Champions League Contention

[Brazilian Villain]

Benfica have drawn "Rangers". Tricky one for RCF, I wonder who he'll be supporting in that tie.

[dr.chekov]

RCF?

[Brazilian Villain]

RCF?

Rudy Can't Fail, our Lisbon correspondent.

[dr.chekov]

Ah, I see. Ta.

[Somniloquism]

RCF?

Rudy Can't Fail, our Lisbon correspondent.

Although as he also used to go by Rangers Can't Fail, hence BV's post.

[Brazilian Villain]

Hojlund to miss two to three weeks with injury. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68381975

No harm with Fulham, Citeh and Everton coming up.

[OCD]

Shame that.

[Somniloquism]

I was looking to see if we had the same major article including an analysis of how missing the player for the whole season could really cause problems for Villa's Champions League push for any of our recent injuries. Seems they only have those if a player is out for three games, not 9 months or the whole season.

[Brazilian Villain]

Beat Luton and we're in pole position for top 5, 11 points (effectively 12) ahead of Yanited with them away at Citeh. We'll be able to have the occasional slip-up in the run-in but after today, they won't.

[brontebilly]

I think United are nearly gone, City will annihilate them and send them into another crisis. 6 more wins should do it. Beat Luton and we will go into that Spurs game full of confidence. Need Konsa and Torres back fit asap though.

[eamonn]

Winning at Luton would be really impressive, they fight for everything and have shown a lot more quality than Burnely and the Blades this season.

[Toronto Villa]

It won’t be easy, but Sheff Utd won there. They work really hard but they’re near the bottom for a reason and we’ve done well in most of the games we’ve been expected to win. Hopefully that continues.

[Dogtanian]

You’ve got to imagine yesterday practically secured a top six finish. Brighton would have to overhaul a 13 point lead in 12 games.

Even if our points per game halved for the rest of the season, they’d need to get 25 points in those 12 games.

European qualification via the league in two consecutive seasons is fantastic.

[ChicagoLion]

The Torres situation is a real worry, we are down to an almost bare X1 with scarce replacements and we are likely to suffer more injuries and fatigue before the season ends.
Not lose at Luton and beat Spurs will go along way towards securing a CL place.
Expect a very different team to take the field in Amsterdam.

[Dogtanian]

The Torres situation is a real worry, we are down to an almost bare X1 with scarce replacements and we are likely to suffer more injuries and fatigue before the season ends.
Not lose at Luton and beat Spurs will go along way towards securing a CL place.
Expect a very different team to take the field in Amsterdam.

Melchester Rovers?