Are we going down and if so - will Ashley sell the club?

[Kingstonbob1]

If we get beaten in the next 2/3 he will sack Rafa to humiliate him even more and hide behind the ‘we need a new manager to give us the best opportunity to stave off relegation’ line then miraculously £30+ million will appear in January.

[Jammy89]

If we get beaten in the next 2/3 he will sack Rafa to humiliate him even more and hide behind the ‘we need a new manager to give us the best opportunity to stave off relegation’ line then miraculously £30+ million will appear in January.

That also wouldn't surprise me.

In regards to the original point - i've realised i didn't answer the 2nd bit.

I don't think he'll sell, he'll loan us enough to get us out again and then "try" and sell in the prem. However as others have said whilst we're of use to SD he won't really try to sell.