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I am writing this post hoping that I dont have to delete it at the end.

What I am trying to say is that Sunderland are at present loosing 3-1 to Portsmouth. If they do loose the question to ask is…. Can Sunderland be caught out and get relegated on the last day of the season???

Newcastle – We travel to Aston Villa for the last game of the season where we have to come away with a win. A win for me will do it. I recon this because we have the best goal difference now that Sunderland have lost. As long as we win I think. Also we have the easier of tasks.

Hull – Hull have to take on Manchester United at home. Thus I think they may not win.

Sunderland – Sunderland take on Chelsea at Chelsea. Fat chance of winning anything.

Middlesbrough – They need everything to go there way including world domination and a team to go into administration. Ah and probably a revelution aswell.

The last 9 games will be hard for the following five teams.

West Brom

Dead and buried I think. West Brom are in a league just a little too strong for them. The last 9 games of the season are:-

Middlesbrough

Will they wont they. Gareth Southgates biggest test. Will it make him or break him?? I would like to say that boro could survive but I really dont think they will.

Newcastle

I am a Newcastle fan and i am scared to say that I think that this is the season where they play in the championship next season

Portsmouth

Can Portsmouth turn it round. Can they save a season ruined by the departure of a great manager. For me the biggest problem Pompey have is that they are still hung up on Harry Redknapp

Stoke

I think that Stoke are at the moment are in free fall. I dont think that they will survive

Saturday: (all kick-offs 3pm unless stated)
Blackburn v Aston Villa
Chelsea v Hull
Everton v Bolton
Man City v Middlesbrough (12.45 KO)
Portsmouth v Liverpool (17.30 KO)
Sunderland v Stoke
West Brom v Newcastle
Wigan v Fulham 

Sunday:
Tottenham v Arsenal (13.30 KO)
West Ham v Manchester United (16.00 KO)

Last Updated: 2 February 2009

Arsenal

In: Andrei Arshavin (£10m initially, Zenit St. Petersburg)

Out: Jay Simpson (loan, West Brom), Gavin Hoyte (loan, Watford), Paul Rodgers (loan, Northampton), Rui Fonte (loan, Crystal Palace), Henri Lansbury (loan, Scunthorpe)

Aston Villa

In: Emile Heskey (£3.5m, Wigan)

Out: Sam Williams (loan, Walsall)

Blackburn Rovers

In: Gael Givet (loan, Marseille), El-Hadji Diouf (£2m, Sunderland)

Out: Eddie Nolan (undisclosed, Preston), Sergio Peter (undisclosed, Sparta Prague), Frank Fielding (loan, Rochdale), Jamie Clarke (free, Rotherham)

Bolton Wanderers

In: Sebastien Puygrenier (loan, Zenit St. Petersburg), Ariza Makukula (loan, Benfica), Mark Davies (£1m, Wolves)

Out: Heidar Helguson (undisclosed, QPR), Kevin Nolan (£4.5m, Newcastle)

Chelsea

In: Michael Mancienne (loan return, Wolves), Gokhan Tore (undisclosed, Bayer Leverkusen), Ricardo Quaresma (loan, Inter Milan)

Out: Jack Cork (loan, Watford), Wayne Bridge (undisclosed, Manchester City), Ben Sahar (loan, De Graafschap), Scott Sinclair (loan, Birmingham), Carlo Cudicini (free, Tottenham), Lee Sawyer (loan, Coventry), Carl Magnay (loan, MK Dons)

Everton

In: Troy Archibald-Herville (loan, Tottenham), Jo (loan, Manchester City)

Out: Lee Molyneux (free, Southampton), John Ruddy (loan, Crewe)

Fulham

In: Giles Barnes (loan, Derby), Olivier Dacourt (loan, Inter Milan), Julian Gray (permanent deal, Coventry)

Out: T.J. Moncur (free, Wycombe), Hameur Bouazza (loan, Birmingham), Seol Ki-Hyeon (loan, Al-Hilal), Jimmy Bullard (£5m, Hull), Leon Andreasen (loan, Hannover 96), Andranik Teymourian (loan, Barnsley), Adrian Leijer (loan, Norwich)

Hull City

In: Kevin Kilbane (undisclosed, Wigan), Manucho (loan, Manchester United), Jimmy Bullard (£5m, Fulham), Kamil Zayatte (£2.5m, Young Boys)

Out: Dean Windass (loan, Oldham), Wayne Brown (loan, Leicester)

Liverpool

In:

Out: Jermaine Pennant (loan, Portsmouth), Craig Lindfield (loan, Accrington Stanley), Krisztian Nemeth (loan, Blackpool), Robbie Keane (£12m, Tottenham), Adam Hammill (loan, Barnsley), Peter Gulacsi (loan, Hereford)

