Critical next 5 games

[Toronto Villa]

I know you live in Canada but can we please have the dates in the correct format

🙄

Thank you

It’s fine mate. I do forget sometimes myself.

[Rigadon]

I hate these threads.

Yes.

There is a reason football players and managers spout cliches about ‘one game at a time’.
 

BUT, we’re going to win the league if we beat these teams. 

[garyellis]

I hate these threads.

Me too. Especially given our “easy” start to the season.

[cdbearsfan]

I hate these threads.

Of course like any thread you could have ignored it.

I'd still know it existed. Which is A Bad Thing.

[lilysmith10]

good, thanks

[ChicagoLion]

The next 5 or the next 1 , 2 3 or 4 are always critical, important, significant or whatever.
I  get a sinking feeling when someone then says we can win them all.

[dcdavecollett]

That's perfectly natural if you're a Villa fan.

[Hookeysmith]

Nov 23rd - PL - Leeds (16th) - A    Win but tough - need to silence the crowd early
Nov 27th - EL - Young Boys (22nd) - H  Unless we collectively have a brain fart - should be easy win
Nov 30th - PL - Wolves (20th) - H - New manager bounce?  Should be winning this as all said and done they are shit
Dec 3rd - PL - Brighton (11th) - A  Not easy but have a decent record there and Emery does well against their Manager - would accept a tight draw
Dec 6th - PL - Arsenal (1st) - H Terribly unlucky to lose to them last year - if we still have positive momentum from the previous games then i fancy us - we need the same intensity we hit Bournemouth with as them London fancy dans don't like it up em!  A draw is no bad thing but i fancy us

And if all goes to plan - still no serious mention of our ambitions or the job Emery is doing by the biased media

[Brazilian Villain]

The results outlined by Hookeysmith would be acceptable.

[aldridgeboy]

I hope wolves win prior to playing us, and any forward who has not scored for 27 months gets one before us as well.

Edit. Oh and of course the new manager bounce happens the game before as well.

[eye digress]

None of the games are critical to our overall ambition of finishing top 4 or 5 and top 8 in the Europa.

But if we can get back on a run in the three league games prior to Arsenal, who I think could well shed points over the next few matches (Spudz, Chelsea), that would raise the tantalising prospect of us being virtually within striking distance of them when they come to Villa Park.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

My only concern is it's a lot of games in a very short period of time. Playing cloggers like Dirty Leeds and the WWWW Wanderers not only do we need to pick up the 6 points but come out of those games injury free.

[eye digress]

My only concern is it's a lot of games in a very short period of time. Playing cloggers like Dirty Leeds and the WWWW Wanderers not only do we need to pick up the 6 points but come out of those games injury free.

Agreed, which is why I'm not much fussed about Young Boys - we can afford to rotate significantly there without jeopardising a top 8 finish unduly.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

good, thanks

A positive and polite first post.