided that you are negative, you are better off pretending to be positive even if you don’t believe it, just say everything’s hunky dory & keep people happy.

Realistic in your opinion! Look you are calling people fantasists for having the opposite opinion to you, you’re as bad. We are all entitled to opinions nobody should criticise or call anyone for having a different one whether that be positive or negative.

[JarrowClaret]

For what it is worth I think everyone agrees we are in a precarious position and it is probable that we will go down I think EVERY season in the prem for us has been the same allbeit we are struggling more than normal this season. Can we stay up? 100% and I have a sneaky suspicion we will, I accept some will not agree which is fine but when you look at our remaining games they aren’t as hard as they could have been!

[ElectroClaret]

Now can we win six and say draw four of those 13 to take us to 36 points?

I'd snatch your hand off for 36 points right now.

[Jakubclaret]

I'll be 70 in a couple of months time. I don't pretend about anything. We are in an extremely worrying position and maybe even that is understating it. However, the OP came on to provide a suggestion of survival to which, of course, everyone can reply to. But it doesn't/ didn't require the 'get real, we're doomed' message which is as regular as a Boris Johnson lie from you. It is/was an opportunity to project a slightly less hostile message. I go to the match with my family including a 10 year old football daft lad and not once have I or will I suggest to him that 'we're down''. I cannot recall a post from you that has not had the tone of despair, despondency and defeat.

“I cannot recall a post from you that has not had the tone of despair, despondency & defeat”, well with the way things are perhaps a valid reason exists for that, I’m not the only person who is well & truly jacked off with the sh1tshow, like I said people are just better off pretending everything’s fine akin to going to the dentist to have a wisdom tooth extraction without anaesthetic.

[RalphCoatesComb]

Going to the dentist to have a wisdom tooth extraction without anaesthetic.

You want to try it some time, it's a real buzz.

Unfortunately, I've only got one wisdom tooth left now

[Tribesmen]

After the Watford game it was so bleak , now Tuesday in the 2nd half was a great lift but remember we have won once all season which will drag us down .

[claretonthecoast1882]

“I cannot recall a post from you that has not had the tone of despair, despondency & defeat”, well with the way things are perhaps a valid reason exists for that, I’m not the only person who is well & truly jacked off with the sh1tshow, like I said people are just better off pretending everything’s fine akin to going to the dentist to have a wisdom tooth extraction without anaesthetic.

Does whining about something you have no control over ever change the outcome ?

[MrVmax]

Form is like turning round an oil tanker. It doesn't just happen overnight. First we stop leaking goals (which we have been lately )and then build on that. Thankfully Dyche knows this. If you check our form prior to all the postponements, we were starting to do this, granted draws, but baby steps. This is far from over IMHO. Brentford have been in freewill and I don't get the Everton can't get involved. I like Lampard, I think he will go on to have a good career as a manager but this is a whole different ball game. The lads fought like lions against Utd. UTC

[Spijed]

“I cannot recall a post from you that has not had the tone of despair, despondency & defeat”, well with the way things are perhaps a valid reason exists for that, I’m not the only person who is well & truly jacked off with the sh1tshow, like I said people are just better off pretending everything’s fine akin to going to the dentist to have a wisdom tooth extraction without anaesthetic.

You said you never go to any games due to taking the knee so how would you know?

[Jakubclaret]

You said you never go to any games due to taking the knee so how would you know?

It’s not always been like that with not attending & you don’t need to go to the games to find out what’s going on. I probably know more now with not attending than I did before the knee barminess.

[Elizabeth]

Form is like turning round an oil tanker. It doesn't just happen overnight. First we stop leaking goals (which we have been lately )and then build on that. Thankfully Dyche knows this. If you check our form prior to all the postponements, we were starting to do this, granted draws, but baby steps. This is far from over IMHO. Brentford have been in freewill and I don't get the Everton can't get involved. I like Lampard, I think he will go on to have a good career as a manager but this is a whole different ball game. The lads fought like lions against Utd. UTC

There's so much right about what you've written and hopefully the tanker has finished turning. No more baby steps!

[boatshed bill]

for many a somewhat sceptical approach is a defence mechanism which minimises disappointment...

[Elizabeth]

Yeh, may be true bill but my guess is it never gets anyone near the truth

[willsclarets]

We'll not give up under Dyche, but you can't have the home form we've had and survive. We've played the easiest home games and got very little. I know some people say it doesn't matter who the three are if it's not Burnley, but I cannot see 3 worse teams or relegation candidates. Delighted to be proved wrong, but afraid I don't think we can do it. Not particularly glum about it, it was becoming pretty clear we couldn't compete financially even after 5 or 6 years of prem money.

