This is the season...

[myf]

Let the fans of lesser clubs mock and, even better, let them think we are finished.  My approach is to take it on the chin whilst  ignoring the temptation to respond.  Deep down, though, their mocking and desperation for us to fall makes my belief that we can turn it around all the stronger.   

I was really hoping Garde was going to prove a lot of pundits wrong.  I still hope he does.

[villa for life]

While I was looking at the table this morning, one thing did come to mind and kind of cheered me up.

Sure, we have to get another 35points, but Newcastle and Bournemouth have also got to get another 30 points from somewhere, and Sunderland another 28 and Norwich another 27.

It seems like we are miles behind and cut adrift, but there are still so many points to play for. We just need to get 5-8 points more than those other teams, and it's not like there are half a dozen games left. There's still more than half the season left!

Anyone feeling better?!

[villa for life]

And yes, I chose 40 points as an aim, but it may not take that much, but the principle remains. We only need to do marginally better than those other crap teams in the next 24 games.

[Clampy]

While I was looking at the table this morning, one thing did come to mind and kind of cheered me up.

Sure, we have to get another 35points, but Newcastle and Bournemouth have also got to get another 30 points from somewhere, and Sunderland another 28 and Norwich another 27.

It seems like we are miles behind and cut adrift, but there are still so many points to play for. We just need to get 5-8 points more than those other teams, and it's not like there are half a dozen games left. There's still more than half the season left!

Anyone feeling better?!

That's more like it. We need dooers like you in our movement! As glum as it looks, it's not over yet.

Or we could just prepare the squad for the championship. 

[ChicagoLion]

While I was looking at the table this morning, one thing did come to mind and kind of cheered me up.

Sure, we have to get another 35points, but Newcastle and Bournemouth have also got to get another 30 points from somewhere, and Sunderland another 28 and Norwich another 27.

It seems like we are miles behind and cut adrift, but there are still so many points to play for. We just need to get 5-8 points more than those other teams, and it's not like there are half a dozen games left. There's still more than half the season left!

Anyone feeling better?!

That's more like it. We need dooers like you in our movement! As glum as it looks, it's not over yet.

Or we could just prepare the squad for the championship.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

[andyh]

One positive of going down is that we may get our hands on the 'real' league champions trophy again.
It's always struck me as wrong that winners of the second tier of football get the trophy some of the greatest English teams have lifted in the past.

[rob_bridge]

Before Saturday I thought we have 4 batches of 6 games and need 8 points from each batch all things being equal. Gives us 37 which would probably be enough.

First one takes us to Christmas. 2nd to the end of Feb to get us near to where we were when Lambert was binned.

Saturday was a great opportunity to get the ball rolling and we fluffed it.

[Pat McMahon]

I heard today that Britain last won the Davis cup in 1936, a year in which we were relegated. Any way we can hand back the Davis cup today before history repeats itself.

[Ads]

Before Saturday I thought we have 4 batches of 6 games and need 8 points from each batch all things being equal. Gives us 37 which would probably be enough.

First one takes us to Christmas. 2nd to the end of Feb to get us near to where we were when Lambert was binned.

Saturday was a great opportunity to get the ball rolling and we fluffed it.

That's how I tend to look at it. We were on 22 points going into the New Year, but didn't pick up anything more until the last day of February. If we can go into January with say 15 points on the table, a modest pick up over the next six games [given the three six pointers in there] then we'd only need a couple of wins across two months to be where we were last season.

Its not over, its just looking massively unlikely at the moment.

[Ad@m]

Before Saturday I thought we have 4 batches of 6 games and need 8 points from each batch all things being equal. Gives us 37 which would probably be enough.

First one takes us to Christmas. 2nd to the end of Feb to get us near to where we were when Lambert was binned.

Saturday was a great opportunity to get the ball rolling and we fluffed it.

I love your optimism.

I just see that in each batch of six matches we will have 2 games on average against the traditional top 6/7 where lets face it, we've got nothing recently.  So then we need 8 points from 4 games - aka Champions League form.  Nothing I've seen of this group of players suggests they're anything like capable of that, especially given it seems we need to score 4 goals a game just to counter the inevitable disasters our defence is capable of!

[ChicagoLion]

I reckon if Sherwood had not have made crazy decisions we wuld be 6 points better off.
Still in trouble but not cut adrift.
AS it stands now the return of one point against Sunderland Watford Albion Swansea and Stoke at home have done for us.

[russon]

If it is the season, and let's face it, it is, expect a feisty afternoon for our last home game which is v Newcastle. It was one of the pleasures of my life relegating them at VP a few years back and our glee will not have been forgotten by them.

At least we have the consolation of them joining us in our agonising descent to the Championship and by the time they come to town they won't wind us up cos we'll have had a couple of months getting used to the mathematical certainty of relegation.

[villa for life]

Even if we have been relegated by then, we might be the ones to relegate them again!

[class-of-82]

More like we will stay up and relegate them again

[cheltenhamlion]

More like we will stay up and relegate them again

Lovely notion but I doubt it. Taking the pricks with us when they expect to stay up? Priceless.