TrentVilla Posted November 27, 2018 Moderator Share Posted November 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Nigel said: Going to fun again tonight watching the results come in! Agreed, would be nice if a couple of the results went our way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 27, 2018 Moderator Share Posted November 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: 1 hour ago, Nigel said: Going to fun again tonight watching the results come in! Agreed, would be nice if a couple of the results went our way. Ooh, I'd forgotten there were Chump games on tonight too, and 4 of them are above us Lahhvely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post meregreen Posted November 27, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2018 I was at the Cardiff game away in 1974. We were struggling in the lower reaches of the old second division. Saunders was still trying to get the team performing to his style. Only 60 odd villa fans on the “special” from New St. Took my 9 year old brother to his first away game. Cardiff fans waiting for us at the station. Pretty risky walk to Ninian Park. Had to make sure our nipper was okay. Terrible game, lost 3 1, Willie Anderson scored for Cardiff,just to make it worse. I turned to my brother and said “I don’t know where this clubs going kiddo”.....................we lost only one more game that season, 1 Nil on a mud pile at Leyton Orient. We destroyed everyone else to the end of the season, came within a hairbreadth of taking the top spot from Man Utd, and won the league cup to boot. My point is, if Smith can get this team performing, nothing is impossible. Incidentally the team we pipped to the promotion spot and the cup was Norwich City. Who currently sit top. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Couple results going well for us already. Sheffield United and QPR losing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 4 hours ago, romavillan said: Until it's impossible that has to be the aim, Smith will deserve a **** statue if he pulls it off though. Fulham's rise was incredible last year but they couldn't catch the top 2. We'd have to do better than they did to get automatic promotion. Monumental, but who knows, we've still got to finish hiring coaches, scouts, have a transfer window in Jan. The room for improvement is there, and tbf if we play at the QPR/Derby levels against anyone in this league I think we've already got too much for 99% of this division. If we manage to improve on what we've got, then autos is possible, going to be a hell of a ride either way Agree with all that, but would add, Norwich/ Boro/ Leeds......they are not Wolves of last season.....so although we’d have to “ do a Fulham Plus” the Top 2 slots wont be as tough to grab as they were last year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 20 minutes ago, terrytini said: Agree with all that, but would add, Norwich/ Boro/ Leeds......they are not Wolves of last season.....so although we’d have to “ do a Fulham Plus” the Top 2 slots wont be as tough to grab as they were last year. Was just about to reply with the same thing, so just to add to what you already said.. I did some calculations last week (boring international break) and Norwich would only have been 4th behind Wolves, Cardiff and Sheffield United at the same stage as last year, so we would not need as many points as Fulham who would probably have gone up automatically with the same tally they finished on last year if you compare to this year so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted November 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2018 27 minutes ago, terrytini said: Agree with all that, but would add, Norwich/ Boro/ Leeds......they are not Wolves of last season.....so although we’d have to “ do a Fulham Plus” the Top 2 slots wont be as tough to grab as they were last year. If results stay as they are we'll be 4 points off second with a win tomorrow. Massive if with 45 mins to play mind. Could be a very big week 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 7 minutes ago, romavillan said: If results stay as they are we'll be 4 points off second with a win tomorrow. Massive if with 45 mins to play mind. Could be a very big week Leeds will win. Could do with Norwich drawing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) 48 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Couple results going well for us already. Sheffield United and QPR losing. I don’t think either of these teams are a concern for the season. It’s Norwich, Leeds and Boro we need to worry about imo. So far looking good. Edited November 27, 2018 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I don’t think either of these teams are a concern for the season. It’s Norwich, Leeds and Boro we need to worry about imo. So far looking good. Well I am on about teams immediately above us, I feel that is a concern either way. They get pulled back, we win, and we leapfrog them. Although since I posted that Brentford have pissed their lead away and are now losing. lol On current standing it will take 3, or 4 wins minimum to pass Sheffield United. (So certainly not no concern) Edited November 27, 2018 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 26 minutes ago, Junxs said: I did some calculations last week (boring international break) and Norwich would only have been 4th behind Wolves, Cardiff and Sheffield United at the same stage as last year, so we would not need as many points as Fulham who would probably have gone up automatically with the same tally they finished on last year if you compare to this year so far. Just done a fresh calculation, Norwich would still be 4th as things stand (after 19 games) 1 point behind Sheff Utd Interestingly they would only have been 1 point ahead of us, so if you flip it - last year we would have been 2nd compared to this years standings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 17 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Well I am on about teams immediately above us, I feel that is a concern either way. They get pulled back, we win, and we leapfrog them. Although since I posted that Brentford have pissed their lead away and are now losing. lol On current standing it will take 3, or 4 wins minimum to pass Sheffield United. (So certainly not no concern) We’ll finish above Sheffield United. I’m sure of it. Leeds are pissing me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted November 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2018 Come on Hull, Preston and Reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Penalty to Reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Just now, Junxs said: Penalty to Reading... Missed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted November 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2018 4 minutes ago, Junxs said: Missed!! That was a very good save. Gutted about that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Lucky b*****ds!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Looks like that super Brentford setup isn't so super 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 At least Norwich and Middlesbrough both dropped points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted November 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2018 Not a bad set of results really, shame it didn't stay like half time but big incentive to win tomorrow now. Would mean we can leapfrog Boro by beating them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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