we have one about promotion lets have one about the drop/survival.

with things settled at the top whos gonna do what in this final 1/2 games??

still not quite settled down there, a host of clubs within a cusp of sinking or floating.

wigan, west ham, blackpool, birmingham, and to an extent wolves and rovers.thats a lot... way alot.so any theories on how it should end and who will be hoping/banking on who to do them a favour??kohkoh~~

my take i want to see blackpool survive.its been while since weve seen a good, old fashioned english club in the englsih game.

never liked seeing teams going down...

west ham confirm edi...the other 2, i'd say blackpool and birmingham, while wigan to do the great escape

Grant sacked.

i somehow doesn't want birmingham or blackpool to go down

perhaps wolves and wigan

Off topic maybe but Grant just get sacked.

quite impossible for both to stay up, wolves are quite safe and given that they face rovers whom also quite safe will just try to see out a draw.brums have a tough game where by their opponents, spuds needs more then 1 pt to qualify for europe.meanwhile blackpool will hope the same from spuds.if they manage a pt or more at ot, and wigan only a win could save them, a big scoring draw also still touch and go since blackpool have better gd.

final games:

spurs - brum--->both have clear targets, where by only 3 pts can guarantee each teams desire.

wolves - rovers-->2 of teams with minimal chance of going down with both are in control of their own destiny and will only need to play a friendly practice match.

man utd - blackpool-->a bit in the balance, they win they survive, they draw....a lot of radios will be tuned at the away stand in hope of help from others.

stoke - wigan---->stoke have nothing to play perhaps but if extra cash is what they need, 3 pts would do them wonders, and for wigan even 3pts is no guarantee they will survive as they too need favors from others.

the plot thickens in the final day!!

i like Wigan to stay.. they are whipping boy for United. while, they're capable to shock the other top 6.

also hope Blackpool to stay. just because of Holloway. love to hear his wisdom on PC or post match reaction. unluckily, his side will face United on final day. im all for United win (with under strength side)

unfortunately this 2 side i love to see they survive, very likely to go down..

like to see blackpool n wigan stay....

What a comeback from wigan!!! 0 - 2 and then ended 3 -2.

hm.....
this is interesting to discuss....
brum vs spurs match is very important for both team....
both need the 3 points..
while blackpool maybe a bit lucky since united already clinch the title...
but 2nd team united also strong enough to overcome blackpool, plus the match will be played at OT.
both brum and blackpool have high chances to go down.....

but Man Utd still unbeaten at Old Trafford.
might be difficult for blackpool

some clubs might be keeping tabs on the fixture and hope blackpool will go down, just so that charlie adam will almost certain be available after that

With all due respect to Blackpool and their fighting spirit which actually saw them win their match last night, I feel that while resting players are on Man Utd's book, the manager and players wont let good home record to a waste. Maybe a draw at most.

As for Birmingham, Tottenham will make sure they finish as high as possible. It may seem like they might wanna skip Europa cup for a season to prevent fixture congestion, but i never buy into the "lose on purpose" agenda. If so they could have easily lost it to Liverpool ytd. So Tott to go atop here, so Birmingham to stay on 39th points. Not to mention Tottenham is playing at home. Expect to see some heroic actions from both keepers, especially Foster.

Wigan on the other hand is playing Stoke. Just coming from a FA Cup devastating defeat, they will play City again with low morale just a few days before the last game, meaning they play 3 games in 8 days. Stoke (low morale + fatigue + nothing else to play for) vs Wigan (never say die attitude as shown in last nights match + survival mode ON), i see Wigan do a Great Escape.

As for the Wolves v Blackburn game, i can see wolves at least draw the game as they play home, meaning both team survive with 41 points each. If Wolves win, they will have 43 and Blackburn with 40 but Blackburn still survive due to massive goal difference (unless Blackpool pull off an OT upset with a win). If they lose though, they had better hope both Blackpool or Birmingham do not win because them losing would mean dropping by points if any of the 2 win, or flirting with GD if both the other teams drew.

So for me, Birmingham will drop with 39 points, Blackpool as well with 39.

But heck, anything can happen in football

Off topic. West ham is among those relegated with BIGGEST stadium.

This post has been edited by liez: May 16 2011, 06:32 PM

Millwall fans should be happy to see West Ham. Parker-Noble-Hitzlsperger and Upson must be sold.

I want Brum stay at BPL

I think Wolves and Blackpool should be relegated

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story.../921598?cc=3436

If our prediction does come true ima apply for a position with Soccernet to write articles

Birmingham and Blackpool dropped.


Adam, Dann up for grab

What a fffffuuuuuuuuu season for Birmingham..seriously..
Last season finish 9th, this season relegated.

doing a CBP

Feel it for Blackpool man, one moment they're in for survival but in the end they not.

The great escape might be for Wolves I think.

wigan the great escape. 2-0 down at west ham to win 3-2. another win in the last game. it's like scripted.

Since the identities of the 3 clubs are known now, thread closed.