Next 10 league games- Judgement time.

[SoccerHQ]

Seeing as these sort of threads pop up here I thought I'd do one before Kippax wakes up. 

If the play offs are still an aim we need to wake up, realise we now have a very good team for this level given who we're signing and go out and actually win some games.

When I mean win some games I don't mean just win one game and then go back to drawing and then losing meekly as we did over xmas.

We need to win a game on a Saturday...then scrap our way to an away win on the Thursday and then win another game on the Saturday.

So far this season that's been beyond us.

Our next 10 are:

Brentford (A)
Forest (A)
Ipswich (H)
Newcastle (A)
Derby (H)
Bristol (H)
Rotherham (A)
Huddersfield (a)
Sheff Weds (H)
Rotherham (A)

Probably our toughest sequence of games this season. In this run we play only two teams who are mid table with little to play for...the rest are either top 6 contenders or fighting relegation.

I think we need 20 points from that lot and we need to start beating some teams above us.

Even if the gap is still 3-4 points off top 6 I'd be fine with that as they'll be I think 7 games in April.

What won't be acceptable is something like winning two and drawing 7 or 8 but that's been our problem this season, we just draw too many games.

Looking forward to it anyway....far too early to be writing off the season.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

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We need to be getting more than two points per game

[darren woolley]

I don't like to look to far ahead but we really need to get a run going to stand a chance of getting into the play offs.

[garyshawsknee]

I hate to tempt fate, but next three are very winnable, as are the home games, except for maybe Derby. Get a couple of wins on the bounce and build momentum, other teams have done it, why not us.

[Smirker]

We've blown it.

The piss poor start under RDM has been too much to recover from.

[Reuben]

Playing Rotherham twice will boost the points tally hopefully...

[Toronto Villa]

The second half of the season will see squad depth come into play. We have a large gap to bridge but we also have now one of the deepest squads. As long as Bruce can get the chemistry with so many new players in place quickly I expect us to make up ground through our own performances as well as others faltering around us.

[Comrade Blitz]

Five of the last 8 are at Villa Park as well.

[Hookeysmith]

Brentford (A)   win
Forest (A)        win
Ipswich (H)      win
Barnsley (h)     win
Newcastle (A)   lose
Derby (H)         Draw
Bristol (H)        Win
Rotherham (A)  Win
Huddersfield (a)  Draw
Sheff Weds (H)   Win
Rotherham (A)   Are we playing them 3 times?
Wigan  (a)         Win

11 games - 27 points there for the taking - and if we hope to be anywhere near the payoffs we need them all

[ADVILLAFAN]

Was about to say, we can't be playing Rotherham twice in the next 10 games, we've already played them at home and we're out of the Cups.

[maidstonevillain]

We really need to pull out a run of 5 or so wins somewhere, and get on a bit of a roll.  But it needs to come pretty soon.  4 or 5 points adrift, going into the last 9 games, I would fancy our chances.

[KRS]

Brentford (A)   W
Forest (A)      W
Ipswich (H)   W   
Barnsley (H)   W
Newcastle (A)   L
Derby (H)      D
Bristol (H)   W
Rotherham (A)   W
Huddersfield (A)   D
Sheff Weds (H)   W
Wigan (A)   W

Same predictions as Hookeysmith...23pts from next 10 games or 26pts from 11 games.

I can see us dropping a few bad results in there too, so 20pts from the next 10 would be more realistic.

[PaulTheVillan]

17

[PeterWithesShin]

30. Fuck 'em all, we're Villa.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

I hate these threads - complete jinxes.

Everyone is way too optimistic and we end up W1 D3 L6 or something.