villa4europe Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: Burnley being back in the prem is wholly unexciting Dunno, as a team yep 100%, as an away game with the cricket club and them giving you the whole 4k+ stand it's a good one imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Can’t say I’ve watched a lot of Burnley this season, but is Kompany actually a good manager? Or is it just he’s got a massive advantage managing a team that got relegated from the PL, so is better than nearly everyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted April 7, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 7, 2023 6 minutes ago, duke313 said: Can’t say I’ve watched a lot of Burnley this season, but is Kompany actually a good manager? Or is it just he’s got a massive advantage managing a team that got relegated from the PL, so is better than nearly everyone else? From the outside looking in he has totally changed their football philosophy after dycheball. So I would say he has done an amazing job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted April 7, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 7, 2023 So what do we want to happen in the Spurs-Brighton match? Assuming a win for Villa, which is probably a prerequisite for us having a chance of catching either of Spurs or Brighton. The result of their match is probably irrelevant otherwise. 1. Spurs win and we go above Brighton into 6th. But they still have 2 games in hand, and any chance of catching Spurs has probably gone. 2. Brighton wins and we're still 2 points behind them but they have 2 matches in hand and are likely uncatchable. On the other hand, we're within 3 of a faltering Spurs on the same number of games played and look to have a good shot of catching them. 3. Draw. Gain on each of them but don't move up in the table. But there are only 2 points total distributed between potential rivals. I think a draw is best, or a Brighton win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 7 hours ago, il_serpente said: So what do we want to happen in the Spurs-Brighton match? Assuming a win for Villa, which is probably a prerequisite for us having a chance of catching either of Spurs or Brighton. The result of their match is probably irrelevant otherwise. 1. Spurs win and we go above Brighton into 6th. But they still have 2 games in hand, and any chance of catching Spurs has probably gone. 2. Brighton wins and we're still 2 points behind them but they have 2 matches in hand and are likely uncatchable. On the other hand, we're within 3 of a faltering Spurs on the same number of games played and look to have a good shot of catching them. 3. Draw. Gain on each of them but don't move up in the table. But there are only 2 points total distributed between potential rivals. I think a draw is best, or a Brighton win. I’d love to finish above Spurs and there’s an outside chance of it this season so a Brighton win for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 3 hours ago, LondonLax said: I’d love to finish above Spurs and there’s an outside chance of it this season so a Brighton win for me. Yep despite my loathing of Newcastle's ownership of take us, Brighton and Newcastle replacing Spurs, Pool and Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Burnley will be completely different to the team that last stunk out the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 10 minutes ago, VillaAlex said: Burnley will be completely different to the team that last stunk out the league. They are miles above the rest of the championship but they'll get smushed if they try to play the same way in the PL. They'll need to adapt and I don't think they'll be spending a heap of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 50 minutes ago, VillaAlex said: Burnley will be completely different to the team that last stunk out the league. We’ve seen many teams absolutely steam roller the championship then struggle in the PL. Also team that scrape up then do very well. It’s hard to read much into it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 I meant as a team it will be a different watch and not the same old boring side getting promoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 14 hours ago, S-Platt said: From the outside looking in he has totally changed their football philosophy after dycheball. So I would say he has done an amazing job. You may be right, but he should stay there for at least another season, prove he can do it in the Prem. Him being linked to Tottenham, Leicester, West Ham jobs is just ludicrous after 1 season in the Championship with Burnley. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 15 hours ago, villa4europe said: Dunno, as a team yep 100%, as an away game with the cricket club and them giving you the whole 4k+ stand it's a good one imo As a team they are totally different now to what they were under Dyche. Kompany has done a fantastic job in transforming the way they play an totally dominating the championship. He's used the loan market really well. He's going to have to be shrewd with his signings in the summer., but the structure is now in place for them to do well in the Premier League They won't be struggling against relegating next season I guarantee if they can keep hold of kompany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 8, 2023 Moderator Share Posted April 8, 2023 I'd go with a Spurs win over Brighton - I think to some extent we need to let the top five go, hope they can beat everyone else and concentrate on trying to finish in the top two of our group of us, Brighton, Fulham, Brentford, Liverpool and Chelsea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 5 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I'd go with a Spurs win over Brighton - I think to some extent we need to let the top five go, hope they can beat everyone else and concentrate on trying to finish in the top two of our group of us, Brighton, Fulham, Brentford, Liverpool and Chelsea. Same, we can catch Brighton, they lose today and we win we’re in 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 I was less concerned about Brighton's games in hand when I realised they are against Newcastle and Man City. I'd take them drawing and us beating Forest obviously. Though I hope they stay up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 8, 2023 Moderator Share Posted April 8, 2023 Our issue is that we have a really tough finishing run - Spurs/Liverpool/Brighton - and if we do want to reach Europe, we need to put ourselves into a strong position going into those games. We've got a tough run in - after today, everyone except Wolves that we have left is in the top ten. 7th would be incredible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 sign him up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted April 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2023 It’s in our hands to catch Spurs if they lose today and we win. Can’t say the same about Brighton, although their games in hand are against the top 2. A draw is best at this stage as 1 fewer point is distributed, but it doesn’t really matter. We’ll be closer to at least one of them by the end of the day if we do our own job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted April 8, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 8, 2023 Maguire is starting for Manure. I thought he just played part time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Massive miss by wan Bissaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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