Brumstopdogs Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Pickford picking another one out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Newcastle and Bournemouth both winning...oh dear. So we win a game and that sparks everyone else into life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 doesnt really bother me if Newcastle, Sunderland or Bournemouth win. We are in this mess because of ourselves and sick of other clubs bailing us out If we amazingly stay up then its because we deserved to stay up and not other teams shitness 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Newcastle have too many good players to go down. It's Norwich and Bournemouth we need to reel back. Draw today would be ideal or a Norwich win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 If Norwich win they'd go to 26 points...15 point difference before we play them. I'd say the chances of us catching them would be 0.0001%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 If we lost against Leicester then Newcastle's win will pretty much be irrelevant anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Do premier league games only last 25 minutes these days then? Calm down everyone. Long afternoon ahead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 1 minute ago, Mantis said: If we lost against Leicester then Newcastle's win will pretty much be irrelevant anyway. No but it's the points tally to stay up isn't it...if likes of Newcastle, Bournemouth keep losing their tallies at end of the season wouldn't be much over 30 points so we still have hope with that. If those two go on winning runs then they'll be getting over 30 points fairly quick and can finish on 35-40 points, we wouldn't have a chance if that happens, simply too many games to win whereas you need 6 wins and a few draws to finish on 34 points which has keep teams up before I'm fairly sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Just now, VillaChris said: No but it's the points tally to stay up isn't it...if likes of Newcastle, Bournemouth keep losing their tallies at end of the season wouldn't be much over 30 points so we still have hope with that. If those two go on winning runs then they'll be getting over 30 points fairly quick and can finish on 35-40 points, we wouldn't have a chance if that happens, simply too many games to win whereas you need 6 wins and a few draws to finish on 34 points which has keep teams up before I'm fairly sure. If we lose to Leicester I don't think we have a hope of staying up regardless of what other teams do - it'll be such a blow confidence-wise and we know how fragile these players are. If we win of course we're back in with a shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 1 minute ago, Mantis said: If we lose to Leicester I don't think we have a hope of staying up regardless of what other teams do - it'll be such a blow confidence-wise and we know how fragile these players are. If we win of course we're back in with a shout. Really, I wouldn't say losing to Leicester would kill things given how good they are unless we blow another 2 goal lead of course... Losing or not beating Norwich in a few weeks would I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 If we lost against Leicester then Newcastle's win will pretty much be irrelevant anyway. No but it's the points tally to stay up isn't it...if likes of Newcastle, Bournemouth keep losing their tallies at end of the season wouldn't be much over 30 points so we still have hope with that. If those two go on winning runs then they'll be getting over 30 points fairly quick and can finish on 35-40 points, we wouldn't have a chance if that happens, simply too many games to win whereas you need 6 wins and a few draws to finish on 34 points which has keep teams up before I'm fairly sure. In order for them to get to 33 points, say, they will need to pick up points themselves. So I'm personally not dismayed every time they do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 The other games don't matter. Most of the time this season we've blown our chances ourselves. We need three points today, doesn't matter how the other teams do today. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Other teams aren't going to conveniently keep losing to help us out, they're all going to win some. But the more they lose and the more we win, the quicker we can close the gap and the better the chance we have of surviving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 If only we'd have got results against Norwich and Sunderland... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Just now, Dr_Pangloss said: If only we'd have got results against Norwich and Sunderland... I think we might look back on those games as the games that made the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 3 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: If only we'd have got results against Norwich and Sunderland... They'll be the nails in our coffin. Appalling performances in both games 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 8 minutes ago, Xela said: They'll be the nails in our coffin. Appalling performances in both games Yes I agree. If Newcastle win today I don't see anything less than 38 pts keeping us up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieVillan Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Great result for Newcastle if they hold on, they are capable of pulling clear, and Shelvey might just be the signing that saves them. Bournemouth beating Norwich drags Norwich back into it. We can't expect to move 3 points closer to safety every week, we just need to avoid falling further behind on some weekends. If we can win today then we will be 3 points closer to Sunderland at least. Our game was must-win before the 3pm kickoffs, and it's still must-win now. Our players are going to need to get used to playing under pressure now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted January 16, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2016 Sod it. Let's just go on a winning spree and overtake Chelsea so that they get relegated. Cue insane laughter.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Come on Spanners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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