Quote from: johnc on July 13, 2020, 09:46:11 PMQuote from: Marlon From Bearwood on July 13, 2020, 04:53:40 PMWe were 80/1 to get promoted on 1st March last season. We then beat Derby 4-0 and dropped to 33/1, at which point my mate lumped on us. He was particularly happy at Wembley after the PO Final. 8 of us went for a few pints after WBA beat us at VP. We put £80 on the Villa to go up ay 50/1. We enjoyed wembley as well. There have ben a few suggestions that we put another 80 on us to stay up.I watched this market closely and never saw us getting near 80/1, which bookies did you use?
Quote from: Marlon From Bearwood on July 13, 2020, 04:53:40 PMWe were 80/1 to get promoted on 1st March last season. We then beat Derby 4-0 and dropped to 33/1, at which point my mate lumped on us. He was particularly happy at Wembley after the PO Final. 8 of us went for a few pints after WBA beat us at VP. We put £80 on the Villa to go up ay 50/1. We enjoyed wembley as well. There have ben a few suggestions that we put another 80 on us to stay up.
We were 80/1 to get promoted on 1st March last season. We then beat Derby 4-0 and dropped to 33/1, at which point my mate lumped on us. He was particularly happy at Wembley after the PO Final.
It will still take a monumental effort from the lads to still be in with a chance of survival against West Ham. It will also require other results to go our way. But there's still hope. On the flipside relegation would give us parachute payments to rebuild the squad plus a huge amount from the sale of Jack is available for us to spend as he's a home grown player. Then we do still have wealthy owners who will have watched Man City smash ffp and they will be looking at the implications for clubs like us. So stay up and build the squad or get relegated and still be in a good position to rebuild. Either way I'm still optimistic for a bright future at Villa Park. It feels nothing like the gloomy days of our previous relegation and if we do go down I'll be backing us with a hefty bet on an immediate return.
Quote from: The Edge on July 14, 2020, 12:10:08 PMQuote from: paul_e on July 14, 2020, 11:50:01 AMQuote from: The Edge on July 14, 2020, 11:18:31 AMIt will still take a monumental effort from the lads to still be in with a chance of survival against West Ham. It will also require other results to go our way. But there's still hope. On the flipside relegation would give us parachute payments to rebuild the squad plus a huge amount from the sale of Jack is available for us to spend as he's a home grown player. Then we do still have wealthy owners who will have watched Man City smash ffp and they will be looking at the implications for clubs like us. So stay up and build the squad or get relegated and still be in a good position to rebuild. Either way I'm still optimistic for a bright future at Villa Park. It feels nothing like the gloomy days of our previous relegation and if we do go down I'll be backing us with a hefty bet on an immediate return.I'm not sure I'd say monumental effort to be honest a win and a defeat in the next 2 would almost certainly see us still within 2 points of safety going into the last game.Quite a big effort then? Considering Palace was only our 3rd win this year? quite big I can accept, monumental was the term I disagreed with.
Quote from: paul_e on July 14, 2020, 11:50:01 AMQuote from: The Edge on July 14, 2020, 11:18:31 AMIt will still take a monumental effort from the lads to still be in with a chance of survival against West Ham. It will also require other results to go our way. But there's still hope. On the flipside relegation would give us parachute payments to rebuild the squad plus a huge amount from the sale of Jack is available for us to spend as he's a home grown player. Then we do still have wealthy owners who will have watched Man City smash ffp and they will be looking at the implications for clubs like us. So stay up and build the squad or get relegated and still be in a good position to rebuild. Either way I'm still optimistic for a bright future at Villa Park. It feels nothing like the gloomy days of our previous relegation and if we do go down I'll be backing us with a hefty bet on an immediate return.I'm not sure I'd say monumental effort to be honest a win and a defeat in the next 2 would almost certainly see us still within 2 points of safety going into the last game.Quite a big effort then? Considering Palace was only our 3rd win this year?
Quote from: The Edge on July 14, 2020, 11:18:31 AMIt will still take a monumental effort from the lads to still be in with a chance of survival against West Ham. It will also require other results to go our way. But there's still hope. On the flipside relegation would give us parachute payments to rebuild the squad plus a huge amount from the sale of Jack is available for us to spend as he's a home grown player. Then we do still have wealthy owners who will have watched Man City smash ffp and they will be looking at the implications for clubs like us. So stay up and build the squad or get relegated and still be in a good position to rebuild. Either way I'm still optimistic for a bright future at Villa Park. It feels nothing like the gloomy days of our previous relegation and if we do go down I'll be backing us with a hefty bet on an immediate return.I'm not sure I'd say monumental effort to be honest a win and a defeat in the next 2 would almost certainly see us still within 2 points of safety going into the last game.
Quote from: N'ZMAV on July 13, 2020, 09:05:17 PMQuote from: Sexual Ealing on July 13, 2020, 08:13:59 PMYep, that Watford v Arsenal game scares me. Never rely on Arsenal. Watford will win. Deeney will score the winner.Fixed.
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on July 13, 2020, 08:13:59 PMYep, that Watford v Arsenal game scares me. Never rely on Arsenal. Watford will win. Deeney will score the winner.
Yep, that Watford v Arsenal game scares me. Never rely on Arsenal.
I’m slightly more confident we could beat Arsenal having just seen their fixtures - it could be a good time to play them. They play Liverpool tomorrow then Man City on Saturday night in the FA Cup semi final. With a bit of luck they will be tired and demoralised with nothing to play for come next Tuesday. Just means that we’d still have hope even if we fail to beat Everton on Thursday.
There's an awful lot of straw clutching on here.