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muskie 6:07 Sun Sep 18
Are we too good to go down

Anyone who still thinks we are too good to go down has got their head stuck up their rear end.

pdbis 6:19 Fri Sep 23
Re: Are we too good to go down

At the end of the season, you are where you deserve to be, so no.

11MDE 4:42 Thu Sep 22
Re: Are we too good to go down

it's still the best league in the world. So yeah, kinda looking forward to it.

Lee Trundle 4:28 Thu Sep 22
Re: Are we too good to go down

You excited about that prospect, 97mde?

I remember the thought of playing in the Championship used to make you go moist.

11MDE 4:24 Thu Sep 22
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No. We're deffo going down.

terry-h 11:54 Thu Sep 22
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Rumour has it we are after the Seville goalkeeper. Moyes seems to share my doubts about Ariola.

If we continue to play shit in our next two home league games, I can see us being candidates for the drop. I'm sure the Sheffield United fans would just love it if they get promoted and we go down.
Seems Sullivan and co will wait until the end of the year to decide Moyes' fate.

Full Claret Jacket 11:31 Thu Sep 22
Re: Are we too good to go down

Too many changes at once. We have the same issue Fulham had a couple of seasons ago. Lots of new players, lots of characters have left, people annoyed at losing their place or new players coming in on better money. Poor results and negative atmosphere both in dressing room and around the ground.
Everyone looking for an excuse.
We arent too good to go down but we need leadership and desire to turn it around. Our leader should be Rice but he is more of a leader by example and his own form has suffered in recent weeks. Need Ogbonna, Dawson and players like them to stand up and be counted. By all accounts Kehrer is vocal. Maybe others dont like that.

Soucek hasnt been as influential since contract dispute, Bowen was supposed to get new contract after window closed but nothing released. His form has also dipped.

If this team is relegated then it will be the biggest collapse o a side in recent times. I'm thinking mid-table which is a massive under achievement in itself.

BBondsBootlaces 12:06 Thu Sep 22
Re: Are we too good to go down

Perhaps not good enough to stay up.

Thames Ironworks 11:52 Wed Sep 21
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nychammer 3:16 Wed Sep 21
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We let our team age with limited investment, lack of interest from top players, and a negotiating dwarf who kills any possible deal.

This squad has gone from being pushed hard and working beyond their limits last season, and feeling that strain around Christmas, to one where we have made wholesale changes because we really needed to and have to integrate players.
I also feel losing Noble has lost a lot of that drive that he instilled in the dressing room.
We still lack goals and attacking prowess, not a surprise considering we bought 1 out and out striker.

marty feldman 6:05 Wed Sep 21
Re: Are we too good to go down

We won't go down. We genuinely are too big to go down now . There's 7 or 8 in that description and we are one of them . Which is huge progress in itself .

nychammer 3:16 Wed Sep 21
Re: Are we too good to go down

how do we always end uplike this - superb season followed by disastrous season. Chalk followed by Cheese. We were so promising a year ago, and now this. Not saying it does not happen at other clubs but we've made it our hallmark in recent years.

Any how, we are too good to go down and it does look like we are sticking with Moyes but we need to act decisively and soon if Moyes is showing no signs he's pulling it around

Swiss. 2:53 Wed Sep 21
Re: Are we too good to go down

No. If we fall too many points behind before Moyes is sacked and no guarantee the new manager will be able to come in a get this disorganised, unmotivated rabble to work together.

it's a big worry.

pablo.escobarr 1:50 Wed Sep 21
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Yes! And I'm too fat to die!

Raymond Reddington 1:49 Wed Sep 21
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No chance we go down with soucek running the show in midfield, fellas to good

Russ of the BML 1:16 Wed Sep 21
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Yes - We are too good to go down.

But you already answered your own question so I won't bother saying why.

Nagel 10:52 Wed Sep 21
Re: Are we too good to go down

Yes, but if the board do sack him, will they bring in the right manager? I've always criticized them for lurching from one managerial style to its opposite, requiring a complete change in team personnel to suit the new manager. This time if they do that it might actually work to our benefit, seeing as the likes of Paqueta and Scammaca are clearly not suited to Moyes' preferred style of play.

Willtell 10:22 Wed Sep 21
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We won’t go down because GSBK will sack him if results keep going away from us

Auntie Thermite 10:08 Wed Sep 21
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Definitely not too good to go down.

Still early days, anything from top 6, mid table security or relegation is easily feasible.

Stubbo 8:47 Wed Sep 21
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Listened to the Athletic podcast and they're right. Thanks seqsoj has tremendous parallels to the Tevez and Mascherano season.

Cup Final, close knit side, untouchable Pardew, world class reinforcements that can't get in the side, and it all went sour.

I think if we get to 10 to 15 games in the bottom 3, you'll have a gap, disaffected and down on confidence players, focus lost and minds wandering, and at that stage anything can help. Self doubt is a powerful force.

We're not too good to go down. We have a squad which SHOULD be too good to go down, or even finish 11 and down. Moyes has lost the plot completely, and the whole club is suffering for it.

toadinthehole 7:40 Wed Sep 21
Re: The West Ham relegation thread 22/23

If we lose the next 3 games, yes we will go down

marty feldman 7:01 Wed Sep 21
Re: Are we too good to go down

Absolute no chance of going down . As soon as we dispense with Moyes and we will . No matter what that God awful site claims . We will pick up massively.

Hammer Oz 3:52 Wed Sep 21
Re: Are we too good to go down

Not a hope in hell of going down, poor season with late surge?
Yep
We are a good team, Everton was the only game I was really fucked off at losing because there was no excuse

VAR etc

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