Will we qualify for the CL?

[Chip Butty 111]

With our upcoming fixtures there is no reason we can't keep the pressure on the Sky darlings, Arse and c115. The others, Pool, Chelsea and Man Utd are pretty flaky and one has no manager and the other 2 are on thin ice 😁

[Villan82]

Get another 8 wins and that should be top 4 nailed down. Add another 6 wins on top of that and you would think we will be in the title conversation.
It is a huge ask but absolutely is possible.

[Drummond]

Yes

[Legion]

Possibly.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

We don’t generally ‘do’ third do we? Anyone know when it was last our final league position?

[Brazilian Villain]

1928-29, it's only happened 3 times.

[Smirker]

11 points clear.

It's done.

[eamonn]

Still firmly in the race for first. Let Arse and Citeh play out a draw between them

[Yeltzbagger]

1928-29, it's only happened 3 times.

Yes, we're much more likely to finish 2nd. We've done that 10 times.

[PeterWithesShin]

We've only finished 3rd in the top flight twice. 1894/95 and 1928/29.

[kippaxvilla2]

You just know we are losing in the Europa SF or Final to Palace next year.

I am properly worried about the prospect of playing Go Ahead Eagles.

Eagles - check
Random foreign team you’ve never heard of before or since - check
Villa still Villa-ing stuff up - check

You just know.

Correct.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

 Man U or Chelsea need to go on an unlikely 2 pts a game run to the end of the season.  That would mean 68 needed for us to make top 4. Just 26 points from 18 games.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

We've only finished 3rd in the top flight twice. 1894/95 and 1928/29.

1894/95...we finished 3rd, Small Heath avoided the drop by 1 point, Baggies avoided on goal average. Highest scoring game of the season Blackburn 9 Small Heath 1. Lowest attendance Small Heath v PNE.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_Football_League

[eye digress]

So maybe your trigger point might be, depending on results, next match day, or in 2 or 3 match days, or in 15 or 20 match days if things go against us in the short term.

A game further on, and the gap with our (assumed) rivals for 5th now stands at 10, 13 and 14 points (Yernited, Jaudis, Spudz).

Does that tip any other punters into the “nailed on for CL” camp?

Not quite for me personally, but I do think it could be a matter of a few games away.

Couple of games further on, the gaps to Yernited, Jaudis, Spudz are now 11, 13 and 15 - i.e., only the Jaudis have prevented the gap from increasing.

Our January fixtures should be favourable, but I don’t think we need to wait for that to say that we’re nailed on for a return to the CL.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

I think we'd have mightily fucked it if we don't get top 5 from this position. I don't think the other teams are good enough even if we do drop off.