Plotting our escape.....

[ozzjim]

I think they thought, like Ayew, Gana was committed to grudgingly staying. Sadly he had a clause, and a good side came in.

[SoccerHQ]

Don't think you'll need 90 points for automatic like last year.

It might be low 80s, Newcastle will run away with things and no chance Huddersfield will keep winning, could be quite a fight for 2nd.

We really need to start clicking now...I'm looking at Wednesday, Ipswich and PNE as wins really or 7 pojnts as minimum as no doubt we'll concede a late equaliser in one of those games. Would be happy with a point from Newcastle game.

8 points before the next international break and table will look better.

[markeeeebeeee2005]

When did Newcastle suddenly get really good? Most people are putting us down for a loss against them. They got relegated too and we have a nearly completely new starting 11. The only thing they have over us is more recent experience of this division.

Let's smash em.

[not3bad]

We'll destroy Newcastle. We'll swarm all over 'em and get 5 to their none. Nae bother.

[PeterWithesShin]

We'll finish the season 41 unbeaten in the league. 31 wins and 9 draws in our remaining 40 games.

[Des Little]

Which one of you lot has got the poppers?

[croatian]

We'll finish the season 41 unbeaten in the league. 31 wins and 9 draws in our remaining 40 games.

You should change your dealer....

[croatian]

Which one of you lot has got the poppers?

Let's get the party started eh?

[Ads]

We need to take 14 points from the next 7 games I reckon.

Back to back wins are vital, especially if we break the away hoodoo. Should give them confidence against Newcastle. Preston hopefully a gimme too, things look bleak for them. I see no reason why we can't eek out results at Barnsley, Wolves and Reading.

When we move the ball with purpose we are comfortably the best attacking side in this league. We need to get Jedinak and Tshibola in the middle though more often than not.

[Des Little]

Which one of you lot has got the poppers?

Let's get the party started eh?

Vaz the way to do it

[old man villa fan]

As often said, the most important game is the next one.  The target should be to win the next match and the future will take care of itself.

[SoccerHQ]

When did Newcastle suddenly get really good? Most people are putting us down for a loss against them. They got relegated too and we have a nearly completely new starting 11. The only thing they have over us is more recent experience of this division.

Let's smash em.

As expected Benitez has made Newcastle hard to score against and with Gayle and Matt Richie they can nick a goal.

They can grind out the results we can't at this moment in time e.g. going to Derby and Bristol and winning.

They'll play 4-5-1 v us, close down space and be dangerous on the counter attack so difficult game for us that.

If they ran away with things, so be it. More than happy with 2nd which is still very possible if we get ou attack together quickly.

[Ads]

To be fair, Derby have scored 1 goal all season and created nothing against us of note either.

Strange goings on there.  Can't see them getting near the play offs at this rate.

[ozzjim]

It's a strange one where 10-12 points in a 5 game spell will put you fairly close to the top 3 or 4 clubs.  I think Newcastle will be out of sight before long because they are defensively much more solid than we are. With our forwards we should be working on finding a system that's hard to break down now. The sides that went up last season were solid at the back. 

[SoccerHQ]

To be fair, Derby have scored 1 goal all season and created nothing against us of note either.

Strange goings on there.  Can't see them getting near the play offs at this rate.

Pearson looks a really bad fit for them, it's a 4-3-3 squad yet he's playing 4-4-2. Getting rid of Chris Martin who's a 15-20 goal man in this league looks odds aswell.

They should've been promoted years ago but always bottle it when it comes to the crunch. The Arsenal of the championship.