There's a crunch few days coming up in the Premier League
In a season riddled with uncertainty around the future of not just Leeds United, but across the Premier League, we're approaching a 48 hours period which could go a long way to bringing sought-after answers.
Tonight Crystal Palace host West Ham, Wednesday night Leeds head to Bournemouth and Manchester City are at Burnley.
A victory on the south coast for Daniel Farke's men would leave Spurs needing to win three and draw two of their last five games, or win four of their last five games, with both scenarios needing them to beat Leeds. In essence, win at Bournemouth and Leeds will be virtually guaranteed to be a Premier League side next season.
Ahead of a crucial few days, here's what some of the pundits and presents are saying on the drop fight...
Ally McCoist on talkSPORT
“Tottenham are running out of games, and the teams around them are winning games, whether it’s Leeds or Forest. The West Ham game is massive tonight. But the fact of the matter is that it is the second point Tottenham have taken in nine games; they haven’t won a league game this year. So what makes us think they’re going to pick up 10 out of 15 points?
“I know they might not have to if West Ham don’t pick up points, but they’re certainly going to need a vast improvement because Forest and Leeds keep picking up points.”
Gary Lineker on Rest is Football
“If West Ham beat Palace, Spurs will be four points behind them with only five games to go. I thought Tottenham played really, really well, but that was a devastating blow for them right at the end.
“They’re serious favourites now to go down.”
Wayne Rooney and Danny Murphy on MOTD
Rooney said; “Tottenham are in it, they’ve got a really tough set of fixtures, obviously West Ham have got the game in hand, if they win that, it’ll be difficult for Tottenham, I think they’re going to go.”
Murphy added: “It’s starting to feel that way. (Tonight) a huge one for West Ham because if they can win, all of a sudden, the gap gets bigger and the pressure on Tottenham becomes enormous. The Wolves game is a must-win for Tottenham.”
Alan Pardew on talkSPORT
“Just two weeks ago, we were saying Leeds are in big trouble; they are not anymore. They have got themselves in a great position. They are on nine wins; ten wins usually does the job.
“That will put them at 42, and if they get that 10th win, I think they are safe.”