Champions League Contention

[Bad English]

If on the way out Greasy who is a massive Villa fan who always looks out for our results gets on against Spurs, perhaps he can ignore Pep's talent-stifling tactical instructions and go rampaging up the park two or three times, putting the ball in the back of the net and thus funeralling Tottingham. Failing that Foden, De Bruyne and co can do it.

[German James]

"funeralling"?

[Monty]

"funeralling"?

Old H&V term, c/o saranyu.

[Dave]

"funeralling"?

H&V patois from years past.

Saranyu was it?

[Chap]

"funeralling"?

A technical term for ‘Shoving it up ‘em’.

[Bad English]

Are you new to H&V James? ;-)

[Drummond]

I tell you what, I'm not so much holding, more gripping 'til my fingers turn white, my seat at the moment.

[jon collett]

I think Burnley can take a point from Spurs. Their form last month wasn't bad. Only lost one of 5...

I think that too, it’s their biggest game if the season.

Also have we lost 3 successive league games under Unai before now?

[Ben1505p]

I think Burnley can take a point from Spurs. Their form last month wasn't bad. Only lost one of 5...

I think that too, it’s their biggest game if the season.

Also have we lost 3 successive league games under Unai before now?

No, but we've never been so out on our feet... also Liverpool and Palace are two tough games while we're knackered

[Risso]

I think Burnley can take a point from Spurs. Their form last month wasn't bad. Only lost one of 5...

I think that too, it’s their biggest game if the season.

Also have we lost 3 successive league games under Unai before now?

Last season we did. This season we haven't even lost 2 in a row, although I very much fear for that record against Liverpool on Monday.

[Lastfootstamper]

Burnley have forest in their last game. They know a win against spurs keeps them in the survival hunt, with forest not kicking off against chelsea until after they've finished. They might not win, but it won't be for want of trying. If nothing else, they'll wear them down ahead of the citeh game.

[Proposition Joe]

The odds are massively stacked in our favour as we only need one result to go our way.

But with the state of our squad I'm not particularly confident of getting anything from Liverpool or Palace either.  I don't think you have to be a troll or a Bluenose to think that.

I also think Spurs will beat Burnley and have the ability to hammer Sheffield.  So yeah, IF they got a draw at Man City I'd be worried - but I think that's the most unlikely result of the lot.

Sorry to break it to you but it’s at Spurs.

Where they've beaten Man City for the last four years.

Bloody hell, I knew they hadn’t won there for a while but I thought there had been a couple of draws at least. That actually makes me feel a bit better - it can’t go on, surely?

And what if ... Man City beat Fulham then Manure get one of those spawny results of theirs and beat Arsenal. That means City's game at Spurs is no longer a must-win, as they could wrap the title up with a home win vs West Ham.

For all the "what are the chances of Spurs going on a run", remember the chances of something happening is always proportional to how much it would screw Villa over. What are the chances a Villa team that had Bozzie, McGrath, Teale, Saunders, Atkinson, Yorke etc would lose at home to Oldham

[Ads]

Palace were massively lucky at Anfield, they got battered and cleared 4 or 5 off the line. They've then beaten sides below us. Meh.

[olaftab]

You have to bear in mind that to some of our fans any team beating manu has transformed into Barca 08/09 era.

[PeterWithesShin]

More than ever at this time of a season it gets harder to predict a game. 3 weeks ago some were convinced Man U were a threat as Arsenal would twat us, Bournemouth were in form while Man U had 9 easy points against Burnley, Sheff Utd and Palace. We won both, they won one.