The push for the Play offs ?

[John]

2 hours ago, TheMelvillan said:

i'm with ya. How soon will the bookies start letting us bet on Villa to win the 2017/18 Championship?

I would guess when they know for sure that we will be in it and who else will be (around play-off time). 

[Stockport_Villain]

I know its fantasy, but our next 4 games are very winnable which would put us on 60 points. Whilst playing those 4 games all the others ahead of us are playing each other so it feasible that 6th place may be on 67. Five games to go 7 points behind. It is just about possible isn’t it!

[dont_do_it_doug.]

16 minutes ago, Stockport_Villain said:

I know its fantasy, but our next 4 games are very winnable which would put us on 60 points. Whilst playing those 4 games all the others ahead of us are playing each other so it feasible that 6th place may be on 67. Five games to go 7 points behind. It is just about possible isn’t it!

 

Ask me when that has actually happened!

I still think 75 points will be enough. There will be one team bottle it and one sneak in. It might be Fulham, it might not. 

Win the next four as you say and who knows! Got to dream eh. 

[markavfc40]

If we made the play offs we’d be on such an unbelievable run that we would win it and be promoted. Our promotion odds are currently 500/1 so if you have even an inkling that we may sneak in then well worth a tenner.

[sparrow1988]

1 hour ago, markavfc40 said:

If we made the play offs we’d be on such an unbelievable run that we would win it and be promoted. Our promotion odds are currently 500/1 so if you have even an inkling that we may sneak in then well worth a tenner.

Well I stuck a tenner on us to win the league in Spetmeber I think so what harm is another £10 now. 

[JAMAICAN-VILLAN]

Blackburn and Wolves fan tonight. A win for both of those will suit us.

Also, seems Rowett is taking over at Derby, what are thoughts on the impact it could have?

[bannedfromHandV]

All of the remaining games are winnable, the tough ones being Brighton and Fulham (provided they continue their good form).

The thing is though, every game is winnable, I don't know about anyone else but during the slump over New Year I forgot that we're a big fish in this pond, I started expecting us to lose against Brentford and Barnsley and Ipswich and all these other shite little clubs, I think the players forgot too which fed the problem.

 

As has been said, we'd have to win every game and hope that a lot of other results go our way to sneak into the playoffs now, in terms of percentage it's what, a 1 or 2% chance at best? However, if we get there then I think we'd be nailed on to win it as we'd be flying, even if we don't but we carry on some good form for the remainder of the season it should set us up nicely for next season.....provided we hang on to key players (i.e. Kodjia, Chester and Baker)

[StanBalaban]

1 hour ago, sparrow1988 said:

Well I stuck a tenner on us to win the league in Spetmeber I think so what harm is another £10 now. 

The harm is you'll double your losses.

[rodders0223]

14 minutes ago, StanBalaban said:

The harm is you'll double your losses.

Though he may just recoup his losses and then some.

Put a grand on it I say. Half a million profit.

[Nigel]

I know it will be fantastic to finish the season on a high, probably vital for next season too...but ill still be gutted if we get close and run out of games!

[Villaphan04]

I'm starting to get a feeling that another season in the championship(and a title challenge) would be better long term for our team than a promotion this season. 

[sne]

Missing out on £100 m in TV money alone is hardly great thou.

[JAMAICAN-VILLAN]

1 hour ago, Villaphan04 said:

I'm starting to get a feeling that another season in the championship(and a title challenge) would be better long term for our team than a promotion this season. 

Could do wonders for team spirit, strength and confidence.

1 hour ago, sne said:

Missing out on £100 m in TV money alone is hardly great thou.

This is shite, as well as more clubs inevitably being taken pver by multi billionaires and companies.

Edited March 13, 2017 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN

[dont_do_it_doug.]

28 minutes ago, sne said:

Missing out on £100 m in TV money alone is hardly great thou.

But it is better than potentially becoming a yo-yo club, which was the point I believe. 

[sne]

1 minute ago, dont_do_it_doug. said:

But it is better than potentially becoming a yo-yo club, which was the point I believe. 

But there's nothing saying we won't be anyway, IF we even manage to go up next season.

[John]

Did the predictor myself just now and I ended up with this: 

#	Team		M.	W.	D.	L.	Goals	Dif.	Pt.
1		Newcastle United	46	33	5	8	90:37	53	104
2		Brighton & Hove Albion	46	29	10	7	79:38	41	97
3		Huddersfield Town	45	30	6	9	64:47	17	96
4		Leeds United	46	25	7	14	63:45	18	82
5		Sheffield Wednesday	46	23	10	13	60:46	14	79
6		Fulham FC	45	21	15	9	77:48	29	78
7		Reading FC	46	23	9	14	59:57	2	78
8		Aston Villa	46	20	13	13	53:45	8	73
9		Preston North End	46	18	13	15	62:57	5	67
10		Derby County	46	18	13	15	48:43	5	67
11		Norwich City	46	18	12	16	74:66	8	66
12		Barnsley FC	46	17	13	16	67:65	2	64
13		Brentford FC	45	17	8	20	61:61	0	59
14		Cardiff City	46	16	11	19	59:63	-4	59
15		Queens Park Rangers	46	15	9	22	47:61	-14	54
16		Birmingham City	46	12	14	20	45:69	-24	50
17		Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	12	12	20	49:58	-9	48
18		Ipswich Town	46	10	18	18	43:57	-14	48
19		Burton Albion	46	12	12	22	42:60	-18	48
20		Nottingham Forest	46	12	10	24	61:76	-15	46
21		Blackburn Rovers	45	10	15	20	51:66	-15	45
22		Bristol City	46	11	11	24	55:66	-11	44
23		Wigan Athletic	46	10	14	22	39:53	-14	44
24		Rotherham United	46	4	6	36	33:97	-64	18

