And the hits just keep on coming....
Liverpool Home - Loss 0 point
Stoke Away - Loss 0 points.
Everton Home - Draw 1 Point
Citeh Away - Lose 0 points
Spuds Home - Lose 0 points
Swansea Away - Loss 0 points
Chelsea Home - Loss 0 point
Bournemouth Home - Win 3 points.
Manure Away - Lose 0 points
Southampton Home - Draw 1 point
Watford Away - Draw 1 point
Newcastle Home - Win 3 points
Arsenal Away - Lose 0 points
25 points
And the hits just keep on coming....
Liverpool Home - win 3 points
Stoke Away - loss 0
Everton Home - Draw 1 Point
Citeh Away - Lose 0 points
Spuds Home - draw 1 points
Swansea Away - Win 3 points
Chelsea Home - Draw 1 point
Bournemouth Home - Win 3 points.
Manure Away - Lose 0 points
Southampton Home - win 3 points
Watford Away - Draw 1 point
Newcastle Home - Win 3 points
Arsenal Away - Lose 0 points
Only gets us to 33 points - can someone get us to 37?!
And the hits just keep on coming....
Liverpool Home - win 3 points
Stoke Away - win - 3 points
Everton Home - Draw 1 Point
Citeh Away - Lose 0 points
Spuds Home - draw 1 points
Swansea Away - Win 3 points
Chelsea Home - Draw 1 point
Bournemouth Home - Win 3 points.
Manure Away - Lose 0 points
Southampton Home - win 3 points
Watford Away - Draw 1 point
Newcastle Home - Win 3 points
Arsenal Away - Draw - 1 point
39 points. Probably safety.
# I believe in Remi.
35 at my very most optimistic!
I think the ref decisions not to give us penalties in the last 3, which could have seen us easily pick up 5 more points, have ended all hope.
As somebody said on another thread, over the last five games we've picked up eight points, that same 1.6 per game over the rest of the season gives us 37.
| Aston Villa V Liverpool win 3 Stoke V Aston Villa loss 0 Aston Villa V Everton draw 1 Man City V Aston Villa loss 0 Aston Villa V Tottenham win 3 Swansea V Aston Villa loss 0 Aston Villa V Chelsea win 3 Aston Villa V Bournemouth win 3 Man Utd V Aston Villa loss 0 Aston Villa V Southampton win 3 Watford V Aston Villa loss 0 Aston Villa V Newcastle win 3 Arsenal V Aston Villa loss 0 35 points and safety! |
Yeah Swansea and Bournemouth picking up points has been a ball ache, we need a couple of other teams to be sucked in.
Come on, who are some of you trying to kid. Look at how many games we've won this season, and you think we can stay up???We need a 10 point reduction for one or two of those above us. We need a legal team to get digging.
Let's be honest though, Norwich were absolutely shocking. The worst team I've seen at VP this season, apart from ourselves. They'll be coming down with us.
arsenal away last game
we lose but stay up?????
If we don't go down this season, we'll never go down.
While we will still almost certainly go down, it's nice to have a tiny glimmer of hope.They're already planning 'fireworks parties' and 'flying a plane over the ground' if we go down. Seriously.
And just imagine if we did stay up, the Bitters and rags would be devastated. They'd probably never recover from it.
No problem with Blues, Albion, Cov or Newcastle fans taking the piss out of us when we go down, we've dished plenty out in the past so it's fair game. I'd be more annoyed if I saw any of our fans bloody crying over it as if someone close had died.While we will still almost certainly go down, it's nice to have a tiny glimmer of hope.They're already planning 'fireworks parties' and 'flying a plane over the ground' if we go down. Seriously.
And just imagine if we did stay up, the Bitters and rags would be devastated. They'd probably never recover from it.
No problem with Blues, Albion, Cov or Newcastle fans taking the piss out of us when we go down, we've dished plenty out in the past so it's fair game. I'd be more annoyed if I saw any of our fans bloody crying over it as if someone close had died.
