Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
Actually i'd say given the context of where we are, it does pretty much mean that

Chelsea will probably win at Palace, therefore anything less than a win for us is probably going to mean an eight or nine point gap.....not something i can see us making up....not against a team that has won thirteen out of sixteen league games this season and has won ten on the bounce.

So in that sense the term "must win" takes on precise meaning because that's exactly what it is.
Runs like that don't go on forever though, they'll start dropping points soon, no team wins every game forever. It's early enough in the season to not be completely fatal to our chances but I agree a gap of 8 or 9 points even at this stage would be worrying.