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I think Middlesbrough have a lot to do, they need to beat West Ham away, they could do that, they need Manchester United reserves to beat Hull, they need the goal difference swing to be 5 or more and they need Newcastle to lose against Aston Villa. --- Newcastle need a result against Aston Villa, Villa have already qualified for the Europa League so may not be 100% motivated for the game. A draw would be enough as long as Man Utd beat Hull. --- Hull will need to match Newcastle's result to secure safety. --- Sunderland need either Aston Villa or Man United to take something from Newcastle or Hull, or they will have to beat Chelsea, a draw wouldn't be good enough.
My prediction is Boro to go down and........................................ Hull. I've got a feeling going by recent results, Newcastle will get something from Villa and even though Man U may be playing their reserves, they are still Man United reserves, they wouldn't be there if they weren't any good and they'll be wanting to show Sir Alex they are good enough for the first team next season.
Newcastle to go down. They need a reality check, and IMHO will learn absolutely nothing for the reasons they are in this mess unless they do go down. This is a badly run business, and needs putting in it's place
Villa will play to give their fans, and departing retired captain Laursen a decent send off, so it may not matter a jot what happens elsewhere....
Think all the teams in trouble will lose, but Hull have a chance against Man Utd, the others don't have a hope.
Commiserations also to Boro & West Brom. At best I think Boro will probably get a play off place next year but West Brom will almost certainly be there or thereabouts.