I agree with the fans crying over relegation. Whenever I see other teams get relegated and there's grown men in the crowd crying their eyes out I always think what an absolute fanny.I cried when albert tatlock died, in front of my best mate, ive never lived it down
I remember when Blues went down at Spurs and there were blokes dressed as Bananas in Pyjamas and Where's Wally bawling their eyes out on TV.
oh to bounce in the clock end again, dreams are made of thisarsenal away last game
we lose but stay up?????
By the time we get there we will need a result against an Arsenal side that can't win the league, will have chumps league qualification sewn up and with an eye on the cup final. It is written.
No problem with Blues, Albion, Cov or Newcastle fans taking the piss out of us when we go down, we've dished plenty out in the past so it's fair game. I'd be more annoyed if I saw any of our fans bloody crying over it as if someone close had died.While we will still almost certainly go down, it's nice to have a tiny glimmer of hope.They're already planning 'fireworks parties' and 'flying a plane over the ground' if we go down. Seriously.
And just imagine if we did stay up, the Bitters and rags would be devastated. They'd probably never recover from it.
Having said that I totted up our run in as others have above and have us finishing with 55 points!
While we will still almost certainly go down, it's nice to have a tiny glimmer of hope.They're already planning 'fireworks parties' and 'flying a plane over the ground' if we go down. Seriously.
And just imagine if we did stay up, the Bitters and rags would be devastated. They'd probably never recover from it.
as well as public holiday of celebration for the residents of B9 and B10
If we beat the Dippers, I'll start to think it's possible. What would be typical Lerner Villa would be for us to agonisingly miss out on survival.
Liverpool Home - Draw
Stoke Away - Win
Everton Home - Draw
Citeh Away - Lose
Spuds Home - Lose
Swansea Away - Win
Chelsea Home - Win
Bournemouth Home - Win
Manure Away - Draw
Southampton Home - Win
Watford Away - Win
Newcastle Home - Win
Arsenal Away - Already safe, who cares.
Its not going to happen! Stop hurting yourselfs with fulse hopes :-X
Of all the forecasts that have been given, I'd be surprised if anyone got more than 50% of their forecasts correct. All good fun but a waste of time.
Its not going to happen! Stop hurting yourselfs with fulse hopes :-X
Why? I hurt myself reading your spelling. 😉
I suppose injury returns could help. Just checked Physio room and they have an anticipated return date for Adama of 5th March - could be vital? Is that right about Kozak being out until May?!
Liverpool Home - WIN
Stoke Away - WIN
Everton Home - WIN
Citeh Away - WIN
Spuds Home - WIN
Swansea Away - WIN
Chelsea Home - WIN
Bournemouth Home - WIN
Manure Away - LOSE 3-0
Southampton Home - WIN
Watford Away - WIN
Newcastle Home - WIN
Arsenal Away - WIN
Piece of piss, mid table as always.
Off for a lie down now.
Focus on Liverpool for now. It's a game we can win. When was the last time we beat them at home?
I have to say if there was any side I would love to do right in it it would be Newcastle. Their fans have moaned non stop about us taking the piss, McLaren is a complete knob too. I would love to with leapfrog them or take them with us at Villa Park.
oh to bounce in the clock end again, dreams are made of thisarsenal away last game
we lose but stay up?????
By the time we get there we will need a result against an Arsenal side that can't win the league, will have chumps league qualification sewn up and with an eye on the cup final. It is written.
And the hits just keep on coming....
Liverpool Home - Draw 1 point
Stoke Away - Win 3 points.
Everton Home - Draw 1 Point
Citeh Away - Lose 0 points
Spuds Home - Lose 0 points
Swansea Away - Win 3 points
Chelsea Home - Draw 1 point
Bournemouth Home - Win 3 points.
Manure Away - Lose 0 points
Southampton Home - Draw 1 point
Watford Away - Draw 1 point
Newcastle Home - Win 3 points
Arsenal Away - Lose 0 points
Only gets us to 33 points - can someone get us to 37?!
