How many points will keep us up?

[Clampy]

I don't like all this shit.

Take it one game at a time, you could drive yourself mad thinking of permutations and you'll never get it right.

Could'nt agree more.

[Mister E]

Looking at the fixtures I think we get 38 points min.  More likely 41. 

This all depends on a home boosting win tomorrow.

Your conditional comment really sums up where we are! Take each game as it comes!

[richard moore]

I don't like all this shit.

Take it one game at a time, you could drive yourself mad thinking of permutations and you'll never get it right.

Could'nt agree more.

Absolutely, there's nothing worse on here to my mind that the threads that start appearing now which try to dissect in minute detail what we and every team around us will do in each match. It is always totally way out - witness last season for example and taking even just one team, Wigan, shows what a total waste of time it is to try and predict results. I find it fascinating too that people think they can do it with such certainty as well. No way we were going to lose to Bolton at home last season, no way, absolutely nailed on three points....

[eastie]

Have avoided he bbc predictor as its a waste of time - there will be shock results along the way and we mist hope we come out the other side safe - if it was so easy to predict we would all be rich men .

[nodge]

I have been having a look at our remaining games.
Trying to be objective and not letting my heart rule my head, I have come up with the following possible results:

Everton - draw
West Ham - Villa win
Arsenal - Villa loss
Man City - Villa loss
Reading - Villa win
QPR - Villa win
Liverpool - draw
Stoke - Villa loss
Fulham - Villa win
Man Utd - Villa loss
Sunderland - draw
Norwich - Villa loss
Chelsea - Villa loss
Wigan - Villa loss

This would leave us finishing our league campaign on 35 points.

Is that enough?

2 out of 2, well done, hope your next 2 are wrong though.

[SoccerHQ]

Suddenly 35 or 36 points dosen't seem that far away....3 wins and 3 draws.

[MONCABA]

I have been having a look at our remaining games.
Trying to be objective and not letting my heart rule my head, I have come up with the following possible results:

Everton - draw
West Ham - Villa win
Arsenal - Villa loss
Man City - Villa loss
Reading - Villa win
QPR - Villa win
Liverpool - draw
Stoke - Villa loss
Fulham - Villa win
Man Utd - Villa loss
Sunderland - draw
Norwich - Villa loss
Chelsea - Villa loss
Wigan - Villa loss

This would leave us finishing our league campaign on 35 points.

Is that enough?

2 out of 2, well done, hope your next 2 are wrong though.

I really hope my next 2 are wrong as well!

[SoccerHQ]

Let's hope when we play Fulham and Sunderland in April they're comfy in mid table and are as bad as West Ham were today. I'm looking at two wins there and 4 points from Reading and QPR. 10 Points from those 4 games and I reckon a couple of draws would be good enough from the other fixtures.

[MONCABA]

Please Villa prove me wrong!!!

[Greg N'Ash]

36 i reckon. mebbe 37 with our goal difference

[Ads]

Draws against Reading, Liverpool and Wigan, with wins against QPR, Fulham and Sunderland puts us on 36.

There is always room for chopping and changing, such as a win or a point at Norwich or Stoke, But the Reading and Wigan games are must not lose and the QPR is a must win.

Twelve more points is not a million miles away at all.

[SoccerHQ]

I'm looking at Norwich as our away win tbh, think we'll draw at Reading.

They'll be safe by then and surely after battering them in the cup, that's one ground the players will be confident going to?!

[danlanza]

WE ARE NOT GOING DOWN.

[SoccerHQ]

West Ham dropping right back into this is good news imo.

Just looked and their final two home games are Wigan and Reading. Beat both of those and they'll stay up and help us, lose both and they will be in major trouble as their away run in is probably the worst of all the teams down and they'll get nought if they play like they did at VP.

[pauliewalnuts]

Hard to believe Sam Messiah Allardyce will allow West Ham to drop into it.