VillaChris Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Just now, hippo said: looks ominous really - Reina, Mings, Grealish - thats all we have. Reina made a really good save at the end, think he's a smart pick up. We need more but the situation is far from hopeless. That was a very good point today considering how bad we were for an hour. Keeps Brighton in touch aswell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Really hope Chelsea can do us a favour against Newcastle, over the last ten games before today they've only take three more points than us, so they're not really in the greatest of form, and like Spurs, always seem to drop points whenever they play one of our relegation rivals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Said since we played Brighton at VP they might go down for us. They have very little up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Good result under the circumstances 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 We've been so crap for ages and yet we're still right in the mix, if we could just grab a couple wins from somewhere. This is going to go all the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Hope Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Hopefully we can build from coming from behind and getting something. I just have a feeling that we will start picking up results from Feb onwards like we did last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 26 minutes ago, VillaChris said: All in all not a bad day at all. West Ham not winning could be big in the long run I suspect. With their away fixtures they can't afford to have too many home draws. was it though, its same as start of play. Only Norwich won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, Farlz said: We've been so crap for ages and yet we're still right in the mix, if we could just grab a couple wins from somewhere. This is going to go all the way. reminds me of the 1st season under Lambert. Was never a major gap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 18, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 18, 2020 Newcastle have had another injury in the first half against Chelsea, they're a team I really think we can drag into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Newcastle have had another injury in the first half against Chelsea, they're a team I really think we can drag into it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 We've been poor, but over the last eleven games Norwich, Bournemouth, Brighton, West Ham and Burnley have all taken less points than us, if Newcastle lose today then we will have taken the same amount of points as them over the same period as well. Over the last six games we're actually twelve in the form guide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 4 points from our next two and we should be out of the bottom 3 when you see what Burnley and West Ham have in next few weeks. Being greedy I'd like a little buffer if/when we get out of the bottom 3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 8 minutes ago, VillaChris said: 4 points from our next two and we should be out of the bottom 3 when you see what Burnley and West Ham have in next few weeks. Being greedy I'd like a little buffer if/when we get out of the bottom 3. I’d say it’s vital we get 4 points from the next two. Watford at home is a chance to exact some revenge, let’s hope the new manager bounce wears out soon. Then Bournemouth away, they’ve got Brighton at home next. We could do with them losing that before we face them. Either way, we need some points before the next run of games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 18, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 18, 2020 I reckon 37 keeps you up. I think we need four wins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV82 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Looking at the form table for the past 5 games we're 10th in the league. Some of those games we've played without a recognised striker, some without Mings and all of them without McGinn. Make a few new signings and let's see if we can push on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Good point in these circumstances. Keeps our away improvement, being in touch with Brighton themselves. Us playing without a striker isn’t an easy thing. A draw with Watford wouldn’t be the end of the world but if we somehow win then I think that will give us the boost needed. Norwich winning is important as they’ll still play most of our rivals, so we don’t want them far adrift. Bournemouth freefall is good and actually thats the best result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 6 points from the next 2 games is not beyond the realms of possibility. Watford on Tuesday is a crucial game. I've said in the match thread that we should have a striker by then and the dynamics of our game will change. If Samatta has not signed we should play Vassilav. Playing a striker gives the team a better balance, options and an outlet. We then have a week end off as its the FA Cup and we're off to Bournemouth. Give us a great chance to re-group etc. 6 Points from the next 2 games and things will look a whole lot different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Come on Chelsea FFS! Time to start destroying Mr Potato Head’s barcodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Interesting to see if they sack Eddie Howe at this point. 19th place and a lost to Norwich, pretty unacceptable really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughable Chimp Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) Also, first time we've dropped into the bottom 3 in terms of xPts with Norwich leapfrogging us. Interesting to note, both Southampton and Watford were massively below their xPts talley earlier in the season suggesting they were playing better than their league position suggested and lo and behold, both teams are now on a great run of form looking nothing like relegation candidates. Norwich are currently 4.23 pts below their Xpts so it does somewhat suggest that they may be due a small good run of form. I wouldn't be surprised if they get close to 17th is what I'm saying. Edited January 18, 2020 by Laughable Chimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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