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9 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said:

I don’t care how fatigued they are, I want to see a fight, self belief and determination. It was only 3 weeks ago they beat Bournemouth 3-1 after knocking out Lille and beating Arsenal.  They need to channel the confidence they felt after those games.
 

We’ve just lost 3 games in a row, we’re not going to lose 5 in a row. We’re just not.

Famous last words

10 minutes ago, nepal_villan said:

Maybe Liverpool or Palace will have a bad day against us?  

Maybe their bus will break down and they'll forfeit...

I guess the team picks itself out of those left standing. Any chance that Youri or Zaniolo are back for this?

Does anyone think we'll get another point this season? If so, which game?

Made the mistake of putting talkshite on... "pundits" who are Chelsea and Spurs fans saying that we don't deserve top 4... saying West Ham are better than us for winning the Conference League.... failing to take into account that West Ham almost got relegated because they prioritised Europe... failing to take into account our injuries and fixture schedule, failing to take into account that they have been relatively poor this year despite having much larger squads and a lesser fixture list.... another reason why I want us to get top 4 over the line #rocket polishers

28 minutes ago, DJBOB said:

I think Villa fans have a collective PTSD and always have a thought that the bottom is going to drop out. 
 
Whether it’s Deano, Grealish, failed promotion, relegation, MON and that’s just in recent times. 
 
The worst is right around the corner so a few losses gets everyone triggered. 
 
For me, UCL is there and I’m just waiting to pop the cork. 

I hope so

If we keep this to a 3 goal loss I'll be surprised....

1 minute ago, Keyblade said:

The funny thing about these hypothetical scenarios is that even the people who would elect to have more money in this case aren't doing it because they are the club accountants or that they get a cut of profits or something. Ultimately, it's also in the pursuit of trophies. More money and stature = higher probability of trophies in the future. This whole argument is just a short vs long term approach towards the same goal

Some people just seem to be unable to accept defeat and resort to shadowboxing imaginary people. It's amazing how fast this has happened, and how perspective has been lost. You would think we were prime Manchester United or something the way this site completely capitulates after a defeat or 2, without fail. I remember losing back to back to QPR and Bolton in the Championship barely 5 years ago, effectively ending our automatic promotion hopes and I swear it wasn't nearly as toxic as this 

9 minutes ago, Raymond said:

Making more money is how you consistently win trophies, more important ones that something West Ham won last season. 

Don’t get me wrong. I am disappointed. But this is an incredibly short sighted view. 

I personally care more about getting top 4 over the line....I'm gutted that we came so far to fall at this stage in the Europa Conference... but long term, it's more important for the sustainability of competing at the pointy end, to get champion's league football.

We won the Championship playoff trophy in recent years, so younger fans have seen us lift something. Getting Champions league football means that we can keep our best players and even attract better players to do perform well in the future... I don't think winning the Conference would've attracted top players to come to us.

19 minutes ago, Villan_of_oz said:

He's really damaging my opinion of you Kiwis

Sadly don't have the "she'll be right" Kiwi mentality.... only been here for 18 years... 

6 minutes ago, MrBlack said:

Anyone predicting the results at the bottom of the championship on the last day? Nope.  Anyone expecting us to beat Arsenal 2-0? Nope.

Football isn't played on paper and it doesn't always go to form. Not even close to always.

Anything could happen over the next set of games and it probably will. 

Including Spurs beating Burnley, City and Sheffield and us losing our last two... 

5 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said:

Ka pai

Tino pai e hoa! I've also scored the year off work to improve my Te Reo... getting to watch more football... which is usually a good thing....

9 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said:

It's NZ Sign Language Week. You could've signed the previous post instead of typing it

Funnily enough, i'm fairly proficient in sign. youngest daughter born bilaterally, profoundly deaf....   I've even learned Maori sign language

1 hour ago, The_Steve said:

What a horribly unhelpful angle for the VAR

That line doesn't look parallel to the half-way line.... Fair play to Olympiacos... with the money gained from reaching the final, their owner will be be able to spend more on smuggling in heroin... sorry, allegedly smuggling in heroin...

3 minutes ago, jackbauer24 said:

While we may be favourites, even strong favourites, I don't see how people can be quite so arrogant/confident to believe it's a sure thing.

Spurs are VERY likely to beat Sheffield Utd and Burnley.

Villa are now just walking wounded and exhausted. Normally it's likely we lose to Liverpool, and Crystal Palace away is hard enough without their current form. Think most would expect us to get nothing from those games, especially at the moment. If people are claiming fatigue, that's not getting better in a week.

So effectively it comes down to ONE game going our way. Tottenham vs City. A game they often get something from. A win isn't impossible, a draw is even more possible. Get a draw and go to Sheffield full throttle with nothing to lose... could score an absolute hatful

Really, we're putting all our eggs in City turning them over... one game... I'm not sure where the confidence comes from.

If it goes to last game of the season, I reckon we end 5th.

Favourites we may be, but it's such fine margins at this point of the season that the one game could spin it all on it's head.

We were guaranteed a final. We were guaranteed 5th being Champions League, we're guaranteed being 4th...

 I don't get where the confidence comes from? I've seen nothing in 3.5 games to suggest we'll get anything against a Liverpool side playing freely and a Palace side 2nd in the form table. If someone has seen anything from Villa that I've missed inthe past 3.5 games then they've got better eyesight from me...  Burnley COULD get something against Spurs but I totally agree... it's down the City game... Whilst 5th wouldn't be a bad season, and would be an improvement on last year, I feel that it's make or break to get 4th. We won't get this opportunity again and we'll have to sell our better players if we don't get it across the line...

17 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said:

Is it International Hot Take Day?

Month not day

Just now, mikeyp102 said:

So do we play the likes of Kellyman, KKH etc against Liverpool, to rest up and go full throttle against Palace? 

I don't think we can afford to lose by 3 or more goals against Liverpool... if Spurs draw against City they can easily turn our goal difference around..... We have to try and put top 4 to bed in the Liverpool game.... of course, Burnley could play their part.... If we play like we have in the past 3.5 games we'll be lucky to get anything from Liverpool or Palace...  

41 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said:

Who said that? Complete nonsense. That's how games are lost

I'd have to go back several pages on here but it was definitely mentioned... nothing I've seen from Spurs or Man City recently suggest the result will be anything but a City victory but you never know...

I back Emery to get the best from Buendia too.

3 minutes ago, Marka Ragnos said:

Love these hopeful thoughts. On that note, I hope Jhon Duran gets a chance to play.

This ref we have is card happy apparently so I'd be nervous about Duran playing.... hopefully the ref jumps on Olympiacos players who will no doubt be time wasting and diving around, feigning injuries....

Whatever result happens at Old Stratford between Manure and the Arse, City will want to go full tilt against Spurs... there's been talk of them being happy with a draw if Arse draw/lose at Old Stratford but I don't see it myself... there's no merit in drawing v Spurs.. they can win the league at Spurs then rotate players in their final home game before the FA cup game.

3 hours ago, YLN said:

So like, any news? 

Emery kept his cards close to his chest during his press conference, when asked a few times about Martinez's avaiability... read into that what you will?

10 hours ago, fightoffyour said:

Incredible comeback and then kicked out for fielding an ineligible player.

"If anyone askes, your name is Boubacar"

5 hours ago, The_Steve said:

The ref isn't well received in Germany either

 

Isn't the 6 the number of yellow cards he gave?