UEFA Europa Conference League - Alkmaar, Legia and Zrinjski

[aldridgeboy]

Brighton have 7 games in May. 4 of them against the top 4. And us.
I think Liverpool will finish above us.
I guess Surs could react well or implode. 50-50

I think I we will finish 7th.

[SoccerHQ]

5 points ahead of Brighton. That's key.

If they don't win at Forest then they'll have to win one of their very tough other spare games and/or beat us at VP.

Also think Wolves might get something against them at weekend aswell.

Am hopeful West Ham will hold Liverpool tomorrow with Antonio and Bowen in good form. Liverpool's game in hand though is at home to Fulham so on tonight's evidence that will be a breeze for them.

[FatSam]

Another 10 points from our remaining 5-games, to equal our highest points total in a 20-team EPL, would be great. 3-wins, a draw and a loss would do it. Fingers crossed.

[Mossie Hennebry]

In terms of our run-in, I think Brighton are screwed. The games are coming thick and fast and at the wrong time of the season. If things are going wrong, they have no time to put them right. W
Can we do the double over Manchester United? Doubtful. L
Liverpool away. We've done it before. X
Wolves away. Fuck yeah. W
Spurs at home. Double Fuck yeah. W
+10 pts has got to see us finish 6th surely?!

[Nii Lamptey]

Man Utd [A] - W
Wolves [A] - D (they have form at Molineux, and this will be their cup final)
Spurs [H] - W
Liverpool [A] - D
Brighton [H] - W

11pts out of 15 by my reckoning... Finish on 65pts. Hard to call where we'll finish yet - All hinges on the form of Liverpool and Brighton (*Spurs are done).

[Dick Edwards]

Our players are suffering now from a serious lack of options from the bench, particularly in midfield. We need those four injured players back and available, pronto. Ideally last night we'd have been able to hook Buendia when he started losing more and more possession, and Ramsey as soon as he had that ankle injury. Our run in now is exceptionally difficult and it's going to be a monumental effort to retain our current placing. Some people are dismissing Wolves as an easy three points but it's a derby game, away from home and they have started picking up results.

If we can kick off against Brighton still with any European qualifying fate still in our own hands I'd take that scenario right now.

[algy]

Man Utd [A] - FTF
Wolves [A] - FTF
Spurs [H] - FTF
Liverpool [A] - FTF
Brighton [H] - FTF

15 points out of a possible 15, leaving us on 69pts.  5th place, Europa League, job done.

[Chris_Jephcott]

I genuinely don’t know. This isn’t a position I thought we’d be in several months ago, and even then when we lost 3 in a row, I thought we’d just settle for mid table and build on next year.

It’s wonderfully refreshing to be looking at this. I haven’t been this excited about Villa in a long time and to be in a European race is more than I could fathom when we had Gerrard as our coach.

All we can do is keep on winning, keep on getting results. The teams around us are going to be equally motivated, so it’s going to be hard. We will start to suffer from fatigue as there is no break until the end of the season now and we have a small squad.

Come what may, I’m bloody proud of being a Villa fan right - incredibly proud of our team, our squad and our club.

As fans, we just need to push the team in the last few games to do the best they can do. We could easily be in the position of Leicester right now, but we’re not - thanks to our owners.

Keep on winning, keep on getting points and we’ll see where the dice lie on the final day of the season.

[Paul.S]

I still think it’s a tough ask but this team just keep surprising me. We will need the injured players back to have a chance and if we do then anything’s possible.

[olaftab]

Brighton have 7 games in May. 4 of them against the top 4. And us.
I think Liverpool will finish above us.
I guess Surs could react well or implode. 50-50

I think I we will finish 7th.

I agree. We are now more or less guaranteed 8th but that's no good. 7th is where we are likely to end up and that would be a great achievement.

[OCD]

Add winning without playing well to the list of milestones.

[Risso]

Forest and West Ham wins tonight would be very welcome.

[Brazilian Villain]

Forest and West Ham wins tonight would be very welcome.

Oh Yes! Even draws would be welcome.

[lovejoy]

Isn't it great to be looking at results of other teams and it being about how high we can finish and not relegation related?

[chrisw1]

I feel the players are a bit jaded and we couldn't cope with any more injuries to yesterday's starting 11.

But so far so good - we're showing resistance.

Liverpool's run in is easy - they will finish above us.
Spurs MAY get a new manager bounce, particularly if they get Poch in this week

Brighton are the main target.  They are still playing extremely well, but the sheer amount of fixtures and quality of opponents makes it very difficult for them.  If they get 6th they'll really deserve it.

I think it will be a last day shoot between us for either 6/7th or 7/8th (depending on whether Spurs continue to implode or have a Poch renaissance)