Will we qualify for the CL?

[VillaTim]

Follow up with a win at palace please and the dream is back on .

[Brazilian Villain]

Follow up with a win at palace please and the dream is back on .

Especially with some of the other fixtures, we'd be right back in the mix.

[PaulWinch again]

It was a critical game for us to win to keep us in the hunt.

[paul_e]

Before this little run of home games I thought 7 points would've been excellent and made us a safe bet for the top 5 but that 5 was the minimum we needed to keep ourselves in it and, in that case, Chelsea was the most important one to win.

With the other results today I think we have to be happy with where things are because we look like we're getting better as the new additions settle in, and a few of the sides around us look like they could have a wobble.

We just need some centre backs and centre mids to get fit and I can see us finishing the season strongly.

[DrGonzo]

I believe the confidence of "We are going to score one more than you", will see us finish 5th. 

[TelfordVilla]

Got to beat Bournemouth, Forest, Newcastle and Brighton

[paul_e]

Got to beat Bournemouth, Forest, Newcastle and Brighton

I'd be happy with 8 points from that lot and think it would be enough.

[Smithy]

Given our form hasn't been great in the last 10 games, the fact that we're just a point off a Champions League place is incredible.  You have to think we're likely to string a few wins together at some point, and if we do, I think we'll be right in the mix.  I think 5th is still on, though 4th might be difficult (unless Forest really fall away).

[eamonn]

Dolly was right, we're fickle as feck (football fans generally, not just Villans). After the crappy draw with Ipswich last week, it was deflating but we were still only 5 points off top five. Now it's just one albeit having played an extra game - but that was against the champions elect and it's out of the way whereas most of our rivals still have play them.

We had five competitors left to play, three at home. We've now played one of them and won. Newcastle and Forest have to come to us and we have to go to Bournemouth and Citeh.

A couple of wins and a draw from that lot will give us a great chance.
As long as we don't lose these six-pointers and start beating the teams lower down, we have every chance.

Rashford and Asensio have specifically been brought in to be match winners. They've won us one, they'll win us a handful more, I'm sure (Ollie and Morgz will look after the rest).

[Astnor]

By the look of it now its between us, Newcastle, City and Forest. Hoping for a draw between Newcastle and Forest tomorrow and that City dont beat Lpool.

[Toronto Villa]

I’ll be the most delighted if I am proven wrong in my post thinking we cannot do it via the league. But we have been far too inconsistent this season. If we can correct that and get on any kind of run of games where we don’t give away daft goals then we will have a great chance of qualifying. It’s very compact 4th through 10th or so.

[Demitri_C]

If we knew how to defend im 99.9% certain we would have qualified easy. Thats our achilles heel

[Somniloquism]

We need the result against Palace now. Get 3 points there and I'm definitely more hopeful as most of our rivals are playing 6 pointers (apart from Chelsea who have Southampton).

[PaulWinch again]

We’re probably going to need to win 8 of remaining games I think.

[Clampy]

If we knew how to defend im 99.9% certain we would have qualified easy. Thats our achilles heel

Whilst you have a point, the defensive injuries we have haven't helped. Not only that, we have two defensive midfielders out too. We've done extremely well to still begin the mix.