The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths

[Ads]

Bristol, Leeds and Sheffield United losing, a good day for us.

[SoccerHQ]

Beat Bristol and things start getting interesting again.

Derby have some tricky fixtures next month.

[sickbeggar]

Looking at the january game,s i've got 3 wins as a minimum out of 4, maybe 2 wins and a draw. Think we will lose at Forest, need to win Bristol C and Barnsley, and sheffield United should be the away win. 9 or 7 points isn't really enough to my mind, unless Cardiff and Bristol C are going to continue to lose and Derby start losing. Hope that doesn't sound too hysterical.

[VillaAlways]

Looking at the january game,s i've got 3 wins as a minimum out of 4, maybe 2 wins and a draw. Think we will lose at Forest, need to win Bristol C and Barnsley, and sheffield United should be the away win. 9 or 7 points isn't really enough to my mind, unless Cardiff and Bristol C are going to continue to lose and Derby start losing. Hope that doesn't sound too hysterical.

Out of interest why do you think we' ll lose at Forest ? Theyre utter gash

[sickbeggar]

Looking at the january game,s i've got 3 wins as a minimum out of 4, maybe 2 wins and a draw. Think we will lose at Forest, need to win Bristol C and Barnsley, and sheffield United should be the away win. 9 or 7 points isn't really enough to my mind, unless Cardiff and Bristol C are going to continue to lose and Derby start losing. Hope that doesn't sound too hysterical.

Out of interest why do you think we' ll lose at Forest ? Theyre utter gash

Said before, they're the average championship side along with ipswich and norwich.  Home advantage, 1 less point than us in the last 5 games. Just a feeling i guess

[eamonn]

I think Forest have won as many games as us which I was surprised to see.

[VillaAlways]

I think Forest have won as many games as us which I was surprised to see.

One less but yes I was surprised too

[MoetVillan]

They don't really do draws

[preston28]

After tonight only Wolves have the 2 points per game. All to play for!

[Toronto Villa]

I get all this points per game thing but it’s really going to be about how teams react to pressure down the stretch and much will be down to their resources. We finally showed today with the right approach that despite having key players out we can batter teams in or around us. Teams won’t want to come to Villa Park based on our home record. As the season progresses all of our opponents will suffer injuries, loss of form and naturally nerves will set in. We have a squad and a manager that has a lot of experience.

Today should be a signal to Bruce and everyone around us of our capabilities. Bruce just needs to be committed to it.

[SoccerHQ]

Beat Bristol and things start getting interesting again.

Derby have some tricky fixtures next month.

Just to add a bit more to that Derby's next three are:

SHA away, SHA have a weird knack of getting results against the top 10. They could be amusingly very useful to us in the last four months.

Bristol City home, Hopefully they'll be better than tonight!

Millwall away, they don't lose many at the Den.

I'm hopeful we'll be closer than 5 points at the end of January. We could well have a game in hand aswell.

[Des Little]

Just realised that Derby is our last home game of the season...

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Just realised that Derby is our last home game of the season...

Proud of you, Desmond. Well done. I never knew.

[IFWaters]

Think we need 7 points from next 3: forest away, Barnsley home and Sheffield utd away. Oh and shock Cup exit wouldn't go amiss, try out micah in goal.

[Matt Collins]

Starting to look a lot rosier within the space of less than a week

I’m sure it won’t prevent another bout of despair next time we lose though!