Anyone else a bit bemused last night by Keown saying we were dead and buried and playing for pride (not a strange view) but then saying in the same breath Sunderland have a great chance of staying up?! The gap is 4 points, smaller distance than between Leicester and Arsenal.Not really, with Defoe in the team Sunderland have more chance of winning games than we do. We're defending better but in reality we don't have enough goalscoring capability in the team to turn draws into wins or rescue points when we fall behind like Sunderland managed on Saturday.
It's not impossible that if we get 4 points from the next two we could be above Sunderland or one point behind them.
I like Keown as a pundit but just thought it was odd statement.
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Anyone else a bit bemused last night by Keown saying we were dead and buried and playing for pride (not a strange view) but then saying in the same breath Sunderland have a great chance of staying up?! The gap is 4 points, smaller distance than between Leicester and Arsenal.Not really, with Defoe in the team Sunderland have more chance of winning games than we do. We're defending better but in reality we don't have enough goalscoring capability in the team to turn draws into wins or rescue points when we fall behind like Sunderland managed on Saturday.
It's not impossible that if we get 4 points from the next two we could be above Sunderland or one point behind them.
I like Keown as a pundit but just thought it was odd statement.
"Villa need to persist with the British players ahead of some of the foreign players because they know what's needed in the relegation fight."Ok then, so we drop our foreign contingent for who exactly?
No relegation in France, then?
Gale was on SSN saying we were looking better because we had dropped the foreign players. That just about sums up his comments.
Gale was on SSN saying we were looking better because we had dropped the foreign players. That just about sums up his comments.
Gale was on SSN saying we were looking better because we had dropped the foreign players. That just about sums up his comments.
Gale was on SSN saying we were looking better because we had dropped the foreign players. That just about sums up his comments.
What foreign players have we dropped? I really don't believe some of the dross some people are paid to come out with.
Gale was on SSN saying we were looking better because we had dropped the foreign players. That just about sums up his comments.
What foreign players have we dropped? I really don't believe some of the dross some people are paid to come out with.
Gale was on SSN saying we were looking better because we had dropped the foreign players. That just about sums up his comments.
What foreign players have we dropped? I really don't believe some of the dross some people are paid to come out with.
I didn't realise Cissokho, Okore, Bacuna, Gil, Gana, Veretout had now got British passports. How does that prat Gayle get paid to be interviewed?
Gale was on SSN saying we were looking better because we had dropped the foreign players. That just about sums up his comments.
What foreign players have we dropped? I really don't believe some of the dross some people are paid to come out with.
I didn't realise Cissokho, Okore, Bacuna, Gil, Gana, Veretout had now got British passports. How does that prat Gayle get paid to be interviewed?
Gale was on SSN saying we were looking better because we had dropped the foreign players. That just about sums up his comments.
What foreign players have we dropped? I really don't believe some of the dross some people are paid to come out with.
Gale was on SSN saying we were looking better because we had dropped the foreign players. That just about sums up his comments.
What foreign players have we dropped? I really don't believe some of the dross some people are paid to come out with.
After doing his research Gale meant for the Norwich game, Garde saw sense to drop Amavi, Traore, Guzan, Kozak, Ayew and Gestede. That's why we won.
Another member of the old boys club. We need more 'honest' British players like Hutton & Richardson according to them and promotion from the Championship is only possible if you apoint Allardyce, McCarthy, Warnock or some other washed up British manager. Utter bollocks.
Tony Gale is a fucking idiot.
Tony Gale is a fucking idiot.
I remember a few years ago someone posting audio commentary of the 4-0 win at Blackburn from either the club or a local station and one of the commentators was practically sobbing over the injustice of it all. Was that him? It was an estuary accent rather a Lancs one so could well be.
Tony Gale is a fucking idiot.
Tony Gale is a fucking idiot.
