Are we safe now?

[Greg N'Ash]

aye. gotta remember wolves, blose, stoke, fulham, newcastle have a game in hand though. still think we're safe barring a disaster.

[Caiphus]

we're safe.  If only there was still an intertoto cup so we could have a chance of getting into europe.  Hopefully GH can keep us in the top half of the table now.  I think he may have finally won the battle with the trouble makers and it's all uphill from here.

[Hammer]

I thought after Newcastle that we needed four more points.

That still feels right to me - though I'll be shocked if we go down from here.

Either way, we need to keep up the good work of the last two games and build some momentoum to make VP a happy place over the summer.

[pr_N'villa]

I have voted no.

I dont think we are safe yet, we have still got 5 very tricky games win 1 and draw 2 before liverpool and arsenal should see us safe but we should be aiming for 3 wins.

Stoke and wigan could be the potential banana skins, loose them and we are right back in it if the other teams win there games in hand.

[TopDeck113]

We're not mathematically safe, but it would take one monumental f*ck-up to get relegated now.

It has worked out well to have Stoke up next - they'll either have their minds on the Cup Final or still be deflated from losing the semi-final.  Either way I can see us winning and 43 points will be more than enough.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Yes

Blackpool, Blackburn, Sunderland, West Ham, Wolves are in worse form than us. We'll beat Stoke & West Brom and everything will be sound we'll overtake Bolton 

[Chris Smith]

We've only lost 2 of the last 8, there's no reason to believe that we're suddenly going to implode. When you look at our front 3 (Young, Downing, Bent) they are better that anything anyone else has and they're all playing well.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I agree Chris, I thought our front 3 were excellent yesterday

Nightmare for any defence

[Rigadon]

Yes, we're safe which is a nice feeling.

Looking at the table, from here we should be finishing around the bottom of our own league within a league (8th and above).

[Brend'Watkins]

Yes, we will safely finish in the top half of the table.  Was that the question?

[Clark W Griswold]

4 more points required. I think we'll get 5 or 6. I'm reckoning on a win against Stoke (as i think their semi final will derail them in the league, either way) and draws against Liverpool and Wigan, maybe a draw at the Albion, although they are generally looking good at the mo. Defeat at Arsenal.

So yes, we can't possibly cock it up now.

[UK Redsox]

Yes, but its because the likes of Blackpool are in freefall, rather than the slow improvement of Villa

[Mazrim]

I honestly think the team will only be looking above them now to draw in as many of the teams above us as they can because they'll believe their better than all but 5 or 6 of them.

I think they'll play with freedom and we'll see some good, expansive stuff.

[eastie]

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

Such optimism greg? i reckon we will get 10 more points and finish 8th!

[Ger Regan]

Will be interesting to hear what those who were guaranteeing relegation under GH are thinking now. A dramatic shifting of the goalposts is going to take place on that point I would imagine.

And yes, we're safe, with a pretty respectable upper-mid table final position to boot.