This is the season...

[PeterWithesShin]

Last home game of the season, Newcastle. Could be a winner takes all...

We will be safe by then, we'll smash Newcastle to send them down. We'll take the piss on and off the pitch. Which will make us even more popular with them.

[wittonwarrior]

 It may and  probably look worse up to Christmas - Watford and Southampton are definitely games to target for 3 points and I am not joking about  Southampton.  City take a point now et sec Arsenal.

A lot will depend on whether we can do any business whatsoever in the transfer window, whether Garde can initially motivate the team like Sherwood did  in the  beginning, get some breaks like we did with Sherwood at the start.

Bournemouth  and Sunderland look worse than  us and it is up to the Villa to  step up an extra 10% should then just about see us through.

[QuintonVilla]

Bournemouth battered Newcastle today, they're just unlucky their main striker and goalscorer is injured. They controlled and dominated the game, we didn't even do that against League Two Notts County.

[ChicagoLion]

If you look at the fixtures it is difficult to see how we wont be bottom on New Years day.
Which will make bringing in the players needed to get us out of this mess even more difficult.
I am afraid we are toast.

[Richard E]

Is this the season?

Yes, I really fear for Chelsea this year.

[kippaxvilla2]

I have just realised we are six points adrift with a game in hand.........or maybe not....

[PeterWithesShin]

Look on the bright side, I bet if before the season started someone had said we'd be 4 places behind Chelsea after 12 games we would have been delighted!

/endgallowshumour

[kippaxvilla2]

Very true dat.

[Stirchley Villain]

I feel so much better since I gave up hope...

[Dave]

Bournemouth battered Newcastle today, they're just unlucky their main striker and goalscorer is injured. They controlled and dominated the game, we didn't even do that against League Two Notts County.

But we did do it for a pretty large portion of the match against joint-top-of-the-league Leicester City.

What an oddly-sounding phrase.

[Villa in Denmark]

That's not so much odd as "Are we in a parallel universe?"

[Stirchley Villain]

Bournemouth battered Newcastle today, they're just unlucky their main striker and goalscorer is injured. They controlled and dominated the game, we didn't even do that against League Two Notts County.

Yes because the braniac we had in charge though it would be a good idea to play one midfielder...

[Villa in Denmark]

Bournemouth battered Newcastle today, they're just unlucky their main striker and goalscorer is injured. They controlled and dominated the game, we didn't even do that against League Two Notts County.

Yes because the braniac we had in charge though it would be a good idea to play one midfielder...

Isn't braniac a show on Discovery channel with little twat Hammond?

Actually braniac would still be a good description.

[ChicagoLion]

I feel so much better since I gave up hope...

I have some hope back after the huge change in just about everything- team selection, organisation, discipline and commitment.
Its a start and we have a long way to go, but at least we seem to have someone who knows what he is doing.
Goalkeeping and goal scoring are still very big concerns.

[ozzjim]

It is such a huge gap to make up now though. 5 points and a lot of games yes, but we are not in a fight with just Newcastle and Bournmouth we need to get Norwich, West Brom and Watford back into us, and that seems a long way off at the moment. A draw against Everton and beating Watford at home would certainly help a lot though!