villa82 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 48 minutes ago, rubberman said: I think, at this point of the season, you are overthinking this. Agrees 100%, but it's fun. There's still a long way to go before looking at specific permutations and everyone (possibly bar Wolves) will be shifting around a fair bit. 2-3 wins or 2-3 losses and it all changes for any of the teams in the mix.Yes, but if the next 2-3 games are wins for Derby/cardiff/bristolC and the 2-3 losses are ours we can forget 2th. Oposite the others are still in the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Some guy at SKY's take on the promotion race: Quote Aston Villa Villa are in the play-offs but you'd still argue they've underperformed this season. In terms of quality and experience they've got one of the best squads the Championship has ever seen, but they still haven't really threatened the top two yet. John Terry has been a big loss in defence and they've missed Jonathan Kodjia for large chunks of the campaign, but the win against Bristol City felt like the first time they've really clicked this season and they should kick on from here. They're battling hefty expectation but they should still be one of the sides who really press Derby. Where can they strengthen? This should be a quiet window for Steve Bruce. They've had a huge turnover of players since their relegation and they could do with more time for everyone to gel. There's no reason why their current squad isn't enough to win promotion. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11688/11194256/championship-promotion-race-andy-hinchcliffe-assesses-the-contenders-battling-to-reach-premier-league The article goes through all of the other contenders as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 17 minutes ago, sne said: The article goes through all of the other contenders as well. That article says everything that the Bruce lovers have been justifying for the last god knows how long! We should already be sitting in 2nd and comfortably at that! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Interesting they are showing a whole history of wolves games right before ours at villa park. I would have thought this was nailed for sky but may be unlikely now with the volume f wolves games in march. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted January 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 12, 2018 Sheff Utd drop 2 more home points to stop them going above us. The weekend starts well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 On 1/11/2018 at 11:58, AvfcRigo82 said: That article says everything that the Bruce lovers have been justifying for the last god knows how long! We should already be sitting in 2nd and comfortably at that! Er.....Bruce defenders.....get it right......for once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 steve Bruce cannot strengthen in this window, because he has a wonderful squad as it is....it can't be bettered. He just needs to get his act together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted January 12, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 12, 2018 31 minutes ago, Nigel said: Sheff Utd drop 2 more home points to stop them going above us. The weekend starts well! That’s a great result for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 6 hours ago, TRO said: Er.....Bruce defenders.....get it right......for once. Get what right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 7 hours ago, TRO said: steve Bruce cannot strengthen in this window, because he has a wonderful squad as it is....it can't be bettered. He just needs to get his act together. He can with a couple of astute additions which he seems to be working on and he has confirmed as much. Bizarrely his appointment of Steve Agnew, 4 points from the last 2 games, combined with looking at a couple of good loans and shipping out is going quite okay so far. A result today can only result in a more feel good factor continuing as it appears to be so far. (Totally ignoring the FA Cup result). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 I have a sneaky feeling we'll be 3 points off 2nd after today - but with 3 teams above us all on 50 points. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted January 13, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13, 2018 6 minutes ago, Jareth said: I have a sneaky feeling we'll be 3 points off 2nd after today - but with 3 teams above us all on 50 points. I’d take that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted January 13, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) I think Cardiff will likely beat Sunderland putting them on 50, and I think Derby will likely beat Blues even though they’re at the Sty. The interesting game is Bristol, they’re playing Norwich who aren’t too bad, and Bristol’s confidence could’ve been knocked by our thrashing, and now they’ve lost four in a row in all competitions. So if they continue to slip that would be brilliant news. The Sheff game from last night is already good news as they dropped two points at home to a side not challenging 2nd. Leeds are away to Ipswich so a Leeds loss would be great, but they aren’t a bad side despite taking their foot off the gas a little. They’ll be hot in our tails, and would go ahead of us with a win today if we lose. Come on Villa!! Edited January 13, 2018 by alreadyexists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 35 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: I think Cardiff will likely beat Sunderland putting them on 50, and I think Derby will likely beat Blues even though they’re at the Sty. The interesting game is Bristol, they’re playing Norwich who aren’t too bad, and Bristol’s confidence could’ve been knocked by our thrashing, and now they’ve lost four in a row in all competitions. So if they continue to slip that would be brilliant news. The Sheff game from last night is already good news as they dropped two points at home to a side not challenging 2nd. Leeds are away to Ipswich so a Leeds loss would be great, but they aren’t a bad side despite taking their foot off the gas a little. They’ll be hot in our tails, and would go ahead of us with a win today if we lose. Come on Villa!! Norwich sold one of their better players comfortable Bristol win cardiff and derby to win. I think we will probably lose now as it's karankas first game at sky. if we can win gives us a bit of a gap from Sheffield united. Do t let us down (again) villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted January 13, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13, 2018 (edited) Sunderland deserve to be relegated for that goal they’ve just conceded against Cardiff. Edit: and the second one. Shocking defending. Edited January 13, 2018 by fightoffyour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Exactly what we didn't need cardoff to get their goal ratio up. Feck off Sunderland. Losers Coleman a complete genius taking that job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 9 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Exactly what we didn't need cardoff to get their goal ratio up. Feck off Sunderland. Losers Coleman a complete genius taking that job Yep, still a bit of a myth why he took it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Results not looking good but end of the day we just need to keep winning regardless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Just now, Vive_La_Villa said: Results not looking good but end of the day we just need to keep winning regardless. On the Money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 That's exactly right. If we keep winning the others will crumble. Rowett inexperienced with the run in, the fossil Warnock doesn't have the minerals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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