privateer Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 13 hours ago, JamesBCFC said: But I asked nicely. I said please and everything. And I declined politely. I said sorry and everything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted April 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 7, 2019 Winning is such a nice feeling. Can't wait til the next game now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted April 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 7, 2019 Beat Rotherham now and we'll be really turning the screw before we meet Bristol City. Them and Derby could drop points in the week, City have Albion and Derby have Blackburn away. Not 3 point gifts either of those games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 21 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: You still theoretically have the upper hand, if you keep winning yourselves. Well........ if they Win every game they are in the Play Offs...but if we Win every game, we are....so it’s neck and neck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, Kingman said: No mate, Bristol are at Millwall and Derby are at Swansea. In terms of the dates, yes. But that’s irrelevant. What is very relevant is that you can effectively say that the game in hand IS the one where they play each other.....therefore they have not BOTH got potentially 3 points on us. Only one has, and it might even be just one point each. This could be absolutely critical ! Edited April 7, 2019 by terrytini 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 To illustrate. Because Derby and Bristol ar3 still to play each other ( doesn’t matter when) the true League Table at the moment can only be one of these three Bristol Win Draw Derby Win 5th Bristol Played 40 Points 65 Villa P 40 Pts 63 Villa P 40 Pts 63 6th. Villa Played 40 Points 63 Bristol P40 Pts 63 Derby P 40 Pts 63 7th. Derby Played 40 Points 60. Derby P 40 Pts 61. Bristol P 40 Pts 62 Whichever way it goes we are in the Play Offs as long as we do our part. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 4 hours ago, Nigel said: Lets see how the Baggies react to this loss now they have no proper manager. Should Bristol get anything from them mid-week things could interesting! The best result for us is an Albion win. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 5 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: How many points do you think will be required for a playoff spot? 73 would seem to give you a shout, 74 would I think make you a safe bet. Would 72 be enough? 10 more. Wins v Rotherham, Bolton and Millwall and avoid defeat to Bristol City. Would mean Derby and Bristol would have to get to 74 points despite playing each other in the run in. Both also have significantly poorer GDs than us. If it is required I can see us having a 90 minute kick around v Norwich to secure a point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 19 minutes ago, terrytini said: To illustrate. Because Derby and Bristol ar3 still to play each other ( doesn’t matter when) the true League Table at the moment can only be one of these three Bristol Win Draw Derby Win 5th Bristol Played 40 Points 65 Villa P 40 Pts 63 Villa P 40 Pts 63 6th. Villa Played 40 Points 63 Bristol P40 Pts 63 Derby P 40 Pts 63 7th. Derby Played 40 Points 60. Derby P 40 Pts 61. Bristol P 40 Pts 62 Whichever way it goes we are in the Play Offs as long as we do our part. I was originally thinking a draw or a Derby win would be the best outcome, but a Bristol win leaves us the most amount of points (3) clear of 7th. Mixed feelings about their game result now but the most important thing is finishing in a playoff place is currently in our hands. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 7, 2019 31 minutes ago, brommy said: I was originally thinking a draw or a Derby win would be the best outcome, but a Bristol win leaves us the most amount of points (3) clear of 7th. Mixed feelings about their game result now but the most important thing is finishing in a playoff place is currently in our hands. Yes, we have to want whatever gives us room to slip up. That result allows us to lose a game and remain in the play offs. Anything else sees someone able to overtake us if we lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 37 minutes ago, brommy said: I was originally thinking a draw or a Derby win would be the best outcome, but a Bristol win leaves us the most amount of points (3) clear of 7th. Mixed feelings about their game result now but the most important thing is finishing in a playoff place is currently in our hands. Agree this is the best outcome as long we beat Bristol too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 1 hour ago, terrytini said: Well........ if they Win every game they are in the Play Offs...but if we Win every game, we are....so it’s neck and neck. If Derby win every games they are in the playoffs too. As it stands all three teams currently have their fate in their own hands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Been a hell of a ride this season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 2 hours ago, brommy said: I was originally thinking a draw or a Derby win would be the best outcome, but a Bristol win leaves us the most amount of points (3) clear of 7th. Mixed feelings about their game result now but the most important thing is finishing in a playoff place is currently in our hands. If we beat Bristol, we'd be a point ahead of them by the time they win too. We're really in the driving seat. Basically, as long as we beat Bristol...we simply have to match their results (with a 1 point margin for error), and 5th place is ours (unless those results are terrible and Derby goes on a good run ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted April 7, 2019 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2019 It's looks like we're going to have full support between now and the end of the season. Rotherham (A) has sold out. Bristol City (H) has sold out. Bolton (A) will most likely sell out. Millwall (H) has about 5,600 left. Leeds (A) will sell out. Norwich (H) has about 6,500 and hasn't gone on general sale yet. The support this season, and particularly since Dean Smith took over has been brilliant. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 All we can do is keep winning. Cliche but true. It's in our hands. Can see boggies dropping more points also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villan-scott Posted April 7, 2019 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2019 Stolen from Twitter. 6 games has seen us become one of the favourites to qualify for the playoffs now - obviously. Still a lot of work to be done, but would you want to bet against us? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 (edited) Bookies are offering £40 cashout now for my £9 bet @25-1 for promotion. You can still get 16-1 on Derby. Edited April 7, 2019 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Bristol vs Derby is their respective 3rd last game (when we play Leeds), so... 1) probably our toughest game is the same weekend one (or both) of them drop points. Its also afterwards now the Leeds game is on the Sunday 2) Bristol and Derby wont be able to both win their last 3 games (games in hand are the midweek between the last 2 weekends of the season... If we can get 4-6 points ahead before the Leeds game, we'll be in. Looking at the fixtures, you'd back that if we don't lose to Bristol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 15 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: The best result for us is an Albion win. You're probably right but I also feel that West Brom might stumble through to the playoffs and we will be on similar points come the end of the season despite the current gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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