Championship 2018-2019

[Risso]

I’m gutted !
Given our last few performances and results I’ve been telling mates to get geared up for play off game against baggies.
However, I’ve just written out all top 11 clubs fixtures with guess results and I have ended up with ;
Norwich 100
Sheffield Utd 93
Leeds 93
WBA 87
Boro 76
Derby 73
AVFC 72
Bristol City 71
Preston 69
Forest 69
Sheffield W 65

One for once I bloody hope I’m proved wrong 😩. My guesses for us are pretty ok I think with maybe only debate my game v Bristol city to get additional points....
Blackburn W
Sheffield Wed D
Rotherham W
Bristol D
Bolton W
Millwall W
Leeds L
Norwich D

Derby have one fortuitous win in 8 games, Boro have won twice in 9 and have lost three in a row.  Boro have Norwich and Bristol City next up.  No way are both of those teams finishing above us.

[Chris Smith]

Bristol City haven’t won for over a month so it will take a big turnaround for them to get another 16 points. Similarly Boro have lost three in a row. Trying to guess so many results is futile at the best of times but this season the Championship has been even more unpredictable than usual.

[TaxDodger]

Our recent performances have made me arrogant enough to not be that bothered about who we're playing against - I'd back us to beat pretty much anybody in this league.

I'd certainly make us favourites for almost all of our remaining games. I don't really fancy going to Elland Road on the penultimate week of the season with them needing a result for promotion, but Norwich should be up by the time they come to Villa Park on the final day of the season so we've got to be favourites for that if we need to win to get in the play offs.

[DB]

Bristol City haven’t won for over a month so it will take a big turnaround for them to get another 16 points. Similarly Boro have lost three in a row. Trying to guess so many results is futile at the best of times but this season the Championship has been even more unpredictable than usual.

Brizzol are either on a great winning run or a big losing streak...hopefully the latter carries on until end of the season

[mallo]

Of the teams not in the top 6 there's always the possibility of someone going on a run as well from now, so it's too complex to call at the moment. We've also been lucky the last few weeks with results, so can expect a few weeks to go against us as well. After another couple of games I think we'll have a much better idea. There's also the experience of pressure - at least most of our players have been through it before. Smith on the other hand, hasn't really.

[Risso]

Of the teams not in the top 6 there's always the possibility of someone going on a run as well from now, so it's too complex to call at the moment. We've also been lucky the last few weeks with results, so can expect a few weeks to go against us as well. After another couple of games I think we'll have a much better idea. There's also the experience of pressure - at least most of our players have been through it before. Smith on the other hand, hasn't really.

He hasn't, but his attitude appears to be right for the job.  Compare and contrast his approach to Pulis, for example.

[Duncan Shaw]

The Rotherham game worries me - it's got the banana-est of banana skins written all over it!!

[AV82EC]

The Rotherham game worries me - it's got the banana-est of banana skins written all over it!!

Bloody hell I know Villa fans can be pessimistic at the best of times but that is hari-kari level pessimism.

[Des Little]

My only concern about Rotherham is getting my arse out of there and back home to the scratcher ASAP

[XXVilla]

Let's hope Bolton find a buyer or go into administration rather than liquidation, as we'll be out the Play Offs and with one less game to make up.

That there is real chance they could be liquidated later this afternoon is staggering. What a clown Anderson is.

Buyer found. Winding up order averted. All the luck’s going our way for a change

[Ads]

Forget Rotherham. You climb a summit by putting one foot and one arm in front of the other.

The focus is Blackburn and Blackburn only. Ignore what the rest do and make sure we win.

[Risso]

If the key players of Mings, McGinn and Jack stay fit, we'll finish in the play off positions.

[AV82EC]

Forget Rotherham. You climb a summit by putting one foot and one arm in front of the other.

The focus is Blackburn and Blackburn only. Ignore what the rest do and make sure we win.

Yep, focus on playing how we do, nullify Dack and Mowbray will be gurning into his black pudding.

[ADVILLAFAN]

My only concern about Rotherham is getting my arse out of there and back home to the scratcher ASAP

I think Millwall is more like the kind of game we could mess up. Do actually feel fairly confident that we will make the playoffs though.

[Ads]

The past four games we've looked like a Premier League team playing in the latter rounds of the FA Cup and taking it very seriously against championship clubs. The exception being Saturday where we looked like a Premier League team playing a League 2 side.

As Risso says, if Mings, Jack, McGinn and Tammy all stay fit, we keep our tempo and effort, then there are no slip ups, as we're better than anybody else in this league.

Keep that intensity and focus for each game as it comes and we'll be fine.