Despite selling players like there is no tomorrow in the last two transfer windows and being second from bottom of the table both before and after this game our visitors have not tasted defeat in their last three games against us.
The Bees drew at Villa Park last season and did the same yesterday. This result has put as huge a dent in our confidence and has placed similar doubts upon our promotion prospects as had our 1-1 home draw against Brentford last September.
We need to approach
Aston Villa with nothing to play for save their pride and their fans played their part in defending the integrity of the EFL by not surrendering meekly to a team that needed a win as had Huddersfield last weekend for example.
We were reduced to ten men in the 63rd minute when the referee decided the penalty they converted was not quite enough punishment for Baker so it then appeared Brighton were set for the win that they needed to clinch the title. However, their wild goal celebrations p
Can't believe people are advocating knocking down Aston Hall for a football stadium. It's an amazing building, grade 1 listed, full of history. Have we not learnt enough yet in Birmingham about destroying its heritage and culture for a quick profit?
As a Villa fan I'd flat out refuse ever to set foot in a new stadium if they engaged in a piece of vandalism like that.
I think 4 wins will get us top 5 and 5 wins would probably get us top 4. Hopefully the first of those will come tomorrow. I also think we will win one of the games against the top 3. It’s very much in our control and we absolutely should get top 5 at least. We need to stay calm and get behind the lads no matter what happens. COYVB. UTV
Here's mine FWIW, and I think I've been quite generous to Man Utd and quite conservative for us
Edit: the problem with these predictors is it takes games in isolation. I realise I've got Liverpool down to win every single game they've got left. Which isn't going to happen. Even though they're all winnable on paper. @OutByEaster? similarly has the top 3 all undefeated for the rest of the season, with Arsenl adn liverpool drawing one game each being the only points dropped
Same applies with Man Utd. They have very winnable fixtures on paper, but I don't think they're capable of putting a 2.2PPG run together for the rest of the season.
It's why I prefer to look at trends and PPG. It usually accounts for fluctuations in individual games
The council need to raise 1.25 billion pounds in the next year or so to keep their heads above water and a minimum 500m of that has to be through asset sales.
We should absolutely be battering down their door to force a move through for Aston Hall and all the surrounding land or another land parcel big enough to build a stadium more central. Any council owned land right now is up for grabs for the right bid.
If we can keep the hall and incorporate it into a new stadium complex in a sympathetic manner then great but if not - get approval to flatten it. The council could even come in as partners and keep an interest going forward as it could be a very significant regeneration project.
I don't think Man Utd are going to be getting 7 wins and a draw out of 10 games to be honest.
But again this reinforces that even if they did go on a mental run like that, we only need to produce an average run in to still beat them