I remember a few years ago someone posting audio commentary of the 4-0 win at Blackburn from either the club or a local station and one of the commentators was practically sobbing over the injustice of it all. Was that him? It was an estuary accent rather a Lancs one so could well be.
Tony Gale is a fucking idiot.
I remember a few years ago someone posting audio commentary of the 4-0 win at Blackburn from either the club or a local station and one of the commentators was practically sobbing over the injustice of it all. Was that him? It was an estuary accent rather a Lancs one so could well be.
He was on Soccer Special after that game and was adamant Blackburn would still finish above us in the league.
It was quite close in fairness but think we finished 5-6 points ahead in the end.
Tony Gale is a fucking idiot.
I remember a few years ago someone posting audio commentary of the 4-0 win at Blackburn from either the club or a local station and one of the commentators was practically sobbing over the injustice of it all. Was that him? It was an estuary accent rather a Lancs one so could well be.
He was on Soccer Special after that game and was adamant Blackburn would still finish above us in the league.
It was quite close in fairness but think we finished 5-6 points ahead in the end.
I also recall him being on SSN once going on about how West Ham were a bigger club than Villa.
What a fucking idiot.
I'm not aware West Ham have ever been champions of England ? They may have won the FA Cup 3 times since we last won it BUT did as much as we'd like to get an 8th win, did winning the FA Cup make Coventry, Wigan, The Olbion and Wimbledon bigger than us ????????To be fair, we've neva wan tha wald caap.
Don't even start me on champions of Europe -- Oh I forgot, they did win the now defunct Cup Winners Cup 50 or so years ago.
Anybody going to let me know how many years they've spent in the elite league - I don't know, but I'd say it's nowhere near as many years as us. Oh and one other thing, I only went to Upton Park 3 times (1976, that FA Cup game and 1983) and I'm not sorry I'll never go there again.
Sorry for the rant, but I've never forgotten that FA Cup game and how they've dined out on 1966 and being the blue eyed boys of football ever since. I stopped watching Eastenders years ago as well !
For the past few days, I have played FM2016 as the Aston Villa manager, playing a 4-3-3 formation as per Remi Garde and I've yet to get past the end of January, without being sacked. I've re-started the game each time I've got the sack, now 6 times and tried different squad variations but the best points total I had by the end of January was 20 (lowest was 5). Just goes to show that the players we have are just as SHITE in a pc game as in real life.
As long as Newcastle lose it's actually not a disaster of a day. If anyone had to win at least it was a side inside the bottom 3 so we're still 'only' 8 from safety rather than 10 or 11.
The Bitters won't drop as Pulis will always jam enough games like today. Destroyed by Everton yet comes away with a 1-0 win despite 24& possession, 1 corner and 5 shots with 1 on target. Everton had 34 shots and 6 on target and 14 corners. All according to the Beeb site.
As long as Newcastle lose it's actually not a disaster of a day. If anyone had to win at least it was a side inside the bottom 3 so we're still 'only' 8 from safety rather than 10 or 11.This. From now the only result that matters is one that changes the equation for us negatively in fourth from bottom position.
In truth, earlier today I was thinking something like "thanks a bunch you unch of Manyoo wankers." But the above is quite correct.As long as Newcastle lose it's actually not a disaster of a day. If anyone had to win at least it was a side inside the bottom 3 so we're still 'only' 8 from safety rather than 10 or 11.This. From now the only result that matters is one that changes the equation for us negatively in fourth from bottom position.
Goal difference is coming into play now, we're 2 better than Newcastle now which will be important if we get into their range as they'll lose more games in the run in.easy peasy lemon squeezy
We need 4 points from the next two though.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to mothball this thread?Good idea, Fozzie, Gonzo, and Kermit on the board aren't going to come up with a plan that will enable us to bounce right back, the club has been on the slide for over five years now. I can't see the current incumbents arresting our decline and I don't see us bottoming out for a while yet.
Let's reopen it as we struggle against relegation to League 1 next season.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to mothball this thread?
