Quote from: exiled on the wirral! on February 10, 2020, 04:06:09 PMConsistency has been our biggest problem, aswell as our leaky defence, but I do think we have 4 more wins in us from 13 matches.If we don't get that, then we don't deserve to stay up anyway. It's hard to predict where those 4 wins will come from, we didn't expect to lose at Bournemouth, we didn't expect to win at Burnley so who knows. I think it will be tight, but I think we will be just about ok, and would be a marvellous achievement by Dean Smith when you throw in a cup final appearance too.I’m really not sure we’ll need 4 wins. It’s built on the presumption it’s going to take 40 points to stay up and I don’t think that’ll be the case, so many tough games for not only but most of our rivals. I honestly think around 37 might be enough, if that’s the case 3 wins, 3 draws, leaving room for 7 defeats. But I know nowt end of the day.
Consistency has been our biggest problem, aswell as our leaky defence, but I do think we have 4 more wins in us from 13 matches.If we don't get that, then we don't deserve to stay up anyway. It's hard to predict where those 4 wins will come from, we didn't expect to lose at Bournemouth, we didn't expect to win at Burnley so who knows. I think it will be tight, but I think we will be just about ok, and would be a marvellous achievement by Dean Smith when you throw in a cup final appearance too.
Looking at the fixtures, I think we'll end up on 31 points. I fancy us to beat Palace at home, and West Ham away, and I think we'll unfortunately find a way to lose all the others. Not making the most of winning positions at the start of the season is going to cost us because it's usually at the start of the season when promoted sides build up a bank of points and get those surprise results.I agree that there really is nothing to fear in Man U, Arsenal or Spurs, but we just seem to always find a way not to beat the "name" sides. Not just this iteration, but all Villa sides I remember watching over the years.The Spurs game on opening day looks very much like a bellweather game, and is especially annoying looking back now given how crap they've been this season. Had we held on, I think we'd be about 4-6 points better off right now, if not more.Here's hoping for some amnesia Sunday where our players forget they're Villa playing a "name", and act like players of other clubs and simply beat a mediocre mid table side who really should not be as up for it as we are.
Telegraph Football Nerd predicts we go down as we concede over 17 shots per game.
just watch a game with your own eyes that will tell you if your playing well or not it’s easy you don’t need stats to tell you how you are performing you can actually see it right in front of you I was discussing stats with someone on here last year who was obsessed with them, every point he made was with a stathe produced stats which showed that Hourahane was a better player than McGinn I said I’ve seen them both play mate for the last few games I know which ones the best playerStats are a load of bollocks just there to try and prove right is wrong most of the time
Quote from: john e on February 15, 2020, 10:19:55 AMjust watch a game with your own eyes that will tell you if your playing well or not it’s easy you don’t need stats to tell you how you are performing you can actually see it right in front of you I was discussing stats with someone on here last year who was obsessed with them, every point he made was with a stathe produced stats which showed that Hourahane was a better player than McGinn I said I’ve seen them both play mate for the last few games I know which ones the best playerStats are a load of bollocks just there to try and prove right is wrong most of the timewhat I see is teams running and passing through our midfield to create chances. These stats just back that up and maybe, indicate how big the problem is.