could we get relegated?

[Malandro]

Oh well whatever money we waste is just Randys... Oh shit its not!

[taylorsworkrate]

If we're so bad, what does that make the three clubs we've played away and who couldn't beat us? I don't see them panicking.

Well they would hardly come on H+V to panic

[Greg N'Ash]

the other question is how we'll handle a bad run. The confidence hardly seems skyhigh now while we're unbeaten and a couple of defeats on the bounce. well are we gonna go the same way as blose?

[Concrete John]

That's a valid question and one I'm sure we'll find out the answer to as no club outisde the top 2 or 3 will go without a bad run at some point.  Confidence is one thing, but character is another and I think we displayed a lot of character coming from behind twice against Everton and getting a draw while playing badly.  So I'm optomistic we'll get through it with not too much damage.

[Chris Smith]

the other question is how we'll handle a bad run. The confidence hardly seems skyhigh now while we're unbeaten and a couple of defeats on the bounce. well are we gonna go the same way as blose?

Yes and to an extent the first half on Sunday was a hangover from the defeat midweek so I suppose that he was able to get them to play a lot better in the second is a good sign.

[DB]

the other question is how we'll handle a bad run. The confidence hardly seems skyhigh now while we're unbeaten and a couple of defeats on the bounce. well are we gonna go the same way as blose?

Yes and to an extent the first half on Sunday was a hangover from the defeat midweek so I suppose that he was able to get them to play a lot better in the second is a good sign.

Yep, 1st half we looked like a bottom 3 side, 2nd half was like top 6 side - we should have had it wrapped up well before they scored. Keep playing like that and we'll be fine.

[brontebilly]

We have 8 points from a possible 18. Considering the run of fixtures we have had it is worrying.

[Concrete John]

We have 8 points from a possible 18. Considering the run of fixtures we have had it is worrying.

You say that as if we should have got all 18, which is unrealistic for virtually anyone.  I think we dropped points against Wolves and Newcastle at home, but draws against a Fulham side further along then we were at the time and at Goodison are acceptable in the larger scheme of things.  QPR is a difficult one to judge, so I'd say it's 4-6 points dropped from what we realistically should have got. 

[Clampy]

I think the only game where we should have taken all three points was the Newcastle game. I've been happy enough with the other league results, even if the perfomances have'nt been fully up to scratch.

[lovejoy]

This thread is hysterical (and not in a funny sense). The next game against Wigan can't come quickly enough even if its just to give us something to talk about.

[VillaAlways]

This thread is hysterical (and not in a funny sense). The next game against Wigan can't come quickly enough even if its just to give us something to talk about.

To be fair,it was started by a trolling Blues fan

[Chris Jameson]

This thread is hysterical (and not in a funny sense). The next game against Wigan can't come quickly enough even if its just to give us something to talk about.

To be fair,it was started by a trolling Blues fan

In which case the answer is without doubt 'yes'. The Europa League will stretch an already painfully thin and piss poor squad and a relegation battle looks very likely.

[Tom_Mc9?]

There aren't 3 worse teams than us, there are about 9 or 10 teams worse than us.

[saunders_heroes]

Our season will not be decided by results against the top 4 so it's a bit of a red herring to talk about them. It will be how we do against the rest, so far we've played 3 teams who I reckon will be in the mid table group (Fulham, Everton and Newcastle) and have drawn them all - 2 away from home. It hasn't been pretty but we've shown enough bottle and resilience to suggest we're not going to be a soft touch.

We've also played teams like QPR and Wolves who you'd think will be scrapping it out to avoid relegation, and we've drawn with them too.  This season is going exactly as I thought it would.  Turgid, horrible football with lots of draws.  No quality whatsoever, but hard enough to beat that we probably won't be sucked into a relegation scrap.

Good post and foresight, I thought we had a bit more TBH then to be completely transformed into a demi Birmingham City which is basically what your saying in terms of the results and type of football, perhaps I have been a tad to optimistic.

top bloke pal (y)i dont get to go to many games as i dont live here anymore but from what i hear from both sets of fans seems to be the same. talksport the other night there was a vila fan who said all his blues mates told him exactly what games wud be like and he was rigt

Go away Bluenose.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Considering the fact that most people on here are agreed that this is a thread started by a nose troll. Why are you keeping it going?