This is the season...

[Percy McCarthy]

Of all the seasons for us to be uber-shit, even shitter than we have been for the last five, we've picked one where the Sky clubs are shit too, meaning everyone (except us) can take points off them. Sadly, the low points total that will be needed to get into the top four this year will mean that the relegation watermark will be higher this season as well. Bollocks.

[Risso]

Newcastle are no great shakes and are still a pretty poor team, but how many of our players would actually get in their team? None in my opinion.

Did you see their second goal? We don't have the players capable of doing that, and they will beat us easily.

[curiousorange]

It's a key game. Win it, and it's not just three points but a marker saying we're capable of competing with the sides we have to beat. It's also a monkey off our backs and a way of stopping their renaissance in its tracks.

Honestly, I don't give us a snowball in hell's chance.

[OzVilla]

I reckon we'll be pretty much certain by 5pm on 2nd January. Anything less than 7 points between then and now and the dilemma will be what to do in the transfer window.

The game that will confirm it mathematically will be Man Utd away in mid April.

[Ads]

Newcastle are no great shakes and are still a pretty poor team, but how many of our players would actually get in their team? None in my opinion.

Did you see their second goal? We don't have the players capable of doing that, and they will beat us easily.

We don't seem to have an opposition keeper willing to chuck one in his own net.

Essentially, it would have been Cech chucking in Adama's chance yesterday. But he didn't.

[ez]

Newcastle are no great shakes and are still a pretty poor team, but how many of our players would actually get in their team? None in my opinion.

Did you see their second goal? We don't have the players capable of doing that, and they will beat us easily.

Most of the games i've watched this season have me thinking that.

[john e]

I don't know why everybody's so despondent

4 quick wins and were right back in it

[mallo]

I just want us to get more points than Derby. We're already setting even more records as it is and I do not want the sh***est team ever to grace the premiership to be one of them. We're down now, we just don't have enough quality to turn this around now - I will change my mind only if we sign an amazing striker in Jan which would give us a chance, but it would have to be early Jan. Sign some random rejects and I'll know then it's damage limitation.

[Des Little]

My thoughts exactly - all we can realistically hope for is to pass that magical 12 point mark.

[MorrisNielson]

The records keep coming.
Longest run without a home league win:

9 - 24/05/2015 – and counting
8 - 04/05/1987 – 17/10/1987
8 - 11/12/1920 – 12/03/1921
7 - 03/12/2011 – 12/02/2012
7 - 16/11/1985 – 08/03/1986
7 - 17/11/1973 – 02/03/1974
7 - 24/12/1960 – 01/04/1961

[Stu82]

If you had said we would be 9 points off Chelsea in December, at the begining of the season, i would have taken that.

Not given up hope yet, (maybe deluded). we need at least two wins and a draw in next four games minimum.

[Chris Harte]

I don't know why everybody's so despondent

4 quick wins and were right back in it

I'm not sure we'll win four all season, never mind getting four "quick" wins.

[PeterWithesShin]

Our next 9 league games will decide things I reckon. Get a good haul of points and we're back in it with the bonus of confidence being up. Carry on being shite and it will be a foregone conclusion.

Newcastle v Aston Villa
Aston Villa v West Ham
Norwich v Aston Villa
Sunderland v Aston Villa
Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
Aston Villa v Leicester
West Brom v Aston Villa
West Ham v Aston Villa
Aston Villa v Norwich

[QuintonVilla]

I think we'll win one of the games against Norwich, and that's it. Genuinely can't see us winning any of the others.

[Kingthing]

Newcastle are no great shakes and are still a pretty poor team, but how many of our players would actually get in their team? None in my opinion.

Did you see their second goal? We don't have the players capable of doing that, and they will beat us easily.

..and won't they just love their last away game of the season.