Sulberto21 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 @nick76 and @RichW do you get what my post was about earlier today? I like to look at the mental side of the game and the win today could be the catalyst that gives the players the belief they can qualify for CL. The performance tonight shows that we can compete in these big games and produce in the big moments. We are absolutely ready for CL regardless of what happens against the Arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 The ref was absolutely **** epic tonight btw. Superb! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 11 minutes ago, Pongo Waring said: Title race is ON! What if I told you it already was. Leicester were on 28pts after 14 games the season they won the league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 16 hours ago, TheMelvillan said: Good lord imagine if we won and Liverpool lost tonight Or if Arsenal didn't score twice late to win vs Luton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 15 hours ago, Mic09 said: I think you will be proven incorrect. If anything, I believe Liverpool look like a better bet right now. But it will be Man City, with games to spare. Nah, City won't do it. Last season was their peak under Pep, now they sputter a bit, Pep quits and they hire Tuchel and start over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 If we beat Arsenal, we will have to be considered legitimate title contenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 1 minute ago, maqroll said: If we beat Arsenal, we will have to be considered legitimate title contenders. I agree. We have to back it up with wins away, but we will be in the conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Andrea Bocelli booked in for Gameweek 38 for Palace vs Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viivvaa66 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 It’s our home form that keeps us in the discussion for the title. Unless we win all 19 home game this season, we need to improve our away form to stay in the title race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Beat Arsenal and I'm interested. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMkali Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 45 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: The ref was absolutely **** epic tonight btw. Superb! Yep one of the best refereeing performances in the prem in a long while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 51 minutes ago, Sulberto21 said: The ref was absolutely **** epic tonight btw. Superb! The best performance I’ve seen in any premier league game in a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 4 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: Man City won't even finish top 2 Would love to believe that but I think when they have players back and the treble hangover wears off it’ll pick up. BUT no-one has ever done four in a row so you might be right. Pep says we are in the mix though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 2 hours ago, viivvaa66 said: Unless we win all 19 home game this season We will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 7, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 7, 2023 6 hours ago, Tomaszk said: Beat Arsenal and I'm interested. Yeah, it’s how I’m feeling. It would be another big step for me towards me posting more in this thread rather than the champions league thread. Obviously if we had beaten Bournemouth and drew with Man City it would result in the same points return with what actually transpired. But having the results happen the way it has gives me a touch more belief that there’s some validity to this thread. Beating Citeh feels like a monkey off our back as they were the only side we hadn’t beaten since returning. It feels like we can beat anyone now. Likewise, I feel like winning against the current league leaders and drawing with Brentford would be better than the other way round. All that said…Arsenal, Brentford, Sheffield United, Man Utd, Burnley to round out the year. I reckon if we pick up 11 or more points from those and we’re still in the mix, I would find it trickier to dismiss the notion of this thread. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-Reacho Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 4 hours ago, Adam2003 said: Would love to believe that but I think when they have players back and the treble hangover wears off it’ll pick up. BUT no-one has ever done four in a row so you might be right. Pep says we are in the mix though! I guess it was in his interest to say that given the hiding we'd just given his side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted December 7, 2023 Author Share Posted December 7, 2023 We didn't go into that game thinking lets raise our game cos it's Citeh, although I am sure that helped, but instead we carried out Don Unai's plan to perfection. A mate texted to say first time he'd watched us this season and he couldn't believe how good we were. I simply said, it's the best of what we do. The bar is set, we need not fear anybody in this league and we have the January window coming up even though the squad already looks strong. Unai will not rest until we win the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Unai Emery is a 2ppg manager at Villa, he’s shown it consistently now for a year. If that continues over the next 23 games we would finish on 78 points, which likely isn’t enough to win the league. However over the last three seasons it would have resulted in 3rd, 3rd and 2nd. Which obviously we would be ecstatic with. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fightoffyour Posted December 7, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2023 4 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: However over the last three seasons it would have resulted in 3rd, 3rd and 2nd. Which obviously we would be ecstatic with. Speak for yourself 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: Unai Emery is a 2ppg manager at Villa, he’s shown it consistently now for a year. If that continues over the next 23 games we would finish on 78 points, which likely isn’t enough to win the league. However over the last three seasons it would have resulted in 3rd, 3rd and 2nd. Which obviously we would be ecstatic with. This I what I still don't think a lot if people in the media have picked up on. Danny Mills came on talksport this morning and said to Gabby, "how is it Villa are so good all of a sudden?" We've been the 2nd or 3rd best team in the Premier league really consistently for about the last 14 months, the day that Emery managed his first game. People still think we are on a good run this season. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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