Champions League Contention

[aldridgeboy]

Phew. That was nervy.

[Demitri_C]

Hopefully one more win should do it unless spurs win all their remaining games

[olaftab]

Another game played by both teams and we gain a point, it's in our hands, a satisfactory weekend.

[Smithy]

Regardless of how it felt after last night, this is actually a pretty good 24 hours for us. It's another game gone for Spurs with zero points accumulated.  Three more games like that against Chelsea, Liverpool and Man City and 4th is ours regardless of what we do in our final three games. 

If we win against Brighton, they've got to beat two of those three (or beat one and draw the other two) to overtake us.  And that's assuming they beat Sheff Utd and Burnley.

[olaftab]

3 times this season we've been two-nil up

Man U 3-2 Villa
Villa 3-3 Brentford
Villa 2-2 Chelsea

7 points lost from positions where proper, professional game management should have seen us over the line.

Proper professional game management through out the season sees us in 4th place with 3 games to go.

[PeterWithesShin]

One more win will leave Spurs needing a minimum of 4 points from Chelsea, Liverpool and Man City.

[LeeB]

As I said, if that win is at Brighton and they lose the next two exceptionally tough away games we could be having a party thus time next week.

[Richard E]

As I said, if that win is at Brighton and they lose the next two exceptionally tough away games we could be having a party thus time next week.

Especially if Delia Smith’s Yellow and Green Army can do the honours on Saturday as well.

[RamboandBruno]

We have one foot in 4th

[AlexAlexCropley]

May the 4th be with you

[Dave]

As I said, if that win is at Brighton and they lose the next two exceptionally tough away games we could be having a party thus time next week.

And Brighton have scored one goal this month, and that was Burnley's goalkeeper doing his Enckleman impression. And conceded eleven in their last four.

[PeterWithesShin]

The much easier run in Spurs have has seen them win 2 of 6, concede 13 and the wins were laboured ones at home to Forest and Luton.

Points last 10 games
Villa 18
Spurs 16

Last 6 games
Villa 11
Spurs 7

[CT Villan]

What would be great is Villa finish 4th and win the ECL and a German or Italian team claims the coefficient spot in CL. The media love-in with Spurs is nauseating so throwing a little salt on their spuds would be delectable.

[Brazilian Villain]

What would be great is Villa finish 4th and win the ECL and a German or Italian team claims the coefficient spot in CL.

I don't think them getting the co-efficient spots is in doubt now.

[Somniloquism]

3 times this season we've been two-nil up

We have been 2-0 up 14 times in the league this season, not three times.