cyrusr Posted January 15, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15, 2020 16 minutes ago, VillaJ100 said: I doubt we'll beat Watford either whenever that prick Deeney plays against us it's like a hex. You do realise that Watford are playing 4 games in 9 games due to their game being postponed yesterday? FA Cup: Watford face four games in nine days after replay postponement Quote Watford's fixture congestion Saturday, 18 January - v Tottenham (h) Tuesday, 21 January - v Aston Villa (a) Thursday, 23 January - v Tranmere (a) Sunday, 26 January - Wolves/Man Utd (h) - if Watford beat Tranmere I suspect that they will throw the towel in against Tranmere but that is very congested which will give us an advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, cyrusr said: You do realise that Watford are playing 4 games in 9 games due to their game being postponed yesterday? FA Cup: Watford face four games in nine days after replay postponement I suspect that they will throw the towel in against Tranmere but that is very congested which will give us an advantage. I did see that. Don't think it will make much difference if we play the same as the reverse fixture, we got bullied. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: I fancy us at home against all four of these teams. Especially against United. Same here. At the start of the season, the only two teams that I feared were Man City and Liverpool. Obviously, Leicester have become an unstoppable force again this season, so they're now unbeatable most weeks too. But every other team in the league has had poor and shaky spells, and Smith needs to set us up to win against all of them. Stranger things have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 2 hours ago, VillaJ100 said: I'd say United are the best chance of a win at home, they will probably sign some great player in Jan though. We'll get nothing from Wolves, Chelsea, Spurs at home. Maybe a draw against arsenal. I doubt we'll beat Watford either whenever that prick Deeney plays against us it's like a hex. If you're just giving up Spurs at home we deserve to get relegated. They have won two away all season and recently took 1 point from Norwich and Southampton (should've lost to Norwich aswell) and couldn't beat Boro away in the cup. Likes of Sissoko and Kane obviously injured for our game. Maybe wildly optimistic but I'm expecting to win that game from new signing bounce e.g. like that Man. City game all those years ago with Darren Bent. With Man. United and Wolves I think it depends if they're still in europa league and have games on the Thursday before they play us, that would increase chance of getting three points from one of those games as neither are likely to get 4th so europa is a better bet for CL football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 2 hours ago, cyrusr said: You do realise that Watford are playing 4 games in 9 games due to their game being postponed yesterday? FA Cup: Watford face four games in nine days after replay postponement I suspect that they will throw the towel in against Tranmere but that is very congested which will give us an advantage. They were going to play the reserves up at Tranmere (look at the team they put out in first game) so that won't change. Saturday lunchtime to Tuesday evening is nothing unusual and indeed longer build up than we'll have. Problem v Watford is longer it's a draw the crowd will be screaming for us to get forward and that will play into Watford's hands I fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 3 hours ago, cyrusr said: I suspect that they will throw the towel in against Tranmere but that is very congested which will give us an advantage. They had a player less than us for half the game a couple of weeks ago and that didn't give us any sort of advantage so not sure a few of them maybe having to play a couple of days later will make much difference. Hell they barely even changed the line-up at all in the 4 games over christmas & beat utd, us & wolves and drew away at sheff utd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: They were going to play the reserves up at Tranmere (look at the team they put out in first game) so that won't change. Saturday lunchtime to Tuesday evening is nothing unusual and indeed longer build up than we'll have. Problem v Watford is longer it's a draw the crowd will be screaming for us to get forward and that will play into Watford's hands I fear. Watford game is going be temse like The Baggies game few years back when Lowton won the late penalty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 On 13/01/2020 at 17:38, avfcDJ said: I still don't think we will go down Hope not - but I fear without a major influx of quality players we will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, hippo said: Hope not - but I fear without a major influx of quality players we will. How much is major? we cant bring in an entire team in January that would be even more kamikaze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I think we all know it isn't easy. It's probably damm difficult ! - but that doesn't progress us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Just now, Zatman said: How much is major? we cant bring in an entire team in January that would be even more kamikaze I don't know perhaps one proven goalscorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitzlsperger_12 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Brighton's defence really struggled with pace against Everton at the weekend. So El Ghazi through the middle might not be a bad idea. Didn't realise how slow Dunk was until I watched the game. They've also only won 1 game in the last 6 in all competitions. We've definitely got a chance of getting something if we turn up and play well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted January 15, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 15, 2020 Last time we went down I knew it in the beginning of December, still remember it well. Now we still have a good chance of staying up, so it's better than then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) Losing Heaton, Mcginn and Wesley to long term injuries is such s**t luck. Along with Grealish and Mings it’s the spine of our team. I’ve always believed we’d stay up. But if any of our rivals had the same predicament you’d fancy them for the drop. It’s not looking good it is? My heart says we’ll stay up. My head says the current bottom 3 will go down. Edited January 16, 2020 by Vive_La_Villa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Losing Heaton, Mcginn and Wesley to long term injuries is such s**t luck. Along with Grealish and Mings it’s the spine of our team. I’ve always believed we’d stay up. But if any of our rivals had the same predicament you’d fancy them for the drop. It’s not looking good it is? My heart says we’ll stay up. My head says the current bottom 3 will go down. It may well all feel very very different this time next week. Thats how close it is, and the fine margins at play. And it will be so all season. Have faith ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, terrytini said: It may well all feel very very different this time next week. Thats how close it is, and the fine margins at play. And it will be so all season. Have faith ! You’re right. I think we’ll know where we are by the end of the month. Massive 2 weeks. Edited January 16, 2020 by Vive_La_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 The Athletic just dropped an article on Bournemouth's struggles. They are at 85% wages to turnover. Their two 13 million pound summer signings have played a total of 4 games this season due to injuries. The poor transfers of Ibe and Solanke have been mentioned on here before but I had no idea Begovic cost 10 million. So in summary they're in real trouble and probably don't have much to spend this window on improving their chances. Also, the Solanke transfer was mentioned as a panic buy with most people at the club not knowing the deal was done til it was announced on Twitter. That transfer happened during the winter window so it shows how a club can really screw themselves when a panic sets in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Eddie Howe makes MON look shrewd in his dealings. Liverpool have robbed them in years gone by that something dodgy is in the water. Signed a left back for 7 million from them and he was last at Seattle on loan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KentVillan Posted January 17, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2020 Grealish and Mings's fitness permitting (two big ifs), I think we are a better team than: Norwich - taken all 6 points off them Bournemouth - robbed us at Villa Park, very beatable at their place, terrible form at the moment Burnley - taken 4 points off them Newcastle - taken 3 points off them, crucial game at St James's Park in March Newcastle do have a head start (mostly through luck), but I think it's starting to go sour there. Stephen Pomme de Terre's self-inflicted injury crisis and turgid tactics will make it very hard to keep nicking points, as the lingering benefits of Benitez's coaching slowly unwind. Their final 5 games are Man City (A), Watford (A), Tottenham (H), Brighton (A), Liverpool (H). Wouldn't fancy them to get points from any of them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 6 hours ago, KentVillan said: Stephen Pomme de Terre 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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