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Just looking ahead at all the fixtures for us and our rivals... 12. Brighton (31 pts, -11GD) Arsenal H Everton A Leicester H Huddersfield H Palace A Man City A (likely to be rescheduled here) Spurs H Burnley A Man Utd H Liverpool A They could be more or less safe by the Spurs game. But if they don't pick up enough points until then it's a dreadful run-in. That said, they seem to have enough about them to survive and GD worth an extra point. 13. West Ham (30 pts, -15GD) Swansea A Burnley H Soton H Chelsea A Stoke H Man Utd H (likely to be rescheduled here) Arsenal A Man City H Leicester A Everton H With Arnautovic and Lanzini back to fitness, can't see them failing to get enough points on the board to stay up. 14. Huddersfield (30 pts, -23GD) Spurs A Swansea H Palace H Newcastle A Brighton A Watford H Chelsea A Everton H City A Arsenal H These have surprised me a bit. Bounced back from their terrible form. And they've got six games where you could see them getting something. They should stay up, but again their last four games are tough if they don't chalk up enough points beforehand. Terrible goal difference though. 15. Newcastle (29 pts, -11GD) Liverpool A Soton H Spurs A Huddersfield H Leicester A Arsenal H Everton A West Brom H Watford A Chelsea H We've got 6 games I can see us getting something from and our form since we beat West Ham has been more than good enough to stay up. It's hit and miss in terms of fixtures right through to the end of the season, rather than having a nightmare run. I honestly think we should have enough to survive. Our GD also offers an extra point at the moment. 16. Southampton (27 pts, -12GD) Stoke H Newcastle A West Ham A Arsenal A Chelsea H Swansea A Leicester A Bournemouth H Everton A Man City H Their form has been pretty dismal for a long time now. They'll see these as decent fixtures, but they're not really showing that they'll be able to take advantage of that. Really depends on whether they can up their game significantly. Goal difference again an advantage though. 17. Crystal Palace (27 pts, -18GD) Man Utd H Chelsea A Huddersfield A Liverpool H Bournemouth A Brighton H Watford A Leicester H Stoke A West Brom H In the midst of a tricky run of fixtures, plus have an injury crisis, so could be looking in big trouble by the time they play Bournemouth. But you feel that when Zaha and a few others return their last 6 games are all winnable. I think they'll probably have enough. 18. Swansea (27 pts, -20GD) West Ham H Huddersfield A Man Utd A West Brom A Everton H Southampton H Man City A Chelsea H Bournemouth A Stoke H They've just come off the back of an incredible run of form, having looked doomed, only to get thrashed at Brighton. Again, they have the fixtures to survive, but also got the potential of FA Cup distraction. And goal difference is losing them a point at the moment. 19. Stoke (26 pts, -26GD) Soton A Man City H Everton H Arsenal A Spurs H West Ham A Burnley H Liverpool A Palace H Swansea A I think these are in big trouble. They've had an upturn of sorts since Lambert came in, but it's only really Shaqiri doing anything for them. Fixtures don't look great, although they do end the season with two winnable games. And goal difference is almost certainly costing them an extra point on virtually everybody else. 20. West Brom (20 pts, -20GD) Watford A Leicester H Bournemouth A Burnley H Swansea H Man Utd A Liverpool H Newcastle A Spurs H Palace A They look like goners. Have five really good fixtures coming up but can't seem to buy a win. Need to get results now as the run-in doesn't look favourable. There will almost certainly be twists and turns, plus in these 'favourable' fixtures only one team can actually get three points, so a reading like this is never that useful. I'm going to stick my neck out and say it'll be Southampton, Stoke and WBA who go.

Odd place to live.

Paul Ferris, once our physio, before that a kid trying to get into our 1st team has a book out ATM. It's been a fantastic read so far, very moving, insightful and a real window into the 'troubles' as Paul was a young Catholic boy living in Lisburn. Thoroughly recommended. It's called 'The boy on the shed'. Get on it.

This is like being at a virtual jamming session with Hank Marvin and George Formby. Carry on lads....

1. Tell me what you want, what you really really want 2. Where is the Carroll money? 3. Will you please answer my simple question?

Aye, he'd been one of those throwing the petrol bombs at his house.