This is the season...

[Ad@m]

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

Our last home win was on 9 May so I'd say the clock started then.

[ChicagoLion]

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

to have any chance and I do not think we do, we have to win Saturday get another 4 wins, can't see it

[Des Little]

To have had any chance, we needed to beat Watford. For me, we sealed it then.

[john e]

To have had any chance, we needed to beat Watford. For me, we sealed it then.

yep I felt the same

I have never in the last 5 seasons ever felt we would go down, you can check my post history on that,

after that Watford defeat for the first time I thought we had a more of a chance of relegation than staying up, if I had to put my money on it right now I would say we will go down this season

but that doesnt mean i have given up, no way, until its mathmaticaly imposible i will keep on believing for the miracle, so I still have hope but its more bob than anything solid

[Ozzjim]

Looking at that 9 games, you would have to say 16 points is the mark. 5 wins and a draw from the 9 games is never going to happen though. If it did, we would still be bottom 3 but would be right in the fight. 7 from the next 4 seems imperative. I would take a draw this weekend though to 1. stop them getting ahead and 2. start the ball rolling.

[Toronto Villa]

Points are critical, no doubt, but as important or more so in my opinion is to be in touching distance of the sides above us after this stretch of games. Positive momentum will swing this in our favour and we need to be turning the year with some. Otherwise there is no chance of us surviving. We simply have to start putting pressure on the sides above us because right now those teams are only concerned about 2 relegation spots and not 3 because it is almost being taking for granted we will go.

[ChicagoLion]

The have not won since the first day of the season label needs putting to bed before any one can believe there is even the faintest hope of escape.

[PaulWinch again]

Looking at that 9 games, you would have to say 16 points is the mark. 5 wins and a draw from the 9 games is never going to happen though. If it did, we would still be bottom 3 but would be right in the fight. 7 from the next 4 seems imperative. I would take a draw this weekend though to 1. stop them getting ahead and 2. start the ball rolling.

I don't think I'd take a draw at this point. Given that Newcastle are pretty poor, other than the last couple of results, if we are to stand a chance we really need to be beating them. At the moment it's imperative that we get ourselves back in touch with those above and draws just won't do that.

[IFWaters]

I think we have to be on 21 points after Norwich away to be in with a chance. 8 games - 4 wins & 2 draws.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

I think we have to be on 21 points after Norwich away to be in with a chance. 8 games - 4 wins & 2 draws.

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norwich away is two games

[Steve kirk]

I think we have to be on 21 points after Norwich away to be in with a chance. 8 games - 4 wins & 2 draws.

Did you mean 11 points after Norwich?

[SoccerHQ]

My unrealistic target to be hopeful of staying up again is 20 points by end of play after West Brom away.

At least we're starting to pick up a bit away again so I think we can win an away game or two before the season is out. Massive problems at home though.

Anyway we'd need something like this:

West Ham- Win (they are missing half their team so this is our best chance of a home win in a long time imo)

Norwich- Draw- We tend to do alright there in recent years but that was with a massively motivated Lambert.

Sunderland- win- we always win there. Different with Big Sam though, that does strike me as one of the worst games of the season to watch and us to lose 1-0 to a set piece

Palace- Win- Should lose as Palace are brilliant away from home with their pace but you never know, end to end games can be unpredictable.

Leicester- Can't see us getting anything. Would be funny though if this kickstarted things again after what happened in September.

West Brom- Win.

13 points. Dosen't look very likely though does it?

[PaulWinch again]

I was saying on the post match thread that we probably need something like a 5 match winning streak now.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

two wins from the next 3 minimum
never mind the next ten games

[Steve67]

two wins from the next 3 minimum
never mind the next ten games

That would us back in touching distance and give us some belief. A couple of new players in by that point too. Play like we did second half yesterday, for the whole game and who knows.