Let's reopen it as we struggle against relegation to League 1 next season.
Win our next one and this thread will get a bump.April then...:-)
It's a bit like walking around the corner and being faced with 50 Millwall fans. No point in panicking just take your kicking and hope you come out of it in one piece.
Millwalls Bushwhackers the young element of their firm dressed up as surgeons I think.
Being relegated with the Jawdies and Blunderland would make getting back up at the first attempt very difficult.
I think Norwich will come down with us, which leaves one spot between Sunderland and Newcastle. If I had to stick my neck on the line I'd say Newcastle will stay up, their fixtures aren't too bad. Imagine if we relegated them with us though on the last home game, that could be the only glory we get this season and would tip them over the edge after 2009.At this point I'd take that. It's at least one thing to look forward to this season. I think Sunderland will edge that battle because as outdated as his anti-football is, Allardyce will pull off the results required, and they've also got Defoe who can get the important goals. Norwich are gone. We're definitely gone. Even as horrendous as the others are, there's no way we'll make up an 8 point gap.
I think Newcastle were fortunate last time. This time will be harder. I don't see them being in danger of a double drop, but they'll probably bob around mid-table because their squad will get shredded in the summer and Ashley will make a stupid appointment.Being relegated with the Jawdies and Blunderland would make getting back up at the first attempt very difficult.
Taking the long-view - I like it Mr Underhill
I think Norwich will come down with us, which leaves one spot between Sunderland and Newcastle. If I had to stick my neck on the line I'd say Newcastle will stay up, their fixtures aren't too bad. Imagine if we relegated them with us though on the last home game, that could be the only glory we get this season and would tip them over the edge after 2009.
The highest we can now finish is 9th. Call off the European tour.
Any Villa fan above the age of 8 caught crying should be given a proper reason to cry. We were gone the moment the transfer window closed and the board betrayed Remi Garde.Yeah, can't disagree.
The cameras are bound to find an adult in a jesters hat wearing a half and half scarf bawling their eyes out.
Really hope we won't be having a Plot to escape relegation thread - 2017. This is one annual debate we can all do without.
The cameras are bound to find an adult in a jesters hat wearing a half and half scarf bawling their eyes out.
If they do I will try to make it look ironic.
In all seriousness everyone has had so long to get used to it I think it will be more of a shrug of the shoulders and then talk about the cricket.
Agree about the relief, Paulie. It will be like splitting up with someone when the relationship's been on the rocks for some time. It comes as a relief, but the damage has been done and sooner or later you have to deal with it.
you mean Herpes, the new guy from South America?Who turned up for training on his first day and surveyed the dysfunctional fuckwits trying to pass to each other and thought "I'm a gonna here!"
Most of us have thought we've been down since the Norwich and Sunderland games in December/January so when it is finally confirmed it will be a 'meh' feeling. We all know we're going down, it's just a case of when. It's not like we're going to be relegated in final day heartbreak and despair, we'll be down by the middle of April. Even now I get people saying to me 'you're going down', my response is simply 'I know yeah'. They don't know what to say then.Yes that's the one for me too, alot of them look really quite bemused.
I noticed Harry Redknapp is the latest to stick his oar in regarding the state of Villa. Scary thing is I agree with most of it.
Even today I look at the league table and think "two wins and we are in the mix again"......
Even today I look at the league table and think "two wins and we are in the mix again"......Or 3 wins and we could possibly be out of the bottom 3 with the others losing each week.
Even today I look at the league table and think "two wins and we are in the mix again"......Or 3 wins and we could possibly be out of the bottom 3 with the others losing each week.
Then my heart sinks and my stomach turns when I realize our current squad of complete arse h***s would struggle to win 3 in 9 months let alone 9 games.
Sad days my friends.
At least we know we are down.
In a fans forum somewhere right now there is a thread identical to this, where the fans of Newcastle/Sunderland/Norwich are convinced they will escape.
It is going to hit them harder.