Will we qualify for the CL?

[PeterWithesShin]

I've said all season that apart from the top 2 there was no one we had to worry about.

[Somniloquism]

I mentioned at the time that I hoped the Chelsea home match would be the same for them as when Spurs tonked us two seasons ago, and it appears to have happened.

[Toronto Villa]

Another way to view this is as a fan of a club chasing Liverpool let alone us with 5 games left. What confidence would you have as a fan of any club 6-12 of bridging that gap? And then add another 3 to get to us. If we were in the chasing pack we’d be saying there is no chance at all. Because realistically that’s the case even if mathematically there is.

[Brazilian Villain]

Another way to view this is as a fan of a club chasing Liverpool let alone us with 5 games left. What confidence would you have as a fan of any club 6-12 of bridging that gap? And then add another 3 to get to us. If we were in the chasing pack we’d be saying there is no chance at all. Because realistically that’s the case even if mathematically there is.

Yeah, after today's result they've even given up over on SHA.

[thick_mike]

If we had Liverpool’s run in, we would all have given up already.

[LeeB]

I know people in football are generally blessed with super-confidence, but what on earth was Rosenior thinking, taking that job, there was no way that was ever going to work out well for him.

Haven't they given him a six year deal? I guess that would answer the question.

[Dave]

I know people in football are generally blessed with super-confidence, but what on earth was Rosenior thinking, taking that job, there was no way that was ever going to work out well for him.

Haven't they given him a six year deal? I guess that would answer the question.

It's also not really a typical "club hiring a new manager" situation.

It's an employer telling an employee that they are being transferred to a different department.

[olaftab]

It's all done, only dusting remains. There is no way Chelsea or an other are going to average 2 points per game from their last 5 even if we lose all 5

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

I know people in football are generally blessed with super-confidence, but what on earth was Rosenior thinking, taking that job, there was no way that was ever going to work out well for him.

Haven't they given him a six year deal? I guess that would answer the question.

It's also not really a typical "club hiring a new manager" situation.

It's an employer telling an employee that they are being transferred to a different department.

I also doubt it dents his trajectory too much even if he were sacked tomorrow. He probably would have gone from Strasbourg to a sort of Middlesbrough job, anyway. Now there is just a club in-between with a decent pay-off who most think is a difficult club to manage.

[Dave]

I know people in football are generally blessed with super-confidence, but what on earth was Rosenior thinking, taking that job, there was no way that was ever going to work out well for him.

Haven't they given him a six year deal? I guess that would answer the question.

It's also not really a typical "club hiring a new manager" situation.

It's an employer telling an employee that they are being transferred to a different department.

I also doubt it dents his trajectory too much even if he were sacked tomorrow. He probably would have gone from Strasbourg to a sort of Middlesbrough job, anyway. Now there is just a club in-between with a decent pay-off who most think is a difficult club to manage.

Yup. He also did well enough at Strasbourg that plenty of top six clubs in various European leagues will be quite happy to take him on. He'll get perfectly decent manager jobs for as long as he wants them.

Then a time will come that he might decide that the TNT sofa for a few years is a more comfortable lifestyle than going to relegation-threatened Blackburn. Then probably be the face of the reconstruction of the post-war ruins of Dubai for a property company in 2035.

[Sexual Ealing]

It's all done, only dusting remains. There is no way Chelsea or an other are going to average 2 points per game from their last 5 even if we lose all 5

Good gods man.

[olaftab]

I know people in football are generally blessed with super-confidence, but what on earth was Rosenior thinking, taking that job, there was no way that was ever going to work out well for him.

Can't believe you have asked the Mrs Merton/Debbie McGee  question😂

[eamonn]

I know people in football are generally blessed with super-confidence, but what on earth was Rosenior thinking, taking that job, there was no way that was ever going to work out well for him.

Haven't they given him a six year deal? I guess that would answer the question.

It's also not really a typical "club hiring a new manager" situation.

It's an employer telling an employee that they are being transferred to a different department.

I also doubt it dents his trajectory too much even if he were sacked tomorrow. He probably would have gone from Strasbourg to a sort of Middlesbrough job, anyway. Now there is just a club in-between with a decent pay-off who most think is a difficult club to manage.

Yup. He also did well enough at Strasbourg that plenty of top six clubs in various European leagues will be quite happy to take him on. He'll get perfectly decent manager jobs for as long as he wants them.

Then a time will come that he might decide that the TNT sofa for a few years is a more comfortable lifestyle than going to relegation-threatened Blackburn. Then probably be the face of the reconstruction of the post-war ruins of Dubai for a property company in 2035.

What a time to be alive. Still, if Villa are winning while world is on fire, life might still be worth living.

[Garyth]

10 points ahead of Chelsea with 5 games left.  Surely we are good now?

One thing I will say we need to fix going forward is goal difference…..if it did come down to it we would not prevail.

I was going to mention this too. I think - in Emery's calculus - a lower goal difference is an acceptable trade-off for a fresher, fitter squad near the end of the season. Ie. the times when GD matters are less than the times a fresher team does.



I reckon a lot of this is due to conserving energy when we take a lead. Unai learnt a lot from us running out of steam last season. When we get a stronger squad our goal difference should go up.