Jareth Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 6 minutes ago, maqroll said: This is really exciting, these will all be massive games in the run up. If we manage to beat Newcastle, the excitement is gonna go through the roof. 100% - I'll take a beating based on us executing our game plan and falling short - but I don't think we'll fold often. Really looking forward to these games. Viva Don Emery! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 4 hours ago, duke313 said: I’m sure I seen someone in this thread post an image that showed we statistically have the 2nd hardest run of fixtures. So although Brighton might have a difficult one, so do we. I think we’ve the most difficult run in out of anyone around us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srsmithusa Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 I am as hopeful as any. But I also have to say that when Unai took over, I thought it would be a good goal to end top half. I hope for Europe, but I'm also trying to brace myself that if we miss out on Europe, but get very close, that's still an incredibly good season. Unai and the lads have done well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted April 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2023 11 minutes ago, srsmithusa said: I'm also trying to brace myself that if we miss out on Europe, but get very close, that's still an incredibly good season. Oh, don't even try -- just give in, with a foolish wild heart, and let yourself face the full-frontal joy and/or anguish of whatever happens next ... and besides, anyone "bracing themselves," well, sorry, your card is already stamped #AVFC4EVER and there's no bracing one's self, not really, is there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted April 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, SecretVillaScout said: Our European Rivals dropped 2 points at home. Good result for Villa. Speaking of "Our European Rivals" in a completely different sense, do we, Aston Villa, have a Continent-based club we always hate and who hate us? 7 hours ago, TheStagMan said: Indeed, and this is something that worries me. We are sixth at the moment so I think people's expectations are getting ahead of them. In reality, two teams below us have games in hand and we have a terrible goal difference and a challenging run-in. If we finish 8th, it will be a brilliant result. What we don't want is people being disillusioned with 8th and taking it out on Unai now that we have seen the bright lights of 6th. Anything better than 8th is an exceptional achievement. Ron Saunders took us from seventh in 1979-80 to the division title next season, and also from 16th in 75-76 to fourth the next campaign. I only mention because history seems to like a pattern where a good manager gets us "teed up" one year for a powerful drive the next. Edited April 10, 2023 by Marka Ragnos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 1 hour ago, srsmithusa said: I am as hopeful as any. But I also have to say that when Unai took over, I thought it would be a good goal to end top half. I hope for Europe, but I'm also trying to brace myself that if we miss out on Europe, but get very close, that's still an incredibly good season. Unai and the lads have done well. Yep, I said it’s on if we got 4 points from our last two and we got 6! So…. Now it’s on! I think 4 wins will do it, enjoy the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 MOTD and other media taking notes on this… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Jareth said: Nah - we'll give them a game, whoever they are. The only teams we should fear are the Arse and Citeh. We can compete with everyone else. I’m sure we will, but our run in is harder than Brightons on paper. Edited April 10, 2023 by duke313 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsky_11 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 3 hours ago, paul514 said: I think 4 wins will do it, enjoy the ride. I’m not sure that will be enough. Fully expect Liverpool to pick up and get 60+ points. Brighton I think have a chance of doing the same. Reckon they finish somewhere either side of 60. So 5 wins from last 8 guarantees at least 62 points. More than likely gets us 7th. Maybe gets us 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 16 minutes ago, tomsky_11 said: I’m not sure that will be enough. Fully expect Liverpool to pick up and get 60+ points. Brighton I think have a chance of doing the same. Reckon they finish somewhere either side of 60. So 5 wins from last 8 guarantees at least 62 points. More than likely gets us 7th. Maybe gets us 6th. 5 wins will be a tough ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 11 minutes ago, duke313 said: 5 wins will be a tough ask. Yeah, I think 3 wins and a draw from Fulham, Brentford, Wolves and Spurs. An extra win over Liverpool or United would be incredible. I actually think the game we are least likely to win is Newcastle. Liverpool and Brighton to finish 6th/7th with us and Brentford fighting it out in the last couple of weeks for 8th/9th. Who know though? If we did beat Newcastle, I would really start to believe we could do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 3 hours ago, duke313 said: I’m sure we will, but our run in is harder than Brightons on paper. Based on underestimating us and overestimating our opponents. I imagine if fixture difficulty prognostication were true Leicester didn't win the league several seasons ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Our biggest rival atm is Goal Difference FC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 18 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said: Liverpool and Brighton to finish 6th/7th with us and Brentford fighting it out in the last couple of weeks for 8th/9th. Nah, Brentford can be forgotten about unless we have a mini-collapse. They are already 4 points behind us and have a harder run in. It’s between Liverpool, Brighton and Villa for 6th and 7th. With an outside chance of one of the teams catching Spurs, just because of their manager position anything could happen to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 17 minutes ago, ender4 said: Nah, Brentford can be forgotten about unless we have a mini-collapse. They are already 4 points behind us and have a harder run in. It’s between Liverpool, Brighton and Villa for 6th and 7th. With an outside chance of one of the teams catching Spurs, just because of their manager position anything could happen to them. Well yeah that would be amazing, if Spurs completely collapsed and finished 8th, a dynamic I hadn’t considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 4 hours ago, duke313 said: I’m sure we will, but our run in is harder than Brightons on paper. Outside of Arsenal and Man City we absolutely can beat any of the other teams. So yes it is a tough run in but we arent that team that cant play better sides anymore. Under the whole of Gerrards time in charge we didnt beat a top 6 side. Weve already beaten Man U, spurs, Brighton etc and now need to beat them again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 I’m hoping Brighton get to the FA cup final so start having eyes on that game. Ultimately it’s in our hand and I think we need to be better than the we have been in the last 2 games to continue our good run considering the opponents. Really interesting to see how we do against Newcastle who are flying at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 4 hours ago, duke313 said: I’m sure we will, but our run in is harder than Brightons on paper. I’d love to see one of these but based on form of teams rather than strength or placing in the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, turvontour said: Outside of Arsenal and Man City we absolutely can beat any of the other teams. So yes it is a tough run in but we arent that team that cant play better sides anymore. Under the whole of Gerrards time in charge we didnt beat a top 6 side. Weve already beaten Man U, spurs, Brighton etc and now need to beat them again. Of course we can beat top sides, anybody can beat anybody in the PL on their day, but can we do it consistently? We’re about to find out. We’re about to play teams who are having as good as or better seasons than us. They’re up there for a reason. The next two games are massive, Newcastle have only failed to get any points in two away games (City & Liverpool) and Brentford have only been beaten twice at home (Arsenal & Newcastle). We could easily get no points in those games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintpotvilla Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 18 hours ago, duke313 said: Teams we’ve beat recently are all below us Actually Chelsea were above us on goal difference when we played then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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