Are we safe now?

[Colhint]

im sure wa are safe and furthermore, now confidence is coming back I think we will give someone a spanking

[enigma]

I'd be shitting myself right now if I was a Sunderland fan. 1 point from 9 games is it now?

Yep. We've screwed them over big time by taking Bent off them.

[PeterWithesShin]

The ''we never beat Wigan at home'' argument is not really valid though is it? It's a different team/and (or) manager every year we play them.
We're above them in the table, we've already beaten them away, there's no reason why we shouldn't go into that game confident of getting three points regardless of what happened 18 months or 3 years ago.

It might be a different manager and players as far as we're concerned with our turnover, but theirs has been relatively settled outfit over the past few years. Most of the players in that Wigan side have good memories of coming to VP and getting a positive result.

Sometimes it can just be an anomaly, an otherwise poor side consistently getting good results against a better team. It can be a psychological thing as well though; for our lot it'll pray on the mind that they haven't beaten Wigan at VP, for them they might actually look forward to the fixture more than you'd usually expect.

We need Lamptey back for the Wigan at home. 5-0 win, job done.

[KevinGage]

Most of the Mackems fans I've met over the years have generally been sound.  But I must say that for some of the nonsense that was vomited out about them being on a par or (even more laughably) bigger than us around that time, I wouldn't shed a tear if they perish.

[Greg N'Ash]

mathimatically nope. realistically, yeah of course we are

[curiousorange]

I always thought two wins would be enough and we've now got those wins I craved. We'd have to be a right bunch of cack to go down now.

[PaulWinch again]

We'll be fine now.

[Chatters]

I'd like to say yes, but don't want to count those chickens just yet.

Considering recent performances/results, games against 3 relegation rivals, and the fact we'd have to be overtaken by 9 teams to go down its unlikely to happen. But until we've got 44 points on the board I'm not going to relax and start the celebrations, as stranger things have happened.

[Greg N'Ash]

41 i reckon is the safety point. I reckon we'll get 1 point between now and the end of season

[Simba]

I am still counting the chickens. But yes It looks MUCH better.

But until they hatch the champagne/beers are on ice.

There are too many bad eggs elsewhere.

ie: probably

[l_mckay]

hope i dont jinx us but yes we are safe!

[myf]

I can now see us winning the next three.  Pressure is off, players will be more relaxed and we'll play well.

[PaulWinch again]

Gabby's goal has immense impact. It has probably ensured our safety. We'd have to completely fuck it up, and have most of the sides do very well to drag us down now.

[The Situation]

Not quite. Another win should see us safe.

I don't want us to be looking back and see if we're 'safe' or not, I want us to propell into 8th position now and actually have some consistency going. Not a couple of good games then revert back to shit.

If we can keep this consistency going and end up finishing 8th I think majority of Villa fans would be pleased with that. Finishing off a bad season on a high note.

[Percy McCarthy]

I haven't worked it out, but with so many games between the bottom teams it would be interesting to see if it is even possible for 9 of them to overtake us, as would be necessary for us to go down.