Zatman Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 1 minute ago, DCJonah said: Maybe people will stop moaning. This is what a relegation battle looks like. Shit teams playing shit football failing to get points. We're still right in the fight for survival. Its definitely better and less tense than the 1st Lambert season when Wigan losing some games in hand kept us up after we seemed dead and buried a few weeks before Looking back we also had Wigan on last day and never came down to it so hopefully West Ham will be similar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Maybe people will stop moaning. This is what a relegation battle looks like. Shit teams playing shit football failing to get points. We're still right in the fight for survival. It's like people don't remember the Lambert years, or even the McLeish and Houllier years before that. We were always pulling up permutations and hoping enough of our rivals were shitter than us. Luckily they always were. The year we actually got relegated it wasn't even a race. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Alexander-Arnold after being interviewed after their win against Palace said with a steely visage that they want to break points records this season. They might rest a few players here and there but Imagine it will still be a very strong team, and I don't think they will be taking it easy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, useless said: Alexander-Arnold after being interviewed after their win against Palace said with a steely visage that they want to break points records this season. They might rest a few players here and there but Imagine it will still be a very strong team, and I don't think they will be taking it easy. They have anything else to play for, they are out of both cups, so they might aswell go for the points record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 They may want the record but when you win the league mentally it changes. Plus there will be a lot of celebrations. This is very good for us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, DCJonah said: Maybe people will stop moaning. This is what a relegation battle looks like. Shit teams playing shit football failing to get points. We're still right in the fight for survival. We shouldn’t be in this situation though, we had the chance to be clear by getting something out of the easier run of fixtures against the likes of Bournemouth, Watford and Southampton. We blew it and now relying on other teams and us getting something against some very good sides, a task we have failed to do thus far this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 They need 13 points from 7 games to break the record which means that regardless of what happens this weekend, they'll still be in the hunt by the time they play us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 On 23/06/2020 at 12:30, The Fun Factory said: This season hasn't been a disaster. Disappointing yes but its hardly 15/16. Most teams who win the playoffs go straight back down again though none have spent as much as Villa though. And we got to a cup final as well. Personally I think we have lost a bit of elite club invincibility when got relegated four years ago and although it was will be disappointing if we get relegated it won't hurt as much as we are used to failure now. Its such a terrible thing to get used to. The ambitious clubs show defiance to failure and quickly set about plans for success. make no mistake here......bad decisions cause failure and action has to be taken to stop that.....if you make more bad than good decisions, that ratio, will have you in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 40 minutes ago, sidcow said: He was a sham, never had 2 beans. These 2 are proper multi billionaires confirmed. He used Villa for something totally outside our scope of interest. Con man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, Keyblade said: They need 13 points from 7 games to break the record which means that regardless of what happens this weekend, they'll still be in the hunt by the time they play us. Yes, but....some senior players might opt out entirely because they don't want to risk covid exposure. i know, I'm grasping at straws.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 22 minutes ago, useless said: Alexander-Arnold after being interviewed after their win against Palace said with a steely visage that they want to break points records this season. They might rest a few players here and there but Imagine it will still be a very strong team, and I don't think they will be taking it easy. Teams like them with their designed mentality, will want to win a game of tiddly winks. This kind of approach has been instilled by Klopp. Thats what managers of that calibre do.....we had one once, very similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 I think the majority of footballers are like that to be honest, they all want to win and do the best they can that's part of the game and a natural instinct, most people are like it when taking part in competitive pursits, (with myself being a rare exception), don't have to professional athletes, their will to win and hard work counts for a lot but the main thing that sets the likes of Liverpool and Man City apart is their footballing ability. And to be fair it didn't seem like they wanteed to win against us all that much in the league cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 25, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2020 Obviously Liverpool winning the league is sickening by any stretch of the imagination but it was always going to happen so I am REALLY glad it's happening tonight because the only way we have even a small chance of getting something against them is if the play us with nothing to win and the Victory parade already out of the way. What the hey. Even a point against an on the beach Liverpool would be way way more than we would have expected if matters were still undecided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpablosaliceband Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Vancvillan said: In 61 pages I'm sure it's been said, but this really is a contest to see who's the most useless / spineless out of us, West Ham, Watford and Bournemouth, and no-one's doing themselves any favours right now. Remaining games... Us: Wolves, Liverpool, Man U, Palace, Everton, Arsenal, West Ham Bournemouth: Newcastle, Man U, Spurs, Leicester, Man City, Southampton, Everton West Ham: Chelsea, Newcastle, Burnley, Norwich, Watford, Man U, Villa Watford: Southampton, Chelsea, Norwich, Newcastle, West Ham, Man City, Arsenal From that list I'd say Bournemouth are in deep trouble if they don't get something from Newcastle. West Ham and Watford run ins look easier but assuming Norwich don't give up completely, a lot of those teams still have everything to play for. Ironically Steve Bruce could indirectly decide the whole thing. C'mon Brucey, we love you really. Possibly. Incidentally, speaking of remaining games, I make the average league position of the opposition for each team to be: Bournemouth - 8th (8.00) Villa - 9th (8.57) Watford - 11th (11.00) West Ham - 13th (12.57) Not too much in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 25, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2020 47 minutes ago, Keyblade said: It's like people don't remember the Lambert years, or even the McLeish and Houllier years before that. We were always pulling up permutations and hoping enough of our rivals were shitter than us. Luckily they always were. The year we actually got relegated it wasn't even a race. I don't recall us being IN the zone with such a difficult run in from this point. Our saving grace is this is not a normal season but if this was a regular season it would be hard to see us getting more points than the others (and it still is now) with our run in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 West Ham-Watford going to be huge for us near end of the season. We play Everton away on the same weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 25, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2020 51 minutes ago, useless said: Alexander-Arnold after being interviewed after their win against Palace said with a steely visage that they want to break points records this season. They might rest a few players here and there but Imagine it will still be a very strong team, and I don't think they will be taking it easy. He doesn't pick the team or pay the insurance premium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, VillaChris said: West Ham-Watford going to be huge for us near end of the season. We play Everton away on the same weekend. Yes its in our hands. that's all we can ask for 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 1 hour ago, jim said: We shouldn’t be in this situation though, we had the chance to be clear by getting something out of the easier run of fixtures against the likes of Bournemouth, Watford and Southampton. We blew it and now relying on other teams and us getting something against some very good sides, a task we have failed to do thus far this season. By that own logic, couldn't Watford and Bournemouth say the same? We have absolutely no right to expect to be clear of relegation at this stage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, DCJonah said: By that own logic, couldn't Watford and Bournemouth say the same? We have absolutely no right to expect to be clear of relegation at this stage. I’d say West Ham have the biggest cause to say it after the money they have spent in recent years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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