[HanoiVillan]

53 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said:

I'm starting to get a feeling that another season in the championship(and a title challenge) would be better long term for our team than a promotion this season. 

Warning: Kubler-Ross model at work. 

Looks like you're nearly through Bargaining, just got Depression to go and then you'll reach Acceptance 

[JAMAICAN-VILLAN]

51 minutes ago, John said:

Did the predictor myself just now and I ended up with this: 

#	Team		M.	W.	D.	L.	Goals	Dif.	Pt.
1		Newcastle United	46	33	5	8	90:37	53	104
2		Brighton & Hove Albion	46	29	10	7	79:38	41	97
3		Huddersfield Town	45	30	6	9	64:47	17	96
4		Leeds United	46	25	7	14	63:45	18	82
5		Sheffield Wednesday	46	23	10	13	60:46	14	79
6		Fulham FC	45	21	15	9	77:48	29	78
7		Reading FC	46	23	9	14	59:57	2	78
8		Aston Villa	46	20	13	13	53:45	8	73
9		Preston North End	46	18	13	15	62:57	5	67
10		Derby County	46	18	13	15	48:43	5	67
11		Norwich City	46	18	12	16	74:66	8	66
12		Barnsley FC	46	17	13	16	67:65	2	64
13		Brentford FC	45	17	8	20	61:61	0	59
14		Cardiff City	46	16	11	19	59:63	-4	59
15		Queens Park Rangers	46	15	9	22	47:61	-14	54
16		Birmingham City	46	12	14	20	45:69	-24	50
17		Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	12	12	20	49:58	-9	48
18		Ipswich Town	46	10	18	18	43:57	-14	48
19		Burton Albion	46	12	12	22	42:60	-18	48
20		Nottingham Forest	46	12	10	24	61:76	-15	46
21		Blackburn Rovers	45	10	15	20	51:66	-15	45
22		Bristol City	46	11	11	24	55:66	-11	44
23		Wigan Athletic	46	10	14	22	39:53	-14	44
24		Rotherham United	46	4	6	36	33:97	-64	18

Mine was similar to yours, although it seems you were more generous to us than i was.

Reading dropping out of top 6, Fulham in and us finishing 8th.

[dont_do_it_doug.]

1 hour ago, sne said:

But there's nothing saying we won't be anyway, IF we even manage to go up next season.

Sure, that's the risk every club has to take. Gladly.

However, the sides that survive are often those that go up with a settled squad that knows each others strengths inside and out, into which they inject a little bit of extra quality.

The last thing we should do, upon promotion, is attempt another rebuild. So if this team has to spend another year together and goes up settled and prepared, then that will be of benefit in the short, medium and long term.  

If we go up, of course. 

[KSV]

Negative nancies. I was quite fair. We drew one game against Brighton in the remaining fixtures

Geez i had to manipulate a few things as well to ge that to happen. Thats how unlikely it is. 

 

#	Team		M.	W.	D.	L.	Goals	Dif.	Pt.
1		Brighton & Hove Albion	46	30	10	6	80:41	39	100
2		Newcastle United	46	29	9	8	88:42	46	96
3		Huddersfield Town	45	28	5	12	63:48	15	89
4		Leeds United	46	25	8	13	67:50	17	83
5		Reading FC	46	24	9	13	66:59	7	81
6		Aston Villa	46	20	13	13	58:45	13	73
7		Fulham FC	45	19	15	11	77:56	21	72
8		Sheffield Wednesday	46	20	12	14	60:46	14	72
9		Derby County	46	19	13	14	52:41	11	70
10		Preston North End	46	19	12	15	65:57	8	69
11		Norwich City	46	18	12	16	77:68	9	66
12		Barnsley FC	46	16	13	17	61:62	-1	61
13		Brentford FC	45	16	11	18	64:63	1	59
14		Cardiff City	46	15	13	18	61:67	-6	58
15		Queens Park Rangers	46	15	10	21	48:63	-15	55
16		Ipswich Town	46	12	17	17	46:57	-11	53
17		Birmingham City	46	13	13	20	45:66	-21	52
18		Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	13	11	20	52:57	-5	50
19		Blackburn Rovers	45	12	14	19	52:62	-10	50
20		Burton Albion	46	12	13	21	44:61	-17	49
21		Nottingham Forest	46	13	9	24	62:78	-16	48
22		Bristol City	46	11	12	23	55:67	-12	45
23		Wigan Athletic	46	9	13	24	38:57	-19	40
24		Rotherham United	46	5	5	36	36:104	-68	20