Brumstopdogs

1 hour ago, Genie said:

With the escalation in the middle East tonight it might be an idea to lock in a deal, just in case…

FYI - there seems to be another cheaper British Gas energy fix that has come up…

3 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

Can only get to 57 points.

47 points!

Just now, Tayls said:

Yep 28 goal swing and we’re toast. 

You won't be laughing when they beat us 14-0 nil next week

Bournemouth can still overtake us if they improve their goal difference...

3 minutes ago, jackbauer24 said:

I have some fears of holding on to 5th, but they reduce slightly as the games run out.

However, that's nothing to with irrational fears, but the fact we have six games left, two of which we're strong favourites to lose and two of which are incredibly tricky (rejuvenated Chelsea and Brighton away) meaning our two 'bankers' of Bournemouth and Palace (A) have a lot of increased pressure on them.

Add to that suspensions, injuries, a lack of form and the fact we've no experience in this situation, I'm uneasy crowing that we've got 5th or above in the bag so confidently as others. A win against Bournemouth may change that with a few other favourable results. It's not a sleight on Emery to suggest we may struggle to hold fifth, it's a culmination of the situation you can find yourself in this part of the season when you're a smaller team in terms of squad depth and experience. We're looking good for it at the moment... But not enough to be shouting 'ole' with every pass.

But with 5th now looking incredibly shaky for CL anyway, it may well be irrelevant. 5th or 6th wouldn't make much of a difference. It'd be fourth or nothing and that looks tricky, despite both us and Spurs stuttering, as they have the healthier squad, the experience, the game in hand and no European distractions.

Suppose most of this will be clear one way or the other in the next 10 days.

 

Can see the logic in a lot of what you're saying but Spurs do not have a game in hand as of now.

12 minutes ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said:

 I can see us holding a few ourselves tomorrow

On 10/04/2024 at 21:37, Xela said:

Good question, thanks for asking.

2 sausage, 2 egg, 2 bacon, 2 hashers, 2 slices of toast, 2 slices of lightly friend bread (sometimes), a ramekin of non sloppy beans and maybe a grilled tomato for garnish. 

Mushrooms and black pudding in the bin. 

Hot drink and glass of juice.

Usually followed by a big poo about 30 mins later. 

Think we'll lose this match by a couple of goals.

Given our lack of midfielders perhaps Emery will mix the team selection up a bit and we might see a return of 5 at the back.

Regardless - as long as we give it our best there is not much more we can do. UTV!

6 hours ago, Villatillidie95 said:

57th min when we all started singing mcginns name was deafening, don’t think I’ve heard villa park louder than that. Before kick off hi hi Aston Villa was sung with a lot more gusto, probably due to the alcohol consumption pre match!

also there is a place for wingers and crossing the ball in, during the Brentford game we needed to start playing like that a lot earlier as the middle was too congested and magically when we started playing like that we looked like we were going to win the game, also Brentford kept it simple and direct and scored 3 goals via wing play. Emery’s style is very effective for us but sometimes you need to get it into the mixer 

Not at our best from a defensive perspective but managed to get a win against a top French side.

Plenty for Unai to review and if Lille manage to beat us by 2 goals next week then fair play to them. UTV!

Thought he could have done better for the Lille goal...

So far it is a fairly even game and if the scores were level that would probably be a fairer reflection of the first half.

We're clearly playing a decent side here so was never going to be a walk in the park. Will be interesting to see how/if  Emery changes the approach in the second half...