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1 hour ago, Stevo985 said:

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I do agree Austin would have been better, but I've seen people saying Taker made no sense.
But I think with The Rock's current persona and Taker's perception of being like the godfather of the locker room, protecting what's right and also with his legendary status around Mania it did totally work. 

It also kind of countered the "Final Boss" stuff that The Rock has been pushing. It's Wrestlemania. The Rock isn't the final boss, the Undertaker is.

 

Chelsea was terrible for this in the lower Doig Ellis.

I’m normally pretty pessimistic and still think we will end up 6th… but if you look out out next 11 fixtures…

Brentford (a)

Sheffield United (h)

Manchester United (a)

Burnley (h)

Everton (a)

Newcastle United (h)

Sheffield United (a)

Manchester United (h)

Fulham (a)

Nottingham Forest (h)

Luton (a)

Dare I say that looks like a relatively nice set of fixtures? And if we repeat last seasons results we are still higher than 2 points per game.

Just noticed this, looks like it was before the Leicester guy. Anyone know if he’s legit?

On 05/05/2023 at 01:00, GlobalVillan said:

Yeah if you just assume that Brighton are suddenly going to lose 3 of their next 5. You can make anything seem plausible if you just ignore the stats.

Brighton are a great side and are very hard to beat. Since they slipped up at Forest they've won 6-0 in one game and beaten Man United in the other. 

But now they are going to suddenly drop into bottom 6 form? 

Ok....

I do assume this

5 hours ago, GlobalVillan said:

Yeah if you just assume that Brighton are suddenly going to lose 3 of their next 5. You can make anything seem plausible if you just ignore the stats.

Brighton are a great side and are very hard to beat. Since they slipped up at Forest they've won 6-0 in one game and beaten Man United in the other. 

But now they are going to suddenly drop into bottom 6 form? 

Ok....

Newcastle and Arsenal away. Man City at home.

Doesn’t matter what form they’re in, I would expect them to lose all of those yes.

In their last 5 away games they have lost to Forest and Spurs and drew with Leeds.

I don’t think we beat Wolves so it won’t matter but still…

1 minute ago, Mark Albrighton said:

It’s how I saw it/see it.

I had Brighton picking up two points from the Manchesters, Arsenal and Saudis. And winning both Everton and Southampton. That would have put them on 60. 

Reconfiguring it, would put them on 62. Which in my view is the highest they can get to and us still catching them. 

So the win, while annoying, hasn’t massively changed what I think we would need to do.  Basically win three of our four - with Brighton being a must win (probably spurs too).

What Brighton do have now is a bit more room for error. It’s not the end of the world for them if they lose to Newcastle because they still have two more of the big games to pick up a point or two. That dynamic only changes IF they drop points to Everton (or Saints).

Ultimately though, we have to win our games for this to remain a consideration for us. 

 

Regardless, this sure as hell beats spending my time playing out and guessing the various results and permutations at the other end of the table.

They’re also not as good away from home and that’s where they play Arsenal and Newcastle. 
 

You’re right though, doesn’t matter if we lose to Spurs and Wolves…

Brighton beat Everton and Saints. Lose to City, Arsenal and Newcastle.

Vill beat Wolves and Spurs. Lose to Liverpool.

1 point between the two going into the final day. 

To even be in the conversation is incredible.

I think Liverpool will get 5th and it’ll be between us, Brighton and Spurs for 6th, 7th and 8th.

Just now, Rustibrooks said:

No more business then

The strings he had people on

Being 2 or 3 up but knowing deep down that’s not enough because you’ve been burned before.

that’s on the list surely.

21 minutes ago, JayVTID said:

Yeh it landed 5 minutes ago. I'm not reading anything into it myself but for anyone who is curious... it has landed.

It was Lyrics plane. Trolling us all along.

6 minutes ago, Mazrim said:

Who have Leeds bought then?

Mark Viduka.

49 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Because the last idiot played him in a position he had no clue about.

Would Martinez look good at right wing?

Yes he would.

22 minutes ago, AvonVillain said:

Wasn't that before he and Danny Murphy fell about laughing at the prospect of Pochettino going from managing Messi to managing Watkins and Ings?

That’s true. But the question was/is rather would we be interested, not him.

FWIW Shaun Custis on TalkSPORT was just asked if it was rubbish and he said his papers sources have heard the same. Think he’s the sun so maybe not worth noting 

5 minutes ago, Reivax_Villa said:

He won’t be sacked this week.

A loss or draw to Fulham and then he is in serious problems.

In recent memory I cannot remember the last time we have won at Craven Cottage.

That is a bogey stadium for us..

The last time we played there, we won 3-0…

12 minutes ago, KentVillan said:

I know it's all a bit mawkish and largely a load of bollocks, but if you watch Truss's tribute to the Queen followed by Starmer's tribute in Parliament today... he seemed so much more Prime Ministerial than she did. It was a much better written, more thoughtful speech, well delivered, that struck the right balance and didn't make it all about him. Very impressive.

 

 

And Boris Johnson’s statement is probably the best of the lot. What’s your point?

I love this man.

Just now, one_ian_taylor said:

Mcleish when he was appointed 

Touché 

5 minutes ago, KentVillan said:

Thinking back through all the different managers you’ve seen at Villa Park

What was the moment with each of them when you knew, “he’s done”?

The crowd for McLeish when we played Bolton.

If anyone like a bet, you can get 10/3 on him staying at Villa…