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40 minutes ago, MarcusUAE said:

Can't believe we're being linked with Bolasie. What a player he was pre-injury- would strike fear into championship defenders. 

Yes, but Everton fans are too happy to let him go.

My wish list, incoming loan, option to buy.

RW: Maddison, Peterborough. 

DM: Woods, Brentford. 

both are kept out of the first XI.

Striker: Fernando Forestieri, SheffieldW, if they need cash. or Abraham, Chelsea

LB: Targett, Southampton or Cresswell, West Ham

CD: Gary Cahill, Chelsea

6 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

------------------Nyland-------------------------

Hutton----Tuanzebe-Chester-Taylor

--------------------Jedinak---------------------------

Elmo-----McGinn--Hourihane--Adomah

---------------------Grealish---------------------------

----------------------Murphy----------------------------

This team for me. I'm tired of seeing Kodjias lazy ass walking around the pitch doing absolutely nothing. Tempted to put Green and Thor in there.

Great team! 4-5-2 formation, worth a try.

I hope you are ITK. But what else could he say? 

I think he 'll leave us this summer, he is too good for the Championship, and we need the money. Less than 30m and we know the club really have to sell because of FFP..

If he stay we have to get promotion, next summer Grealish only have one year left of his contract.

Gollini, Gil, Snodgrass anf Terry all back in the squad list at avfc.co.uk today, not there yesterday. A good start! No Tunazbe in the list.

I did my hamstering late in a game. Rested for a week, felt fine. started the next game and played two minutes, out for several weeks. My team got promoted, so they did't miss me

Got his 10th booking today I think. Suspended for the next two games?

2 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said:

Boro have Millwall don’t they? Then their last game is against Ipswich.

It’s going to be Boro. I think they just need the win against Ipswich to confirm fifth.

Millwall yes, still a big game. 

Boro play Brentdord next week, big game for them.

2nd place gone for us long time ago. Fulham or Cardiff only have to win more than one game, even if we win our last two. 

Win the next game vs Derby, and we enter the last game with a chance of finishing above Fulham (need help from blues). Then we avoid boro in the semis, if Cardiff finish 2nd. 

In the play offs At the moment:

Fulham, us,mboro and Millwall. Is this the wost it could be?

47 minutes ago, Tommo_b said:

So Fulham have Birmingham and Sunderland to play in the last few games, both will be scrapping for survival, let’s hope Fulham drop some points there. And Cardiff keep losing.... there’s hope lads! Don’t give up on second yet! 

IF Cardiff win todays game I hope Fulham win later today, as our hopes of 2nd are gone, and I don't want Fulham in the play offs.

But if Cardiff lose, it gives us a tiny hope. But still not sad if Fulham win.

We need 8 of 12 games to end our way if we are to get second place. 3 wins for us, 2 lost for Fulham and 2 lost and 1 draw for Cardiff.

Sheffield U plays well.

Fulham get 93 points, it they win the last seven. Cardiff need 14 points in 8 games to get 93. I think Cardiff will get 2nd. 

Bought today Flight tickets Oslo-Stansted saturday 26th of May 

In the playoffs I don't think it matters who we play. More important that we have all our players fit. Want the second leg to be played at home, need to finish top four for that reason.

8 hours ago, Sam3773 said:

I wonder, if we had lost to Wolves and smashed QPR if we would be as sure it's over. 

As others have said. 7 points, and 3 of them are ours to take leaving 4.. They've got some tough fixtures. 

Over? No. Tough? It's the Championship. 

Lost to Wolves would be bad, but better than were we are now. 

If we lost to wolves we would be seven points behind Cardiff, but with the hope of winning vs qpr and Cardiff dropping points vs Brentford.

Agree its not over, but it takes 8 wins out of 9 for us, or 7 as a minimum if we are lucky. 

4 hours ago, delboy54 said:

I saw some statistics somewhere once that the team finishing third in this league rarely get through the play offs and get promoted - it usually is the team finsihing 4th, 5th or 6th ....

No, 3rd wins it ca 34%, avg. is 25%. 

3 minutes ago, romavillan said:

nah, Cardiff can easily lose to Wolves and us. We need to win 7 of 9. We have just won 10 out of 12 before today. It's not over. It's a shit night, but it's not over.

7 wins and we are on 90 points, 92 if the other two are draws. But we just lost the easiest game we had left.

Cardiff have to give away points in five of the nine games left. Fulham one point behind us, in great form and don't play a top 9 side for the rest of the season. It's not over, but a Cardiff win on sunday and it is. 

57 minutes ago, omariqy said:

Be interesting to see how Fulham have done against the lesser sides. 

39 points in  21 games=1,86 points. They take the same number of points against the top/bottom sides. 

Cardiff takes 2,2 points vs bottom half sides, we 2,13. This is positive, as Cardiff have four games left vs top teams. Fulham only plays bottom half (below 9th), but they dont do better against them than the best teams.

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Table bsed on average points pr game

4 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

I think it’s time for a top half v each other league table.  I wonder who might have one.... @BOF

I have a top 9 table, bot don't know how to insert it.. Positions are:

1. Fulham

2. Wolves

3. Cardiff

4. Aston Villa

5-9. Preston, Bristol City, Derby, M'boro and SheffU. 

18 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said:

Unfortunately it has not thus far.

I am surprised they are maintaining such good form.

Yes, let's hope it comes to an end. We can talk about ups and downs in results, difficult games coming, and Cardiff doing better than they should. But they have done great this season, but for four games, and they are front runners. all we can do is winning our games. In our harts I am sure we all belive we will make it!