...lets look a little more objectively at our position. Yesterdays win for Barnsley did a lot for their survival chances. But look at the final fixtures for our rivals (together with a prediction of the outcomes) - Leicester - current points - 47 Birmingham (H) - lose Preston (A) - draw Barnsley (A) - draw Wolves (H) - draw Total points prediction - 50. Barnsley - current points - 47 Palace (H) - win Leicester (H) - draw WBA - (A) - lose Total points prediction - 51 Hull - current points - 45 Stoke (A) - lose Cardiff (A) - lose Plymouth (H) - win Total points prediction - 48 Leeds - current points - 45 Southampton (A) - lose Ipswich (H) - win Derby (A) - lose Total points prediction - 48 Therefore 2 wins and a draw would see us get 49 points, and therefore a good chance of survival. Our nearest two rivals handle the pressure better at home than away, and two of their games are away. We are currently dealing with the away games better as there is less pressure, and so we may have the advantage here. But at this nervy stage of the season, who's to say that any result is going to go to form? And if we get to within 2 points of safety on the last day of the season, anything can happen. The point is, that until we are down, we are not down and we shouldn't be so defeatist. Keep the faith.
Seem a fair set of predictions but I can see us beating Leicester. We have a great record against teams around us at the bottom. Maybe swap our results against Leicester and Palace (although I think we will win both). Which means Leicester end on 49.
