It is indeed.

I'm hoping for a miracle survival - even if it is extemely unlikely...

Please can someone arrange a 2-0 Boro win, a 3-0 Hull loss and a Newcastle loss...

Scunthorpe have been promoted to the Championship, so we may we be playing them next season.

*Flossie wonders where Scunthorpe is and decides that she thinks it might be somewhere south between the East Riding and East Anglia*

Good luck!

My predictions: I expect Man Utd to beat Hull, regardless of what team they put out. Newcastle may snatch a draw at Villa and stay up at Hull's expense. Boro are certainly capable of beating West Ham IMO, but it's just a case of other results going for them...

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Eeek

Not far out. It's in North Lincolnshire, not all that far from the south side of the Humber Bridge

Is the closest I can get to a nervous smilie.

I'm not sure if I'm going to watch or not. Part of me really wants to an part of me can't bear it - plus there's been a few times recently when boro have conceded as soon as I start to follow what's happening so they might do better if I don't look at all.

I want today to be over...

I'm not sure I like the look of our team. Southgate seems to have put Hoyte in at LB and he's actually a RB. Perhaps it's because Adam Johnson is playing at LW now that Downing's out and he and Hoyte link up well.

Let's hope it works for you...

According to the boyfriend it shouldn't make too much difference for a wingback to play on the other side, just means he's not on his strongest foot.....

We need as strong a team as possible. At least Hoyte has pace and is good at setting up counter-attacks.

I've got Soccer Special on. I'll have my fingers crossed for the pair of you...

I don't think we have any other LBs though, really. So I guess he'll be better than someone with less experience....

*is scared*

Hull 0-1 Man Utd. That's a start...

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Oh dear

Boro have to score 5 now...

Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle - Hull are safe as it stands now...

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West Ham 1-1 Middlesbrough

There's a very slim glimmer of hope...

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2-1 against now : as it stands, it's Boro and Newcastle down.

Can't really see Boro surviving now, sadly...

Newcastle, Middlesbrough are down.

Flossie/BB2 :

That's it. Middlesbrough and Newcastle go down. Hull escape...



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Yep

At least Newcastle are going down too

If it's any further consolation, I think Boro will adjust to the Championship a lot easier than Newcastle will.

I hope you're right Barry.

Problem is that Newcastle have lots of money and we don't.

I wonder how many players we'll have left come August.

Hull and Stoke didn't have loads of money to spend, and last season they still got promoted.

Well...

Predicted the champions of the Premiership correctly, and 4th place. Got 2nd and 3rd the wrong way round, and Villa managed 6th.

Also got Wolves right.

Everything else utterly wrong

So, here's my attempt for season 2009/2010

Premiership : 1st Man Utd; 2nd Chelsea; 3rd Arsenal; 4th Liverpool
Relegated : Burnley, Hull City, Blackburn Rovers

Championship : Middlesbrough, West Bromwich, Preston NE to be promoted
Plymouth Argyle, Scunthorpe, Blackpool to be relegated

Heart says Charlton will return to the Championship, head says nope...

I hope you're right about Boro, Barry, but I'm not feeling so confident.

I think Burnley will actually manage okay in the Prem - Birmingham City more likely to come straight back down. Not making any other guesses at this stage.

I'm leaving my predictions til July at least

I think Middlesbrough and West Brom are much better equipped for the Championship than Newcastle are. I can see Newcastle really struggling for a few years...

I hope Newcastle do a Leeds.

*chuckles*

So do I.

but my fear is that we will...

We might, we might not.

I'm quite excited about it all

I'm hoping that we don't have a paper thin team and that we can win some matches.

I'm hoping we win a lot of matches

So do I

But I'm not counting any chickens yet - I thought we'd do reasonably well this past year and look what's happened.

Let's see how I did this time round...

Premier League Top 4 - correct but not perfect except for Arsenal
Premier League relegation - 1/3
Championship - utterly wrong
League One promotion - got Leicester right
Leyton Orient - wrong: they finished 14th for the second season in succession
Luton - no prizes for guessing that one correctly
Lewes - completely wrong
BSP promotion - got Torquay right
BSP relegation - got 2/4 (Northwich, Weymouth)

Now, for 2009/10, I won't predict all of them yet for definite, but for now I'll go for:

Premier League
1. Man Utd, 2. Liverpool, 3. Arsenal, 4. Chelsea
18. Birmingham, 19. Wolves, 20. Hull

I believe Burnley have a good chance of staying up, it's just a case of them doing a Stoke next season and not a Hull. They've proven in the Cups that they can compete and beat top flight sides and from what I've seen they're a good side.

As with the Championship promotion/relegation issues yet, I think the chances of Middlesbrough and Newcastle bouncing straight back up will depend on how many of their players stay at their respective clubs. I'm tempted to say West Brom have the best chance out of the three relegated teams to bounce back up as they're used to having short stints in both leagues, with the two Welsh clubs, Sheff Utd and Preston being right up there as well. So I reckon:

Championship
Promotion: West Brom, Sheff Utd, Cardiff
Relegation: Doncaster, Barnsley, Scunthorpe

Although I may change my mind later on depending on Middlesbrough and Newcastle. I'm not convinced at the moment Reading will go up next season.

I reckon Charlton will bounce straight back up (I'm only saying that seeing as I got Leicester right this season ).

Leyton Orient will finish 19th next season

Lewes - anyone's guess...

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Thanks for your vote of confidence CE

No problem!

As a half Leyton Orient fan I still expect 6 gift-wrapped points from you

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Well, Barcelona have won the Champions league...

Means that Man Utd can't win everything this year - especially as Everton knocked them out of the FA cup already.

Heehee

Don't let Scaramouche hear that!!!! ....

BB2 and I have to have something to celebrate. It's been a miserable season for us (and for Charlton).

Fair enough!...

Logging out now. Goodnight Flossie/BB2 (and everyone else looking in).

Portsmouth have (very nearly almost!) been bought!
The Southampton fans I know are not very happy...( hehehe it's a bit mean to laugh, but hey, south coast rivalry and all )

Or North-East rivalry? A lot of the Newcastle fans were so smug after they beat us ('far too good to go down', 'far too big a team to go down' etc) that part of me has been quite pleased that they got relegated as well. They were so convinced that their team was untouchable and couldn't possibly drop out of the premier league.

I remember lots of Southampton fans being like that once upon a time!!! Jeering at us because of their "amazing new stadium" etc...now it appears that new stadium could lose them their club!! *note to self; If Pompey ever get proposed new stadium, never jeer at other clubs fans for feer of jinxing everything!!*

BB2 and I are going to miss the FA cup final. We'll be at the Leeds concert.

I knew the FA cup final was tomorrow and also that the Leeds concert is tomorrow - but hadn't quite got as far as connecting the two times...

I'm sure it won't be that exciting We'll have lots of fun playing music instead

I'm hoping that Everton will win. Chelsea have lots of cups already. I'm not sure if I've ever wanted Everton to win a match before.

I think I want Chelsea to win

(but I'm not that bothered, really )

Also not bothered really, but I'd prefer Everton to win hehe