HanoiVillan Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Sorry, but I think it has to be done. We have lost 5 on the bounce, and right now we look like we are the second-worst side in the division. It's hard to see where the next point might be coming from. The run up to the new year is: BRI / pal / MCI / LEI / liv / nor / BUR / CHE / lee It's a tough run of games, but we really need to be on 20 points at the end of that as a minimum, so we're looking at a minimum of three wins. Norwich, Burnley and Leeds are the three bad teams in it, but if we don't get a win before Norwich we will have gone 10 games without a win and the confidence situation may be terminal. I think we just have to win one out of Brighton or Palace. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Need 6 points from Burnley and Norwich in December. Win and draw from somewhere else. 20 points by end of 2021 wouldn't be amazing but would settle things down and probably only leave us 2-3 points off mid table so that's the task for new manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted November 5, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 5, 2021 We are clearly a relegation candidate now. I still think we'll avoid it, but I'm worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 This is really depressing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshharris12 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 It’s on sadly spineless team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 We've only got three more points than Fulham had after eleven games last season... But only three less than Arsenal... And we're on the same amount of points that Brighton had after eleven games last season... Burnley too only had six points after eleven games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted November 6, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 6, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I hate to see it but I cant deny its deserves to be here now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbr600rr Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 genuine thread, like it or leave it ,,the table does not lie. time to dig in, start playing solid players in middle , mcginn & doug, the rest are just not up to the battle in many ways, emi -not seen any thing yet nakamba-terrible play for draws, sit back & hit it long to olly , bout it with this bunch ,,playing the way DS is is clearly not working . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 As things stand the is a very real possibility of relegation. We could be in the bottom 3 come Monday. If we don’t make a change I think we’ll go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 As long as we make the right decision at managerial level we'll be fine. We have far too much talent. That and an actual decent central midfielder to go alongside Douglas will make a massive difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 1 hour ago, jim said: As things stand the is a very real possibility of relegation. We could be in the bottom 3 come Monday. If we don’t make a change I think we’ll go down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Can't believe we have one of these threads again. We could be in the bottom three by end of the weekend. Can't see Leeds being in the mix, Burnley usually grind results out so that leaves Watford and Newcastle and us. How sad it's come to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 As bad as our position looks, we are also only 7 points off United who are in 5th, so long way to go, wether Dean stays or goes, I expect us to be safe. Norwich and Newcastle will go down, then it’s just 1 of Burnley, Leeds or Watford imo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Tommo_b said: Norwich and Newcastle will go down, then it’s just 1 of Burnley, Leeds or Watford imo. I think Newcastle will spend enough in January to stay up. I agree that Norwich look doomed and hope that two of Burnley, Watford or Brentford, finish below us. We have 7 games left before the January window and will have played 20 games by then. We need another 10 points from those games to hit a point a game, on current form and in my opinion, we will do well to get 8 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 17 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: The run up to the new year is: BRI / pal / MCI / LEI / liv / nor / BUR / CHE / lee Um... who are we playing in this period? Give me a few minutes and I'll figure it out, no need to be clear. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I thought to myself now that it looks like we might be a relegation battle it wouldn't surprise me if the lower teams suddenly started getting surprise results, just like the last time we were in a relegation battle and Chelsea, Spurs and others kept losing to our relegation rivals when any other season they wouldn't have done so. And now all of a sudden Norwich beating Brentford, although in that one I don't think Brentford losing is a bad result for us if it stays that way... Hopefully Brighton can beat Newcastle later on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heffoman Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, useless said: I thought to myself now that it looks like we might be a relegation battle it wouldn't surprise me if the lower teams suddenly started getting surprise results, just like the last time we were in a relegation battle and Chelsea, Spurs and others kept losing to our relegation rivals when any other season they wouldn't have done so. And now all of a sudden Norwich beating Brentford, although in that one I don't think Brentford losing is a bad result for us if it stays that way... Hopefully Brighton can beat Newcastle later on. Norwich currently 2-0 up away from home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 49 minutes ago, useless said: I thought to myself now that it looks like we might be a relegation battle it wouldn't surprise me if the lower teams suddenly started getting surprise results,. And now Burnley are drawing away to Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 We’re eleven games into the season. We have 26 games to get around another 28 points. I’m not quite sure we should be paying too much attention to other teams’ results quite yet. Just concentrate on doing the business ourselves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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