[Conroy92]

18 games left. 10 home. 8 away. Let’s write off four of the home games and one away game ( Liverpool Chelsea Man City Spurs Spurs) on the basis that it’s unlikely we will get any points from those games. That’s leaves 13 games all of which on our day in my opinion we would expect to get at least a point:

Home

Leicester
Wolves
Newcastle
Villa
Southampton
Everton

Away

Brentford
Brighton
Palace
Watford
West Ham
Villa
Norwich

Now can we win six and say draw four of those 13 to take us to 36 points? With glass half full and we play like we did second half the other night I say we’ve a decent chance. And if we can pick up an unexpected point or two ( Spurs home and away perhaps) from the games I’ve written off then 38 points must be there or there abouts enough unless of course all the others around us go on great runs. I’d say right now it’s really in the balance as to whether we survive or not and yes it’s going to take a turn around of some magnitude to get the wins I’m referring to here but looking at those fixtures why not? Beat Newcastle Southampton Everton Brentford Watford Norwich. Draw Leicester Villa at home Wolves and Brighton or Palace away. UTC

This is a post I like. I looked at the list of teams there and thought that if we play like we can, we could beat 6-8 of those sides.
A few draws and some bonus points from the removed sides and it's still possible. You've given me some positivity and I thank you!

[alwaysaclaret]

It just seems it's getting a little bit harder looking at the Everton v Leeds score.

[Safron]

Don't give up hope, win our 3 games in hand we are in the pack to survive, keep the faith

[NRC]

I’m relatively confident of staying up. We’re not losing and we’re not leaking goals. Our team is packed with experience of these situations, and Dyche has said there has not been a crisis meeting.

That’s all positive for me. We only need that oil tanker to be seen by the others sailing in the flotilla to be turning and they’ll start to feel the pressure. Pressure turns into mistakes. Meanwhile we have nothing to lose and positivity is it’s own momentum.

That said, as for escape acts, two thoughts from me
- the best ever was Leicester. They went from down to a consistent top 10 act
- SD greatest achievement ever? Meh….. if he can get his team to engineer an escape from here he’s culpable for not getting that performance level out of the players more consistently across the season. Don’t get me wrong, I want him more than any other manager in this situation, but this keeps happening, so he has to look at himself as to why. Let’s not say the lack of recruitment, the 2nd half of season escape act performance shows a capability in those players, by definition

[RalphCoatesComb]

Don't give up hope, win our 3 games in hand we are in the pack to survive, keep the faith

^ ^ ^ ^

THIS

[RalphCoatesComb]

We can now !!!

So proud to be a Claret

[Steve1956]

Obviously, if we survive, this will be Sean Dyche's greatest achievement.

But, it can be done and, given our performance against multi-million pound Manure,

WE CAN DO THIS

COYC

I had my doubts Ralph.....but I should never have doubted Dyche his team or his tactics.....YES we can do this.

[tiger76]

We certainly can now, I must admit my faith waivered over the bleak Christmas period, but what a response from all and sundry in recent weeks.

Strong jaw alive and well. Now let's push on and seal our survival.

[Firthy]

Looking at our last 6 results, we've 2W, 3D, 1L with a goal difference of +2. 5 of the teams are in the top 9 and we were unlucky t and lose against the second best team in the Premier League because their goalie played a blinder.

Not exactly relegation form. I'm a lot more confident now that we will stay up at the expense of Brentford or Leeds.

[Bosscat]

Looking at our last 6 results, we've 2W, 3D, 1L with a goal difference of +2. 5 of the teams are in the top 9 and we were unlucky t and lose against the second best team in the Premier League because their goalie played a blinder.

Not exactly relegation form. I'm a lot more confident now that we will stay up at the expense of Brentford or Leeds.

Please Please Please let it be Leeds

[jojomk1]

Next two games for Brentford are winnable

Not so for Leeds, Newcastle and Watford

By Sun 6th March we will have a good idea, as games played almost evens out

[RalphCoatesComb]

Form over the last 10 games. Form over the last 6 is even more in our favour. Whilst it counts for very little, it does show how well Sean and the Boys are doing of late.

[willsclarets]

Next two games for Brentford are winnable

Not so for Leeds, Newcastle and Watford

By Sun 6th March we will have a good idea, as games played almost evens out

It never works like that though, most of our relegation rivals will have looked at man u, spurs and probably even Brighton and thought we'd get zero points.

[Firthy]

March could well be a decisive month for us. We have 4 games and 3 of them at the Turf. I honestly believe we can get 10 points from them if our current form continues and we can avoid injuries.

My predictions are wins against Leicester, Brentford and Southampton and a draw against Chelsea. I know this is pretty optimistic but I'm a glass haf full at present after our recent results. I genuinely think we've turned a corner with Weghorst instead of Wood and Lennon and Brownhill starting to show their worth. Just need to keep Cornet injury free and we should be OK.

[Bosscat]

March could well be a decisive month for us. We have 4 games and 3 of them at the Turf. I honestly believe we can get 10 points from them if our current form continues and we can avoid injuries.

My predictions are wins against Leicester, Brentford and Southampton and a draw against Chelsea. I know this is pretty optimistic but I'm a glass half full at present after our recent results. I genuinely think we've turned a corner with Weghorst instead of Wood and Lennon and Brownhill starting to show their worth. Just need to keep Cornet injury free and we should be OK.