Predicting EPL 2015-16 Champions, Top 4, Relegated

[fredrian.seven]

Sunderland butuh 2 poin aja buat lolos degradasi. Selisih poin sama Newcastle 1 poin dan masih punya 1 pertandingan lebih banyak. Seandainya Sunderland dapat 2 poin aja dan Newcastle menang maka poin akan sama 37. Masalahnya selisih gol Sunderland -17 saat ini jauh lebih baik dibanding Newcastle -25.

Sunderland 35 poin GA -17
vs Everton (K)
vs Watford (T)

Newcastle 34 poin GA -25
vs Spurs (K)

Norwich 31 poin GA -27
vs Watford (K)
vs Everton (T)

[troy andreas]

Bye Newcastle. i hope

[rondwisan]

08/05/2016 - ManUtd.com, Adam Bostock
TOP-FOUR RACE NOW IN UNITED'S HANDS

Manchester United will finish in the top four of the Barclays Premier League if the Reds can win the remaining two games away to West Ham United and at home to
Bournemouth.

That mathematical certainty was made
possible on Sunday afternoon when rivals
Manchester City, the current occupants of
fourth place, dropped two points at home
to Arsenal. The Blues were looking to bounce back after bowing out of the
Champions League semi-finals in midweek but their hopes of qualifying for next season's competition were dealt a huge blow by Arsene Wenger's side.
Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez scored
an equaliser in each half for the Gunners to wipe out the slender leads given to City by Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne and
ensure a thrilling match at the Etihad Stadium ended 2-2.

The result leaves the Blues just two points
ahead of United , who can now leapfrog
Manuel Pellegrini's men into fourth spot
by beating West Ham on Tuesday night in
the final competitive match at Upton Park.
The Reds could then seal the deal by
defeating Bournemouth at Old Trafford on
Sunday 15 May, regardless of what City do
in their final game away to Swansea City.
The Swans won their penultimate game in
style this weekend, winning 4-1 at West
Ham to all but kill off the Hammers' own
aspirations of a top-four finish.

In Sunday's other fixtures, second-placed
Tottenham Hotspur lost 2-1 at home to
Southampton and Liverpool defeated
Watford 2-0 at Anfield.

[zudomiriku]

Newcastle and Sunderland have both had seasons to forget, but who is to blame as they await their Premier League fate?

* Newcastle and Sunderland are battling to avoid Premier League relegation
* The Black Cats could secure their top-flight status with one more win
* Newcastle must hope their rivals slip up and they defeat Tottenham

North East rivals Newcastle and Sunderland will learn their Premier League fate this week.

Sam Allardyce's Sunderland players know they will be safe if they win at the Stadium of Light against Everton on Wednesday night or at Watford on Sunday. As for Rafa Benitez, he must hope Sunderland slip up and his Newcastle side beat Tottenham on the final day.

Sportsmail asks why both clubs are once again in a perilous position and if there is any hope for the future…



Tyne-Wear rivals Newcastle and Sunderland drew 1-1 when they last played each other at St James' Park

So what's the root of their demise?

Newcastle: They have assembled a squad to satisfy a balance sheet, not a team sheet. 'Sell-on value' is the remit of chief scout Graham Carr but his annual soccer-market sweep of the continental aisle has left them with faulty produce.

French flops Remy Cabella and Florian Thauvin arrived at a combined cost of £24million yet both are now on loan at Marseille. They forgot to build a team and instead have a bunch of misfits, who are invariably not good enough or don't want to be there.

Sunderland: Recruitment, too, has been an aggravating factor behind their annual fight for survival. It has been scatter-gun and Allardyce, in fairness, has recognised as much. Paolo Di Canio and Gus Poyet were poor managerial appointments, at least in the long term, while Dick Advocaat should have kept to his original plan and quit at the end of last season.

Who's to blame?

Newcastle: Carr has to take a fair portion, for he gets far more signings wrong than right. But the man who appointed the hapless Steve McClaren — managing director Lee Charnley — and then allowed him to remain in post until March must carry the can for this season.

You can take that a step further and say Mike Ashley is responsible for the promotion of Charnley, but the owner has given those he trusts free rein this season — as well as £80m — and they have let him down at a potentially catastrophic cost.

Sunderland: They tried to get it right by appointing Lee Congerton as sporting director in 2014 — a former Chelsea scout with good experience and contacts — but he quit last year frustrated with a lack of funds.

