A couple of straws to grasp at.....

[AllSeeingEye]

Tonight I found myself watching the membership dvd, kindly donated to me by fellow SCer Shakus, looking for consolation after such a wobbly start to the season and although I would recommend not watching the dvd again (......so many goals by so many missing players ), I did find the booklet a little more inspiring (if you can call it that) as I was suprised to be reminded that last season was actually a lot worse than I thought in terms of league position during the first few months.

In fact, for those of the rest of you who thought it was all doom and gloom this season and had forgotten the ills of the last I thought I'd put findings here (as straws to grasp at for those at the end of their tethers).

29th of Sept last year we had 7 games under our belt. The only win against Derby.

It would be til 11th of November until we won another league match, our 13th that season.

So until November we were only 1 point better off than now.

The season didn't turn out so bad in the end, and it seems the bookies don't reckon it'll be as bad league wise as last year.

Source: Ladbrokes

Relegation odds

Stoke City 1/5
Hull City 8/13
West Brom 11/8
Bolton 13/8
Newcastle 3/1
Fulham 4/1
West Ham 7/1
Blackburn 8/1
Sunderland 8/1
Middlesbrough 9/1
Tottenham 10/1
Wigan 12/1
Everton 20/1
Portsmouth 33/1
Manchester City 40/1
Aston Villa 200/1
Arsenal 1500/1
Liverpool 1500/1
Chelsea 5000/1
Manchester Utd 5000/1

Seems like they have us down as 11th likeliest to go down, and probably are betting that the upside down version of this table is the final standing.

I know it's just a couple of straws but when everything is going against you you have to have a little faith I suppose.

It's not much and it may not mean a lot but it's worth remembering that as deep in despair as we were last season we did some good in the end.

I was sorely tempted after Sunday by that bet on relegation but even I can see the faint glimmer of something positive happening this season.

Am I losing my marbles trusting the bookies? Or is it just not all that bad?

 

[bergsuk]

all us fans can do in these times is have a little faith, when everyones against you all you have is yourself

COYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[C0YS]

Ive been talking to a couple of giordies in are school (its all grim up here) and also some non giordies too, and they say that we will be alright, and how we always start slow anyway..........we will see but I have been conferted by them saying so (even tho half the time they go on about us being religated!!)

 

[buttons]

We'll be ok, top 4 might (!) be out the question but we'll be ok!

As i said earlier, the league is so wide open we only need to string a few results ogether and all will be rosy again

COYS

 

[yiddo_4eva]

Good point regarding the similar struggles of last season. As someone mentioned in another thread, its way to early to even think about relegation.

Yes the formations have been a bit of a puzzle and yes, the majority of the new players, and it would appear the old players, are struggling to adapt to work together but im sure it will come good.

The next few games are vital though, UEFA cup and then a home game against what looks like a solid and well organised Hull team. Lets all have faith in Ramos and once the results start rolling in we will look back at the past month and think, meh, it was only a temporary slump!

COYS

 

[Chatterbox1169]

Ive been talking to a couple of giordies in are school (its all grim up here) and also some non giordies too, and they say that we will be alright, and how we always start slow anyway..........we will see but I have been conferted by them saying so (even tho half the time they go on about us being religated!!)

But we shouldn't be! We should start as we mean to go on!!!

 

[C0YS]

But we shouldn't be! We should start as we mean to go on!!!

Im not supporting their view just quoting. No we shouldnt........I do wonder where this problem originates!!