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Offline ez

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1050 on: December 22, 2015, 07:22:43 PM »
So we need to go from winning 1 game in 17, or none in 16, to winning 1 every 2 games for the rest of the season. Hmmm.

Offline LukeJames

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1051 on: December 22, 2015, 07:36:07 PM »
Target of 30 more points to make it 37 which might just be enough.

So the equivalent of 10 wins in 21 games.  I just can't see it happening.

We need administrations now.

Remi agrees (with the 10 wins bit):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35161976

Go on admit it. You really are Remi Garde aren't you!

Wouldn't be our first manager too refer to himself in the third person.

Offline oswald funkletrumpet

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1052 on: December 22, 2015, 07:41:16 PM »
So we need to go from winning 1 game in 17, or none in 16, to winning 1 every 2 games for the rest of the season. Hmmm.

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Offline Tokyo Sexwhale

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1053 on: December 22, 2015, 08:09:11 PM »
Target of 30 more points to make it 37 which might just be enough.

So the equivalent of 10 wins in 21 games.  I just can't see it happening.

We need administrations now.

Remi agrees (with the 10 wins bit):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35161976

Oui.

The one straw to cling on is that we've rarely been battered - other than at Everton; we've lost most of our games by the odd goal.  If we could somehow get a prolific striker it could turn losses into draws, or draws into wins.

Go on admit it. You really are Remi Garde aren't you!

Offline adrenachrome

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1054 on: December 25, 2015, 08:59:57 PM »
Torygraph

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Remi Garde avoiding relegation with Aston Villa would be up there with Harry Houdini

Villa are rooted to the bottom of the Premier League, and survival is looking more and more like mission impossible

By John Percy8:00PM GMT 24 Dec 2015

Remi Garde declared he was not "the magic man" on the day of his appointment - but he has been unable to make Aston Villa's problems disappear.
Villa are rooted to the bottom of the Premier League, Garde is yet to win since taking over and navigating a route to survival seems to be Mission Impossible.
Not many people outside of B6 believe there is any chance that Villa can defy history by somehow scrambling to safety, with the icy fingers of relegation clawing away at their necks.
But Garde is continuing to talk defiantly - he has no other option - and the next three games are likely to tell us everything we need to know about whether they can achieve the Great Escape

The visit of West Ham on Boxing Day, plus trips to Norwich and Sunderland, do not get any bigger and surely Villa need to win at least two of them to move closer towards the dreaded dotted line.
If they can achieve that, Garde's hopes of strengthening his squad will be infinitely better. If their position appears as grim as it does today, however, which players with their heads screwed on will view a move to Villa as a step forward?
Last week chief executive Tom Fox bravely insisted that Villa's size, reputation and infrastructure sells itself and despite the club's miserable position, there will be no shortage of players wanting to join.
It is difficult to share his optimism, however. Even players in the Championship will be wary of moving there for the threat of returning to the division in under six months is all too real.

Loan players could be an option, but chairman Randy Lerner is notoriously opposed to them and would prefer to bring in permanent signings.
Villa have already begun mapping out their strategy for the January window, with Everton striker Steven Naismith, Gent's Laurent Depoitre and Leicester's Swiss international Gokhan Inler all on the radar.
That strategy will only appear realistic if Villa give themselves a good chance of extracting themselves from the pit of slurry they are currently sitting in.
Garde agrees with Fox, claiming that Villa still remains a big pull to players across Europe.

"Even at the bottom of the table Aston Villa is still attractive for some players. They know we are not relegated yet and hopefully before the opening of the transfer window our situation will be a little bit better. Many players are interested in coming to England and joining Villa," he said.
"It depends on the mentality of the player. As you can imagine some loans would be very helpful for the club but also for the player.
"For example if some players want to play in the Euros at the end of the season but are maybe not getting enough games at their clubs, maybe it's a good deal for both."
In the next few weeks the picture will be clearer - but if Garde does pull off an improbable escape, it will be up there with Harry Houdini.

Online Meanwood Villa

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1055 on: December 25, 2015, 10:16:56 PM »
Just though I’d pop in to depress you all again.
Really wanted us to win today. Another record surpassed….

Longest league run without winning
14 - 14/08/2015-and counting
13 - 24/03/2012-02/09/2012
12 - 13/12/2014-28/02/2015
12 - 27/12/1986-25/03/1987
12 - 10/11/1973-02/02/1974
11 - 19/11/2006-13/01/2007
11 - 28/03/1967-23/08/1967
11 - 23/03/1963-04/05/1963
11 - 29/08/1955-22/10/1955

Well I think it's fair to say we've smashed the league games without a win record, 16 not out. Did a bit of research this morning (well it is Xmas) based on above for longest run without a win in any competition and the 86/87 run included two cup games which extends it to 14. As far as I know that's the longest. We're currently on 12 since we beat the Blose. History could be made at Sunderland. What an age we live in.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1057 on: December 26, 2015, 03:31:27 AM »
What really pisses me offa bout Lambert is the non -specific "problems " he mentions.
So what were they you dull over paid under achieving wanker?

Offline manic-road

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1058 on: December 26, 2015, 08:46:57 AM »
What really pisses me offa bout Lambert is the non -specific "problems " he mentions.
So what were they you dull over paid under achieving wanker?

I'm sure he would like to say Lerner is the main problem at the club but he probably has a confidentially clause written in as part of his pay off so he can't say a lot.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1059 on: December 26, 2015, 09:38:12 AM »

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1060 on: December 26, 2015, 09:38:53 AM »

Offline Smirker

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1061 on: December 26, 2015, 10:12:45 AM »
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11677/10109693/aston-villa-are-worse-off-since-i-left-says-paul-lambert

Say what you want about Lambert but he's always been very complimentary to the club. He is actually right as well, but he was still a shit manager.

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1063 on: December 26, 2015, 10:18:32 AM »
We arent worse off as we are still in the top flight.

Offline Jimbo

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Re: Is this the season...
« Reply #1064 on: December 26, 2015, 10:35:19 AM »
Of all the shit managers we've had in the last few years, 'Thick' Paul Lambert is definitely my least favourite. You've got a new club to bore senseless with your unintelligible, dull platitudes now Paul, can't you please piss off and leave your old one alone? Thanks.

 


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