Chief executive Margaret Byrne had no football background and it seemed as if the power-brokers within the Stadium of Light were forever pulling in different directions, evidenced by the Adam Johnson scandal which saw Byrne resign. Owner Ellis Short has allowed the club to drift amid this inner struggle and must now listen to Allardyce to snap Sunderland from its depressing cycle.

Do they deserve to stay up?

Newcastle: No. Ashley has robbed the club of its soul over nine years and has used it as an advertising vehicle for his sports retail company, all the while treating supporters — and players such as cancer survivor Jonas Gutierrez — with utter contempt.

Relegation has been due for the best part of three seasons, they were just too arrogant to notice. The appointment of Benitez has come far too late, and they will surely now pay the price.

Sunderland: Their handling of the Johnson child-sex case was incompetent and immoral and that has cast a shadow over their season. On the pitch, however, they have improved drastically under Allardyce and have shown far more spirit and determination than their regional rivals.

How have the managers performed?

Newcastle: McClaren was a disaster from the day he agreed to a non-unveiling as head coach and was smuggled into St James' Park to speak to preferred media partners only. He was never convincing and his excuses infuriated fans.

Benitez, in contrast, has won the respect of players and supporters and his side are unbeaten in five. If only he'd replaced McClaren two months sooner.

Sunderland: Advocaat quit in October saying the team wasn't good enough to stay up. He was probably right, but Allardyce's January acquisitions — Lamine Kone, Jan Kirchhoff and Wahbi Khazri at a cost of £15m — have made all the difference. Compare that to Newcastle, where only Andros Townsend — one of four signings totalling £30m — can currently get a game.

Do any players deserve credit this season?

Newcastle: Very few. Sidelined skipper Fabricio Coloccini has disappeared while £14.5m Georginio Wijnaldum has also gone missing, except he plays every week. Until his season-ending knee injury goalkeeper Rob Elliot had impressed. But then again, he always had plenty to do.

Sunderland: The three January arrivals have been brilliant, but if they do survive then Jermain Defoe is the man they have to thank. Fifteen league goals have contributed directly to 14 points and it is little surprise Allardyce is backing him for an England recall.



Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe's goal haul could yet prove the reason his side stay in the top-flight

What about the future?

Sunderland: Allardyce will stabilise the club should they stay up but the challenge is to be better than a team whose sole aim is survival, for they have the potential and fanbase to achieve far more.

Newcastle: Pull off the great escape and Benitez — armed with a hefty budget and total control over transfers — will transform the club. Go down and they will almost certainly lose the Spaniard. That being the case, there are far more questions than answers right now.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3581788/Sunderland-Newcastle-seasons-forget-blame-await-Premier-League-fate.html

menurut gw mah udah hampir pasti Norwuch & Newcastle yg menyusul Villa degradasi. hasil krusial Sunderland itu pas menang 3-2 vs Chelsea, ketolong ama ketajam striker gaek Defoe

[rondwisan]

dengan kekalahan 2-3 dari the Hammer semalem, LvG dan United seakan membuang percuma kesempatan untuk berlaga di UCL musim depan

To finish in the top four, Manchester
United need a win vs. Bournemouth and a
Manchester City loss at Swansea.

[and1]

prediksi spot ke 4 akan diisi Manchester City & Sunderland yg mempunyai 1 game sisa akan lolos degradasi

[rondwisan]

Sunderland dan Norwich sama2 memperoleh 3 angka pagi tadi, dan itu cukup untuk membuat Sunderland bertahan di EPL, sebaliknya Norwich tetap harus menemani Villa dan Newcastle terdegradasi

[fredrian.seven]

Ternyata Allaydrce lebih sakti dibanding Benitez.

[zudomiriku]

juara udah, degradasi udah, tinggal penentuan 1 slot ke kualifikasi UCL. setelah kemarin berharap pada Arsenal, kali ini kembali berharap pada Swansea. fans United berharap Swansea bisa mengalahkan City & disaat bersamaan United harus mengalahkan Bournemouth u/ mengunci posisi 4. kalo vs West Ham kmrn seri mungkin cukup berharap Swansea menahan seri City, tapi karena kalah jadi City harus kalah karena kalo poin sama, United kalah selisih poin. kayaknya berat nih