How many points will keep us up?

[Doorbell]

I have us safe on 37 points before the last game of the season, with QPR, Wigan and Reading to go down.

[Doorbell]

I have us safe on 37 points before the last game of the season, with QPR, Wigan and Reading to go down.

Although I also have Tottenham finishing second, so could be wildly wrong!!

[Irish villain]

I have us safe on 37 points before the last game of the season, with QPR, Wigan and Reading to go down.

Although I also have Tottenham finishing second, so could be wildly wrong!!

Much as I dislike SPurs it would be nice to burst the City bubble.

[supertom]

To be on 30 points next saturday would be huge. It gives us 9 games remaining and if we can at least average a point a game, it should be enough.

I think the next two games will be vital and probably give an indication of where we'll finish.
4 points and we'll be in good shape to hit the high 30's and probably survive. If we get 6 from the next two not only will the confidence of winning 3 on the spin be huge, but on 33 points we'd fancy to finish over 40 by the seasons end.

We're more than capable of winning the next two. Do so and I'd fancy us to be safe by final day. I'd hate to be needing a result on the final day against Wigan. Our record against them isn't brilliant either, and Martinez has that knack for the great escape.

We've not been too bad of late. We go into some winnable fixtures on something of an upturn so hopefully that will be enough. But the that perennial Villa problem may happen again. Just when we think we're on the up, or just when we need a few results to kick on, we seem to balls it up. It's happen for years, under Gregory when we looked like we could possibly have a title push. Under O Neill in the final furlong pushing for 4th, and then games we should have been winning we started ballsing up.
Expectation kills us. That is my worry in the next two. We have to be looking at these as games to win given home against the bottom side, and a trip to Stoke who's form of late has been the worst poor. 

[Legion]

To be on 30 points next saturday would be huge. It gives us 9 games remaining and if we can at least average a point a game, it should be enough.
 

Isn't it eight after QPR?

[supertom]

To be on 30 points next saturday would be huge. It gives us 9 games remaining and if we can at least average a point a game, it should be enough.
 

Isn't it eight after QPR?

It is. We should get an extra game if we're in the relegation zone after 38 matches though. I call it the mulligan game.

[UK Redsox]

To be on 30 points next saturday would be huge. It gives us 9 games remaining and if we can at least average a point a game, it should be enough.
 

Isn't it eight after QPR?

It is. We should get an extra game if we're in the relegation zone after 38 matches though. I call it the mulligan game.

Would the "Mulligan" game be started from scratch or from a particular post in the game ?

Which game did you have in mind ?

[Ads]

We get to replay the last ninety seconds at Swansea.

[maidstonevillain]

It is looking at all the fixtures and going through all the permutations time. But I am sure that if we beat Sunderland and QPR at home we will stay up. We should get enough odd points from other games. Beating QPR will give them alot to make up on us in seven games, beating S'land will probably put them right in it, and most of the teams around us will be taking a lot of points off each other in the run in.

[Dave]

We get to replay the last ninety seconds at Swansea.

The way we defend the last ninety second of matches it'll probably see us go from one point to zero.

[atticus snood]

I was never any good at reading statistics, so I'm just praying we get as many points as we can.

[villan from luton]

I would love to see Sunderland get dragged into it, lets beat QPR and then we can be a bit more hopeful

[maidstonevillain]

I would love to see Sunderland get dragged into it, lets beat QPR and then we can be a bit more hopeful

3 pts above us, and 2pts from the last 18. They are already in it.

[supertom]

To be on 30 points next saturday would be huge. It gives us 9 games remaining and if we can at least average a point a game, it should be enough.
 

Isn't it eight after QPR?

It is. We should get an extra game if we're in the relegation zone after 38 matches though. I call it the mulligan game.

Would the "Mulligan" game be started from scratch or from a particular post in the game ?

Which game did you have in mind ?

Ooh, too many to choose from. Lets re-do the Chelsea game over and over until we beat them 8-0.

[supertom]

If Sunderland get dragged back into it, it'll be very sweet indeed. I'd love to see it.

Looking over the next 6 or so fixtures. We have to be fancying QPR, Stoke, Fulham and Sunderland.
I'd also hope to see us pick up at least a point against Liverpool. We've got to go all out in these games. Get 3-4 wins out of that lot we're safe with time to spare. We've got winnable games, now it's a case of winning them.
We need Vlaar to stay fit and get a run of games too. He's got to settle in and shore our backline up. We also look better when Bennett isn't playing too, so I'd probably stick with Baker or Clark at left back.