Graeme Souness has insisted that it is “very hard” to call who will be relegated out of Newcastle United, Fulham and Brighton.
With eight/nine Premier League games to go, the fight to avoid the drop is up for grabs between Newcastle, Fulham and Brighton.
The Magpies were sitting pretty in mid-table before the end of the year, but a barren run of form has dragged them into the relegation fight.
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They have only won twice this year as they have plummeted down the table. They faced Brighton at the weekend in a huge relegation battle.
Graham Potter’s side picked up a 3-0 win thanks to goals from Leandro Trossard, Neil Maupay and Danny Welbeck.
This result leaves Newcastle two points above Fulham in the final relegation spot. Scott Parker’s side have played a game more than their rivals.
Newcastle will face Fulham in the final game of the season in what could be a relegation decider between the two strugglers.
In comments cited by The Chronicle, Souness said that Fulham’s loss to Leeds was a “disaster” for the Londoners. The pundit did suggest that safety is still possible for all three sides:
“It was a disaster for Fulham (against Leeds). It’s not terminal but it wasn’t a good night for them.
“It’s very hard to predict, because if you’re down there, what you want is to be playing teams with nothing to play for.
“You could end up playing teams that are going for a European place or fighting for survival.
“You want to be playing that are… not in their armchairs but nearly in their armchairs and thinking of their summer holidays.
“We all know the small margins that decide Premier League games. It just means someone not being at it the full 100 per cent – maybe even 98 per cent – can decide games.
“So I think it’s a really hard thing to predict what will happen between now and the end of the season from looking at the fixtures.
“It depends, in those last three or four games, where all those teams are at that particular time.”
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