Relegation Possibility

[avfcpg]

1 win and 1 draw should see us (just about) ok I reckon...or even 4 draws. Bolton, Norwich, Sunderland, Stoke, Baggies...surely we can scrape 4 points from those games... 

With a full strength team and a crap manager - yes
With an under strength team and a crap manager-no
So no I'm not at all confident we will

The way it's going nor am I it has to be said....and I just know that the Liverpool game is the one where they bounce back to form and Gerrard gets a bagful...

[Nastylee]

All I can say is our GD is worth another point. Will come down to the home games versus Bolton and Stoke and the Baggies away. One win from those and a couple of draws along the way should give us 38 which ought to be enough.

[dorsetvilla]

I think we are going down. All the others teams are winning and we are not. Plus the fact we have terrible injuries and thus a very young squad. Add to this a manager who unfortunately will try to only draw each game until the end of the season, because that's his way. He simply hasn't learnt from last season and is showing what a poor poor manager he is. In some ways the board deserve what they are getting from such a crass and stupid appointment.  We the fans do not!


 

[Fernando Partridge]

As we know we are  on 33pts and with the fixtures others have to play and Villa capable of getting several draws including against a poor liverpool side @ home next week. The facts that teams have to play each other and that we play bolton  make me convinced we will be epl side.
I dont have any major concern about relegation. More frustration with whats happend this season.

Liverpool v Aston Villa   
Aston Villa v Stoke   
Man Utd v Aston Villa      
Aston Villa v Sunderland       
Aston Villa v Bolton       
West Brom v Aston Villa           
Aston Villa v Tottenham        
Norwich v Aston Villa   


Good home form but tough games including defeat to man u

Blackburn
Man Utd h
WBA a
Liverpool h
Swansea a
Norwich h
Spurs h
Wigan h
Chelsea a

Poor team but have points in bag may stay up due to Qpr and wigan being worse off points wise and having harder matches
Bolton
Fulham h
Newcastle a
Swansea h
Villa a
Sunderland a
Spurs h TBC

Home form and atmosphere very positive but play away from home and discipline coupled with toughest run in

Qpr
Man Utd a
Swansea h
West Brom a
Spurs h
Chelsea a
Stoke h
Man city a

Wigan likely to implode as there good run cant last .a beating against some of the big boys will occur -its as seasonaly as there escape act - shud be mentioned!!

Wigan
Chelsea
Man Utd
Arsenal
Fulham
Newcastle      
Blackburn
Wolves       

[ez]

I woke up this morning to a calm acceptance.

[Percy McCarthy]

Robert Johnson?

[preston28]

I woke up this morning to a calm acceptance.

We are playing badly, have poor leadership off the field and threadbare squad due to injuries. Teams below us (exept Wolves) are playing with passion, belief and are getting results. We will only stay up if with some luck and the fact that other teams leave it too late to catch us up!

Anyway, if we do go down, for me it would bring a season of challenge and hope and I will still support and watch my team!!

[Irish villain]

Well said Clampy.   Yesterday's defeat to one of the best teams in europe with their confidence newly restored and a star struck official, did not come as unexpected.   The reason we are where we are is that games like Blackburn and Wigan were not put to bed the way they should have been.

I know who I blame for that.

[Ads]

Looking at those figures you'd expect Wigan to be adrift by the time they play Fulham. Jalap think Blackburn to lose their next two.

Simply put, if we beat Stoke, which we should be aiming to do, then I think we'll be safe, as we'll pick up enough draws thereafter. We should beat Bolton too.

[Monty]

Well said Clampy.   Yesterday's defeat to one of the best teams in europe with their confidence newly restored and a star struck official, did not come as unexpected.   The reason we are where we are is that games like Blackburn and Wigan were not put to bed the way they should have been.

Exactly right. We shouldn't be at the stage where we're relying on getting the rub of the green against Chelsea.

[Ads]

The home form he's not been anywhere near good enough. I can never remember a season when we were such a light touch at home.

[UK Redsox]

Robert Johnson?

Go dust your broom

[Billy Walker]

The danger with doom and gloom stuff is that it all becomes a self fulfilling prophecy and that, I believe, is our greatest enemy at this moment in time.

It's time for back to basics positivity again.  We've got the players - I've no doubt about that - to get the points on the board.  Like the run in to last season, we've simply got to get right behind our young team and lift them up the table. The experience and growing up these kids will have to do between now and season's close will benefit them (and Aston Villa) for years and years to come.

It's time for fortress Villa and for the fans and team being totally focused and together.  There's twenty-four points left to play for and we need to lift the boys and help them take as many as we can.

[Monty]

The danger with doom and gloom stuff is that it all becomes a self fulfilling prophecy and that, I believe, is our greatest enemy at this moment in time.

It's time for back to basics positivity again.  We've got the players - I've no doubt about that - to get the points on the board.  Like the run in to last season, we've simply got to get right behind our young team and lift them up the table. The experience and growing up these kids will have to do between now and season's close will benefit them (and Aston Villa) for years and years to come.

It's time for fortress Villa and for the fans and team being totally focused and together.  There's twenty-four points left to play for and we need to lift the boys and help them take as many as we can.

It's true Billy, come match day and during the game we have to be 100% behind them to keep their confidence up. However, the thing I'm mostly worried about is that there's only so much you can do about a team who disdain possession in favour of hoofing it clear out of panic.

[Billy Walker]

The danger with doom and gloom stuff is that it all becomes a self fulfilling prophecy and that, I believe, is our greatest enemy at this moment in time.

It's time for back to basics positivity again.  We've got the players - I've no doubt about that - to get the points on the board.  Like the run in to last season, we've simply got to get right behind our young team and lift them up the table. The experience and growing up these kids will have to do between now and season's close will benefit them (and Aston Villa) for years and years to come.

It's time for fortress Villa and for the fans and team being totally focused and together.  There's twenty-four points left to play for and we need to lift the boys and help them take as many as we can.

It's true Billy, come match day and during the game we have to be 100% behind them to keep their confidence up. However, the thing I'm mostly worried about is that there's only so much you can do about a team who disdain possession in favour of hoofing it clear out of panic.

I suppose this is where our support comes in.  The lads need to know we are right behind them, and that there's no need to panic.  Villa Park genuinely has to be the twelfth man once more.  The only panicking will be done by the opposition!