Who's Going Down?

[Hopkirk]

Leeds. Burnley or Everton?

[Ken4155]

As long as it's not us, i don't particularly care who joins Watford and Norwich :-)

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/the-final-premier-league-table-doesn-t-make-good-reading-for-leeds-fans-but-it-s-oh-so-close/ar-AAWHtgv?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=5cda3d1719af4b2b9f3fe528b7559cbf

Posted this the other day but didn't get any replies;

[Canary42]

Canaries - definitely (sob sob)
Watford - almost certainly
I suspect Leeds will join them although Lampard may well fail to keep Everton up. Burnley are safe I believe.

[Hopkirk]

Sorry Canary, I wrote you and Watford off without a mention.

[William51]

It is sad for them but i think Everton are the favourites to go down.

[Hopkirk]

If they go, will Frank stay as manager?

[Ken4155]

We are not actually safe just yet. While i would rather have the points in the bag, Everton do have a couple of games in hand. I'll not exhale until we are mathematically safe :-))
A few weeks back, before Sean Dyche was sacked, my friend and i were discussing whether or not we would survive. Looking at the then remaining fixtures, i did point out that, after the Chelsea and City matches, most of our remaining home games were 'winnable', as were one or two away games (i did have Norwich (lost 2-0) and Watford (won 2-1) in mind when i said that. I also expected at least a draw at West Ham as we nearly always do well there - a game we would have won but for Cornet missing the only penalty we have been awarded all season!
We may beat Villa at home, but i believe we'll lose the away game, probably lose to Spurs, too and hopefully by the time we meet Newcastle in the season's finale, our future will be decided. And i hope it's still a PL future.

[Ken4155]

If Everton are relegated, Hoppy, i'd expect Everton to stick with Lampard and see how they go. However, they've had almost as many managers in recent times as Watford and if things aren't going their way, they'll part company with him.

[Ken4155]

This chap disagrees;

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/i-d-be-extremely-surprised-journalist-now-shares-major-frank-lampard-claim-at-everton/ar-AAWFcnv?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=be4682943e40408cad219a2c5e36d2db

[Arksided]

I do actually like Lampost but he doesn’t have the greatest track record as a manager

[Ken4155]

That's probably because, instead of starting at (or near) the bottom of the managerial rung, yesterday's top stars are given top jobs as their first managerial role, Arky.
They'd be much better off professionally (though not financially) cutting their teeth in the lower divisions but some are in too much of an hurry.

[Ken4155]

Tut, bad English. "Too much of a hurry" :-)

[Arksided]

I have enough to worry about with United but I think fat Sam would’ve been a better call.

As for your spelling and grammar… we know who you are ;-)

[Hopkirk]

Big Sam had done Everton already, and I don't think the fans liked his football.

[Ken4155]

One result we (BFC) didn't want :-(((

https://www.flashscore.com/favorites/

[Hopkirk]

I presume that's Chelsea losing to Everton.

Results are often a bit surprising at this stage of the season.

Leeds should be worried.

[Ken4155]

Suggested on another thread that the 'old boys' network was in force. Looking at the stats, i doubt that very much. Looks like Everton more or less adopted the same tactics they employed against Liverpool?

https://www.flashscore.com/match/fZw5o93m/#/match-summary/match-statistics/0

[Hopkirk]

Oh, I've only just seen that Richarlison could be banned for three matches. He threw a smoke canister back into the crowd.
Everton really need him.

[William51]

The favourites to go now with Norwich are Watford and Leeds.