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Back by popular request - the 2015-16 RELEGATION MINI LEAGUE

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Watford feature in the next 3 games in the Mini League-away to Villa, at home to us and then away to Sunderland. I said at the start of the season that they would do better than people might think, still don''t think they''ll be in trouble.

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I dint see Watford being bottom 3 which is a shame

Still think bottom 3 will be 3 of these 6 teams but am convinced there will be 3 beneath us lol

Swansea, Norwich, Newcastle, Sunderland, Bournemouth, Villa

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Sunderland have both those tests coming up and Bournemouth have Chelsea and Arsenal away. It''s important that we play well in our games against Arsenal, ManUtd and Spurs for that reason.

These are the matches remining this half of the season:

Norwich: Arsenal(h), Watford(a), Everton(h), ManUtd(a), Spurs(a), Villa(h)

Newcastle: Palace(a), Liverpool(h), Tottenham(a), Villa(h), Everton(h), West Brom(a)

Bournemouth: Everton(h), Chelsea(a), ManUtd(h), WBA(a), Palace(h), Arsenal(a)

Sunderland: Stoke(h), Arsenal(a), Watford(h), Chelsea(a), ManCity(a), Liverpool(h)

Villa: Watford(h), Southampton(a), Arsenal(h), Newcastle(a), West Ham(h), Norwich(a)

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What this underlines is, whatever Norwich City''s points tally at the end of March, there will be three weeks in April where NCFC''s fate will be in their own hands.

Nine points will be on offer at home, against ''potential'' relegation rivals - a vastly different scenario that Hughton allowed himself to be faced with.

With ''lady-luck'' stuck firmly in neutral, with no critical injuries within the squad, and with nigh on a full season''s PL experience behind him, I would back AN to secure three victories.

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These games are all must win games, we need 15pts from these which will give us 27pts, so we need to pick up 13 pts from the other 20 games which should be achievable??

Villa (h) Dec

Swansea ( a) March

Newcastle ( h) April

Sunderland (h) April

Watford (h) April

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Easy to do CA. The Watford match next week is also very important if we are to keep in touch with them and Everton at home is also a chance for points. Any others off the big boys will be a bonus.

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So as we said a couple of weeks, just the 6 clubs in our mini relegation league then

Swansea 14pts

Norwich 13pts

Bournemouth 13pts

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Sunderland 12pts

Newcastle 10pts

Villa 6pts

Newcastle play at home v Liverpool today

Next weekend its

Norwich v Everton

Sunderland v Watford

Man City v Swansea

Bournemouth v Man Utd

Villa v Arsenal

Tottenham v Newcastle

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I must say it is tempting to sub Watford, who look coherent and pretty impressive, with Swansea.
Much as this goes against the rules of the Relegation Mini-League©™, I will consider as a valid exception.

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I think you should consider it Bor, definitely think Swansea will finish in the bottom 6

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We might play like we did against Arsenal and win all 3 points, lets stay positive

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[quote user="......and Smith must score."]Well CA, a small silver lining to yesterday''s result is that it should liven up the Q & A on Wednesday [;)][/quote]What''s going on Wednesday. Have i missed something ?  [:P]

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[quote user="TIL 1010"][quote user="......and Smith must score."]Well CA, a small silver lining to yesterday''s result is that it should liven up the Q & A on Wednesday [;)][/quote]What''s going on Wednesday. Have i missed something ?  [:P][/quote]
Mr. Tilson, it does appear that you need to surface from the pussy wagon on occasions to keep abreast of things.

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We really could have done without Newcastle winning yesterday but on the other hand we need to get the points and shouldn''t be worrying about other team''s result

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Right then.
Watford have escaped, and Swansea have been added in their place.

AWAY
 
Norwich City
Swansea
Newcastle
Sunderland
Aston Villa
Bournemouth
HOME
Norwich City
x
1-0
02-Apr
16-Apr
28-Dec
3-1
Swansea
05-Mar
x
2-0
12-Jan
19-Mar
2-2
Newcastle
6-2
16-Apr
x
19-Mar
19-Dec
05-Mar
Sunderland
1-3
1-1
3-0
x
02-Jan
23-Jan
Aston Villa
06-Feb
1-2
07-May
2-2
x
09-Apr
Bournemouth
16-Jan
12-Mar
0-1
2-0
0-1
x
What?

Played
Points
Norwich City 4 9
Swansea 5 8
Newcastle 4 6
Sunderland 5 5
Aston Villa 3 4
Bournemouth 5 4
Huh?

Team
Played
Points
Points/game
Norwich City
4
9
2.25
Swansea
5
8
1.60
Newcastle
4
6
1.50
Aston Villa
3
4
1.33
Sunderland
5
5
1.00
Bournemouth
5
4
0.80
Surely not?

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Or we could have a mini league of 7 until Chelski get out of trouble lol

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Games that will interest us today, besides ours lol

Chelsea v Sunderland

Newcastle v Villa

WBA v Bournemouth

Swansea v West Ham

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Chelsea will beat Sunderland at home, they have to for their own integrity.

Newcastle Villa - a draw please!

WBA v Bournemouth I can imagine this will end in a draw.

Swansea v West Ham - hammers need a win after a couple of poor results. Swansea have new (caretaker) manager syndrome to deal with.

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Interesting that none of the promoted teams are in the bottom three at Christmas, I suspect that''s quite unusual.

The last time none of the promoted teams were relegated the next season was the season we last came up 2010/11, lets hope it''s a good omen.

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Well well well.
We continue to demonstrate relegation mini-league winning form, outperforming all of the other teams.
Good news indeed.

Team Played Points Points/game
Norwich City  5 12 2.40
Swansea  5 8 1.60
Newcastle  5 7 1.40
Aston Villa  5 5 1.00
Sunderland  5 5 1.00
Bournemouth  5 4 0.80

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Thats looking much healthier, 20 pts at halfway stage is bang on target

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That is interesting to see Bournemouth bottom. Its all well and good beating the top teams, but you must win the games involving the teams around you to stay in the league. Blackpool in 2011 were a prime example.

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Promising table with 12 out of 15 but 9 of those have come at home so will be more interesting as we see some of the reverse fixtures.

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We have a 100% home record, true - which is encouraging.  On current form you would expect 10-11 more points from the remaining games.
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Sunderland with a little bit of a resurgence:

Team Played Points Points/game
Norwich City 5 12 2.40
Sunderland 7 11 1.57
Newcastle 5 7 1.40
Swansea 6 8 1.33
Aston Villa 6 5 0.83
Bournemouth 5 4 0.80

Home P Home Pts Away P Away Pts Total P Total Pts
Norwich City 3 9 2 3 5 12
Swansea 3 4 3 4 6 8
Newcastle 2 4 3 3 5 7
Sunderland 4 7 3 4 7 11
Aston Villa 2 1 4 4 6 5
Bournemouth 3 3 2 1 5 4

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Well that went well.

Home P Home Pts Away P Away Pts Total P Total Pts
Norwich City 3 9 2 3 5 12
Swansea 3 4 3 4 6 8
Newcastle 2 4 3 3 5 7
Sunderland 4 7 3 4 7 11
Aston Villa 2 1 4 4 6 5
Bournemouth 3 3 2 1 5 4

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