Topic: Your three teams to be relegated in 2019-20

[him_15]

Norwich, Watford and Manchester United.

[Medellin]

At the start of the season on my coupon i had .

Sheff Utd.
Norwich.
Brighton.

In that order..

[JerseyKloppite]

The decision not to include Sheffield United has worked out well

[Vinay]

The decision not to include Sheffield United has worked out well

we will probably need to do another one after February anyway. These things change so much!

[JerseyKloppite]

Watford are a weird one. They have been solidly mid-table for a few years and I would have put a lot of money on them finishing somewhere between 9th and 15th at the start of the season. Their squad should also be nowhere near a relegation battle. I guess its a consequence of not really changing the playing squad and things going a little bit stale - compounded by bringing in an ex manager who wasn't going to change anything. They also have a habit of jacking it once they become safe so without many new recruits, its probably difficult to get back into the right mindset when a new season begins.

I still reckon they should survive. If they sack Flores and get a decent, motivated manager in then the new manager bounce alone should be enough.

The curse of the cup final.

Could become one of a few clubs who have made it to a final but ended up being relegated (or near enough) soon after. The correlation is quite interesting - does a long cup run take away focus from a relegation battler (Wigan in 2013, Birmingham in 2011, Portsmouth 2010) or do European campaigns create unwanted fixture pile up the next year?

Quite bizarre though really. In the past decade, five clubs from outside what I'd call the traditional top 7 in the PL have reached a Wembley final only to be relegated the same or subsequent season, two more clubs were relegated within a couple of years and two more had terrible seasons the year after their finals and have never really recovered. The only outlier seems to be Stoke in 2011 who stayed at about the same level for years until they went down.

Southampton - EFL Cup final, 2017. Came 8th place that season. Following year they came 17th and avoided the drop by 3 points and looked poor since.
Sunderland - EFL Cup final, 2014. Came a respectable 14th place that season. The following year 16th, then 17th, then 20th and tumbling ever downwards.
Swansea - EFL Cup final, 2013. Had one slightly improved league season, then tailed off to be relegated 4 years later.
Birmingham City - EFL Cup final, 2011. Won the tournament but got relegated.

Palace - FA Cup final, 2016. Disastrous season afterwards and were 19th with 10 games to go. Rescued by a great run at the back end of the season.
Villa - FA Cup final, 2015. Relegated the next year, finishing 20th.
Hull - FA Cup final, 2014. Relegated the next year, finishing 18th.
Wigan - FA Cip final, 2013. Won the tournament but got relegated.
Portsmouth - FA Cup final, 2010. Relegated the same season.

[jamieredders]

The curse of the cup final.

Could become one of a few clubs who have made it to a final but ended up being relegated (or near enough) soon after. The correlation is quite interesting - does a long cup run take away focus from a relegation battler (Wigan in 2013, Birmingham in 2011, Portsmouth 2010) or do European campaigns create unwanted fixture pile up the next year?

Quite bizarre though really. In the past decade, five clubs from outside what I'd call the traditional top 7 in the PL have reached a Wembley final only to be relegated the same or subsequent season, two more clubs were relegated within a couple of years and two more had terrible seasons the year after their finals and have never really recovered. The only outlier seems to be Stoke in 2011 who stayed at about the same level for years until they went down.

Southampton - EFL Cup final, 2017. Came 8th place that season. Following year they came 17th and avoided the drop by 3 points and looked poor since.
Sunderland - EFL Cup final, 2014. Came a respectable 14th place that season. The following year 16th, then 17th, then 20th and tumbling ever downwards.
Swansea - EFL Cup final, 2013. Had one slightly improved league season, then tailed off to be relegated 4 years later.
Birmingham City - EFL Cup final, 2011. Won the tournament but got relegated.

Palace - FA Cup final, 2016. Disastrous season afterwards and were 19th with 10 games to go. Rescued by a great run at the back end of the season.
Villa - FA Cup final, 2015. Relegated the next year, finishing 20th.
Hull - FA Cup final, 2014. Relegated the next year, finishing 18th.
Wigan - FA Cip final, 2013. Won the tournament but got relegated.
Portsmouth - FA Cup final, 2010. Relegated the same season.

FFS.  Not winning trophies has kept Everton up then? 

[Ravishing Rick Dude]

I hope Norwich makes it 🙏

[Yosser0_0]

I hope Norwich makes it 🙏

Agreed.

[Ravishing Rick Dude]

Agreed.

Seems like they are the only team that most certainly will go down. It's going to be a real dog fight till the end.

