Are we safe now?

[Archie]

Yes we're almost safe.
So we could try and give a sense to this awful season and reach an  Europa League spot playing an entertaining, attacking football  wit the aim to win most games than it's possible from now on. 

[VillaZogmariner]

I've just done the BBC Predictor thing and put us down to lose every game and the lowest place teams in the league to win. Even that only has us down by a couple of points, so to that end 1 win makes us mathematically safe, but it will take an unprecedented run of results across the whole of the league for that to happen. 

[Chipsticks]

The fact that seemingly everyone below us can't pick up a win for love nor money is the reason I believe we are safe now.

Untill it's mathematical, I'll be a bit nervy - though it would take one monumental fuck up for us to go down now.

[Holtenderinthesky]

We were safe after beating Newcastle IMO.  Not mathematically, but that win was the break we needed to push on, and we have done.  Points wise I think the win at West Ham sealed it.  So to answer the question; Yes.

[avfcpg]

Lifted this from VT:

Blackpool got 4 games, two of them away at United and Spurs. Stoke and Bolton at home and their home form is horrific. (7 behind)

West Ham 9 points behind got United and Man City away, after that 3 winnable games but very likely to drop points in at least one of those games. Not to mention goal difference a lot worse.

Wigan (7 behind) 4 games left, including ourselves and Everton, can't see them picking up 8 points from 4 games (including beating us) which they would need given their poor GD.

Blackburn (6 behind) got United and City away still. Would need to win 2 out of (Bolton at home, West Ham/Wolves away)..

and that's with us losing all our games.

[luke25]

We were safe after beating Newcastle IMO.  Not mathematically, but that win was the break we needed to push on, and we have done.  Points wise I think the win at West Ham sealed it.  So to answer the question; Yes.

I was going to pretty much write this word for word.

[TimTheVillain]

We're safe now 

[marshall]

We can secure survival next week if:

We beat West Brom and West Ham fail to beat Man City and Wigan lose to Everton and Blackpool lose to Stoke.

Although if Wigan and Blackpool get a point with our better GD we would all but be safe as they would only be able to get 44 points and that what we would be on if we beat the Baggies

But I cannot see 3 teams not getting to 41 points.

[SoccerHQ]

We're safe.

West Ham, Blackpool and Blackburn are three teams that won't reach 40 points this season and in any case their goal differences are worse than ours.

I'd throw sunderland in there too

Sunderland are now above us on goal difference.

Nothing's changed, we're still safe.

I'd like us to finish top half even if it would be a flattering final league position.

[dave.woodhall]

We're safe.

West Ham, Blackpool and Blackburn are three teams that won't reach 40 points this season and in any case their goal differences are worse than ours.

I'd throw sunderland in there too

Sunderland are now above us on goal difference.

Nothing's changed, we're still safe.

I'd like us to finish top half even if it would be a flattering final league position.

The table never lies.

[DeKuip]

We're safe.

West Ham, Blackpool and Blackburn are three teams that won't reach 40 points this season and in any case their goal differences are worse than ours.

I'd throw sunderland in there too

Sunderland are now above us on goal difference.

Nothing's changed, we're still safe.

I'd like us to finish top half even if it would be a flattering final league position.

The table never lies.

Too right - the best team always wins it, the worst three go down, and the 10th best finishes 10th. That's why William McGregor's leagues are used the world over, and that's why we won it 30 years ago next Monday.

[villa for life]

the table never lies...well, I'm glad it did for Darren Bent. When he signed for us he said that one of the reasons was we were in a "false position"!!!

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

the table never lies...well, I'm glad it did for Darren Bent. When he signed for us he said that one of the reasons was we were in a "false position"!!!

What  people mean is the table never lies at the end of the season. When everybody has played everybody else home and away, just as McGregor intended.

[WikiVilla]

We're safe now 

Are we ? All of a sudden the Wigan game takes on a bit more meaning

[Moorski]

It comes to something when we are worried about getting a result at home to Wigan. But if we are honest thats what we are all thinking.