Relegation?

[Monty]

This is quite simple, win safe, lose down, draw - rely on Stoke.

That's it I think. Match Fulham and we're fine.

[PaulWinch again]

This is quite simple, win safe, lose down, draw - rely on Stoke.

I don't know about that, we could fail to get another point and still be safe.

[Richard E]

Sod matching anyone else's result - let's just go out there and win.

We are playing Hull sodding City not Barcelona or Real Madrid!!

Come on you Lions!!!!!

[montague]

In all my years watching and following the Villa, Villa Park has never been a fortress.  At times, very strong at home but, never a fortress.  I wish it had been/was.

Same here. I can't remember us ever winning 3 home games on the run!

The last good years for Villa Park were 89/90 and 92/93 IMHO.

The good old days when it was a fortress - 4 defeats in 3 years:

74/75   W16 D4 L1
75/76   W11  D8  L2
76/77   W17 D3 L1

[lovejoy]

Sod matching anyone else's result - let's just go out there and win.

We are playing Hull sodding City not Barcelona or Real Madrid!!

Come on you Lions!!!!!

You could have posted that before the Stoke, Crystal Palace, Fulham and Swansea games recently.

[SoccerHQ]

Sod matching anyone else's result - let's just go out there and win.

We are playing Hull sodding City not Barcelona or Real Madrid!!

Come on you Lions!!!!!

Our defence is pretty poor and we are utterly toothless in attack without Benteke. It's not a combination that will result in us winning many football games so I'll stick to relying on other teams hopefully for one final weekend thanks!

[Richard E]

Sod matching anyone else's result - let's just go out there and win.

We are playing Hull sodding City not Barcelona or Real Madrid!!

Come on you Lions!!!!!

You could have posted that before the Stoke, Crystal Palace, Fulham and Swansea games recently.

Fair point but it was more an exhortation than a match prediction.

[SoccerHQ]

Benteke getting injured knackered us completely.

I said as soon as he got injured it wouldn't shock me if we didn't win another game this season and four weeks on we so far haven't despite having winnable games.

We weren't great when he played but as we saw in the Norwich game he can turn games on his head with his ability and reputation. Would we win that game if it was played this weekend, I would say no.

Plus teams can go at us a bit more knowing our attack is pretty toothless.

[mike]

This is quite simple, win safe, lose down, draw - rely on Stoke.

I don't know about that, we could fail to get another point and still be safe.

Yes, the draw is really only relevant with regard to Cardiff, who are doomed anyway, unless we get a point against Man City or Spurs. Win and we're safe, any other result we're relying on Stoke or Palace to at least draw. In theory that makes us pretty secure. Doesn't stop me worrying though.

[PeterWithesShin]

It's as though 030303 never happened. Or all the other regular Monday night beatings, or European fuck ups. *wink*

For as long as I can remember our home form has rarely gone above good, and is more often in the crap-average bracket.

19 home defeats in less than 2 seasons. It was never as bad as this, ever.

Regardless of how shite we are at home currently, what I said is true.

[Rigadon]

It's as though 030303 never happened. Or all the other regular Monday night beatings, or European fuck ups. *wink*

For as long as I can remember our home form has rarely gone above good, and is more often in the crap-average bracket.

19 home defeats in less than 2 seasons. It was never as bad as this, ever.

Regardless of how shite we are at home currently, what I said is true.

To be fair, PWS, what saunders_heroes says above is technically correct.  Though I must admit, whether we lose 10 or 11 at home in any season is just different colours of shit really. 

I'm going down tomorrow out of a sense of duty more than expectation of being entertained in any way, I reckon most would say the same.

[saunders_heroes]

It's as though 030303 never happened. Or all the other regular Monday night beatings, or European fuck ups. *wink*

For as long as I can remember our home form has rarely gone above good, and is more often in the crap-average bracket.

19 home defeats in less than 2 seasons. It was never as bad as this, ever.

Regardless of how shite we are at home currently, what I said is true.

You can dress it up as much as you like, but this season's home form has broken all records for shiteness. It has literally never been as bad as this in our entire history. No matter how much you claim, "we've never been that good at home anyway" it still won't make this season look any better.

[PaulWinch again]

This run has highlighted how reliant we are on Benteke. It is crucial we learn different ways to play and how to hurt teams if Benteke isn't available.

[Chris Smith]

This run has highlighted how reliant we are on Benteke. It is crucial we learn different ways to play and how to hurt teams if Benteke isn't available.

The best way of doing that would be to have a backup striker in place who doesn't break his leg.

Lambert has clearly made mistakes but we do seem to suffer more than our fair share of injuries.

[PeterWithesShin]

It's as though 030303 never happened. Or all the other regular Monday night beatings, or European fuck ups. *wink*

For as long as I can remember our home form has rarely gone above good, and is more often in the crap-average bracket.

19 home defeats in less than 2 seasons. It was never as bad as this, ever.

Regardless of how shite we are at home currently, what I said is true.

You can dress it up as much as you like, but this season's home form has broken all records for shiteness. It has literally never been as bad as this in our entire history. No matter how much you claim, "we've never been that good at home anyway" it still won't make this season look any better.

If only i'd said anything other than we're currently shit at home you may have a point. What I was originally responding to was a post about making VP a fortress again, which is a totally separate point. When in my time, getting on for 40 years *cries* we have nearly always been crap-average at home. Which we have.

To clarify especially for SH, we are currently very shit at home and it fucks me off no end. Remind me how i'm dressing it up again and making it look better?