A Very Big Ask

[Supersub6]

Apart from the top 6 who are virtually immune from relegation, there is no such thing as an established PL club, Everton would no doubt claim they are, but even they had to bring in Fireman Sam to rescue them this season.

I can remember last season some fans saying we should aim to establish ourselves in mid table in this division, and the two clubs given as examples we should be trying to emulate, the epitomy of established PL clubs were Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion, who are currently 19th and 20th in this season's league table.

Very true sinkov. SD is always talking about fine margins and he is correct, because the standard of most of the PL clubs outside the top 6 is very much on a par and reliant on managers and players all pulling in the same direction. We seem to be lucky in this respect because it is what SD instils into the squad, however, it is obvious that one or two teams do not follow this path.
We have some way to go before we can consider ourselves to be an established PL side.

[whittyclaretandblue]

Looks like somebody is still on the Christmas sherry. Top 6 is a pipe dream lets face it if it wasn't for a few of the usual top 10 Everton Leicester West Ham etc having a mare of a start we wouldn't have found ourselves anywhere near the top 6 this season more long the lines of bobbing around 10th-13th
with our current form top half would be an achievement this season, unless we sort it out between now and the end of the season we could struggle to improve on the 16th place finish of last season which is only 9 pts away, this winless run carries on for another 2 or 3 games and we will find ourselves looking down not up.

[oldcolner]

Apart from the top 6 who are virtually immune from relegation, there is no such thing as an established PL club, Everton would no doubt claim they are, but even they had to bring in Fireman Sam to rescue them this season.

I can remember last season some fans saying we should aim to establish ourselves in mid table in this division, and the two clubs given as examples we should be trying to emulate, the epitomy of established PL clubs were Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion, who are currently 19th and 20th in this season's league table.

Southampton would be another an they are 18th and hopefully staying there after Saturday!

[alfinyalcabo]

Southampton would be another an they are 18th and hopefully staying there after Saturday!

I cant ant see the Saints losing on Saturday..but I hope I'm wrong..

[Supersub6]

A draw will do because that is still a 2 point loss to them in the grand scale of things.