Manchester City

In: Wayne Bridge (undisclosed, Chelsea), Craig Bellamy (£14m, West Ham), Nigel de Jong (£17m, Hamburg SV), Shay Given (£6m, Newcastle)

Out: Sam Williamson (loan, Wrexham), Javan Vidal (loan, Aberdeen), Paul Marshall (loan, Blackpool), Tal Ben Haim (loan, Sunderland), Jo (loan, Everton)

Manchester United

In: Zoran Tosic (undisclosed, Partizan Belgrade), Adem Ljajic (undisclosed, Partizan Belgrade), Richie De Laet (undisclosed, Stoke City)

Out: David Gray (loan, Plymouth), Adem Ljajic (loan, Partizan Belgrade), Sam Hewson (loan, Hereford), Manucho (loan, Hull), Tom Cleverley (loan, Leicester), James Chester (loan, Peterborough)

Middlesbrough

In: Marlon King (loan, Wigan)

Out: Seb Hines (loan, Derby), Jonathan Grounds (loan, Norwich City), Graeme Owens (loan, Blackpool), Tom Craddock (£80k, Luton)

Newcastle United

In: Kevin Nolan (£4.5m, Bolton), Ryan Taylor (undisclosed, Wigan)

Out: Shay Given (£6m, Manchester City), Charles N’Zogbia (£6m, Wigan)

Portsmouth

In: Nadir Belhadj (£4.4m, Lens), Jermaine Pennant (loan, Liverpool), Hayden Mullins (£2m, West Ham), Pele (loan, Porto), Angelos Basinas (undisclosed, AEK Athens), Theofanis Gekas (loan, Bayer Leverkusen)

Out: Lassana Diarra (£20m, Real Madrid), Jermain Defoe (£15m, Tottenham), Khaleem Hyland (loan, Zuite Waregem)

Stoke City

In: Matthew Etherington (£2m, West Ham), James Beattie (£3.75m, Sheffield United), Henri Camara (loan, Wigan)

Out: Richie De Laet (undisclosed, Manchester United), Nathaniel Wedderburn (loan, Notts County), Tom Soares (loan, Charlton), Carl Dickinson (loan, Leeds), Ryan Shotton (loan, Tranmere), Lewis Buxton (small fee, Sheffield Wednesday)

Sunderland

In: Calum Davenport (loan, West Ham), Tal Ben Haim (loan, Manchester City)

Out: Roy O’Donovan (loan, Blackpool), Graham Kavanagh (free, Carlisle), Liam Miller (loan, QPR), Pascal Chimbonda (£2.5m, Tottenham), El-Hadji Diouf (£2m, Blackburn), Michael Chopra (loan, Cardiff)

Tottenham

In: Jermain Defoe (£15m, Portsmouth), Wilson Palacios (£12m, Wigan), Pascal Chimbonda (£2.5m, Sunderland), Carlo Cudicini (free, Chelsea), Robbie Keane (£12m, Liverpool)

Out: Paul Staltieri (free, Borussia Monchengladbach), Kevin-Prince Boateng (loan, Borussia Dortmund), David Button (loan, Bournemouth), Tony Archibald-Herville (loan, Everton), Cesar Sanchez (undisclosed, Valencia), Hossam Ghaly (undisclosed, Nassr Saudi Club), Tomas Pekhart (loan, Sparta Prague)

West Brom

In: Jay Simpson (loan, Arsenal), Marc-Antoine Fortune (loan, Nancy), Youssouf Mulumbu (loan, PSG), Juan Carlos Menseguez (loan, San Lorenzo)

Out: Joss Labadie (loan, Shrewsbury), Lee Baker (loan, Kidderminster), Sherjill MacDonald (loan, Roeselare)

West Ham

In: Savio Nsereko (£10m, Brescia), Radoslav Kovac (loan, Spartak Moscow)

Out: Joe Widdowson (loan, Grimsby), Matthew Etherington (£2m, Stoke City), Lee Bowyer (loan, Birmingham), Kyel Reid (loan, Wolves), Craig Bellamy (£14m, Manchester City), Hayden Mullins (£2m, Portsmouth), Julien Faubert (loan, Real Madrid), Calum Davenport (loan, Sunderland)

Wigan

In: Hugo Rodallega (£4.5m, Necaxa), Ben Watson (£2m, Crystal Palace), Charles N’Zogbia (£6m, Newcastle)

Out: Lewis Montrose (loan, Cheltenham), Luke Ashworth (free, Leyton Orient), Kevin Kilbane (undisclosed, Hull), Wilson Palacios (£12m, Tottenham), Marlon King (loan, Wigan), Emile Heskey (£3.5m, Aston Villa), Ryan Taylor (undisclosed, Newcastle), Henri Camara (loan, Stoke)