How many points will keep us up?

[Ads]

Stoke are an appalling side. We have to be looking at taking something from there.

[N'ZMAV]

Stoke are probably the worst team in the league.

[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?

6 out of 6, you should have done an accumulator.

I never bet on the Villa mate.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

The only remaining game I think we will definitely lose is at Old Trafford.

We play them with 5 games to go. It is possible they may have won the league mathematically the previous game.
Trophy presentation, party atmosphere etc..
Distractions? Foot off the pedal ?     

[MONCABA]

Shows we're not safe by a long way looking at his other predictions!

Well lets hope I'm way off the mark then!

[Ads]

Yanited are well known for taking their foot off the gas when the title is won.

I want them in the FA Cup final and to win the league asap.

[Ghost of Pongo Waring]

We never in at Norwich in the league. Something like 30 years since we last did.

We beat them 2-1 in '93. Since then we've played them three times at Carrow Road in the League, drawing two and losing one.  Not the worst record really.

Wigan away is one we should win. They've only beaten us once there, in their first Prem season. They win at Villa Park, we win at the DW. It's the way it always happens.

I was at that game and seem to recall best game i saw from Alex Cropley after that wanker Brown did him.

Alex Cropley had long retired by 1993, surely.

[myf]

i reckon 38 will do it. still could come down to last day though. a real pity Newcastle couldn't hold on for a point today as pressure could be back on in a fortnight against pool

[Irish villain]

i reckon 38 will do it. still could come down to last day though. a real pity Newcastle couldn't hold on for a point today as pressure could be back on in a fortnight against pool

Agreed. We know what Wigan are like when they get their effing tails up. Sunderland collapsing might be our best hope of avoiding a last day decider with Wigan.

[Brian Taylor]

31-Mar-13   H   Liverpool   fix                13.30
06-Apr-13           A   Stoke City   fix         15.00
13-Apr-13      H   Fulham   fix                 15.00
22-Apr-13           A   Manchester United   fix      20.00
27-Apr-13     H   Sunderland   fix         15.00
04-May-13   A   Norwich City   fix         15.00
12-May-13   H   Chelsea   fix                 15.00
19-May-13   A   Wigan Athletic   fix         16.00

With the newfound wind in our sails I think we can end up in mid-40's points wise.

Good luck lads!

[avfcpg]

I'd go as far as too say 36 points could be enough...tight, but could be enough.
With us playing next Sunday (Sky Jinx), a win could be absolutely huge looking at the other teams games..
 
Sunderland v Man Utd
Arsenal v Reading
Man City v Newcastle
Saints v Chelsea
Everton v Stoke
Wigan v Norwich
Fulham v QPR

Stoke and Sunderland are right in the mix...and we have to play both.
We really don't want to visit Wigan last game needing something....

[john2710]

We'll need more than 35, I would say 38-39 should be enough with our goal difference. I can't see Sunderland getting another point before they play us. Hopefully we will have 5 or 6 points in the bag before we play then & when we beat them that should give us the points to be safe.

Obviously, it never works out like that but we are in a much better position than we were 3 weeks ago.

[villan from luton]

We never in at Norwich in the league. Something like 30 years since we last did.

We beat them 2-1 in '93. Since then we've played them three times at Carrow Road in the League, drawing two and losing one.  Not the worst record really.

Wigan away is one we should win. They've only beaten us once there, in their first Prem season. They win at Villa Park, we win at the DW. It's the way it always happens.

I was at that game and seem to recall best game i saw from Alex Cropley after that wanker Brown did him.

Alex Cropley had long retired by 1993, surely.

I was at the game as well, think it was 79/80 season give or take a season.

[tomd2103]

Rather than looking below us and worrying about Wigan, we should be looking at the teams above us and trying to surpass them.  We do that and we won't have to worry about what is going on below us.

[themossman]

Yeah agree. I don't buy the 'Wigan are guaranteed to go on an end of season run' stuff but there are at least 3 more likely teams to finish below us IMO, besides qpr and reading.