Vive_La_Villa Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 I personally think we’ll finish the season around where we are now. Massive progress on last season. Hopefully second half of the season is as enjoyable as the first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 29 minutes ago, Keyblade said: I expect a reaction similar to the one when we lost to Brighton, West Ham, Leeds and Southampton. Pretty sure it was 4 defeats in 5 then. We seem to need these periodic "rap on the knuckles" as Dean Smith put it, to jolt us back into life. As well as to temper expectations of our fans, and the fear that all our best players are leaving us. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mantis Posted January 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2021 Sometimes I feel that we get a bit too complacent due to the way we often dominate games these days, which can lead to not enough urgency in attack (because we think we'll get loads more chances anyway) and not treating opposition attacks seriously enough. Both were on display tonight. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: As well as to temper expectations of our fans, and the fear that all our best players are leaving us. lol I think the expectation is lower than the hope or the aim. I expect us to finish atleast around the middle of the league this season. But I hope we have a real go at europe. West Ham are 4th as we approach February. What should their aim be? I really dont think we will have too many better opportunities to compete towards the top like this, with other teams being so weak and inconsistent this season. Just lately, Chelsea dont win again, nor do Southampton or Leicester or Everton. Man U lose to Sheff U, Liverpool lose to Burnley last week. Real shame to lose the way we have today. Felt unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 West Ham are pissing me off, solely cos we should be where they are in the table...I know West Ham have been settled way more than us but still it looks better if we were higher than our current position. Obviously grateful not to be in relegation mix though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turvontour Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Its obviously been discussed on here and I've missed it but what would happen if Watkins was out for a few months? Do we go with Davis, or play one of the wingers up front? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Mantis said: I guess this is what being a mid-table side feels like (although we dominate games far more than most mid-table sides too). We're doing better than what mid table teams do even if table dosen't reflect it. Looked back to some of our early 2000s seasons. We finished 8th in 2000/01 (54 points) and 8th in 01/02 on just 50 points. Our last top half finish in 2010/11 was 9th with 48 points which we should comfortably surpass this season. We only won 12 games which we could surpass by end of Feb if we can get over this defeat quickly. Would be very cruel if we got close to 60 points and yet only finish 10th or something. Just shows how inflated the points totals are with lack of difference between home and away with no crowds and before tonight Sheffield United being so bad. Of course we've benefited from that aswell but would be good if some of the bottom 4-5 can start taking points off top half teams a bit more than they have so far as that will balance things out a little. Having two games in hand still on most teams also impacting on things. Edited January 27, 2021 by VillaChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Only positive from last night all the other results went our way. Maybe second half could that be an effect on lack of match fitness and Covid. Either way I'm still raging, we should of been home and dry at HT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 It's criminal the amount of clear chances we miss but the progress is there for us all to see. Football wise we're playing the best stuff since Little (O'Neill's was effective but very direct). We unfortunately retain that softness and ability to implode but Leeds and the 1st half against Southampton are the only games we've been bad in all season. Wolves was a bit meh as well to I suppose but we won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 11 hours ago, Mantis said: Sometimes I feel that we get a bit too complacent due to the way we often dominate games these days, which can lead to not enough urgency in attack (because we think we'll get loads more chances anyway) and not treating opposition attacks seriously enough. Both were on display tonight. Growing pains I guess. We need to find the balance of swagger, work rate and focus. We will get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Just watching spuds v pool. Don't think either team looks as good as villa this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loxstock92 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, hippo said: Just watching spuds v pool. Don't think either team looks as good as villa this season. Not looking forward to the Spurs game though, Kane and son look frightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, hippo said: Just watching spuds v pool. Don't think either team looks as good as villa this season. unfortunately the league table tells a different story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, MaVilla said: unfortunately the league table tells a different story. Maybe they have the squad depth - but in terms of performances on the pitch I don't see many teams to top us this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Win against Southampton and we're on 32 points, which extrapolated for the rest of the season is 64 points. That's been enough for top 4-6 for the past few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 9 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Win against Southampton and we're on 32 points, which extrapolated for the rest of the season is 64 points. That's been enough for top 4-6 for the past few years. Only problem is there’s more than usual suspects thinking the same thing. Leicester, Everton and West Ham have got themselves in great positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Only problem is there’s more than usual suspects thinking the same thing. Leicester, Everton and West Ham have got themselves in great positions. Spurs will drop off without Kane now, we definitely need to fit that game in before he returns. West Ham could drop away eventually but Antonio may carry them like Benteke used to carry us. Leciester look like they'll finish in the top 4. We will come back strong again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 minute ago, Lord Willard said: Spurs will drop off without Kane now, we definitely need to fit that game in before he returns. West Ham could drop away eventually but Antonio may carry them like Benteke used to carry us. Leciester look like they'll finish in the top 4. We will come back strong again. It's Leicester's spot to lose. Hope they capitulate like last year. Chelsea might also be coming back up. But I think we can be right up there with all those teams. Hopefully we've learned from the first half of the season and cut out these stupid losses like Burnley, West Ham and Brighton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 18 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Only problem is there’s more than usual suspects thinking the same thing. Leicester, Everton and West Ham have got themselves in great positions. Everton have been complete dogs**t today and they've got a very hard second half of the season if you look at who they still have to play away in the run in. Would be interested anyone's opinion if they think they're going to finish 10 + points ahead of us other than "James Rodriguez plays for them...." Reality is we're been pretty much neck and neck in table with them most of the season and win tonight and we're 1 point off them with a game in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) Only 3 points off 5th place and now 6 points above 12th place. Edited January 30, 2021 by ferguson1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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