Will we win the Premier League

[PeterWithesShin]

Villa have been here before - but are they really in title race?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c33mg5l7g8xo

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Title odds are now 18/1.

[Smithy]

There comes a time in the evolution of really great teams, where they build a bit of an aura around themselves - and I'm not suggesting for one moment that we are actually there yet - but we are definitely building in that direction.  "Fergie time" became a thing because his teams regularly pulled out results when it looked beyond them, time and time again.  We are starting to do the same thing.

Being ahead against this Aston Villa side means nothing. They will change things and hunt you down. This Aston Villa team has started badly against you? Well, don't get comfortable, because they'll change things up and leave you in their wake.

That's a really powerful thing to carry into each game, and long may it continue.

Last game of the season title decider at the Etihad anyone?

[Somniloquism]

Last game of the season title decider at the Etihad anyone?

Be hard to be that when they have just given us an honour guard before kick-off.

[SaddVillan]

If you take the games we've played so far this season and compare the results to those for the same fixtures last season (swapping the relegated and promoted clubs), we're 6 points better off on a like for like basis.

[Dave]

There comes a time in the evolution of really great teams, where they build a bit of an aura around themselves - and I'm not suggesting for one moment that we are actually there yet - but we are definitely building in that direction.  "Fergie time" became a thing because his teams regularly pulled out results when it looked beyond them, time and time again.  We are starting to do the same thing.

We're doing the short-term, Tik Tok attention-span version very nicely though.

A month ago it was "Villa are great at free-kicks" because we scored two similar ones in a couple of weeks.

The new one is going to be "don't go ahead against Villa because that's just what they want you to do".

[eye digress]

Maybe Garcia plays a half, then we see where we're at?

Who else can play in the pivot? We've had Yuri rotating in there for 45 mins at a time. Onana and Kamara for a game and a half a piece. You could play SJM there, I guess - but that just leaves us short elsewhere.

Thinking that the elegantly named George Hemmings will see some action from the bench.

[PeterWithesShin]

We must be a nightmare to face, how do you stop us? We gave the league a 5 game start and are in the title fight. We went away to one of the best sides in the country, gave them a 60 min head start and still won with their keeper keeping them in it.

If we play well, you're fucked. If we play badly, you're fucked. If we go ahead, you're fucked. If you go ahead, you're fucked. Allow us freekicks, you're fucked. Let us play through balls, you're fucked. Let us shoot from range, you're fucked. Try and stop our key players, someone else steps up and you're fucked.

[Brazilian Villain]

Still no, but we're at the stage where Olbiyun and SHA fans are genuinely starting to get worried.

[andyh]

As it stands right now, wolves are only 37 points behind us.
No room for complacency.

[PeterWithesShin]

As it stands right now, wolves are only 37 points behind us.
No room for complacency.

We won more points in half an hour today than Wolves have in 18 games.

[eamonn]

We did the mind the gap, now look what happened.

[OzVilla]

In 1980/81 we beat the then champions Liverpool 2-0 at Villa Park in the first week of January. Several of the players subsequently commented that it was this result that really made them believe for the first time that they could win the Title.

I’m thinking Tuesday at Arsenal will be a similar scenario should we get a result.

[Rigadon]

They are all massive games from here on.  We will lose one eventually, and how we react will be key. 

[Chip Butty 111]

We need to keep Villa Park as a fortress, noisy and hostile. Tickets are becoming difficult to get, random singles left atm. Our away form, and away support is remarkable. Those in the media are slowly realising we are a decent side. You get the feeling something is building.