villalad21 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Just now, R.Bear said: We're actually 6th. In March. Who the **** saw this 2 months ago? Keep in mind teams around us have a game in hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted March 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 16, 2019 Right now, we must be favorites to go up as third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjaacckk91 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, R.Bear said: We're actually 6th. In March. Who the **** saw this 2 months ago? Forget 2 months ago it looked impossible 2 weeks ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7392craig Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Just looked and we play Sheff Wed and Bristol next month. Those games are beyond massive. Win those and you’ve got to believe that we’re finishing in the top 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieVillan Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 FWIW, I thought Grealish wasn’t at his best today, he was caught in possession more than I ever recall seeing before. And if this was an off day for him, it was still very very comfortable for the lads. Just like the previous 3 games, we restricted the opposition to very little, while managing to create some clear cut chances ourselves. What has been positive about the last 2 games especially, is that we have been playing against teams that would try to sit in with men behind the ball and try to frustrate us, but we have still been able to play our game. I don’t think anyone would have believed this was possible with this run of 4 fixtures on paper. Boro will be looking over their shoulders, not just at us but also at Preston and Sheff Wed. Even West Brom will be thinking they can be caught the way things are going. Up next, We have a game that we should go in to confident of winning, Bristol City go to Sheff Utd and Boro play Norwich, and then they play eachother, so points will be dropped, and soon enough we might be in playoff positions, without them having games in hand. What an incredible league. I don’t know if we will keep this going, but it’s nice to be in contention at least. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Middlesborough have only conceded 31 goals this season and we've scored roughly a fifth of them in 2 games! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 I've been a Villa fan long enough to know that we lose 3 out of our next 4 games and drop back down to 11th place playing terrible football, just watch. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted March 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 16, 2019 1 minute ago, maqroll said: I've been a Villa fan long enough to know that we lose 3 out of our next 4 games and drop back down to 11th place playing terrible football, just watch. Not this time mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The_Rev Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 13 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Keep in mind teams around us have a game in hand Bristol City have two games in hand but it's reaching the point where they are probably going to be affected by fixture congestion. After the international break they have to play Saturday - Tuesday - Saturday - Tuesday - Saturday against Sheffield United (away) Middlesbrough (away) Wigan (home) West Brom (home) and Villa (away). That's a really difficult run of fixtures to squeeze into just two weeks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanky Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Not in my wildest dreams did I think we’d make the top 6 after the Albion game: We’ve swept aside some of the play off contenders without breaking much of a sweat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Not worried about Bristol at all, it's Sheffield Wednesday I'm looking out for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 2 hours ago, villalad21 said: God, won't feel confident in playing Leeds in a potential play off final. They absolutely embarrassed us at Villa Park. Will never forget that game The game that they won in injury time? Yeah really embarrassing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Keyblade said: Not worried about Bristol at all, it's Sheffield Wednesday I'm looking out for. Agreed - also Derby's fixtures don't look too bad either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Just now, DaveAV1 said: The game that they won in injury time? Yeah really embarrassing. They totally dominated us for the entire game after we were 2-0 up. The goals were coming it was just a matter of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: They totally dominated us for the entire game after we were 2-0 up. The goals were coming it was just a matter of time. Remember we had no grealish in that game or Mings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Remember we had no grealish in that game or Mings That's true i just remember how impressed i were by their display. Their pressing, their enthusiasm even when 2-0 down. Absolute nightmare team to play against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 2 hours ago, villalad21 said: God, won't feel confident in playing Leeds in a potential play off final. They absolutely embarrassed us at Villa Park. Will never forget that game 3 minutes ago, DaveAV1 said: The game that they won in injury time? Yeah really embarrassing. 2 minutes ago, villalad21 said: They totally dominated us for the entire game after we were 2-0 up. The goals were coming it was just a matter of time. Ah c'mon man. We went 2-0 up and looked like scoring more. We dominated the first half and they looked average that day. We came out in the 2nd half a different team and let ourselves go really and let them back into the game. When Leeds got it back to 2-2 they smelt blood and we self imploded which seen them take a devastating winning goal in the dying moments - but they never dominated us for the entire game as you're suggesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted March 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Not worried about Bristol at all, it's Sheffield Wednesday I'm looking out for. Their next seven games will be harder than their last seven I think - Stoke, us, Forest, Leeds, Norwich, Bristol and Preston. Final game is against QPR. It’s Preston that I’m wondering about. They have Reading next, then admittedly three hard games against Sheff Utd, Leeds, Baggies but end it by playing Ipswich, Wigan, Wednesday and Brentford. Maybe Preston and Wednesday will cancel each other out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Just now, Shropshire Lad said: Their next seven games will be harder than their last seven I think - Stoke, us, Forest, Leeds, Norwich, Bristol and Preston. Final game is against QPR. It’s Preston that I’m wondering about. They have Reading next, then admittedly three hard games against Sheff Utd, Leeds, Baggies but end it by playing Ipswich, Wigan, Wednesday and Brentford. Maybe Preston and Wednesday will cancel each other out. The Preston fans think they robbed those 3 points from SHA (not complaining!). They're on a great run but they're not bulldozing teams and a tough run could probably scupper that. One silver lining in Sheffield Wednesday's form is as you say, they have a tough run of fixtures. We all know how Steve Bruce sets out to play against rival teams at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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