Laughable Chimp Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 21 hours ago, villalad21 said: The Premier League table according to expected goals https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/football/50822875?__twitter_impression=true That's expected points, not expected goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Watford winning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Going to be very tight. Norwich look like they're being cut adrift but other than that it's so close. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I hope Newcastle go on a big losing run. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Southampton and Watford winning, today was crucial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Individual battles, and results against the top half, are irrelevant, the War will be Won (or lost ?) by results against teams around us. We have 6 Wins against those, only Burnley (7) have more. pointswise - Burnley 23 from 12 Arsenal 20 from 11 Villa 20 from 12 Brighton 18 from 10 Everton 16 from 11 Bournemouth and Saints 13 from 11/10 Spam 12 from 10 Newcastle 11 from 10 Watford 8 from 10 Norwich 8 from 11 We are the highest scorers, with 20. We average more goals per game than all others, and have 5 teams conceding more, and 5 conceding fewer goals per game. Whilst the results against Saints and Watford were poor, had we Won them ,as some seem to think was essential, wed be 9th just now. Is that a realistic expectation ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 1 hour ago, useless said: Chelsea can't stop giving our relegation rivals points, really could do with them and Spurs picking up some form this month as they play a lot of teams near the bottom. Hopefully some of the afternoon kick-offs go our way, especially could with Palace and Wolves getting away wins against Southampton and Watford, and West Ham not winning against Bournemouth. Whatever happens we can't drop back into the bottom three this weekend. I don’t think Bournemouth win would help us at all. I’d prefer a draw. But Spammers winning isn’t better than Bournemouth winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, villalad21 said: I hope Newcastle go on a big losing run. Very possible. This will be 3 defeats in a row plus they need to play Wolves and Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Lejuene for Newcastle has gifted both goals. Apparently not fit but forced to start due to lack of centre backs available. Where have we seen that before... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) I think a draw between Bournemouth and West Ham is probably the best for us, leaves us with a better chance of remaining outside the bottom three even if we lose to Man City. But West Ham not winning will be the main thing, although Bournemouth are on a poor run of form, and West Ham will have new manager bounce so we'll see. Edited January 1, 2020 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, VillaAlex said: Lejuene for Newcastle has gifted both goals. Apparently not fit but forced to start due to lack of centre backs available. Where have we seen that before... Definitely not with Bruce at Villa. He was the best manager in my lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Massive result today. But awaiting news on Heaton - if its bad our chances of beating the drop will take a massive hit - despite todays result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 watford beating wolves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 spurs are playing better right now so I can see them coming back from being down tbh. let's hope so at least. also wolves, step it up come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, useless said: I think a draw between Bournemouth and West Ham is probably the best for us, leaves us with a better chance of remaining outside the bottom three even if we lose to Man City. I think its a hard call to stay outside of bottom 3 after City. But we’ve shown confidence and belief which is the most important. If Watford win today, we will definitely go to bottom 3 unless West Ham lose to Sheffield Utd (which isn’t far from reality). Watford will play Bournemouth and any result will see us dropping to the relegation zone. Bournemouth are playing Watford and Norwich ao it’s important to make them as low as they are. Anyway we really need our neighbors to help us again by scoring at Watford! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 22 minutes ago, Mantis said: Going to be very tight. Norwich look like they're being cut adrift but other than that it's so close. I think its important for us that Norwich win and get near. We need them to play their best against teams around. They’re playing Bournemouth soon. They’ll play everyone apart from us. I don’t think they can do as Watford but its good to for us that they stay in touch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Wolves are a good side at coming back from losing positions so hopefully can do it today, they've rested a few players like Jota and Neves though and aren't playing great so we'll see. Trouble is whatever happens I can see Watford pulling away, they're playing nothing like a team that looks likely to be relegated, it was a surprise them being down there in the first place, so there was always be a danger that they'd improve at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 1 minute ago, useless said: Wolves are a good side at coming back from losing positions They have just said on BT that if the table was based on half time scorelines Wolves would be bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Newcastle have had to make 3 substitutions because of injuries, and now Schar has gone down with a pulled hamstring. Looks like we're not the only team with bad luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 5 minutes ago, useless said: Wolves are a good side at coming back from losing positions so hopefully can do it today, they've rested a few players like Jota and Neves though and aren't playing great so we'll see. Trouble is whatever happens I can see Watford pulling away, they're playing nothing like a team that looks likely to be relegated, it was a surprise them being down there in the first place, so there was always be a danger that they'd improve at some point agreed, I still think that Bournemouth, Newcastle and Burnley are at bigger risk than Watford. But you never know, they were utter gash before Pearson so it could be a false dawn and I hope it is. Wolves are THE comeback team so I'm still hopeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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