Relegation?

[Jon Crofts]

Did Hull City just save our bacon there?

[Ad@m]

Did Hull City just save our bacon there?

Not quite as I don't think the other three will catch us anyway but they did us a massive favour!

[saunders_heroes]

Did Hull City just save our bacon there?

Let's hope so.

[PeterWithesShin]

Did Hull City just save our bacon there?

That Long goal meaning Fulham have to win both games to catch us could be invaluable. What utter shite to be reduced to thanking Shane fuckin' Long.

[Deano's Mullet]

I cant help but feel that Lerner/Lambert have been let off the hook by that last Hull goal which certainly has eased matters a little. I want to see them punished but I don't want to see us relegated. Fuck me this is a desperate time to be a Villa supporter.

[Villafirst]

Hull have done us a massive favour with the 2-2 draw. Think we'll scrape safety by the skin of our teeth. Probably draw next week against Hull who now look safe.

[Eigentor]

It seems very unlikely that we'll go down, but very unlikely things sometimes happen in relegation fights. It would be very nice if we could get a point against Hull!

[richard moore]

Hull have done us a massive favour with the 2-2 draw. Think we'll scrape safety by the skin of our teeth. Probably draw next week against Hull who now look safe.

And with a cup final on their minds. That might just be enough to help us at their end because nothing we do on the pitch will

[PeterWithesShin]

Hull have done us a massive favour with the 2-2 draw. Think we'll scrape safety by the skin of our teeth. Probably draw next week against Hull who now look safe.

And with a cup final on their minds. That might just be enough to help us at their end because nothing we do on the pitch will

Just a shame Jelavic and Long are cup tied so will def play against us.

[Dazvillain]

Been saying since benteke got injured that teams around and below us have attacking and goals in them, we haven't anyone capable of regularly scoring. My fear of relegation when everyone said we were safe months ago is now coming to sad fruition

[Ads]

I don't think Fulham will pick up the six points they would need.

Hopefully Giggs have given Man United a lift so Norwich end up with nothing today. They may get a point out of Arsenal, but I don't think they will get the three or four they need.

Cardiff and Sunderland drawing tomorrow would be good, as then Cardiff have to take four points and our goal difference swing by 15, which is possible, but unlikely to happen.

I think we will stay up in goal difference, but I am far from confident and cannot see us taking even a point.

[exigo]

You can still get 8/1 on us going down, which frankly I find quite tempting.

[Villafirst]

I think with 3 homes games left that Sunderland will stay up, so prob best if they beat Cardiff tomorrow. What we don't want is a Cardiff victory. Still think Norwich, Cardiff and Fulham will drop.

[adrenachrome]

It's deja vu all over again.

6/1 are the longest odds on offer now, BTW.

11/1 against the drop from William Hill now, and the best on offer is 20/1. It was 50/1 a couple of weeks ago.

When we dropped into the old Second Division in 1967, we looked safe going into April. Then this happened:

25 Mar 1967   Aston Villa v Stoke City   W   2-1    
28 Mar 1967   Aston Villa v West Ham United L   0 -2   
01 Apr 1967   Everton v Aston Villa    L   3-1   
08 Apr 1967   Aston Villa v Fulham    D   1-1   
15 Apr 1967   Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa   L   3-0   
19 Apr 1967   Manchester City v Aston Villa   D   1-1   
22 Apr 1967   Aston Villa v Burnley   L   0-1   
29 Apr 1967   Manchester United v Aston Villa   L   3-1   
06 May 1967   Aston Villa v Everton   L   2-4   
13 May 1967   Southampton v Aston Villa   L   6-2   

What made me look this up was talking to an old friend who said he was getting an unsettling sense of deja vu.

[john2710]

We've been saying for weeks that we will be safe but we're not. 

Next Saturday is a cup final & we need everyone behind this rag arsed team & manager, owner to get us over the line. If you haven't been down for years, get down there next week & get behind the team. Hopefully Hull will do us a favour. If we lose I think we're fucked because that defence will not stop Spurs or Man City.

We now need Norwich to lose & Sunderland / Cardiff to draw.