I predict that even if we don’t win another point we will still survive in the Premier League, but please don’t tell the players.

You will note that I deliberately do not qualify that prediction with the word ‘confident’ and with Wolves picking up three points on Sunday, there certainly is the possibility we will need to at least avoid defeat against them on D-Day to remain a top flight team.

West Ham can’t realistically catch us given our superior goal difference and I can’t see Blackpool getting more than three points from their two games, which would keep them behind us, again on goal difference.

That third spot would look likely to be Wigan’s, especially if they fail to beat West Ham at home next Saturday, although a final away game against Stoke after the Potters have been involved in the FA Cup final could go either way.

A win for us at Wolves would put them in serious jeopardy of the drop and Birmingham aren’t out of it.

It all adds up to an exciting last two rounds of the season and now that the Premier League trophy certainly looks bound for Old Trafford the battle at the bottom is going to be the main item on the media menu.

All of this speculation and worry about other teams’ results will be academic if we could only get at least a point against the champions elect.

That’s asking a great deal since we saw, against Schalke, that even their second string are pretty hot stuff and it will need a Herculean effort to deny United the victory that would rubber stamp their title.

A draw would be sufficient for them and manna from heaven for us. So come on Fergie, now that we know that Big Sam wanted out anyway to top up his tan in the Emirates, don’t hold it against the Venky’s, and go easy on us.

Your supporters love a trip to Ewood Park and you’d be doing them a dissservice if you jeopardised the fixture next season.

Besides it was your thrashing of us at Old Trafford that cost Sam his job in the first place so you owe us one!

Talk of Herculean performances brings me to Chris Samba’s impersonation of Colin Hendry at the Boleyn Ground where his Captain Fantastic efforts saved us a precious point.