messi11 Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 18 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said: Love our fan base. Couple of losses and the relegation avoidance thread is on fire, couple of wins and the European chase thread lights up. Fwiw, I think we’ll finish 9-12, most probably 10 or 11. I've been in this thread since day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 On 05/03/2022 at 11:52, VillaChris said: Need to rename this the let's hunt down Wolves in 8th thread. Just lost three straight and if we win our game in hand we're feasibly 4 points off them with the away game still to play. Annoying they've managed to reschedule Watford at home for Thursday evening despite having played a game more than us. Hopefully Watford can hold them to 0-0 and we win at Leeds and it's massively on. If we're talking about Wolves, might as well bring West Ham into the equation. Falling like a stone and we have 2 games in hand on them + the away game against them. Could feasibly be 1 point off them if results go our way. Would love to be in the Conference League next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Keyblade said: Would love to be in the Conference League next season. Don't often read that, but I think you're right. Any route back to European football we should take. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 1 minute ago, AvonVillain said: Don't often read that, but I think you're right. Any route back to European football we should take. We can get valuable minutes for the likes of Carney, JPB, Archer, Davis etc, playing against decent opposition. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 45 minutes ago, AvonVillain said: Don't often read that, but I think you're right. Any route back to European football we should take. The teams in the conference league are very unglamorous for the most part, fourth in the moldovan league, third from the latvian league and so on. But the good thing is Villa should have a decent chance of winning the thing if we ended up there, at least quality wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolteExile Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 4 hours ago, WallisFrizz said: Love our fan base. Couple of losses and the relegation avoidance thread is on fire, couple of wins and the European chase thread lights up. Fwiw, I think we’ll finish 9-12, most probably 10 or 11. It could be that it's totally different sets of people, rather than the same people going back on previous declarations. The eternal optimists already think we've embarked on a 2018/19-style Ragga Tip, whilst the miserabilists still think we'll contrive to get relegated. Broad church, and all that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 20 hours ago, Rodders said: 8th is the upper most achievable target, but top 10 will be fine Agreed. That has to be the target. The only slim chance we have for 7th would need us to beat Leeds and then West Ham. That would leave us 6 points behind them with a game in hand (Home to Burnley). Then there would be big games for us at home to Arsenal when West Ham are away at Spurs. I think it's very unlikely we can win away to Leeds and win away to West Ham. If we do then we can discuss our chances. 8th or 9th though seems a realistic target and a success if we get it. We are 7th in the ppg table since Gerrard took over. So if we stay in the top 7 ppg that'll be a success from manager and team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, Keyblade said: If we're talking about Wolves, might as well bring West Ham into the equation. Falling like a stone and we have 2 games in hand on them + the away game against them. Could feasibly be 1 point off them if results go our way. Would love to be in the Conference League next season. West Ham are 12 points ahead of us and they've achieved more points in their last 5 games than we have. We aren't catching them. I think we'll probably finish 10-12th place this season. Edit: Just remembered Newcastle is fast catching up as well. It'll probably a battle for 10-13th with them, Palace and Leicester. Edited March 9, 2022 by Laughable Chimp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Remains the same as the start of the season, 9th to 12th is our final position imo. I haven’t changed that throughout. We aren’t going down and we aren’t good enough for Europe, it’s been the same at the start of the season, game 10, game 20, now, game 30 and end of season. A few wins here, a few defeats there will give a snapshot of optimism or pessimism for some but we are a midtable squad and the marathon of the league will bear that out, not a two game streak or a six game streak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 It's funny how we are in a position where a loss or two brings the relegation thread up, and a win or two brings the European chase hopes up. Neither will likely happen. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 9 hours ago, VillaParkAvenue said: The teams in the conference league are very unglamorous for the most part, fourth in the moldovan league, third from the latvian league and so on. Plus Spurs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Mic09 said: It's funny how we are in a position where a loss or two brings the relegation thread up, and a win or two brings the European chase hopes up. Neither will likely happen. It's not that strange. This is just a thread to track our progress, the title just hasn't been changed. I guess it would be called the 'Chase for 9th' if opened now. As for a relegation thread, you'll notice that's always bumped by the same few pessimistic people who always think we're getting relegated after every loss. Most people thought 8-12th at the start of the season and still think that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 9 hours ago, HolteExile said: It could be that it's totally different sets of people, rather than the same people going back on previous declarations. Refreshing. It's essentially like the catch-all everyone thinks/thought X on a particular matter, when essentially the person speaking means I spoke to one other person and they agreed with me. It's kind of interesting why people do this. The motivation as to why people also make remarks to which you responded, indicating, of course, their superiority on such matters, and how they couldn't ever get involved in such emotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 9, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 9, 2022 11 hours ago, VillaParkAvenue said: The teams in the conference league are very unglamorous for the most part, fourth in the moldovan league, third from the latvian league and so on. But the good thing is Villa should have a decent chance of winning the thing if we ended up there, at least quality wise. Well no team in England have ever managed to win it...or real barca or Munich! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 30 minutes ago, Nigel said: Well no team in England have ever managed to win it...or real barca or Munich! Exactly! We could be the first! Target 7th place in the league, not higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 18 hours ago, Keyblade said: If we're talking about Wolves, might as well bring West Ham into the equation. Falling like a stone and we have 2 games in hand on them + the away game against them. Could feasibly be 1 point off them if results go our way. Would love to be in the Conference League next season. Can we still catch Man City? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 42 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: Can we still catch Man City? We can still finish level on points with them 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 6 hours ago, Laughable Chimp said: West Ham are 12 points ahead of us and they've achieved more points in their last 5 games than we have. We aren't catching them. I think we'll probably finish 10-12th place this season. Edit: Just remembered Newcastle is fast catching up as well. It'll probably a battle for 10-13th with them, Palace and Leicester. We can make up 9 of those 12 points technically. I agree it's unlikely but if we do our part, we have to pick up 4 more points than them through the rest of the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 05/03/2022 at 17:14, VillaChris said: Today was Wolves's sixth home defeat of the season so not like they've turned Molineux into a fortress this season. We just need to get a few more wins at home next season, very rarely do we ever get close to 10 home wins. Signing Coutinho full time will massively improve that hope. 3 nil up after 22 minutes so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Brings a tear to the eye honestly when you think Watford x 2 Brentford x 1 Newcastle x 1 wins And wed be challenging for top 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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