Relegation

[Kerryblueboy]

Palace’s fixtures are tough no game against anyone below them left

[AjaxAndy]

Brentford are in the mix but have a decent run in, Newcastle's probably the hardest game but other than that they've no one above Bournemouth.

I think Thomas Frank is suffering from the same thing Howe and Dyche did... Needed to leave for a bigger job before the wheels came off. Almost impossible to keep a small team in the league long term. Get out while the going's good or you become tainted by struggles and a relegation if it happens.

[brap2]

Palace’s fixtures are tough no game against anyone below them left

Can't see them being involved once our points deduction kicks in tbh

[brap2]

He has to go and get 4-6 off Luton and Forest now I think, honestly I do not fancy us at all.

[Escalator]

He has to go and get 4-6 off Luton and Forest now I think, honestly I do not fancy us at all.

Don’t fancy us away at Luton at all.

[Cozzie]

Yeah. Still not as confident as others although we have the better chance. It's just the last 13 games we really have stunk the gaff out haven't we?

Can't draw much confidence from that.

[brap2]

Yeah we're in massive trouble.

[blueforyou]

Chase the Crystal ball, Palace should be worried

No denying, we have our backs to the wall

[777Kidnappings]

Luton seem to have completely had our number this season. Even dominated us on set plays

Forest have lots of pace in attacking positions

I'm really not overly confident.

The good thing is lutons next 2 are city and Brentford. Have to assume city beat them. If they beat Brentford then they'll be in the shit too

[Bluedylan1]

Quite relieved with the 2 point deduction. I thought it might be 4.

If we hadn't won at the weekend, I think it'd be looking quite grim, but now we've got that monkey off our backs I think that's quite a big deal, psychologically as much as anything else. Must've been a huge weight lifted for the players just to get any sort of win, and get rid of the ''x games without a win'' thing.

Without even looking at the other fixtures, I think we can target 7 points from the Forest, Brentford and Sheff U games at home. If we did that alone, we'd probably be fine. Even 5 points from those 3 games is more than decent, and very achievable.

Then on top of that we could defo get something away at Chelsea, maybe a point at home to the Reds if things go our way, maybe something at Luton as well.

The only game I'd write off completely is Arsenal away, where we will get smashed.

More than enough opportunities amongst that set of games to get to safety.

[AjaxAndy]

Hopefully now we know what's happening it takes some of the weight off the players, it's obviously adding pressure because we now have less points, but it gives clarity and an understanding that it's in our hands now...that could be massive for mentality

[Toddacelli]

Quite relieved with the 2 point deduction. I thought it might be 4.

If we hadn't won at the weekend, I think it'd be looking quite grim, but now we've got that monkey off our backs I think that's quite a big deal, psychologically as much as anything else. Must've been a huge weight lifted for the players just to get any sort of win, and get rid of the ''x games without a win'' thing.

Without even looking at the other fixtures, I think we can target 7 points from the Forest, Brentford and Sheff U games at home. If we did that alone, we'd probably be fine. Even 5 points from those 3 games is more than decent, and very achievable.

Then on top of that we could defo get something away at Chelsea, maybe a point at home to the Reds if things go our way, maybe something at Luton as well.

The only game I'd write off completely is Arsenal away, where we will get smashed.

More than enough opportunities amongst that set of games to get to safety.

Wish I had your confidence. Don’t see how we create and score a goal these days.

[Mouse]

Less than I expected, more than I wanted. Possibly give the players some release now that we at least know what the worst case is.

I’m so fed up with this crap though. No logic to any of it.

[Shogun]

Put this together because some people (okay, me) found it useful last season.

1) This is a tracker, not a predictor
2) I've made the assumption Burnley and Sheffield United are down
3) I've made the assumption that nobody wins in the matches between the teams involved, hence the draws
4) I've made the assumption the points needed this season will be lower and I've gone for 34
5) I've made the assumption that we'll have the strongest goal difference

[Shogun]

Wish I had your confidence. Don’t see how we create and score a goal these days.

Are you saying getting the opposition keepers to boot the ball at DCL isn't sustainable?