MOTD

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah it’s not a fluke at all. I think the problem is - and we’ve seen this recently - fatigue, injuries, and suspensions take their toll. Liverpool and Citeh in particular are better placed to deal with that, both in terms of experience and also squad depth. We’re doing great, but we’d need a lot of fortune to be in the title mix at the end.

[LeeB]

Everyone looks tired in the games I've watched over Christmas, and with December schedule it's no surprise.

[Brazilian Villain]

Does anyone (apart from Martinez) think we're serious candidates to win the league? I know I don't!

https://x.com/theavfcfaithful/status/1743263278015434917?s=46&t=tRQc-IrzjqWPKBwYhGZpFw

As someone put it recently (might have been Chris Sutton, might have been on here), we're contenders until we're not. It's unlikely we'll win it but you could say that about every other team that isn't called Man City. I think we'll be in the title race till the end of March, and then April's fixtures will determine how close we go.

[Drummond]

The team that wins the league usually has fewer defeats than anyone else. Currently Liverpool have just 1, ManC have 3 and us and Arsenal have 4.

From that you'd say that Liverpool are clear favourites, but we all know that ManC could finish with no more defeats.

We need to be pretty much unbeaten to win it I think.

[SamTheMouse]

If we win the league and England win the Euros, this year might go some way towards making up for 2016.

What a c**t of a year that was.

[Dave]

If we win the league and England win the Euros, this year might go some way towards making up for 2016.

What a c**t of a year that was.

Yeah, at least 2020 had the 7-2 versus Liverpool game amongst the country / world being shit.

2016 had nothing to vindicate it.

[kippaxvilla2]

Oh fcuking hell Jenas is presenting MOTD.

[Brazilian Villain]

Oh fcuking hell Jenas is presenting MOTD.

You haven't heard that Lineker's stepping down at the end of the season to concentrate on politics?

[kippaxvilla2]

I haven’t.  Can’t they do any better than Jenas though.

[ChicagoLion]

I haven’t.  Can’t they do any better than Jenas though.

He is the almost perfect candidate.
If you ignore talent of course, which does not appear to be in abundance when considering the current level of broadcasters and pundits.

[VillaTim]

Special Mention for Jenas last night for the most Vanilla performance on TV ever . Til he comes on again.

[algy]

Does anyone (apart from Martinez) think we're serious candidates to win the league? I know I don't!

I feel that we're nonchalant candidates for the league title

[pauliewalnuts]

I see us strolling to the title, perhaps putting on a 'pimp roll' (a Tom Wolfe reference there for you book readers).

I don't care what the rest of the league think, or their fans for that matter.

Fuck those guys, fuck them all.

[pauliewalnuts]

Oooh, it's Dion.

I really enjoyed his co-commentary on our match yesterday.

I think what I appreciated most was the persistency of it, just a constant sort of nonsensical background noise which was never going to stop.

Like watching a game whilst someone pilots a drone, hovering just over your shoulder for 90 minutes.

Or what the constant traffic hum would be like if your house overlooked the M6.

[FrankyH]

Does anyone (apart from Martinez) think we're serious candidates to win the league? I know I don't!

I have been down playing our title credentials , much to the annoyance of younger members of my Villa supporting associates,family & friends  ( to be honest I've seen us choke under Sir Graham , Big Ron , John Gregory and to a lesser extent MON). I do admit though when Martinez belted out that line , I felt like a
lily-livered mangy old dog !