The Run In

[Des Little]

Anyone got a link to a list of the remaining games for the bottom 6/8?  I'd be keen to see how ours compares to the rest as I think we have more winable games left than many around us?

Not that I'm worried or anything...

[cdbearsfan]

You could use this, and just predict the teams you are interested in.

[lovejoy]

Can you us winning away? I see only 3 potentials in Wigan, West Ham and WBA.

[gervilla]

Can you us winning away? I see only 3 potentials in Wigan, West Ham and WBA.

Can u see us winning home or away ?
I can't see us winning too many between now and the end of the season at the moment. I hope Jean II and whatever signings we make before the end of the month hit the ground runnning. We can afford any bedding in time.

[lovejoy]

After the last couple of weeks (since Chelsea) I'm feeling more positive. i think we can get something vs Man City and should beat Wolves, Blackburn (twice), Wigan, Stoke, Newcastle and Liverpool. Win most of those and we're home and hosed.

[SoccerHQ]

West Ham and Wigan are already down imo.

No idea on the 3rd team.

It won't be us though.

[lovejoy]

West Ham and Wigan are already down imo.

No idea on the 3rd team.

It won't be us though.

I can see WHam bringing in someone (say MON) as manager and this spurring them over the line like last season. Albion are struggling too.
Its so tight at the bottom there are a number of teams who are sitting safely but could get drawn in easily. At least we have the fact we're down there slapping us in the face every time we look at the league table.

[Somniloquism]

West Ham and Wigan are already down imo.

No idea on the 3rd team.

It won't be us though.

At this stage it is quite hard to say two teams are already down when one is two points behind us and the other is only below us on goals scored.

[Ketzster]

Blackpool will go down I think. I looked at our run in earlier on BBC in comparison to the teams around us and it's 'favourable'

[nodge]

Out of 16 games, we've got 5 against teams that are traditionally top 6 and 11 against teams that are traditionally lower half.  We should get 7 wins from them easily, shouldn't we? Having said that we tend to play better against the better sides.  So, to summarise, fuck knows!

[Holtenderinthesky]

I don't have a list of the other teams fixtures Des but looking at ours I think we will be OK.  In fact, I am still looking at the top half as a real possibility given OUR fixtures from now til May.  51 points is where I see us finishing, more than enough to finish top half.   

[ozzjim]

I don't have a list of the other teams fixtures Des but looking at ours I think we will be OK.  In fact, I am still looking at the top half as a real possibility given OUR fixtures from now til May.  51 points is where I see us finishing, more than enough to finish top half.   

I think we will end between 45 and 48 points. About 12th. Then the building for next season has to start as soon as the season finishes.

[Mazrim]

Call me crazy but I still think we'll finish top 10, get our house in order and push on to challenge the top places again.

[cdbearsfan]

The run-in as I see it, trying to be positive...

Villa 2 Man City 1
Wigan 0 Villa 2
Man U 4 Villa 6
Villa 2 Fulham 0
Blackpool 0 Villa 3
Villa 2 Blackburn 1
Bolton 0 Villa 4
Villa 12 Wolves 0
Everton 0 Villa 7
Villa 26 Newcastle 0
West Ham 0 Villa 234
Villa 5 Stoke 0
West Brom 0 Villa 11
Villa 0 Wigan 2 (some things never change)
Arsenal 1 Villa 10
Aston Villa 36,943 Relegated Liverpool 0

That leaves us on 67 points, which might just sneak us a Champions League spot.

Plus it's Our Year For the Cup.

Hope I've put all your minds at rest.

[VillaZogmariner]

Call me crazier but I had us finishing 6th on 54 points!

Arsenal 89
Man Utd 84
Chelsea 78
Man City74
Tottenham 65
Aston Villa 54
Sunderland 52
Liverpool 51
Everton 48
Blackburn 48
Newcastle 47
Bolton 46
Stoke 45
Wolves 42
Blackpool 40
Fulham 37
West Brom 37
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Wigan 37
Birmingham 35
West Ham 29