[kloppagetime]

1. Norwich
2. Bournemouth
3. Aston Villa

Watford will stay up Pearce has revived them, Bournemouth can stay up if the sack Eddie Howe but I don't see that happening because he's a fan favourite so they are stuck with him

[Nobby Reserve]

1. Norwich
2. Bournemouth
3. Aston Villa

Agreed. Such a pity the blue shite got that boost from Drunken taking temporary charge - did he threaten the players with a kneecapping if they didn't win? Whatever, that December fixture list that looked so tricky, ended with them getting 11 points from 21 and up to mid-table.

Norwich are throwing too many points away from winning positions, sadly. After being the little kid who shouted 'the Emperor's wearing no clothes!' when they went toe to toe with the Abu Dhabi twats, I'd have loved them to stay up.

[SP]

Agreed. Such a pity the blue shite got that boost from Drunken taking temporary charge - did he threaten the players with a kneecapping if they didn't win? Whatever, that December fixture list that looked so tricky, ended with them getting 11 points from 21 and up to mid-table.

Norwich are throwing too many points away from winning positions, sadly. After being the little kid who shouted 'the Emperor's wearing no clothes!' when they went toe to toe with the Abu Dhabi twats, I'd have loved them to stay up.

Only 5 points off relegation at the moment though. The clubs below them know they are in a dog fight. Everton are in the dangerous area of the table where they will feel fairly safe - but they are not that far from falling into a scrap. They are far from safe - Watford, West Ham and Villa are all showing signs of life. A couple of those clubs on 24/25 points are going to get sucked into the mire.

[kloppagetime]

Only 5 points off relegation at the moment though. The clubs below them know they are in a dog fight. Everton are in the dangerous area of the table where they will feel fairly safe - but they are not that far from falling into a scrap. They are far from safe - Watford, West Ham and Villa are all showing signs of life. A couple of those clubs on 24/25 points are going to get sucked into the mire.

Newcastle could get sucked into it Bruce has history of his teams doing decent in the first half of the season and falling apart in the 2nd half.

[4pool]

Tottenham
Man Utd
Everton


If Carlsburg did football.

[I've been a good boy]

Tottenham
Man Utd
Everton


If Carlsburg did football.

Swap Tottenham for Chelsea and I’d agree

[4pool]

Swap Tottenham for Chelsea and I’d agree

Only if the Special Once wasn't their manager. Otherwise Spurs can go...

[I've been a good boy]

Only if the Special Once wasn't their manager. Otherwise Spurs can go...

He'll be off soon, his annual capitulation has already started

[cissesbeard]

i'm going for Norwich, Newcastle and Villa

[Larse]

Watching 2 of their games recently I just hope its Burnley. The kind of tackles they put in are terrible. Wesleys season is over because of Mees challenge, if they did something like that with one of our players I would be absolutely furious (well I was when they broke Gomez leg last year).

[GaryM]

Norwich, Villa and Bournemouth.

[toe punt]

Was hoping Villa go down but praying for Burnley now there’s a chance because of their anti-football and shit house tactics. They make Everton look easy on the eye. One big turd of a club that needs flushing.

[DHKopper]

Burnley, Villa and Bournemouth.

[Nobby Reserve]

I think it will be Norwich, Bournemouth & Villa

I hope it will be Villa, Burnley & West Ham

[sinnermichael]

Norwich, Villa and Bournemouth.

[Sheer Magnetism]

Happened to see something insane earlier on: Burnley not only have a really old squad, with an average age of over 29, but according to Transfermarkt 16 of their 23 players have contracts due to expire in the next 18 months. We call the likes of Spurs badly managed but that is staggering. Whether it's this season or the next they're going to hit the buffers fairly soon.

[BlackandWhitePaul]

Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea.

[El Lobo]

Newcastle look safe now which is a damn shame, we can but hope they’re properly flushed next season.

Hard to look past the current bottom three but could see Brighton maybe in place of Villa, which would be a shame.

[Risto]

Well it won't be Liverpool- The only team mathematically safe at this stage.

[kloppagetime]

Newcastle look safe now which is a damn shame, we can but hope they’re properly flushed next season.

Hard to look past the current bottom three but could see Brighton maybe in place of Villa, which would be a shame.

West Ham are looking like they are in trouble as well. I think Villa and Watford could stay up at the expense of Bournemouth and West Ham

[kavah]

Need to add West Ham and Bournemouth to the poll

[Skeeve]

If west ham don't win at the weekend they have such a tough run of games after it, along with a manager who won't be bold enough to get much from them that you'd almost consider them one of the favourites to go down at that point.

[keano7]

Norwich, Villa and Watford. I have a soft spot for Bournemouth and hope they stay up!